Template:Page views double/doc

See pageviews.wmcloud.org for pageview graphs while built-in graphs are being repaired.

Note. If you want a pageviews link in the tools menu see here. For a pageviews link below all article and talk page titles turn on Xtools at the bottom of the appearance section of these gadget preferences.

This template displays two page view graphs and is designed for articles with spiky page views; that is, articles that are mostly stable but may trend or go viral for short periods due to media attention or innate periodicity of the topic. The template reports daily page views in two stacked graphs (default: the last six months in log scale on the top, and the last 30 days in linear scale below), placing them in a suitable frame with individual headings. It is typically placed on an article's talk page below other talk page banners. Non-trending pages with stable viewership over time do not need to use this template; try the simpler {{Annual readership}} template instead.

Usage

Basic syntax:

{{Page views double}} – one six-month log-scale graph on top, one 30-day linear-scale under it

{{Page views double|days1=365|days2=60}} – change to one year on top, two months on bottom

{{Page views double|365|60}} – same as above, using positional params |1= and |2=

Template syntax with optional parameters:

{{Page views double|expanded=|target=|title=|days1=|days2=|color1=|color2=|scale1=|scale2=|width=|height=}}

Optional parameters

Overall parameters:

• |expanded= can be used to override the default auto-collapsing of the message box. To prevent the graph from being collapsed on page load, use |expanded=true.
• |target= (default: {{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}) can be used to simultaneously specify the page in the graph title (if |title= is not specified) and the page for which page traffic is displayed.
• |title= (default: see notes) can be used to specify the page in the graph title.
• |width= (default: 570) may be used to change the width in pixels of the image.

  Note: Default of 570px is used to match standard Talk page boxed items; values outside the range of 400–980 may be problematic.

• |height= (default: 200) may be used to change the height.

Top graph:

• |days1= (default: 182) can be used to change the number of pageview days depicted in the graph. Alias: |1=.
• |color1= (default: #f30) can be used to change the graph color; accepted inputs include HTML color names (e.g., red, slategray, cornsilk) and hex codes (e.g., #0080ff, #fc0).
• |scale1= (default: log) can be used to change the scale of the y axis; accepted inputs: linear, log, pow, sqrt, quantile, quantize, and threshold.

Bottom graph:

• |days2= (default: 30) pageview days in bottom graph. Alias: |2=.
• |color2= (default: #0c6) graph color for bottom graph.
• |scale2= (default: linear) can be used to change the scale of the y axis; accepted inputs: linear, log, pow, sqrt, quantile, quantize, and threshold.

Notes about the graph title

If neither |title= or |target= are specified, the graph title varies depending on the namespace of the page where this template is used.

• Title if placed on an article talk page:

  Daily pageviews of this article

• Title if placed on a page in any other talk namespace (e.g., "User talk:", "Template talk:", "Wikipedia talk:", etc.):

  Daily pageviews of {{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}

• Title if placed on any subject page (i.e., pages in namespaces like "User:", "Template:", "Wikipedia:", etc.):

  Daily pageviews of this page

If |title= is not specified, but |target= is specified, the graph title is set as "Daily pageviews of target page", with the target page linked.

• For example, inputting |target=XYZ would set the graph title as:

  Daily pageviews of XYZ

If |title= is specified, regardless of the specification of |target=, the graph title is set as "Daily pageviews of text", with the text unlinked.

• For example, inputting |title=XYZ would set the graph title as:

  Daily pageviews of XYZ

• For example, inputting |title=[[XYZ]] would set the graph title as:

  Daily pageviews of XYZ

Examples

Template defaults (collapsed) {{Page views double}} produces:

Template with a specified target page, shorter period in the top graph, and cobalt blue coloring in the bottom graph (collapsed) {{Page views double|days1=150|target=Pancake|scale=log|color2=cobalt}} produces: For comparison, here's the same template as above except with both graphs in linear scale:

Template with a target page with very spiky results, two-year period in the top log scale graph, (collapsed) {{Page views double|target=Diwali|days1=730|days2=45}} produces:

Template with a specified target page, linear scale and same color in both graphs (uncollapsed) {{Page views double|target=Rubber duck|color1=maroon|scale1=linear|color2=maroon}} produces:

Flip the graphs so the reddish, six-month interval log scale graph is on the bottom (collapsed) {{Page views double|target=Rubber duck|days1=30|days2=182|color1=#0c6|color2=#f30|scale1=linear|scale2=log}}

Template parameters

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Page views double in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Page views double

This template inserts two vertically stacked graphs of daily pageview statistics (Y axis) over the past N days (X axis) for a page.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Target	target	May be used to specify the page for which page traffic is displayed, and the title (if empty). Default Name of the current article page Example Main Page	Page name	optional
Title	title	May be used to specify the page name in the graph title (for default, see doc) Default (varies per namespace, if none specified; see doc)	String	optional
Number of days back	1	Number of days back to show in the top chart Default 182	Number	optional
Number of days back to show in bottom chart	2	Number of days back to show in bottom chart Default 30	Number	optional
Graph color for top chart	color1	Shade with which to highlight the data in the top chart Default #f30 Example #f00	String	optional
Graph color for bottom chart	color2	Shade with which to highlight the data in the bottomchart Default #0c6 Example #f00	String	optional
Graph scale for top chart	scale1	Scaling could be one of these: linear, log, pow, sqrt, quantile, quantize, and threshold Default log Example linear	String	optional
Graph scale for bottom chart	scale2	Scaling could be one of these: linear, log, pow, sqrt, quantile, quantize, and threshold Default linear Example log	String	optional
Expanded	expanded	Set to true to override the default collapsed state Default false	Boolean	optional
Width	width	Width for the chart in pixels, if different from the default. Default 470	Number	optional
Height	height	Height for the chart in pixels, if different from the default. Default 200	Number	optional

Redirects

• {{Annual Readership double}}
• {{Pageviews double}}

See also

• {{Annual readership}}
• {{Graph:PageViews}} – Use instead, if further variations are desired