Help:Tracking changes

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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

List of abbreviations:
N
This edit created a new page (also see list of new pages)
m
This is a minor edit
b
This edit was performed by a bot
(±123)
The page size changed by this number of bytes

27 March 2024

     14:44  Benito‎‎ 2 changes history +75 [Ldaschir‎; Autofil‎]
     
14:44 (cur | prev) +28 Ldaschir talk contribs (→‎List of ineligible Provincial Senators) Tag: Visual edit
     
13:08 (cur | prev) +47 Autofil talk contribs
N    13:35  User:Barclamïu da Miéletz‎‎ 4 changes history +1,092 [Barclamïu da Miéletz‎ (4×)]
 m   
13:35 (cur | prev) +403 Barclamïu da Miéletz talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
 m   
13:30 (cur | prev) +54 Barclamïu da Miéletz talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
 m   
13:28 (cur | prev) +194 Barclamïu da Miéletz talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
N    
11:56 (cur | prev) +441 Barclamïu da Miéletz talk contribs (Created page with "This is my page, as you see. I'm the 573rd naturalised citizen of the Kingdom of Talossa. I'm also the Consul for Cézembre in Vuode and the creator of [https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=2993.0 Talossan licence plates.] I've also done a [https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=3071.0 Euro-style plate] and a [https://wittenberg.talossa.com/index.php?topic=3118.0 re-done Euro-style plate.] More information soon to come.") Tag: Visual edit
 m   13:17  Mic'haglh Autófil‎‎ 2 changes history +127 [Autofil‎ (2×)]
 m   
13:17 (cur | prev) +4 Autofil talk contribs (→‎Current)
 m   
13:12 (cur | prev) +123 Autofil talk contribs (→‎Current)
 m   13:17  Istefan Perþonest diffhist +42 Autofil talk contribs
     09:21 User rights log Ldaschir talk contribs changed group membership for Barclamïu da Miéletz from (none) to Citizens ‎

26 March 2024

     00:24  Free Democrats of Talossa‎‎ 4 changes history +2,565 [Miestra‎ (4×)]
     
00:24 (cur | prev) +10 Miestra talk contribs (→‎Election Results) Tag: Visual edit
     
00:23 (cur | prev) +21 Miestra talk contribs (→‎External links) Tag: Visual edit
     
00:23 (cur | prev) +674 Miestra talk contribs (Program amendments 2024) Tag: Visual edit
     
00:21 (cur | prev) +1,860 Miestra talk contribs (→‎Constitution: 2024 revisions) Tag: Visual edit

25 March 2024

 m   12:44  User:Autofil diffhist +10 Autofil talk contribs Tag: Visual edit: Switched
N    12:44  Category:Benitians diffhist +23 Autofil talk contribs (Created page with "Citizens of Benito.")
     12:43  Template:Benitian‎‎ 2 changes history 0 [Autofil‎ (2×)]
     
12:43 (cur | prev) +23 Autofil talk contribs (Undo revision 33582 by Autofil (talk)) Tag: Undo
     
12:42 (cur | prev) −23 Autofil talk contribs Tag: Reverted
     11:33 Upload log Autofil talk contribs uploaded a new version of File:PdR Logo.png
     11:29  Partì da Reformaziun diffhist +2,809 Autofil talk contribs

. This page displays all edits, file uploads, page moves, deletions and other actions done in the wiki. The menu at the top offers a collection of links to customize your display: limit the number of changes or the number of days shown or restrict the display to show edits to a certain namespace only. You can also hide edits marked as minor (but don't forget that a change can be major even though the user flagged it as minor).

One line in the Recent Changes page consists of several links:

  • “diff” displays the difference from the previous revision of the page
  • “hist” links to the revision history of the page
  • the full title of the page links to the current version. If the page is on your watchlist, the title appears in bold.

Next is a flag describing the page modification type:

  • “N” denotes a new page
  • “m” denotes a minor edit
  • “b” denotes an edit made by a bot

Following the timestamp, the page size difference from the previous revision appears. Then the user is mentioned, with a link to either their user page and their talk page and contributions or (in the case of anonymous users) to their talk page only.

If the user submitted a summary when they made the edit, the summary appears in italics as the last link in the line.

Enhanced view

If you are logged in and have JavaScript enabled, you can also try the "enhanced" view. To enable the enhanced view, go to your Preferences, then click the Recent Changes tab and select "Group changes by page in recent changes and watchlist". Selecting this option will cause the Recent Changes page to display edits grouped by page rather than being listed individually. You will now see entries like the following:

File:Arr r.png 15:17 Main Page (4 changes | hist) .. (+236) .. [Some User‎ (2×); Some Other User (2×)]

To expand the record of that page's recent edits, click the blue arrow to the left of the timestamp and page name. The record of edits will be displayed as it appears in the normal view. You can turn this enhancement on and off at will, so feel free to try both to see which one you prefer.

See also