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'''Recent changes''' is a [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Special page|special page]] that lists recent changes in reverse order, with change date and time, change in the page size, user who created the page, and [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Edit summary|edit summary]]. It also provides links to [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Patrolled edits|patrol]] these new edits when that feature is enabled.

This feature is accessible at [[Special:RecentChanges]]. The page results are adjustable using settings in the [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Preferences#Recent_changes|Preferences section "Recent changes"]].

You can choose which Recent Changes you want to display. [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:New_filters_for_edit_review|You can combine different kinds of filters]] to display the results you want.

== Transclusions ==

This special page can be [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:transclusion|transcluded]], with usage similar to normal templates.

<syntaxhighlight lang="mediawiki">
{{Special:RecentChanges|days=5}}
</syntaxhighlight >

A wiki can be configured with aliases for the namespace "Special" and the title "Recent changes", and those localized versions can be used instead of the canonical ones.

Additional parameters may be used in the same way they would in templates:

<syntaxhighlight lang="mediawiki">
{{Special:RecentChanges|days=5|limit=40|hidebots=1|hideminor=1}}
</syntaxhighlight>

Even if a wiki is configured with aliases for the namespace and title, it is not possible to use localized parameters.

{|class="sortable wikitable"
! parameter
! value type
!class="unsortable"|description
|-
| days
| integer || Maximum number of days to display
|-
| limit
| integer || Maximum number of entries to display
|-
| namespace
| integer || Limit results to the specified namespace, or multiple namespaces separated by semicolons
|-
| hidebots
| boolean || Hide [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Bots|bots]]
|-
| bots
| boolean || Show bots
|-
| hideminor
| boolean || Hide [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:minor edit|minor edits]]
|-
| minor
| boolean || Show minor edits
|-
| hideliu
| boolean || Hide logged in users (LIU)
|-
| hidepatrolled
| boolean
| Only show pages which have not been [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:patrolled edits|patrolled]].
|-
| hideanons
| boolean || Hide [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Logging in|anonymous users]]
|-
| hidemyself
| boolean || Hide the logged in user's own changes
|-
| hidecategorization
| boolean || Hide page categorization
|-
| hidelog
| boolean || Hide logged actions, showing only page edits
|-
| tagfilter
| string
| Only get entries for that [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Tags|tag]] ([[:phab:T142878|T142878]])
|-
| subpageof
| string
| Show only changes to [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Subpages|subpages]] of the given page {{MW version-inline|MW 1.45+}}
|}

== Interface ==
[[{{lm|Help-RecentChanges|png}}|800px|thumb|none|]]
The interface consists of two main parts: 
* At the top are the {{ll|Help:New filters for edit review|filters}}, which help you sort through edits.
* Below that is the list of recent changes.
=== The filters ===
[[{{lm|Help-RecentChanges-2|png}}|400px|thumb|none|]]

{{#section:Help:New filters for edit review{{#translation:}}|main}}
=== The list of recent changes ===

When using the default {{ll|Help:Preferences|preferences}} configuration, most of the page displays 50 lines, each representing an edit, arranged for left-to-right language wikis.

Below are examples of recent changes.

<div style="border:1px solid #CCC; padding: 10px;">
    <li>
   ([[Special:PermanentLink/6502864|{{int|diff}}]])
        ([[Special:History/Manual:$wgContentNamespaces|{{int|hist}}]]) . .
        <span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">m</span>
        [[Manual:$wgContentNamespaces]]; 07:07 . .
        <span class='mw-plusminus-pos' style='color: darkred;'>(-35)</span> . .
       [[Special:Contributions/User:Shirayuki| Shirayuki]] ([[User talk: Shirayuki |{{int|talkpagelinktext}}]] | [[Special:Contributions/Shirayuki|contribs]]) ({{int|revertpage|94rain|Trangbe1992|||||1}}) ({{int|tag-list-wrapper|1|{{int|tag-mw-rollback}}}}) (<span style="color: #002bb8;">{{int|thanks-thank|Example|Shirayuki}}</span>)
    </li>
    <li>
        ([[Special:PermanentLink/6502863|{{int|diff}}]])
        ([[Special:History/Reporting_security_bugs/pt-br|{{int|hist}}]]) . .
        [[Reporting_security_bugs/pt-br]]; 06:53 . .
        <span class='mw-plusminus-pos' style='color: darkred;'>(-40)</span> . .
       [[Special:Contributions/187.73.25.7|187.73.25.7]] ([[User talk:187.73.25.7|{{int|talkpagelinktext}}]]) ({{int|tag-list-wrapper|1|{{int|tag-mw-manual-revert}}}})
    </li>
</div>

==== Understand the list ====

This shows 2 edits: the first by an administrator who is logged in, to the {{ll|Manual:$wgContentNamespaces}} page; the second by an un-registered user to the [[Reporting security bugs/pt-br]] page.

From left to right:

* The "[[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Diff|diff]]" link takes you to the changes made in that edit; it's not available for new pages or page moves.
* The <code>{{int|hist}}</code> link leads to the page's history, showing all edits, including older and newer ones. For page moves, it shows the history of the new page title.
* Single-letter bold abbreviations, which are called "change flags". They include:
** '''<code>{{int|minoreditletter}}</code>''' indicates the user considered the edit "minor". Only users with the <code>minoredit</code> right (usually logged-in users) can mark edits as minor to prevent misuse.
** '''<code>{{int|newpageletter}}</code>''' shows the page is "new," meaning it didn't exist before.
** '''<code>{{int|boteditletter}}</code>''' indicates edits made by a bot or hidden by an admin.
** '''<code>!</code>''' indicates unpatrolled pages. See {{ll|Help:Patrolled edits}}.
** {{ll|ORES}} is a tool used on some wikis to flag potentially harmful edits, showing them with a red <code>{{int|ores-damaging-letter}}</code> and a light yellow background.
* A link to the current version of the page. '''Bold''' indicates it's on your watchlist.
* "07:07" refers to UTC time. You can adjust it to your time zone in {{ll|Help:Preferences|preferences}}.
* (-35) Changes in bytes are shown as a green plus (+) sign for additions and a red minus (-) sign for removals.
* Bold numbers highlight changes of more than 500 bytes.
* For logged-in users, a link to their userpage is provided. For others, it's their User Contributions.
* A link to the user's talk page is included.
* For page moves, both the old and new titles are linked.

Recent changes can display up to 500 edits, or {{formatnum:5000}} if the URL is modified. 
Regardless of what filters are used, it cannot display edits older than {{wg|RCMaxAge}} (90 days by default, 30 days in Wikimedia wikis).

== Page moves and deletions ==

Once a page has been renamed (moved), previous edits and the initial creation of the page appear in recent changes under the new name.

Once a page is deleted, previous edits and the initial creation of the page are no longer visible in recent changes or similar logs.

== Edits made by bots ==
Bots can appear in recent changes if you include <code>&hidebots=0"</code> in the URL.
Sysops can label certain edits as bot edits, so they won't appear in the usual recent changes.
See {{ll|Help:Reverting}} for more details.

== Advanced features ==

=== Hide the filters ===
Users can choose not to use the filters by clicking <code>{{int|hide}}</code> on the filters panel.
Users can opt out of the new filters by going to the <code>{{int|prefs-advancedrc}}</code> section at the bottom of [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rc|Special:Preferences]] on the wikis they are active on and selecting <code>{{int|rcfilters-preference-label}}</code>.

The {{ll|Help:Recent changes/Configuration without October 2017 filters|old configuration documentation}} is available for users.

=== Web feed ===
To get [[w:web feeds|web feeds]] ([[w:RSS|RSS]] and [[w:Atom_(web_standard)|Atom]]) for a wiki's recent changes, add "[https://mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=rss &feed=rss]" or "[http://mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom &feed=atom]" to the URL of the recent changes page.
This shows the {{ll|Help:Diff|differences}} for several edits, each with a link to the current page.
Some browsers may offer options like sorting by author.
See also [[w:Wikipedia:Syndication|Syndication]] for more details.

== Differences from page history ==

Each line in the {{ll|Help:Page history|page history}} represents a single change made to the page and the version that resulted from it.

* <code>{{int|last}}</code> is similar to <code>{{int|diff}}</code> mentioned earlier.
* <code>{{int|cur}}</code> shows the changes between this version and the latest one, including all edits made afterward, even those not listed in this revision history because they happened after loading this page.

The <code>{{int|cur}}</code> and <code>{{int|last}}</code> features resemble those in the {{ll|Help:New filters for edit review|improved recent changes}}, except for the <code>{{int|cur}}</code> in the initial line: it isn't linked in the revision history, unlike in the improved recent changes where it shows the changes from the last edit.

See  [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Edit summary#Places_where_the_edit_summary_appears|Places where the edit summary appears]].

==See also==
* {{ll|Manual:Configuration settings#Recent changes}}
* {{ll|Manual:Recent changes}}
* {{ll|Manual:RCFeed}}
* {{ll|API:RecentChanges}}
* {{ll|Help:Patrolled edits}}

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