Moving an article decreases the article counter by 1
Server Environment: Production
URL: https://wikisandbox.gamepedia.com/Special:Statistics
Detailed Reproduction Steps:
- Note the current content page count displayed on Special:Statistics.
- Create a page that satisfies the criteria for being counted as an article (i. e. a main namespace page with a wikilink or a template transclusion).
- Move the page so that it remains an article after the move (i. e. don't change the namespace).
- Note that Special:Statistics for that wiki now displays one less content page despite that the move didn't decrease their actual number.
The linked statistics page was after I used my bot to move the same article over and over to drop the counter all the way to 0. Sadly, it did not go further.