On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 5:11 AM, practikal mind <practikalmind@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.


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Brad Jorsch (Anomie)
Software Engineer
Wikimedia Foundation