How can you get Wikipedia to send you a mail on changes to articles in your Watchlist?

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Ashok Bakthavathsalam

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Dec 16, 2011, 8:56:15 AM12/16/11
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How can you get Wikipedia to send you a mail on changes to articles in
your Watchlist?

Yuvi Panda

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Dec 16, 2011, 8:59:10 AM12/16/11
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It is disabled in English wikipedia (over scale concerns). See here
for reason/alternative:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archive_51#Watchlist_email_notification

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Ashok Bakthavathsalam

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Dec 16, 2011, 9:23:17 AM12/16/11
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Figured as much! 
What is your UserID on Wikipedia?

Dorai Thodla

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Dec 16, 2011, 9:30:46 AM12/16/11
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You can do it using infominder. That is what I do. It is interesting to watch the pages that list changed pages too.

Dorai

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