robchur wrote:

The limit is coming from the other preference, the value for "number of edits to
show in expanded watchlist" is fed as a direct limit for the query. Some of the
watchlist logic seems to be totally messed up, though I don't think it's
anyone's fault; more a symptom of different people making the feature more powerful.

It could probably do with a rewrite. :)

+testme

Changed component to "Watchlist"

Works for me, likely fixed in the years since the bug was filed.