That is fantastic news... I'm incredibly grateful for the help and advice. On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 1:27 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote:
> Given the overhead of the API and that he only needs a count getting that > info should be fairly easy via a python cgi wrapper around an sql query. > > The only thing that I cannot do is #3 since the software does not > differentiate between links in templates and links not in templates. Its a > requested feature for years now. > > Give me a few hours and ill get you the tool you want. This should be less > than 30 minutes work > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Labs-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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>
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