https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28077

--- Comment #7 from Aaron Schulz <[email protected]> 2011-03-17 05:56:17 UTC 
---
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > The issue is not to have a number in the message but to have the correct
> > grammar.
> > Grammar in some language is different for varying numbers. Even in English, 
> > you
> > have to differenciate between "This list shows the page/pages having this
> > propery." 
> > 
> > i.e. PLURAL support is inevitable for both messages.
> 
> Not for English (depending on the wording), but it might be harder in others.
> What I want the message to convey is what the page lists in general (i.e. "all
> pages where X") and not what happens to be in it ("these pages have X").
>

Or in another words, I want the text to be explanatory, to convey what the list
"does" or what it is for.

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