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]

WP:AS brought me here. Add the following hatnote:

{{Redirect|WP:AS|"Assume stupidity"|Wikipedia:Assume stupidity}}

which results in:

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]

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]