On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 5:11 AM, practikal mind < practikalmind(a)gmail.com&gt; 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 _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list Mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api

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. http://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/1181 On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:46 AM, practikal mind < practikalmind(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > 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&gt; wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 5:11 AM, practikal mind < >> practikalmind(a)gmail.com&gt; 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mediawiki-api mailing list >> Mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > Mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api > > _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list Mediawiki-api(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api