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[[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
* the revision history: all changes made to one page
* the contributions of one specific user
* 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).

One line in recent changes consists of several links:
* “{{lcfirst:{{int:diff}}}}” displays the difference to the previous revision of the page,
* “{{lcfirst:{{int: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 [[Help:Watchlist|watchlist]].

Next is a flag describing the page modification type:
*“{{int:newpageletter}}” denotes a new page,
*“{{int:minoreditletter}}” a minor edit,
*“{{int:boteditletter}}” an edit made by a bot.

Following the timestamp, it shows the page size difference to the previous revision, then the user is mentioned, with a link to their [[Help:User page|user page]] and their [[Help:Talk pages#User Talk pages|talk page]] and contributions, or to their [[Help:Talk pages#User Talk pages|talk page]] only in the case of anonymous users.

Last but not least, there is an edit summary, appearing in italics, if the user submitted one when they made the edit.

=== Enhanced view ===
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 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:

<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>

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]]
* {{int:recentchangeslinked}}: [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Pagename]]
* {{int:contributions}}: [[Special:Contributions/User]]
* History
* [[Help:Watchlist]]

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[[Category:Help|Tracking changes]]
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Edits not older than {{mlmw|Manual:$wgRCMaxAge||$wgRCMaxAge}}:

*[[Help:Recent changes|Recent changes]] - all edits, or edits in one selected namespace; also shows the change in size of the wikitext in bytes.
*[[Help:Watching pages|Watchlist]] - all edits in watched pages with talk pages, or ditto in one selected namespace; also shows the change in size of the wikitext in bytes.
*[[Help:Related changes|Related changes]] - all edits in pages linked to from a selected page outside the category namespace, or all edits in pages in a selected category, including addition to, but not deletion from a category; also shows the change in size of the wikitext in bytes.
*[[Special:Newpages]] - new pages in one specified namespace; also shows the current size of the wikitext in bytes.

Including older edits and other events:

*[[Help:User contributions|My contributions]] - {{msg|uctop}} (default "(top)") indicates that no subsequent edit was made; hence its absence indicates that there is a subsequent edit; its absence at the first occurrence of a page in the list indicates that there is a subsequent edit by someone else. The next item provides the info about these.
*[[Help:Page history|Page history]] - all edits to a specified page; also shows the size of the wikitext in bytes, for edits from [[19 April]] [[2007]] (for Wikimedia wikis).
*[[Special:Log]] - logged events for a specified log type, the name of the acting user, and/or the name of the affected page; the starting date varies.
*[[Special:Newimages]] - images from new to old.
*[[Special:Imagelist]] - file info, by default sorted from new to old.
*[[Special:Watchlist/edit]] - shows existence of watched pages, helpful for detecting deletion of watched pages (but not of talk pages).
*Page with links to originally existing pages - shows existence of linked pages, helpful for detecting deletion of any of them.
*Page with links to originally non-existing pages - shows existence of linked pages, helpful for detecting creation of any of them.

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