Tomasz-
Given that number of "articles" jumped some
20% with new counters, your
statement is outright false.
6.43% on en:, actually, and that doesn't count the new articles that were
created between May 14 and May 25. The new count system simply gets more
articles which are not in prose format but which do contain links, such as
lists.
"Old method" was to use different counter
for CJK wikipedias, don't you
remember ?
What I remember is that people on some Wikipedias inserted commas into
articles to have them counted.
But then, English Wikipedia has already history of
counterfeiting stats,
with Rambot.
That, again, is a matter of opinion. You will have to live with the fact
that not everyone agrees with yours.
Regards,
Erik