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
orfalse
- 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.