Template:Size

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Wiki Size: UnknownSize


Parameters

pages
number of pages (no thousands separator)
alternative parameter names: "wiki pages", "wiki_pages"
this is a necessary parameter
statistics URL
external link to the wiki's statistics page
alternative parameter names: "wiki statistics URL", "wiki_statistics_URL"
this is an optional parameter
wiki factor
plain value (for a description see Proposal:wikiFactor and Talk:Proposal:wikiFactor)
this is an optional parameter
wiki factor URL
external link to the wiki page that contains the data base the wiki factor was calculated from
this is an optional parameter

boilerplate

When anyone goes to Community Portal and hits the "Create a New Wiki Page" button, the default boilerplate includes this:

{{Size
| pages = <!-- necessary. plain number of pages, leave blank if unknown -->
| statistics URL = <!-- optional. external link to statistics page -->
| wiki factor = <!-- optional. plain wiki factor value -->
| wiki factor URL = <!-- optional. external link to data base for wiki factor calc. -->
}}
(Please check against Template:NewWiki boilerplate.)

How to get size information

Most wiki engines provide statistics somewhere including a page count. Here's how to find them for various wiki engines (although it can also depend on version)

  1. MediaWiki: Replace Special:Recentchanges with Special:Statistics
We can also add MediaWiki listings to the http://s23.org/wikistats/mediawikis_html.php system which tracks various wiki stats
  1. MoinMoin: Replace RecentChanges with SystemInfo or System_Info
  2. UseModWiki: Replace ?RecentChanges with ?action=index
  3. Pbwiki: Replace any page name with AllPages
  4. PhpWiki: an option: Search for letter "e" in all Titles
  5. ProWiki: Replace ?RecentChanges with ?action=spx
  6. PmWiki: Search for / and scroll to the bottom (maybe searching for main/ would be better)
  7. Tikiwiki: Replace ending /tiki-lastchanges.php with /tiki-stats.php
  8. Twiki: Replace /WebChanges with /WebIndex
  9. Oddmuse: In RecentChanges click on 1 day and replace ?action=rc;days=1;all=0;showedit=0 with ?action=index
  10. Wikispaces: replace /changes ending the recent changes url with /pagelist

How to calculate the wikiFactor of a site

Example

Popular pages (of WikiIndex):
Position (p)
most visited first
Page name (views) Relation
views [<=>] 1000*p
1. Welcome ?(572,833 views) 572,833 >  1,000
2. Bulbapedia ?(42,344 views) 42,344 >  2,000
3. Community Portal ?(28,489 views) 28,489 >  3,000
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11. Wiki.ThePPN ?(14,724 views) 14,724 > 11,000
12. Books ?(12,807 views) 12,807 > 12,000
13. TourBusStop ?(12,371 views) 12,371 < 13,000
If you count the entries with views > 1000*p (marked with green) you get the wikiFactor (12 for WikiIndex).

lists of popular pages

Most wiki engines provide global statistics. Here's how to find them for various wiki engines (although it can also depend on version)

  1. MediaWiki:
  2. MoinMoin:
  3. UseModWiki:
  4. Pbwiki:
  5. PhpWiki:
  6. ProWiki:
  7. PmWiki:
  8. Tikiwiki:
  9. Twiki:
  10. Oddmuse:
  11. Wikispaces: