Last modified: 2011-03-13 18:06:02 UTC
Whenever a project is reaching to have a milestone article, you have to check both of Special:Statistics and Special:Newpages synchronically, to confirm what is the correct milestone article. This way is absurd, and you might pick the wrong one. Special:Newpages should show article count at the top of the page to pick the right article to claim.
a) This information is not recorded across time b) Article count is affected by many actions, not all of which are page creations c) the counters aren't accurate anyway.