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'''wikiFactor''' ('''wF''') measures the impact of a [[wiki]] site.  The wikiFactor, which is based on the popular [[Wikipedia:H-index]], as used for research citations.  Details are given in the paper [http://arXiv.org/abs/0902.3439 wikiFactor: a measure of the importance of a wiki site].  It used to be very simple to calculate, as it was included as a statistical output of the integral core of some of the most popular {{tag|Wiki Engine}}s.  As an example for previous releases of the ubiquitious [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]; first one would go to the <tt>Special:Popularpages</tt> page, and the wikiFactor value is determined as the number of pages – wF – that has had more than 1000&nbsp;wF visits.

For example, the wikiFactor of [[WikiIndex]] (as reported by the final version of MediaWiki which included <tt>Special:Popularpages</tt>) is 20, ''i.e.'', page 20 in the list has had more than 20,000 visits, whereas page 21 has not yet reached 21,000 visits.

For more detailed information, along with specific instructions for various Wiki Engines, see [[Template:Size#How to calculate the wikiFactor of a site|how to calculate the wikiFactor of a site]], as shown in [[template:Size]].