Index: skins/monobook/main.css
===================================================================
--- skins/monobook/main.css	(Revision 16523)
+++ skins/monobook/main.css	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1488,3 +1488,7 @@
 .imagelist .TablePager_col_links { background-color: #eeeeff }
 .imagelist .TablePager_col_img_description { white-space: normal }
 .imagelist th.TablePager_sort { background-color: #ccccff }
+
+.plusminus {
+	font-weight: normal
+}
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Index: includes/SpecialRecentchanges.php
===================================================================
--- includes/SpecialRecentchanges.php	(Revision 16523)
+++ includes/SpecialRecentchanges.php	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -270,7 +270,43 @@
 		$wgOut->addHTML( $s );
 	}
 }
+/**
+ * Calculates the difference of the character count
+ * between two revisions for recent changes,
+ * which are specified by id.
+ * @param $curid revision id of the newer revision
+ * @param $oldid revision id of the older revision
+ * @return string HTML <span> tag with the difference
+ */
+function rcCharacterDiff( $curid, $oldid )
+{
+	$currev = Revision::newFromId( intval( $curid ) );
+	if( is_object( $currev ) )
+	{
+		$curtext = $currev->getText();
+	}
 
+	$oldrev = Revision::newFromId( intval( $oldid ) );
+	if( is_object( $oldrev ) )
+	{
+		$oldtext = $oldrev->getText();
+	}
+	$diff = ( int ) ( mb_strlen( $curtext, "UTF8" ) - mb_strlen( $oldtext, "UTF8" ) );
+	if( $diff > 0 )
+	{
+		$diff = ( string ) "<span class='plusminus'>+</span>" . $diff;
+	} elseif( $diff === 0 )
+	{
+		$diff = ( string ) "<span class='plusminus'>&plusmn;</span>" . $diff;
+	} else
+	{
+		$diff = ( string ) "<span class='plusminus'>-</span>" . abs( $diff );
+	}
+	unset( $curtext );
+	unset( $oldtext );
+	return $diff;
+}
+
 function rcFilterByCategories ( &$rows , $categories , $any ) {
 	require_once ( 'Categoryfinder.php' ) ;
 	
Index: includes/ChangesList.php
===================================================================
--- includes/ChangesList.php	(Revision 16523)
+++ includes/ChangesList.php	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -166,7 +166,12 @@
 			wfArrayToCGI( array(
 				'curid' => $rc->mAttribs['rc_cur_id'],
 				'action' => 'history' ) ) );
-		$s .= ') . . ';
+		$s .= ') ';
+
+		# Character diff
+		$curid = $rc->mAttribs['rc_this_oldid'];
+		$oldid = $rc->mAttribs['rc_last_oldid'];
+		$s .= "(" . rcCharacterDiff( $curid, $oldid ) . ") . . ";
 	}
 
 	function insertArticleLink(&$s, &$rc, $unpatrolled, $watched) {
@@ -450,6 +455,11 @@
 		$r .= ' '.$block[0]->timestamp.' ';
 		$r .= '</tt>';
 
+		# Character diff
+		$curid = $rcObj->mAttribs['rc_this_oldid'];
+		$oldid = $rcObj->mAttribs['rc_last_oldid'];
+		$r .= "(" . rcCharacterDiff( $curid, $oldid ) . ") ";
+
 		# Article link
 		$r .= $this->maybeWatchedLink( $block[0]->link, $block[0]->watched );
 		$r .= $wgContLang->getDirMark();
@@ -599,6 +609,11 @@
 		}
 		$r .= ' '.$rcObj->timestamp.' </tt>';
 
+		# Character diff
+		$curid = $rcObj->mAttribs['rc_this_oldid'];
+		$oldid = $rcObj->mAttribs['rc_last_oldid'];
+		$r .= "(" . rcCharacterDiff( $curid, $oldid ) . ") ";
+
 		# Article link
 		$r .= $this->maybeWatchedLink( $rcObj->link, $rcObj->watched );