Below is a sampling of the errors I'm seeing with I try to import the latest EN Wikipedia dump:
REF:: https://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/20170401/enwiki-20170401-pages-articles.xml.bz2
I've used this link to install the HitCounter:
LINK:: Extension:HitCounters
I didn't note any errors that seemed meaningful when I ran update.php from the CLI.
I'm running a fresh install of MediaWiki with what was an empty MySQL database until the MediaWiki installation.
MediaWiki: v.1.28
Apache: v.2.4.23
MySQL: v.5.7.14
PHP: 5.6.25-7.0.10
Used these base instructions to complete the installation:
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/114387-how-to-set-up-your-own-copy-of-wikipedia/2
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ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 509336: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 510375: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
170000 pages ( 34.288/s), 170000 revisions ( 34.288/s) in 4958 seconds
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 511433: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 512508: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
171000 pages ( 34.289/s), 171000 revisions ( 34.289/s) in 4987 seconds
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 513680: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 514814: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 515886: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
172000 pages ( 34.215/s), 172000 revisions ( 34.215/s) in 5027 seconds
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 517030: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 518263: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
173000 pages ( 34.190/s), 173000 revisions ( 34.190/s) in 5060 seconds
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 519529: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 520613: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 521795: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
174000 pages ( 34.098/s), 174000 revisions ( 34.098/s) in 5103 seconds
175000 pages ( 34.287/s), 175000 revisions ( 34.287/s) in 5104 seconds
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 524364: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 527826: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
176000 pages ( 34.241/s), 176000 revisions ( 34.241/s) in 5140 seconds
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 529033: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 530124: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 531374: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
177000 pages ( 34.190/s), 177000 revisions ( 34.190/s) in 5177 seconds
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 532574: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 533797: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
178000 pages ( 34.159/s), 178000 revisions ( 34.159/s) in 5211 seconds
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 534860: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'
ERROR 1054 (42S22) at line 535877: Unknown column 'page_counter' in 'field list'