Frequently asked questions.

WikiMonitor watches English Wikipedia pages you choose and emails you within seconds when one changes. Every alert includes the exact before-and-after text, a plain-English summary of the change, a severity rating (CRITICAL, REVIEW, or ROUTINE), and the public revision link.

No. WikiMonitor never creates a Wikipedia account or watchlist for you. You paste a URL and enter your email — that is the whole setup.

Detection is continuous, not scheduled polling: we listen to Wikipedia’s public edit stream in real time. Under normal conditions, detection happens within seconds of the edit. Total delivery time also includes email transit, which we do not control.

Any article on the English Wikipedia at launch. Other language editions and other Wikimedia projects are not supported yet; non-English URLs are rejected at signup with a clear explanation.

Edits, page creation, recreation after deletion, deletion, deletion nominations, moves and renames, and protection changes. If your page is renamed, monitoring follows it automatically. Deleted pages stay monitored through your paid term so you know if they return.

CRITICAL marks events that usually cannot wait: deletion nominations and deletions, page blanking, unsourced negative claims added to prominent sections. REVIEW marks substantive changes worth reading today. ROUTINE marks maintenance, formatting, and bot edits. Every alert shows the exact change regardless of severity.

We show you exactly what Wikipedia shows publicly: the editor’s account name or IP address, their edit comment, and the revision. We cannot and do not identify who a person is in real life, and we do not guess. See our guide on finding who edited a page.

No. WikiMonitor is strictly a monitoring and explanation service. We do not edit or revert pages, contact editors, remove content, or provide reputation-management or legal advice, and we make no guarantees about Wikipedia outcomes.

The watchlist requires a Wikipedia account, shows raw diffs with no explanation, and stops matching your page if it is renamed. WikiMonitor needs no account, explains every change in plain English with severity, follows renames, and watches for deletion nominations. Full comparison: watchlist vs. WikiMonitor.

Generic monitors poll pages on a schedule (missing fast changes), treat Wikipedia like any website (missing deletions, moves, and deletion nominations), and send unexplained diffs. WikiMonitor is purpose-built for Wikipedia. See all monitoring options compared.

The email addresses you designate as recipients for each page — up to 2 per page on Single Page, up to 4 per page on Four Pages. Each recipient can choose immediate alerts or a daily digest, and can unsubscribe independently.

Single Page is $99/year for one page with up to 2 recipients. Four Pages is $299/year for up to 4 pages with up to 4 recipients per page. Enterprise arrangements are custom. See pricing.

Both plans are billed annually and renew automatically each year unless you cancel before the renewal date. Cancelling stops the next renewal; monitoring continues through the term you have paid.

Payments are non-refundable, except where required by applicable law. We say this plainly up front: full policy at Refund Policy.

From your account link (emailed to you — there are no passwords), or by emailing team@wikimonitor.com. Cancellation stops future renewals immediately.

We collect your email, your monitored pages, and payment details handled by our payment processor. We do not sell data or run advertising trackers, and your identity is never part of any page analysis. See the privacy policy.

WikiMonitor is owned and operated by The Discoverability Company, Philadelphia, PA. Support: team@wikimonitor.com.