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The '''page view''' is the normal means of measuring [[web traffic]]. It is a key factor in determining the resale value of [[second level domain]]s especially in the ".com", ".net" and ".org" [[top level domain]]s. Accordingly much [[wiki spam]] is motivated by simple desire to increase the page views. This is also a motive in [[Wikimedia corruption]], as control of [[Wikimedia]] leads to far more hits on | The '''page view''' is the normal means of measuring [[web traffic]]. It is a key factor in determining the resale value of [[second level domain]]s especially in the ".com", ".net" and ".org" [[top level domain]]s. Accordingly much [[wiki spam]] is motivated by simple desire to increase the page views. This is also a motive in [[Wikimedia corruption]], as control of [[Wikimedia]] leads to far more hits on Bomis than would otherwise be the case. | ||
[[MediaWiki]] shows page view data on all wiki pages. You may see it below as | [[MediaWiki]] shows page view data on all wiki pages. You may see it below as | ||
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Despite this capability, however, detailed page view data is not available for [[Wikipedia]] pages themselves, which is another sign of [[Wikimedia corruption]]. | Despite this capability, however, detailed page view data is not available for [[Wikipedia]] pages themselves, which is another sign of [[Wikimedia corruption]]. | ||
::It's disabled for performance reasons. memcaching pages would not be applicable if the counter were enabled, so it's not corruption, it's '''pragmatism''' --[[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 13:21, 16 Jul 2004 (EEST) | |||
:::Pragmatism is the universal excuse to rationalize corruption. How do you know what it "is" or not? Why not disable logins "for performance reasons" too, or [[watchlist]]s? They don't, because that would also disable [[sysop power structure]]. So what is "disabled for performance reasons" is highly arbitrary. | |||