== pcount script == 

 Hi TParis, 

 Sorry to bother you. The reason I am contacting you is that the error page says you are looking after the script. Please let me know if this is inappropriate. 

 The "pcount" script seems to have stopped working for the German language Wikipedia in the last few days. (It is still working fine for the English language one, and the alternate "yaec" script is also still working even for the German language Wikipedia.) 

 pcount on de wikipedia seems to switch between the following behaviours since Saturday or Sunday: 
 * It claims my user does not exist, often after a long wait. 
 * It claims the German Wikipedia does not exist, often after a long wait. 
 * It takes so long that a proxy server times out. 

 pcount on en wikipedia on the other hand still works fine. Similarly it works for the English language Wiktionary, but not the German language one. Perhaps some server communications error? 

 Strangely, another script, 
 yaec on de wikipedia, 
 seems to have no problem accessing the German Wikipedia. (But perhaps it simply does less work and so is less affected by any network problems?) 

 Thanks.