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Sneakyoppo is a American Hiphop, rock, singing, songwriter known for his Outrageous Soft spoken New funk Rage sound [[User:Treyvant|Treyvant]] ([[User talk:Treyvant|talk]]) 05:48, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

Sneakyoppo is a American Hiphop, rock, singing, songwriter known for his Outrageous Soft spoken New funk Rage sound [[User:Treyvant|Treyvant]] ([[User talk:Treyvant|talk]]) 05:48, 17 November 2025 (UTC)

== Limits ==

What are the article size limits based on? Attention span doesn’t make sense: the average adult attention span, as of 2023, [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10621754/ was just over a minute], and I’m not sure we would want articles to be that short. Also, using an attention span limit presumes most readers read articles top to bottom, which isn’t necessarily true. Processing power also doesn’t make sense; these limits have been largely the same since 2007, and the average computer has dramatically increased in power since then. So what are these limits based on? [[User:Ladtrack|Ladtrack]] ([[User talk:Ladtrack|talk]]) 18:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

For Gaza genocide article. This version from August 10, 2025 when this comment was started:

See discussion:

Notepad++ counts 19,292 words. Online word counters say 18,100. Toolforge says 14,146

Article is currently (Aug 10, 2025) way above 15K readable prose words. See: WP:TOOBIG. Greater than 15K: “Almost certainly should be divided or trimmed.”

Notepad++ counts 19,292 words (view menu > summary) by pasting in everything above the “See also” section. Counting with a text editor is considered the best method for word count according to this:

But I disagree. I used the first 6 online word counters from this Google search:

All were around 18,100 words for everything above the “See also” section that I pasted in. Same as what I pasted into Notepad++.

I think Notepad++ is counting the reference numbers too. The reference numbers are jammed up against words without spaces. So I think the online word counters consider them to be part of the word they are jammed up against.

Wikipedia:Article size also recommends this:

It counts 14,146 words. But it misses many words, which you can tell by scrolling down the result page.

Wikipedia:Article size#How to find word count does not recommend the gadgets and toolforge because:

“other tools do not count words in image captions, lists, or tables.”

The online word counters are giving the most accurate results. Some free working paste-in instant online word counters with easy-to-remember URLs:

Timeshifter (talk) 20:15, 27 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

“There is a specific artist that catches my eye every drop he makes I invest in art that I think will be different for hip hop tell me he isn’t signed to a major company there are a lot of them but this one I like his style someone get me in contact with these artist “d6O, Top floor Boss, SneakyOppo, Sixbill, LunchBox, and Talinwya Treyvant (talk) 05:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sneakyoppo is a American Hiphop, rock, singing, songwriter known for his Outrageous Soft spoken New funk Rage sound Treyvant (talk) 05:48, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What are the article size limits based on? Attention span doesn’t make sense: the average adult attention span, as of 2023, was just over a minute, and I’m not sure we would want articles to be that short. Also, using an attention span limit presumes most readers read articles top to bottom, which isn’t necessarily true. Processing power also doesn’t make sense; these limits have been largely the same since 2007, and the average computer has dramatically increased in power since then. So what are these limits based on? Ladtrack (talk) 18:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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