Wikipedia talk:Article size

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Project page fails to explain how to find the word count

This project page fails to prominently inform the reader how to find the word count of an article. Jc3s5h (talk) 17:07, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed see WP:WORDCOUNT or simply.....Preferences → Gadgets → Browsing → Prosesize: add a toolbox link to show the size of and number of words in a page (direct link), and then save.Moxy🍁 17:16, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Jc3s5h (talk) 20:20, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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67.209.130.17 (talk) 16:34, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: That essay is of marginal utility, and it's a bit weird to expect that shortcut to take you to it. Remsense ‥ 论 16:45, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding to table the fraction of articles that fall in various size ranges

The material added here <nowiki> , but twice removed, gives editors a sense of what percentile (so to speak) a given article's size falls into. To me, it helps me envision how much of a "problem" a large article's size is. It certainly doesn't hurt. EEng 01:15, 20 December 2024 (UTC) Pinging WhatamIdoing.[reply]

Since 30% of all articles are stubs, we should be aiming to create stubs. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:08, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I fear I don't see what that has to do with the question at hand. EEng 02:18, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I take a similar lesson from the percentiles, it seems normal to assume the modal outcome is the expected outcome. The prevalence suggests the goal is <6,000 words. CMD (talk) 02:54, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The only problem with that fine piece of reasoning is that, while 30% of articles are < 150 words, 70% are 150 to 6000 words. Unless I'm badly deceived, 70% > 30%. Or are we defining "stub" using some unspoken criterion different from the 150 boundary? EEng 04:31, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How is a rewording of my fine piece of reasoning at all at odds with my original fine piece of reasoning? CMD (talk) 13:04, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My deepest apologies. I was on my phone and somehow mixed together your post (which refers to sizes < 6000) with Hawkeye's (which seems to be talking about sizes < 150). My head on a platter will be delivered to your home within the next 3 to 5 days. EEng 21:42, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A merry Christmas platter to us all! CMD (talk) 01:39, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because WP is dynamic, I don't think adding the percents to the table there is helpful because it does give the wrong impression that certain article sizes are "correct"; but having a statement that "as of 2024, 30% of our articles are < 150 words..." near the table, and which can be updated annually, can give an idea where things sit at the present. --Masem (t) 13:16, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]