WikiIndex:WikiProject - By Size

WikiIndex:WikiProject - By Size — this project aims to add size categorization to WikiIndex. This page is where we will develop the internal categorization scheme, as well as where we will share what we know about how to get size information from wikis running on various wiki engines. Please jump in and help!

Size categories are being renamed

According to the discussion contribution of user:69.87.199.67, I think, we should establish a way for auto-categorisation of size in certain way(s):

• Wiki with 201 to 500 pages

by typing

pages= 349 (in our Size template)

in the template:Size, the date can be obtained by

{{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} // (20241223185349) [1]

or similar (year-month-day). Using the parser functions extension #if or #switch, size and size categorization time could be auto-categorized for maintenance. --Wolf | talk 14:11, 21 February 2007 (PST)

Categorization scheme

We now have a new mechanism of categorization of wiki sites by size. The size template has a new field parameter – pages= – which should be used to set the actual 'good' page count (ie, not stubs, redirects, talk pages, etc). The original 'wiki_size' field parameter is now obsolete.

The size categories have also moved; the original categories will initially be transformed into redirects. In the following list, categories that have already emptied are striked out; and once they are emptied, will be deleted (and will therefore appear as red links if they were to be repopulated) to avoid any future misuse:

Category:Wiki Size (old style) → Category:Wiki Size

• Wikis with unknown size — U
  • Category:YourWikiSize → Category:Unknown size – the wiki size was not entered yet
  • Category:No realtime statistics – 'esoteric', the wiki engine provides no real time statistics (that we can determine)
• Small wikis — S
  • Category:Empty → Category:Empty wiki – ie, 0 pages
  • Category:LessThan10 → Category:Wiki with 1 to 10 pages
  • Category:MoreThan10 → Category:Wiki with 11 to 20 pages
  • Category:MoreThan20 → Category:Wiki with 21 to 50 pages
  • Category:MoreThan50 → Category:Wiki with 51 to 100 pages
  • Category:MoreThan100 → Category:Wiki with 101 to 200 pages
  • Category:MoreThan200 → Category:Wiki with 201 to 500 pages
  • Category:MoreThan500 → Category:Wiki with 501 to 1,000 pages
• Medium wikis — M
  • Category:MoreThan1000 → Category:Wiki with 1,001 to 2,000 pages
  • Category:MoreThan2000 → Category:Wiki with 2,001 to 5,000 pages
  • Category:MoreThan5000 → Category:Wiki with 5,001 to 10,000 pages
  • Category:MoreThan10000 → Category:Wiki with 10,001 to 20,000 pages
  • Category:MoreThan20000 → Category:Wiki with 20,001 to 50,000 pages
  • Category:MoreThan50000 → Category:Wiki with 50,001 to 100,000 pages
  • Category:MoreThan100000 → Category:Wiki with 100,001 to 200,000 pages
  • Category:MoreThan200000 → Category:Wiki with 200,001 to 500,000 pages
  • Category:MoreThan500000 → Category:Wiki with 500,001 to 1,000,000 pages
• Large wikis — L
  • Category:MoreThan1000000 → Category:Wiki with 1,000,001 to 2,000,000 pages
  • Category:MoreThan2000000 → Category:Wiki with 2,000,001 to 5,000,000 pages
  • Category:MoreThan5000000 → Category:Wiki with 5,000,001 to 10,000,000 pages
  • Category:MoreThan1000000 → Category:Wiki with 10,000,001 to 100,000,000 pages
  • and a new top-level category — Category:Wiki with more than 100,000,000 pages

size classes

The size classes are for better orientation against zero-blindness.

L — Large

M — Medium

S — Small

U — Unknown

According to the following size-class-independent ordering scheme, the size classes can be changed easily.

subcategory ordering scheme

category name format

"Wiki with " + lower_bound_page_count + " to " + upper_bound_page_count + " pages"

category order

(digits of lower_bound_page_count -1) × "0" + letter

where letter depends on the most significant digit of lower_bound_page_count

• A if most this digit is 5
• B if most this digit is 2
• C if most this digit is 1

Templates

Size data

We now have template:Size. Its draft boilerplate was on its talk page. Please add it to the bottom of a couple wiki entry pages to see if it works. We still need to figure out the categorization issues. TedErnst | talk 12:22, 9 Mar 2006 (EST)

Size navigation

For category navigation, the template:Wiki size navigation has been developed.

How to get size information

See the instructions at template:Size.

Template: Category discussions

Note: in order to assist readability of included talk pages, please ensure the template rendering this table is kept at the BOTTOM of the displayed page (manually move to bottom if required).

This is the text of the Template: Category discussions. It is intended to connect the various discussions about categories here on WikiIndex that are taking place (or have previously taken place) on various pages. Please also see WikiIndex: How do categories work, and how to use our {{Tag}} template. If you find a discussion on categories which does not display this message box, please add this template by copying the following {{Category discussions}}, and pasting at the bottom of the edit box on the required talk page, and then go edit this template to include it, and summarise the discussion you found. The following discussions have taken, or are taking place: WikiIndex: How do categories work — tries to explain to new editors how our category system works. (Or at least, how we hope it will someday work, once we finish the tasks in the below WikiProjects). WikiIndex:Wiki project - Categories and tags — lists some category-related projects we have been working on, and how we use our {{Tag}} template (which 'wikilinks', and auto-includes into its linked category); please feel free to help. Category talk: Browse — the talk page of the de facto 'root' (or top tier, or parent) category; a logical place for general category discussions to occur. Mentions language stuff; also questions whether 'category: Browse' should even be a category. language issues: Discussion of language categories at Community talk — de facto policy?: A suggestion that the English name for a wiki language should have the language's own name for itself as a sub-category. Proposal:Authentic language categories — how to deal with non-English languages' own names for themselves. WikiIndex: Frequently asked questions — a question asked and discussed regarding the appropriateness of having several translations of a wiki's description – the ubiquitous 'FAQ'. Category: Wiki language and its talk page — alternate proposals have been suggested and implemented here. general structure debates: WikiIndex talk:Community talk — one of the earliest discussion spaces, which included some general categorisation issues. Proposal:Category tree — offers a picture showing how categories should maybe work in general; also summarises how various categories are actually being used currently. Category talk: Wiki Topic — what should the 'root' or 'parent' of the topics or subject matter of all wikis indexed here on WikiIndex. WikiIndex: WikiProject - By Size and its talk page — original discussions for methodology on creating categorisation of wikis by size, and the templates used to generate the required output. Category talk: Wiki Size — brief comment on how to determine page count of wikis, especially from the various wiki engines; more detail can be found at template: Size. dealing with geography: Category talk: Places — the former fundamental 'location cat'; previously suggested for depreciation, and proposed as being edited out of existence; now used for non-geographical locations. Category talk: wiki location — the new location root category; discussion general geography schemes here. Category talk: City — one scheme: a category just for 'city wikis'. . . see also: Regiowikis. Category talk: Earth — how to structure a 'tree of locations'; discussion at the root of the tree. specific categories: User talk: TedErnst — discussion about the resolution to use for 'category: Wiki Size' sub-categories. Category talk: Wikia — discussion about the commercial behemoth that is category: Wikia, now also known as 'Fandom'. Category talk: Wiki engine — discussion about category: Wiki engine structure. Category talk: Wiki status — inconsistency, some editors consider it overlapping with category: Wiki Edit Mode. You can also check all pages that link to this template (using the backlink function).