User:Benc/Scripts/what links here count.py

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# what_links_here_count.py
# Author: Benc
# Purpose: Count the number of pages that link to a page by namespace and by
#          redirect.  Simply parses the list generated by a
#          Special:Whatlinkshere page.

# Below: cut and paste everything from below "The following pages link to here:"
# Don't worry about extra linefeeds before and after the list.
txt="""

"""

import string

NAMESPACES = [   'Talk',
        'Category',  'Category talk',
        'Help',      'Help talk',
        'Image',     'Image talk',
        'MediaWiki', 'MediaWiki talk',
        'Template',  'Template talk',
        'User',      'User talk',
        'Wikipedia', 'Wikipedia talk']
REDIRECT = '(redirect page)'

totalCount = 0
mainCount = 0
redirectCount = 0
namespaceCount = [0] * len(NAMESPACES)

# Remove leading and trailing whitespace; change to array by newline
txt = string.strip(txt).split('\n')

for cur in txt:
        if len(cur) == 0:
                continue
        totalCount += 1
        if cur.find(REDIRECT) >= 0:
                redirectCount += 1
        else:
                colon = cur.find(':')
                if colon >= 0 and cur[:colon] in NAMESPACES:
                        namespaceCount[NAMESPACES.index(cur[:colon])] += 1
                else:
                        mainCount += 1

print 'Count by namespace (%d total):' % (totalCount)
print '%4d from Main' % (mainCount)
for (i, count) in enumerate(namespaceCount):
        if count > 0:
                print '%4d from %s' % (count, NAMESPACES[i])
if redirectCount > 0:
        print '%4d redirects' % (redirectCount)

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