By setting a bookmark on RecentChanges you can easily see what has been changed since your last visit.

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marks older pages that have at least one backup version stored (click for an author diff)

[UPDATED]

marks pages edited since you set your bookmark (click for a bookmark diff)

[NEW]

marks pages created since you set your bookmark, and were not edited after creation

[DELETED]

marks page deletions

[RENAMED]

marks page renames

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