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David Gerard wrote:
The problem is that we announce to the world, right there on [[Special:Statistics]], a number we know is bogus, and people then take us at our word. The solution is to put a non-bogus number there.
It's not bogus, it's just not the number most people want. :)
The best solution would be to add a more useful number, aka the number of "active" accounts.
That means we have to define what an "active user" is, and add a way to track the number in a way that stays relatively accurate and doesn't harm site performance.
- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)