Related tip: In the API you can get a list of backlinks (but you have to count them yourself) from the main namespace including all redirects by a query like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&format=json&bltitle=Example&blnamespace=0&blfilterredir=all&bllimit=250&blredirect= More info at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Backlinks *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida> 0729 - 67 29 48 *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> 2014-09-09 13:41 GMT+02:00 Navino Evans <[email protected]>: > Wow! That would be awesome :) > > The API we are looking for can be as simple as sending a GET request to a > url (http://www.somewhere.com/api/count?t=wikipedia_title_goes_here), > returning a number in "text/plain" format. > > The actual count that we're interested is for English Wikipedia only, and > would ideally include the following, all added up into a single number: > > 1) All links from articles in Main Namespace only (for our purpose it > would be better to not include links from User pages, Talk pages etc if > possible) > > 2) Including links from Redirect pages (e.g. counting a link from "Michel > Jackson" redirect as part of the count from the article "Michael Jackson") > > 3) Excluding links that are within a template transcluded in an article > (so we don't need to count the links inside Navboxes within an article for > example) > > 4) For our purpose, it doesn't really matter whether transclusions of the > actual page that is called are included in the count (we generally won't be > using it for checking templates, timeline and list articles). > > Just to give the full picture for this request - my use of this tool will > be for a company (www.histropedia.com), so I wouldn't want to take up > your time with this unless it's something you feel should be available for > wider use. My plan was to get the developer working on our site to make > this tool for the community if it didn't exist somewhere, but we would be > reliant on datadumps so could not get live information (which would be > incredibly useful for us, and I hope many others). > > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:10 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What numbers/data do you want? I can whip up a replacement for it. >> >> >> On Monday, September 8, 2014, Navino Evans <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Hi all, does anyone know if there is a tool currently available for >>> counting backlinks to Wikipedia articles via an API? I have been using this >>> tool http://dispenser.homenet.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/backlinkscount.py >>> - but it seems to have finally gone offline completely following some >>> recent controversy with user:Dispenser. >>> >>> Any advice much appreciated! >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Navino >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Labs-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l >> >> > > > -- > ___________________________ > > Histropedia > The Timeline for all of History > www.histropedia.com > > Follow us on: > Twitter <https://twitter.com/Histropedia> Facebo > <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia>ok > <https://www.facebook.com/Histropedia> Google + > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/104484373317792180682/104484373317792180682/posts> > L <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>inke > <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd>dIn > <http://www.linkedin.com/company/histropedia-ltd> > > > _______________________________________________ > Labs-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l > >
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