thanks Brad, I created an account in Tools Lab and a public SSH key. How long will it take to approve my request before I can submit queries?
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) <[email protected] > wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 5:11 AM, practikal mind <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> How do I find out the range of pageids that are currently in use in >> wikipedia? >> > > I don't know of any straightforward way to do this via the API. But if you > get an account on Tool Labs,[1] it's a simple SQL query: SELECT > MIN(page_id), MAX(page_id) FROM page. > > [1]: https://tools.wmflabs.org/ > > >> Do pageids always remain constant? >> > > If a page is deleted and then undeleted, the page id might change. > > >> Can a certain pageid cease to exist? >> > > If the page is deleted, yes. Special:MergeHistory will probably eliminate > one of the involved page ids too. > > > -- > Brad Jorsch (Anomie) > Software Engineer > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api > >
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