On Mon, 19 May 2003, Andrew Smith wrote:
You may want to have a look at http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_count_reform which is, I think, the most recent major discussion of what constitutes an 'article'. The link on that page to Article Count Reform Vote shows the options suggested and voted for.
What was decided: * all articles in talk space containing at least one wiki link shall be considered "articles" for purposes of the front-page article count.
I haven't had a chance to make the change yet, but I'll probably go ahead and do it when I figure out why the counter is currently broken. :)
I'm not entirely sure whether the count is what Dan's referring to here though, as there's also the link color display etc mixed in.
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