Here's the quickest way to answer your
question. You don't need to go
through the trouble of a Tool Labs account to run a query.
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:46 AM, practikal mind <practikalmind(a)gmail.com
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) <
bjorsch(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 5:11 AM, practikal mind
<
practikalmind(a)gmail.com> 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
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