On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Mahmoud Hashemi mahmoudrhashemi@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not sure exactly what conditions trigger that flag, but I'm pretty sure the reason you're seeing so many rctype="external" edits is that interwiki links (usually links to the article in other languages), are now provided by Wikidata.
That's right. When a change on Wikidata is made, it injects these rctype="external" entries into the local wiki so that the Wikidata changes can show up in the local Special:RecentChanges and Special:Watchlist.