As far as I know, page views are counted every time someone views a page,

page view. Is that correct?> I wonder if you could explain the reasoning behind that a bit

If we would want to be able to know if a page got just reloaded by the

Hi Nuria, we shortly met when you had your team offsite in Berlin :-) We're currently running a feedback loop on the PageView Analysis tool by MusicAnimal/Community Tech, and in that context a question appeared: As far as I know, page views are counted every time someone views a page, and if someone reloads a page several time, each time would be counted as 1 page view. Is that correct? I wonder if you could explain the reasoning behind that a bit - my first guess was: If we would want to be able to know if a page got just reloaded by the same person, we would need to have a unique ID for each user, and this would have to be browser connected. I'm guessing that this would be a strong privacy issue. From the technical perspective, I could imagine that this would also be very difficult. Am I right, or what are the exact reasons behind that? Looking forward to your answer, and I hope you're doing well! Best, Birgit -- Birgit Müller Community Communications Manager Software Development and Engineering Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.