Thread:4solace/@comment-27860632-20160823024242/@comment-32738051-20160823163343

Hi 4solace!

Here's some more detail not in the responses you received so far. After I post this, I'll post a reply on the two other threads with a link to this one, just in case the others want to know.

There are 2 reasons to follow pages and/or threads:
 * To be able to quickly access the page/thread
 * To receive a notification when new posts occur to the page/thread

If all you want to do is quickly access a page/thread, you could save it to your internet browser's favorites links instead of following the page. Or you could place a link to it here on the Wiki on your profile page (see the friends table with wall links on my profile page as an example).

But with these methods, you won't be able to get a notification when a new post occurs - for that you'll need to follow the page instead. Just be sure you want to do that first for walls - depending on how many member walls you want to follow and how active each one's wall is, you might get a constant flow of notifications. It got to a point where it was too much for me. You may find it better to just maintain links and not get notifications for walls and instead only follow certain threads and get notifications for those.

That said, there are:
 * 3 ways to access your followed links for accessing the pages/threads in questions:
 * (1) by clicking your Following tab link (to the right of your Contributions; links listed by category then no particular order)
 * (2) by accessing your Watchlist special page (access your Following page then click in your browser's URL field and change the end of the URL from Special:Following to Special:Watchlist; links listed by date newest to oldest)
 * (3) by accessing your Edit Watchlist special page (access your Following page then click in your browser's URL field and change the end of the URL from Special:Following to Special:EditWatchlist or by accessing the Watchlist page and then clicking on the View and Edit Watchlist link there links listed by category then alphabetical)
 * 5 ways to unfollow/remove your followed pages:
 * (1) by accessing the thread and clicking the Follow button until it is grayed out
 * (2) by clicking on Follow under My Tools in the toolbar at the bottom of the page
 * (3) by accessing your Following page, scrolling over the left of the link to make the "x" visible and then clicking the "x" to remove the link
 * (4) by accessing your Edit Watchlist page, checking the boxes of the ones you want to remove, and then clicking on the Remove Titles button
 * (5) by accessing your Edit Raw Watchlist page, deleting the lines in question from the Titles box, then clicking Update Watchlist
 * 3 ways to follow a page/thread:
 * (1) by clicking on the Follow button (threads only)
 * (2) by clicking on Follow under My Tools in the toolbar at the bottom of the Wiki page (not available on members' contribution and following pages; you may have to customize your toolbar first)
 * (3) you can access your Edit Raw Watchlist page, delete the lines in question from the Titles box, then click on Update Watchlist
 * Note: You will probably have to expand lists of links in your Following tab

Click here for the help page on following pages. The long way to get to the same help page is to scroll over your member icon in the upper right, click on Help in the drop down (takes you to the Help:Contents page on this Wiki but really every Wiki has the same such page and the content was written by Wikia Community Central), then click on the Show all articles link (above FAQs), then on the Help:Index page click on Followed Pages. Or you can simply go to the Help:Contents page and search by the term follow. In my SSHM Wiki links on my profile page, you will also find the Help:Contents link in the same bullet point as the Help:Getting Started one.

Two important notes about followed pages: I've noticed that even though I'm following a page, the link may not appear in my Following page. I think it has to do with User Preference settings but I'm not certain. In any case, the full list should always be at least in your raw watchlist (plain text) if not also the HTML versions on your Watchlist and Edit Watchlist pages. The other thing is that your full list on the raw watchlist (if not also the HTML versions) may be quite cluttered with pages/threads that you're not actually following anymore but for some reason sometimes they're not removed when you use a method other than Edit Raw Watchlist to remove them. No big deal really unless you decide you want to clean it up and you wait a really long time to do it.

Lastly, Notifications are the ones you get on the Wiki but you can also get Email Notifications and you can change those settings, and other user settings, by scrolling over your member icon in the upper right and clicking on My Preferences in the drop down. This post is already quite lengthy and preferences in general and email notifications specifically are something you'll have to play around with to discover what works best for you. However, if you need help on either, click on these links (found in the Help:Index links): Preferences and Notifications.

Sorry for the length. Hope this helps.