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wmf-folks.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
wmf-folks
~~~~~~~~~
A naïve attempt to answer the burning question: *exactly* how many
people work at the Wikimedia Foundation now?
"""
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
STAFF_PAGE = 'https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/staff-contractors/'
r = requests.get(STAFF_PAGE)
r.raise_for_status()
folks = set()
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text, 'html.parser')
for a in soup.find_all(attrs={'class': 'staff-list-item'}):
folks.add(a['href'])
print('{} WMF folks'.format(len(folks)))
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