Module:NUMBEROF/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Module:NUMBEROF.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original module page.

This Lua module is used in MediaWiki:Statistics-files-desc.
Changes to it can cause immediate changes to the Wikipedia user interface.
To avoid major disruption, any changes should be tested in the module's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own module sandbox. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Please discuss changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This module is rated as ready for general use. It has reached a mature state, is considered relatively stable and bug-free, and may be used wherever appropriate. It can be mentioned on help pages and other Wikipedia resources as an option for new users. To minimise server load and avoid disruptive output, improvements should be developed through sandbox testing rather than repeated trial-and-error editing.

This module depends on the following other modules:

Module:NUMBEROF implements templates {{NUMBEROF}} and {{Wikipedia rank by size}}.
It includes sub-modules Module:NUMBEROF/data, Module:NUMBEROF/rank, Module:NUMBEROF/other and Module:NUMBEROF/meta which are used once per page [not per template invocation]. These sub-modules pull data from Wikimedia Commons:
- c:Data:Wikipedia statistics/meta.tab for classification of wikis,
- c:Data:Wikipedia statistics/data.tab for statistics of all wikis,
- c:Data:Wikipedia statistics/rank/*.tab for rankings of languages in each project.
- data.tab, meta.tag and rank/*.tab are updated by a bot multiple times each day.
The module was originally developed on Enwiki.