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View watchlist link different from expected link (on-hover)
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Just noticed *now* (as at today) that when I click on "Watchlist" to view my watchlist, the link is something like this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist?hidepreviousrevisions=1&translations=filter&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&limit=250&days=3&urlversion=2. But on hover of the Watchlist link, it shows it's going to be: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist (and this is how it was before).

This happens on public wikis and also I check private wikis like Wikitech but the link is a little shorter like this: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist?hidepreviousrevisions=1&hidecategorization=1&limit=250&days=3&urlversion=2

Is this an intentional change or did I change something on my settings? Or maybe a bug?

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How does this create a problem (while loading, the default URL filter parameters for that wiki get added to the URL)?

How does this create a problem (while loading, the default URL filter parameters for that wiki get added to the URL)?

@Aklapper, so before now, the link was just https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist. I was just surprised about the addition of the parameters (not that it creates a problem). It's just unusual as I'm just seeing this now so wanted to know if it's intentional or maybe an issue with some JS?

It's still the same link, just with additional parameters, and it is intentional :)

It's still the same link, just with additional parameters, and it is intentional :)

Okay Andre, thanks :)