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button in watch list to remove a page from it

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How about some feature, that when you are looking at watchlist (the recent changes), you can cut something from the list? I like having the auto-watch enabled, but also like pruning pages that are too busy or ones where I got the reply I wanted. As of now, I have to either click through to that page and unwatch, or go manually to the edit watchlist. I want to be able to edit the stuff out when I'm looking at the list itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TCO (talk • contribs) 23:13, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Add if (wgCanonicalSpecialPageName == 'Watchlist') importScript('user:js/watchlist.js'); to Special:MyPage/common.js. Ucucha 23:20, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Awesome, thanks Ucucha!
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 23:22, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Cool for fast help. Sorry, but I can't find that page? help?TCO (talk) 23:37, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
Then just create it. User<Svick>.Talk(); 00:01, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Everyone has a series of "Special:MyPage" pages that they can create. See, ...um: How to install User scripts looks like the best tutorial.
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 00:10, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

I went to the link, created the page and added the script. I can't see any change on my watchlist though. Where should I see a button.

Also, do I need to read that guide and/or just create the page at the link Ucachaca sent me to?

TCO (talk) 00:18, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Have you refreshed your cache? Also, you're missing an "if" at the beginning of the code in User:TCO/common.js—weird things may happen if you don't add that word.
Ohms law, the tutorial you give doesn't mention common.js, which is more convenient than the skin-specific pages because it is skin-independent. It may cause problems when a certain JS piece works only in one skin, but I would think that is fairly rare, and the particular piece of code I mentioned here works even on prehistoric skins like Chick. Ucucha 00:22, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Yea, I thought that there was a Project space page about user's MyPage pages in general, but I can't seem to find it. That "How to install User scripts" page is the closest thing that I could find.
Anyway, @TCO, you have to click the space next to a page on your watchlist, and then Ucucha's script adds an "(x)" before the page name. Not really sure why that behavior was chosen (I'd prefer the (x) to be displayed all the time), but that's OK.
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 00:36, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

I added the if. And I typed ctrl F5. I still don't see how it works. I clicked around, but can't get any x es to pop up?TCO (talk) 00:39, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

What browser are you using? If it's Firefox, you can go to the JavaScript error console under Tools > Error Console; does that bring up anything? Perhaps you just need to refresh a little more aggressively.
Ohms law, you can also click the x in the line that begins "Show last"; that will add (x) to all pages. Ucucha 00:46, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Hey, cool, I just saw the links taht it adds at the end of the Show Last page. Nice! (I'd still prefer that the (x) always show, but... *shrug*).
— V = IR (Talk • Contribs) 00:53, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Me too, actually—I might hack the script to make that happen. Ucucha 00:59, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm using Internet Explorer 8. I refreshed the shit out of it. Where do you guys click and get an x and is it a left click? Do I at least have the right page named (one where I was missing and if?)TCO (talk) 01:02, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

I can't test IE 8 myself, but I suspect the reason then is that IE 8 is having issues. You should get an x for an individual page if you click on the timestamp to its left, and you should get a bunch of links on the line that begins "Show last" (in the middle of the blue-bordered box above the actual watchlist). Ucucha 01:10, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
Got it working. There was a button towards the top. AFter I hit it, then I got x's by my entries.
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