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{{PD Help Page}}
[[Image:M-en-recentchanges.png|thumb|370px|'''Recent changes''' shows the latest changes to articles, file uploads, deletions and page moves]]
MediaWiki offers a collection of special pages and tools to keep track of what is going on in the wiki. So you can watch for example:
* recent changes to all pages
* newly created pages
* the contributions of one specific user
* the revision history: all changes made to one page

The most interesting special page is '''[[Special:Recentchanges]]'''. It displays all edits, file uploads, page moves, deletions and other actions done in the wiki. In the menu on top it offers a collection of links to customize your display: limit the number of changes shown, the number of days or restrict it to edits to a certain namespace. You can also hide edits marked as minor (don't forget that major changes can be flagged by a user as minor anyway).

One line in recentchanges consists of several links:
* ''diff'' displays the difference to the previous revision of the page,
* ''hist'' links to the revision history of the page,
* the link with the full title of the page brings you to the current version. If the title is in bold, it indicates that it is on your watchlist.

Next is a flag describing the article modification type:
*''N'' signalizes a new page,
*''m'' a minor edit,
*''b'' an edit made by a bot.

Following the timestamp the user is mentioned with a link to his user and talk page and to his contributions. In italic follows a comment if the user has submitted one.

=== See also ===
* [[Special:Newpages]]
* Related changes: [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Pagename]]
* User contributions: [[Special:Contributions/User]]
* History
* [[Special:Watchlist]]

{{Admin tip|tip=You may want to add important pages in your wiki to [[MediaWiki:Recentchangestext]], the intro shown at [[Special:Recentchanges]]}}

{{Languages|Help:Tracking changes}}
[[Category:Help|Tracking changes]]

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-[[Image:M-en-recentchanges.png|thumb|370px|'''Recent changes''' shows the latest changes to articles, file uploads, deletions and page moves]]
+[[File:M-en-recentchanges.png|thumb|370px|'''{{int:recentchanges}}''' shows the latest changes to pages, file uploads, deletions and page moves]]
 MediaWiki offers a collection of special pages and tools to keep track of what is going on in the wiki. So you can watch for example:
 * recent changes to all pages
 * newly created pages
-The most interesting special page is '''[[Special:Recentchanges]]'''. It displays all edits, file uploads, page moves, deletions and other actions done in the wiki. In the menu on top it offers a collection of links to customize your display: limit the number of changes shown, the number of days or restrict it to edits to a certain namespace. You can also hide edits marked as minor (don't forget that major changes can be flagged by a user as minor anyway).
+The most interesting special page is '''[[Special:RecentChanges]]'''. It displays all edits, file uploads, page moves, deletions and other actions done in the wiki. In the menu on top it offers a collection of links to customize your display: limit the number of changes shown, the number of days or restrict it to edits to a certain namespace. You can also hide edits marked as minor (don't forget that major changes can be flagged by a user as minor anyway).
-One line in recentchanges consists of several links:
+=== Enhanced view ===
-* ''diff'' displays the difference to the previous revision of the page,
+If you are logged in and have JavaScript enabled, you can also try the "enhanced" view. Simply go to your [[Help:Preferences#Recent changes|Preferences]] and then click on the Recent Changes tab to enable "{{int:tog-usenewrc}}"; this will make recent changes show edits divided by page rather than being listed individually.  You will now see entries like the following:
-Next is a flag describing the article modification type:
+<blockquote style="border:1px solid">[[File:Arr_r.png|link=]] 15:17 [[Main Page]] ({{int:nchanges|4}} | {{int:hist}}) .. (+236) .. [Some User‎ (2×); Some Other User (2×)]</blockquote>
-Following the timestamp the user is mentioned with a link to his user and talk page and to his contributions. In italic follows a comment if the user has submitted one.
+Simply click the blue arrow to the left of the page name and timestamp to expand that page's recent edits just as they were on the normal style. You can turn this enhancement on and off at will, so feel free to try both to see which one you prefer.
 === See also ===
-* [[Special:Newpages]]
+* [[Special:NewPages]]
-* Related changes: [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Pagename]]
+* {{int:recentchangeslinked}}: [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Pagename]]
-* User contributions: [[Special:Contributions/User]]
+* {{int:contributions}}: [[Special:Contributions/User]]
 * History
-* [[Special:Watchlist]]
+* [[Help:Watchlist]]
-{{Admin tip|tip=You may want to add important pages in your wiki to [[MediaWiki:Recentchangestext]], the intro shown at [[Special:Recentchanges]]}}
+{{Languages|Help:Tracking changes}}
 [[Category:Help|Tracking changes]]

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