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
