Watchlist: creating category talk pages doesn't add them to the watchlist (at Commons, possibly elsewhere)
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	Dec 18 2011, 9:19 AM

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Author: test5555

Description:
Creating category talk pages doesn't add them to the watchlist, this even with the following setting activated:

*Add pages I create to my watchlist

This happens at Commons, possibly elsewhere.

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Severity: normal

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Reference: bz33230

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Cookie: Document in jsdoc	mediawiki/core	master	+64 -41

Customize query in gerrit

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 12:10 AM

• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-Watchlist.

• bzimport set Reference to bz33230.

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• bzimport created this task.Dec 18 2011, 9:19 AM

Works for me:

check Special:Preferences to confirm 'Add pages I create to my watchlist' is checked under Watchlist tab
go to nonexisting page 'Category talk:Test test test fake'
hit edit
type "testing bug"
confirm that "Watch this page" checkbox is checked in the edit form
save
go to Special:Watchlist
confirm that 'Category talk:Test test test fake' appears

If you follow these steps with a new test page, what happens for you?

test5555 wrote:

It doesn't work for me.

I tried:
*[[Commons:Category talk:Test test test fake]]
and
*[[Commons:Talk:Test test test fake]]

At least in Vector skin, for category talk, the star isn't blue by default, but in namespace 1 it is.

test5555 wrote:

It seems to happen with category namespace as well.

(In reply to comment #3)

It seems to happen with category namespace as well.

Depending on your preferences, pages of which you are the last editor may not appear in the watchlist timeline. Do you see it listed on Special:EditWatchlist ?

(In reply to Krinkle from comment #4)

(In reply to comment #3)

It seems to happen with category namespace as well.

Depending on your preferences, pages of which you are the last editor may
not appear in the watchlist timeline.

AKA bug 9790.