Awesome John! Now I only wish that one could specify language code also ;)
*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 15:34 GMT+02:00 John <[email protected]>: > Per request, its no frills but what you what you asked for: > http://tools.wmflabs.org/betacommand-dev/cgi-bin/backlinks > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Navino Evans <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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? 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