title: How can I see more than 500 recent changes in MediaWiki?
body: <p>I'd like to see more than 500 recent changes on a MediaWiki installation (through <code>Special:RecentChanges</code>). According to <a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Project:Support_desk/remove_the_recent_edits_hard_limit_of_500%3F" rel="nofollow">this thread</a> this limit is <a href="http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/branches/REL1_15/phase3/includes/specials/SpecialRecentchanges.php?view=markup" rel="nofollow">hardcoded in <code>includes/specials/SpecialRecentchanges.php</code></a>.</p>
  
  <p>I don't want to <a href="http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Do_not_hack_MediaWiki_core" rel="nofollow">meddle with MediaWiki core</a>, is there a way to get more than 500 changes without changing <code>SpecialRecentChanges.php</code>?</p>
  
  <p>If the only way to achieve this is by changing <code>SpecialRecentChanges.php</code>, does it suffice to increase this number and what are the possible side effects?</p>