Hi all,
Is it possible to find out how many times any given image has been viewed?
I know that this can be done on Wikipedia (e.g. [1]), but can it be done on Commons?
Ideally, I'd like to know how many times an image is viewed by all sites that use Commons as their image repository, preferably using the API. I see that there is a "counter" option in the API, but that doesn't seem to be working [2].
It's very useful to know the number of times images have been viewed when talking to people about releasing their images onto Commons. This was mentioned in one of the outcomes of the GLAM-WIKI event: "Provide statistics on visits to articles and images (including thumbnails loads) related to cultural institutions, information or images provided by them, or articles about their collections, and work with GLAM institutions on adding this to their existing metrics." A lot of this can be done externally if the information can be provided by the API or some other means.
Thanks, Mike
[1] http://stats.grok.se/en/200909/File%3AQueen%20Wilhelmina2.jpg [2[ http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php? action=query&titles=File:Queen% 20Wilhelmina2.jpg&prop=info&inprop=protection|talkid [3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI_Recommendations