User blog comment:TimmyQuivy/On the Importance of Upgrading MediaWiki/@comment-24264457-20200507180641

I still don’t like how Special:WikiActivity is being depreciated. It’s such an important tool for moderating wikis and catching vandals. Recent Changes is so much harder to use and is very hard to read. If I’ve been here six years and find it hard to read, I can only imagine what new people think of it. I tried going on a newer wiki on the UCP and looked at recent changes to see where the activity was and it was such a mess I just left. Seriously, all of the big instances of vandalism on the wiki I help run have been caught by people who see it in WikiActivity. RecentChanges just isn’t the same. It’s hard to read, it’s too technical, and it’s harder to spot vandals in a sea of normal edits. I know change is necessary but there has to be a way to do it without getting rid of the biggest tool we use to spot vandals.