[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Intlwiki-l] RFC on a few feature requests

[Brion VIBBER]

Paul Ebermann wrote:
> "Brion VIBBER" skribis:
>>* "Most wanted" and "Most popular" special pages list the _total_ number
>>of links to a page, regardless of how many links there are _per page_.
>>Some types of lists can hyperinflate the numbers; a list of video games
>>might link [[Playstation]] 389 times (once for each Playstation game
>>listed). The behavior that people seem to expect is a count of _pages_
>>that link, rather than the raw number of links. I would tend to agree.
>>This can be switched by the simple addition of "DISTINCT" to a couple
>>SQL queries; is there any reason to retain the current behavior?
> 
> [en]
> Is it possible to make this an option in the user
> preferences? The default should be the new behaviour.

Sure, in theory, but I really don't see why anyone would _want_ the old 
behavior. It gets reported as a _bug_ with some regularity... :)

> [eo]
> Cxu eblas/senchavas fari tion opcio en la preferoj de
> la uzanto? La defauxlto estu la nova konduto.

Nu jes, teorie, sed mi simple ne komprenas, kial oni _volus_ elekti la 
nunan. Oni suficxe ofte raportas gxin kiel 'cimo'... :)

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)