Talk:Requests for comment/Removing hit counters from MediaWiki core


 * I use them on wiki regularly. --Nemo 09:35, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

People like stats, I don't think it should be removed. I have however, been wanting for some time to add the needed hooks so one can use a different counter implementation. Platonides (talk) 19:46, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

The stats are good for smaller wikis that don't have any other stats solution. They have to be in place from the time of installation if they're going to be accurate. They can be switched off later if the system administrator doesn't want them.

In what way are they too inflexible? Don't config settings like Manual:$wgHitcounterUpdateFreq give us some flexibility? I am curious, though — how much of a performance hit do wikis take when they use hitcounters? Leucosticte (talk) 07:06, 28 November 2013 (UTC)