Forum:Counting dead-end pages

I have a pretty technical question: Dead-end articles are not counted for articles on the main page, but in my wiki, most articles will probably be dead-end articles, so the number shown of the front page wouldn't be very indicative of the size of the project. Can this somehow be changed? I wouldn't be surprised though if it's more than just a configuration for the wiki, so maybe I should just remove the article count all together.

RMilding 08:35, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Correct, the magic word only counts articles that are in the main namespace, and have at least one wikilink (see m:Help:Article_count). You could use  instead (although that counts all namespaces). --Splarka (talk) 09:02, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, I tried using instead but that returned the number 1,660, when I have maybe 30 or so "proper" articles right now. But then I also wondered, does a link to a category in the wiki count, or does it have to be a link to an article? --RMilding 13:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I believe it has to be a non-interwiki/non-interlanguage/non-category/non-image double-bracket link. You could put it in a template in a hidden div maybe. Main Page  --Splarka (talk) 20:28, 15 November 2006 (UTC)