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This template counts the number of words that goes into its first parameter. It serves as a basic word count function in areas where word count is important (such as Arbitration Committee statements, etc.)
A Wikimedia Commons has an average of 0.25 words per page, which is probably an underestimate because almost all of the text is in template boxes and is ignored by the word-counting software. For example, see this Wikimedia Commons page for an image used in the ALS article.
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Word count is commonly used by translators to determine the price of a translation job. Word counts may also be used to calculate measures of readability and to measure typing and reading speeds (usually in words per minute). When converting character counts to words, a measure of 5 or 6 characters to a word is generally used for English. [1]
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The above graph is based on November 7, 2005, figures from Wikipedia Statistics [dead link ], specifically Words per article [dead link ] and the Article count (alternate) [dead link ]. The alternative definition of an article is that it shall contain at least one internal link and 200 characters of readable text, disregarding wiki and ...
Poison Profits. A HuffPost / WNYC investigation into lead contamination in New York City
Size of Wikipedia in volumes – to see the size of Wikipedia in print encyclopedia volumes; Size comparisons – comparisons against other encyclopedias and information collections; Modelling Wikipedia's growth – analysis of the count of articles, attempting to fit mathematical growth models {} template to display many WMF site stats