Help:Tracking changes

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Recent changes shows the latest changes to articles, file uploads, deletions and page moves
Recent changes shows the latest changes to articles, file uploads, deletions and page moves

The PALINET Leadership Network (PLN) includes several special pages and tools to keep track of what is going on. For example, you can watch:

  • 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 may be Recent Changes. It displays all edits, file uploads, page moves, deletions and other actions done in PLN. A menu offers ways to customize your display: limit the number of changes (or number of days) shown or restrict it to edits to a certain namespace. You can hide edits marked as minor, although some significant changes may be flagged as minor.

One line in Recent Changes consists of several links:

  • diff displays the differences in 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 is the user who made the change, a link to that user's user and talk pages and to their contributions. If the user commented on their change, that comment follows in italics.

If you are logged in and have JavaScript enabled, you can also try the "enhanced" view. To to your Preferences and enable "Enhanced recent changes (JavaScript)"; this will make recent changes show edits divided by page rather than being listed individually. You will now see entries like the following:

! 15:17 PLN Home (4 changes; (+236) Page history) [Some User‎ (2×); Some Other User (2×)]

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

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