Can we have folders for our Watchlist?

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I only have 114 profiles at the moment but with my own tree, three One Name Studies and a One Place Study, this will soon grow. Is there any way we can put our watchlist into folders as we would on our own computers so that we can find what we are looking for more easily?
in WikiTree Tech by Barbara Roach G2G6 (8.2k points)

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by Jonathan Crawford G2G6 Pilot (305k points)
I'm afraid that the page is as clear as mud. I don't think that I'm looking to create any categories on my profiles, I just want to store them on my watchlist so that I can find them easily when working on (for instance) one of my One Name Studies. Does this mean that I would have to go through the Categories page to find them and will other people be able to add profiles to my categories?

Categories help us identify groups of profiles, so I think this is really what you want.  You would access the list through the category page, yes. I suggested the personal categories because you can add them to profiles that need a specific kind of help and then remove the categories once you have added whatever is needed. Examples https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Crawford-7109

 If you set up personal categories there is no reason any other user would be adding profiles to it, but the system would not prevent that. I have not had any issues like that.

You could use a category for the one name study that is part of that study and not your personal Category (examples https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Igo_Name_Study_Maintenance_Categories ). Work with Natalie Trott to make sure you name them correctly.  

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