Re: [Mediawiki-api] get number of revisions

i look for a dataset with some specific characteristics. revision number is one, cause articles with low revisions dont create enough metrics for our algorithm and ones with too much take very long time (network effects). so it would be helpful to save the time to download lot of xml, compute needed metrics and select it locally. anyway, i would suggest to generete this metadata when a new revision is created. just one counting variable and way easier to offer afterwards. the strong point i want to make is: this is central metadata of the article, like size, number of characters, date created, urls, page ids, human-readable titles and computable titles of both, article and talk page. another point I have some troubles now is that for example when you output the page in a query, you use the human readable title as an variable for the article. the page-id or the computable title (dont know how to call it, the one used in the url, i.e. Barack_Obama, not Barack Obama) would be better to use as a key. i. e. got a problem in creating files with the actual variable (had now the problem with the HIV/AIDS page, when python looked for a folder HIV where it wanted to create a page AIDS in) and also to address other apis or services with computer is more direct with it. i use the api for example to select my data and get it then from the export special page. thanks for your answers! cheers, stefan On 2015-02-04 23:10, John wrote: -- *Stefan Kasberger* *E* mail(a)stefankasberger.at *W* www.openscienceASAP.org