On 9/21/06, Amgine amgine@saewyc.net wrote:
Actually, I just requested a run against the database on Toolserver. 48% of entries in the dataset are in the main namespace, and 13% are Talk pages. This number includes redirects and stubs, of course, but it's a rather different number than is being discussed here.
It's WAY more than 50% if you count by revision.
wikidb=> select page_namespace=0 as main_ns,count(page_title) from analysis_user group by (page_namespace=0); main_ns | count -------------+---------- t | 42893625 f | 15652166 (2 rows)
If in fact waking about writing an encyclopedia were indeed more popular, it would be a sad thing indeed... But I suppose it's only natural for everyone to think their own involvement is the most important...
I for one am glad that Wikipedia isn't MYSPACE... although I suppose that the truth might suck for those from Wikia.