> > Idle thought... > > It used to be that, when an image was clicked, it would generate a > pageview of a local File: page (for Commons images, usually a "dummy" > local page). On some projects, it would instead go to the > corresponding Commons file page. > > However, the use of mediaviewer means that a significant fraction of > clicks on images will not lead to a new pageview; the user is > satisfied with the lightbox, closes it in place, and stays on the > page. > > In the eswiki case, this seems to be a very convincing explanation for > the Commons drop. As a project which has not allowed local uploads for > a long time, I believe any image links went straight to Commons rather > than to the local File page used on enwiki. > > Which leads to an obvious question - on other projects, such as enwiki > or frwiki, have we accounted for a drop in *file page* views? What do > overall pageview numbers look like using, say, just mainspace/ns0? >
I like the explanation. More work would probably have to be done to prove it, but it sounds good. And it illustrates the point that fewer pageviews is not always a bad thing!
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