[Labs-l] Backlinks counter for Wikipedia articles?

[Russell Blau]

John <phoenixoverride <at> gmail.com> writes:

> What numbers/data do you want? I can whip up a replacement for it.

On Monday, September 8, 2014, Navino Evans <navino <at> histropedia.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> Hi all, does anyone know if there is a tool currently available for
> counting backlinks to Wikipedia articles via an API? I have been using this
> tool http://dispenser.homenet.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/backlinkscount.py -
> but it seems to have finally gone offline completely following some recent
> controversy with user:Dispenser.
> 

Actually, backlinkscount.py is a public domain file, and I happen to have a
copy of it. :-) I can either send it to one of you, or, if you don't mind
waiting a day or two, I can try to put it up under my Tool account.