User:Visviva/Pagecount experimental

'''NOTE: Counts are currently inaccurate because of a glitch in the database dump for April 2016, which has caused most articles created between early March and early April to be omitted from the count. Hoping for a fix with the May 2016 database dump.'''

Users by number of non-redirect pages created in the article namespace (limited to the first 5,000 entries). This page may be outdated. See [ the data subpage's history] for the most recent date of updating.

This page is updated by combining (1) the results of a scan of the most recent database dump and (2) the results of API queries for new articles created since that time. It is thus more up-to-date than the version based on the dump alone. However, that currency comes at a cost; in particular, the script does not track deletions or moves through the API. Thus, the numbers may fluctuate abruptly when a new dump becomes available (since the dump will incorporate those deletions and moves).

When everything is running properly, this page runs 24-48 hours behind the present. This is done in order to minimize the effect of spam, tests and mistakes on the count.

A couple of additional caveats with this list. It is generated by looking at the user associated with the oldest edit to a particular page. If a user created a redirect and it was later expanded by a different user, the redirect creator will be credited with the page's creation. Unexpanded article namespace redirects and bot-created pages are ignored.

To display a template that will help keep track of this accomplishment, add to your userpage.