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 monobook.js (or other skin js if you use it):

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:

• Firefox 2
• Internet Exploiter 6
• Camino 1.5.1 (or any other Gecko browser for that matter)

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.