Counter

To insert a page counter for the page itself you are inserting it on you can simply insert , this inserts Template:Counter (only works on regular article pages, sets namespace to 0).

To insert a counter for any different page, including Talk pages, User pages and all other namespaces, you need to specifiy page name AND page namespace, use this syntax:

namespace=0&page=Sandbox

Examples:

Hits on Sandbox:  namespace=0&page=Sandbox 

Hits on Talk:Sandbox:  namespace=1&page=Sandbox 

Hits on User:mutante: ''' namespace=2&page=mutante

Hits on User_talk:mutante: ''' namespace=3&page=mutante

Here you can find a list of the Mediawiki_Namespaces and the numbers they use.