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== Using the "Watchlist" ==
== Using the "Watchlist" ==
Account holders, including all editors and contributors, have the option of adding pages to a watchlist so they can follow content that they are responsible for and receive a notification when the pages are altered.  
Account holders, including all editors and contributors, have the option of adding pages to a watchlist so they can follow content that they are responsible for and receive a notification when the pages are altered. You receive email notifications (see [[Clicklaw Wikibooks Contributor Guide#Email notification | setting up email notificaiton]]) or be shown an overview of the changes from the [[http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/Special:Watchlist | Watchlist]] page.
To add a page to your watchlist you must be logged in, then when you are on the page you wish to add, hover your cursor over the downward arrow beside the "History" tab, then click on "Watch."
 
=== Adding pages to watchlist ==
 
To add a page to your watchlist you must be logged in. From the page you wish to add, hover your cursor over the downward arrow beside the "History" tab, then click on "Watch."
[[File:Adding_a_page_to_the_watchlist.png  |border| 900px | link=]]
[[File:Adding_a_page_to_the_watchlist.png  |border| 900px | link=]]


You can enable email notifications in your Preferences/User profile//E-mail options. Set the upon logging in to Clicklaw Wikibooks
=== View and change your watchlist ===
 
Access the [[http://wiki.clicklaw.bc.ca/index.php/Special:Watchlist | Watchlist]] from the top menu, or from the left menu. 
 
[[File:Viewing_the_watchlist.png  |border| 900px | link=]]
 
Delete pages you no longer want to watch and receive notifications about
 
[[File:Changing_the_watchlist.png  |border| 900px | link=]]
 
=== Email notifications for watchlist ===
To enable email notification, which will let you know as soon as an edit is made to a page you watch, select "Preferences" from the top menu, select the "User profile" tab, then at the bottom of under "E-mail options" select "E-mail me when a page or a file on my watchlist is changed."
You can also control notifications about changes to your user talk page through this menu.
 
[[File:Email_notification_watchlist.png |border| 900px | link=]]


==Disabling Glossary/Terminology Popups==
==Disabling Glossary/Terminology Popups==