Brion-
Thanks for the explanation. But I think the access counter is behaving a bit
differently than I understood from your posting.
*When I (as a logged-on user) refresh a page, either using F5 or Refresh
button on IE, it does increase the count.
*When I (logged-on) open a new window with IE, it displays the same page as
the existing window, but the count increases.
*When I (logged-on) open a linked page in a new window twice, the newly
opened two windows show the same page (of course), but the access count
increases.
*When I do those things without logging-on, count never increases (because
there is no change made)
So the logged-on users' part seems to be different from what you explained.
Is this an error?
I personally (not speaking on behalf of other Japanese Wikipedians) feel
that counting unique views would make more sense. If I am understanding the
way things are, it would be approximately:
[# of times a server cache is sent (to logged-on or IP users)] + [# of times
a page is cashed to a server (=# of changes made)]
So, for example, is it feasible to add the [# of time a server cache is
sent] to [the counter value] whenever someone makes an edit to a page?
Tomos
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