[Foundation-l] preferences statistics

[Andrew Garrett]

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Ashar Voultoiz <hashar+wmf at free.fr> wrote:
> On 01/11/10 08:47, Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
>> Are there statistics about users' preferences on Wikimedia sites?
>>
>> For example, a statistic that would say things like how many users use every
>> skin and how many users have "Show preview before edit box" disabled.
>>
>> Correct me if i'm wrong, but the defaults for new users never seem to change
>> (except the Vector skin recently) and maybe we could learn something from
>> these stats.
>
> Hello,
>
> I have wrote one a few years ago which might suit your needs. It is in
> the maintenance directory and would need a shell access to run:
>
>    maintenance/userOptions.php --usage
>
> On my development Wiki the output is:
>
>   Usage for <ccmeonemails> (default: '0'):
>    1 user(s): '1'

If you wrote it before I rewrote the preferences system in 2009, then
it is out of date.

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Andrew Garrett
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