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I suppose "count the words on the screen" wins...., with all sorts of bickering of what a "word" is- but realistically, extensions are routinely approved if needed... —
xaosfluxTalk16:52, 25 July 2024 (UTC)reply
Btw,
WP:ARC suggests yet distinct
https://www.countofwords.com/ and
User:GoldenRing/wordcount.js. GoldenRing's tool shows no buttons after pasting in DevTools, and L235's one only says "1 words" in Vector 2022. Human counting and bickering is even more vague, but at least we agree on displayed text only. Looking at precedent, striken and off-screen/non-shown {{cot}} also seem to be ignored and uncounted.
Word limits are also not intended to be interpreted overly strictly. No-one is going to get sanctioned for a statement that is ~5 words over the limit where the author has clearly tried to be as concise as possible, but one the same length that is very rambly could result in a formal note from the clerks.
Thryduulf (
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00:16, 26 July 2024 (UTC)reply
That said I've just checked the same text (SMcCandlish's preliminary statements in the Venezuela case, excluding links and signatures) in 15 different word counting tools (not including the .js options above that I don't have installed) and got 6 different word counts: 333 (wordcounttool.com), 337 (wordcounter.ai), 338 (the most common answer, including MS Office 365 on teams, LibreOffice and the linux command line wc tool), 342 (Google Docs and wordcounter.net), 343 (wordcounttools.com) and 361 (toolforge and countofwords.com). A 30-word difference is a lot more than I was expecting to be honest.
Thryduulf (
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00:43, 26 July 2024 (UTC)reply