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==How to calculate the wikiFactor of a site==
==How to calculate the wikiFactor of a site==
The '''wikiFactor''' ('''wF''') is a measure of the 'popularity' of a [[wiki]]-site.  It is based on the Hirsch [[wp:H-index|h-index]], which is commonly used to measure the impact a scientist has had in the literature.  The [[wikiFactor]] complements the number of pages and total number of visits information.  More details can be found in the preprint [http://arXiv.org/abs/0902.3439 'wikiFactor: a measure of the importance of a wiki site'].
The '''wikiFactor''' ('''wF''') is a measure of the 'popularity' of an individual [[wiki]] site.  It is based on the Hirsch [[wp:H-index|h-index]], which is commonly used to measure the impact a scientist has had for their published works.  The [[wikiFactor]] compliments the number of pages and total number of visits information.  More details can be found in the preprint [http://arXiv.org/abs/0902.3439 'wikiFactor: a measure of the importance of a wiki site'].


The {{tag|wikiFactor}} is simply the number of pages in the wiki (''wF'') that have had more than 1000 times ''wF'' visits.
Specifically, the {{tag|wikiFactor}} is simply the number of pages in the wiki site (''wF'') that have had more than 1000 times ''wF'' visits.


====Example====
====Example====
A [[wikiFactor]] (wF) of, say, 20 – means that page number 20 in the ranking list of pages visited has received 20,000 or more visits, whereas page 21 has not <u>yet</u> reached 21,000 visits.  Here is a worked example – for [[Special:PopularPages|WikiIndex]] from September 2012:
A [[wikiFactor]] (wF) of, say, 24 – means that page number 24 in the ranking list of pages visited has received 24,000 or more visits, whereas page 25 has not <u>yet</u> reached 25,000 visits.  Here is a worked example – for [[WikiIndex]] from [[Archive.org:20150618102313/https://WikiIndex.org/Special:PopularPages|June 2015]]:
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{|style="background-color:#eee; text-align:center; border:1"
{|style="background-color:#eee; text-align:center; border:1"
|+<big>'''wikiFactor (wF) table'''</big>
|+<big>'''wikiFactor (wF) table'''</big>
!ranking position (p)<br>most visited first
!ranking position (p)<br>most visited first!!page name (page views)!!relation<br>views [<=>] 1000*p
!page name (page views)
!relation<br>views [<=>] 1000*p
|-
|-
|1.
|1.||[[Welcome]] (3,438,195 views)
|[[Welcome]] (1,614,887 views)
|style=background-color:#efe|3,438,195 '''>''' 1,000
|style=background-color:#efe|1,614,887 '''>''' 1,000
|-
|-
|2.
|2.||[[TestWiki‏‎]] (270,350 views)
|[[TestWiki‏‎]] (268,598 views)
|style=background-color:#efe|270,350 '''>''' 2,000
|style=background-color:#efe|268,598 '''>''' 2,000
|-
|-
|3.
|3.||[[Dhamma Wiki‏‎]] (143,211 views)
|[[Dhamma Wiki‏‎]] (142,276 views)
|style=background-color:#efe|143,211 '''>''' 3,000
|style=background-color:#efe|142,276 '''>''' 3,000
|-
|-
|4.
|4.||[[Bulbapedia]] (100,660 views)
|[[Bulbapedia]] (95,036 views)
|style=background-color:#efe|100,660 '''>''' 4,000
|style=background-color:#efe|95,036 '''>''' 4,000
|-
|-
|–
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|—
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|style=background-color:#efe|—
|-
|-
|–
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|—
|style=background-color:#efe|—
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|–
|–||—
|—
|style=background-color:#efe|—
|style=background-color:#efe|—
|-
|-
|18.
|22.||[[WikiMapia‏‎‏‎]] (26,290 views)
|[[WikiIndex:WikiProject:Wikis to Add‏‎]] (21,428 views)
|style=background-color:#efe|26,290 '''>''' 22,000
|style=background-color:#efe|21,428 '''>''' 18,000
|-
|-
|19.
|23.||[[ROS Wiki‏‎]] (26,090 views)
|[[WikiLyric‏‎]] (21,181 views)
|style=background-color:#efe|26,090 '''>''' 23,000
|style=background-color:#efe|21,181 '''>''' 19,000
|-
|-
|20.
|24.||[[Willkommen]]‏‎ (25,478 views)
|[[Aide:Contenus]]‏‎ (20,179 views)
|style=background-color:#efe|25,478 '''>''' 24,000
|style=background-color:#efe|20,179 '''>''' 20,000
|-
|-
|21.
|25.||[[RationalWiki (en)‏‎]] (24,892 views)||24,892 < 25,000
|[[English Girls WikiPorn‏‎]] (20,031 views)
|20,031 < 21,000
|}</div>
|}</div>
If one counts the entries with <code>views > 1000*p</code> (highlighted in light green) – one arrives at a wikiFactor (wF) of 20 for WikiIndex (correct as of September 2012).
If one counts the entries with <code>views > 1000*p</code> (highlighted in light green) – one arrives at a wikiFactor (wF) of 24 for WikiIndex (correct as of June 2015).


====Where to look====
====Where to look====
Many [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki engines]] (though not all) provide global statistics.  Here is how to find the appropriate [[wikiFactor]] related stats for various wiki engines (although it can also depend on software version used by individual wiki sites).
Many [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki engines]] (though not all) provide global statistics for page views, or 'hit counters'.  Here is how to find the appropriate [[wikiFactor]] related stats for various wiki engines (although it can also depend on software version used by individual wiki sites).
#[[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] — <s>go to the <tt>/Special:PopularPages</tt> page of the wiki – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/Special:PopularPages</nowiki></code></s><br>MediaWiki have, by default, now [[MW:Requests for comment/Removing hit counters from MediaWiki core|removed the page 'Special:PopularPages']] from its core installation.  They now use the RestAPI function instead.  To now produce the data as before, one must install the [[MW:Extension:HitCounters|Extension:HitCounters]]. Many large wikis are not able to have MediaWiki (or an extension) internally generate hit counters as they operate behind a cache or reverse proxy (such as Squid or Varnish) or an external content distribution network (such as Cloudflare) for performance reasons - which means most of the requests never reach the main servers. There are alternatives, but mostly these are site-specific.
#[[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] — <s>go to the <tt>/Special:PopularPages</tt> page of the wiki – <code><nowiki>https://YourWikiURL.org/Special:PopularPages</nowiki></code></s>.<br>MediaWiki have, by default, now [[MW:Requests for comment/Removing hit counters from MediaWiki core|removed the page 'Special:PopularPages']] from its core installation.  They now use the RestAPI function instead.  To now produce the data as before, one must install the [[MW:Extension:HitCounters|Extension:HitCounters]]. Many large wikis are not able to have MediaWiki (or an extension) internally generate hit counters as they operate behind a cache or reverse proxy (such as Squid or Varnish), or an external content distribution network (such as Cloudflare) for performance reasons - which means most of the requests never reach the main servers. There are alternatives, but mostly these are site-specific.
#[[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] — <tt>/Special:PopularPages</tt> has been unavailable for some time.  The 'Top' sites option at [http://stats.grok.se/ stats.grok.se] can be used for [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedias]], but needs to be summed on a per-month basis.
#[[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] — <tt>/Special:PopularPages</tt> has been unavailable for some time.  The Wikipedia article traffic statistics 'Top' sites option at [http://Stats.Grok.se/ Stats.Grok.se] can be used for the larger [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedias]], [[Wikimedia Commons]], and [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]], but needs to be manually summed for the individual wiki on a per-month basis.
#[[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] — originally, this info could be accessed at <tt>Special:Mostvisitedpages</tt> – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiName.wikia.com/Special:Mostvisitedpages</nowiki></code>, although from September 2011 this tool was removed, and no similar page counter existed for Wikia sites.  Sometime in mid-2012, Wikia reinstated <tt>/Special:Mostvisitedpages</tt>, so this feature became active again. By mid-March 2013 it had gone again, on [http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Mostvisitedpages the Community Central] and at least one big wiki.  There is now no Special:PopularPages; it was replaced by <code>Special:Top/most_visited</code>, which was deprecated in favour of <code>Special:Insights/popularpages</code>.
#[[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] — originally, this info could be accessed at <tt>Special:Mostvisitedpages</tt> – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiName.Wikia.com/wiki/Special:Mostvisitedpages</nowiki></code>, although from September 2011 this tool was removed, and no similar page counter existed for Wikia sites.  Sometime in mid-2012, Wikia reinstated <tt>/Special:Mostvisitedpages</tt>, so this feature became active again. By mid-March 2013 it had gone again, on [http://Community.Wikia.com/wiki/Special:Mostvisitedpages the Community Central] and at least one big wiki.  There is now no Special:PopularPages; it was replaced by <code>Special:Top/most_visited</code>, which was deprecated in favour of <code>Special:Insights/popularpages</code>, itself now also depreciated.
#[[:Category:MoinMoin|MoinMoin]] — add <tt>/PageHits</tt> at the end of the URL – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/PageHits</nowiki></code>
#[[:Category:MoinMoin|MoinMoin]] — add <tt>/PageHits</tt> at the end of the URL – <code><nowiki>https://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/PageHits</nowiki></code>.
#[[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]] —  
#[[:Category:UseMod Wiki|UseMod Wiki]] —  
#[[:Category:Pbwiki|Pbwiki]] —  
#[[:Category:Pbwiki|Pbwiki]] —  
#[[:Category:PhpWiki|PhpWiki]] — add <tt>?MostPopular</tt> at the end of the URL – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/index.php?MostPopular</nowiki></code>
#[[:Category:PhpWiki|PhpWiki]] — add <tt>?MostPopular</tt> at the end of the URL – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/index.php?MostPopular</nowiki></code>.
#[[:Category:ProWiki|ProWiki]] —  
#[[:Category:ProWiki|ProWiki]] —  
#[[:Category:PmWiki|PmWiki]] —  
#[[:Category:PmWiki|PmWiki]] —  
#[[:Category:TikiWiki|TikiWiki]] — either click on 'Page Rankings' in the sidebar, or add <tt>/tiki-wiki_rankings.php</tt> to the end of the root URL – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/tiki-wiki_rankings.php</nowiki></code>
#[[:Category:TikiWiki|TikiWiki]] — either click on 'Page Rankings' in the sidebar, or add <tt>/tiki-wiki_rankings.php</tt> to the end of the root URL – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/tiki-wiki_rankings.php</nowiki></code>.
#[[:Category:TWiki|TWiki]] —  
#[[:Category:TWiki|TWiki]] —  
#[[:Category:Oddmuse|Oddmuse]] —  
#[[:Category:Oddmuse|Oddmuse]] —  
#[[:Category:Wikispaces|Wikispaces]] — go to ''Manage Wiki'' on the top-left of the page (under 'Actions'), then click on the ''Tools: Wiki Statistics'' icon – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.Wikispaces.com/space/stats/overview</nowiki></code>.  Shift from the ''overview'' tab to the ''pages'' tab, then click on ''Views''.
#[[:Category:Wikispaces|Wikispaces]] — go to ''Manage Wiki'' on the top-left of the page (under 'Actions'), then click on the ''Tools: Wiki Statistics'' icon – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.Wikispaces.com/space/stats/overview</nowiki></code>, then shift from the ''overview'' tab to the ''pages'' tab, then click on ''Views''.
#[[:Category:Bitweaver|Bitweaver]] — add <tt>/rankings.php</tt> at the end of the URL – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/rankings.php</nowiki></code>.  In the 'Select Attribute' drop-down list, choose 'Most Often Viewed', and from the 'Number of items', select the most appropriate option from the drop-down list.
#[[:Category:Bitweaver|Bitweaver]] — add <tt>/rankings.php</tt> at the end of the URL – <code><nowiki>http://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/rankings.php</nowiki></code>.  In the 'Select Attribute' drop-down list, choose 'Most Often Viewed', and from the 'Number of items', select the most appropriate option from the drop-down list.
#[[:Category:DokuWiki|DokuWiki]] —  
#[[:Category:DokuWiki|DokuWiki]] —  
#[[:Category:ShoutWiki|ShoutWiki]] — <tt>/Special:PopularPages</tt> and <tt>/Special:Mostvisitedpages</tt> both don't exist
#[[:Category:ShoutWiki|ShoutWiki]] — <tt>/Special:PopularPages</tt> and <tt>/Special:Mostvisitedpages</tt> both don't exist.
#[[:Category:WikiFree|WikiFree]] — <code>Special:PopularPages</code> is enabled on-request
#[[:Category:WikiFree|WikiFree]] — <code>Special:PopularPages</code> is enabled on-request.


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