User:Retro/Templates/Pages views


 * In template namespace:
 * In template namespace:

Page views counting

 * I've been getting 'Internal server error' for stats.grok.se. I've read elsewhere this is a discontinued service. If this is the case, there are some templates that need their links replaced to more useful targets.

The DYK link on Talk:Widener Library, http://stats.grok.se/en/201406/Widener_Library gives a server error for check views.

Also, this link seems like an outdated tool... don't we have a new tool for linking to views (I've seen the tool in RFD). Ah, but the rub is, it only goes back to 2015.

Template

 * Page views URLs should not require '|'; they interfere with templates, and should not be used raw on talk pages for this reason. But there probably a page views template. Views is not it, but it should link to it. I also have another views-related meta Wikipedia concern; ideally, the templates should be renamed, since it's a "Part of a series on" template.
 * Page views should exist, but doesn't. And then PV and Pv can be used for this as well (they were previously used for passed verification, a now-deleted template.)

Fixing the DYK problem
I will likely post on Template talk:DYK talk with the section name "Stats.grok.se linking should be removed".

As Wikipedia:Pageview statistics notes, the tools is deprecated

could replace with a link to where the raw pagecounts can be downloaded themselves:

Ideally, it would be replaced with a centralized page views template, which could be updated if a new tool emerges for page views older than 2015.

If it is added, my page views template should probably be template-protected first, since it will be highly visible after the change. I need to actually create the template itself first, though.