User:TheJosh/Scripts/Recent Change Patroller See also Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol Adds a box in the sidebar that uses AJAX to update a list of recent changes every 5 seconds.
You can enable or disable it using the provided link. The default is for the box to be disabled. The setting is stored in a session cookie (setting is lost when you close your browser). The cookie is called 'rcp_show_box'.
This works really well with WP:TW which has tabs for things like reversion.
It's almost an exact clone of NewPagePatroller. View the source. It's probably rather shocking... User:TheJosh/Scripts/RecentChangesPatrol.js
If you click on a link it now goes to the most recent diff rather than the page itself. Much more useful.
Installation
To install, add the following to your skin.js page :
importScript('User:TheJosh/Scripts/RecentChangesPatrol.js');
Settings
This box has three settings. To use a setting, place the setting variable underneath the importScript line.
rcp_enabled
The default behavior of the box (enabled or disabled) if no cookie is set
Default: true
Possible values: true or false
Example: rcp_enabled = false; To make the box not show by default rcp_num_pages
The number of pages to show in the box
Default: 10
Possible values: Any number between 1 and 50
Example: rcp_num_pages = 5; To make the box show 5 links at a time rcp_refresh
The refresh rate of the box, in seconds. Decimals allowed
Default: 5
Possible values: Any number above 2 (to not put too much strain on the servers)
Example: rcp_refresh = 10; To make the box refresh every 10 seconds. Compatibility
This script has been known to work on:
Other versions of these browsers, or in fact other browsers may work, as long as the browser supports AJAX.
I have only tested it on the default Monobook skin.
Thanks to jonny-mt for the Camino test.