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I want to request a feature to follow categories.

Watching:
When I "follow" a category I will be informed about new pages in that category. 
Currently there is no way stay informed about new articles on topics I like.
Watching a category will only inform you about edits to the category page itself, that's not what I'm talking about.

Informing the user:
The user could be informed about new pages in categories he follows in different ways (maybe a user pref):

- on a special page, e.g. Special:Dashboard. Just like the Watchlist he may be able to edit the list of followed categories here too.

- via RSS. The feed should be unique so I can't guess other people's RSS feeds.


Scenarios to think about: What happens if

* a users starts following his first category. (His list would be empty, since nothing was added since he started following it. Maybe the last page added should be listed as a dummy.)

* a page in a watched category is moved (title should be updated in relevant table)

* a page in a watched category is deleted

* a page is added to a followed category days after page creation

* a page is removed from a followed category before teh user saw it

* the user follows 100 or categories (using a max value may be possible but should be avoided)

* the user follows a main category (such can include thousands of pages) (maybe a blacklist of non-followable cats would help)