https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16775


MZMcBride <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Summary|Number of active users is   |Number of "active users" is
                   |100,000 off at en.wiki      |a rather confusing statistic




--- Comment #3 from MZMcBride <[email protected]>  2008-12-27 06:13:30 UTC 
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SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT rc_user_text) FROM recentchanges WHERE rc_user != 0 AND
rc_bot = 0 AND (rc_log_type != 
'newusers' OR rc_log_type IS NULL);
+------------------------------+
| COUNT(DISTINCT rc_user_text) |
+------------------------------+
|                       153024 |
+------------------------------+
1 row in set (1 min 57.97 sec)

mysql> SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT rc_user_text) FROM recentchanges WHERE rc_user !=
0;
+------------------------------+
| COUNT(DISTINCT rc_user_text) |
+------------------------------+
|                       264739 |
+------------------------------+
1 row in set (14.11 sec)

So, the number isn't wrong, per se. Just rather confusing... I've adjusted the
bug summary accordingly. 

Possible options to add clarification: link to a MW.org page describing how the
statistic is calculated (and what each piece means, how often it's refreshed,
etc.). I believe the Job queue includes a link by default now in MediaWiki
core.


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