diff --git a/AssemblyVersion.cs b/AssemblyVersion.cs
index 4af0c08..1046a76 100644
--- a/AssemblyVersion.cs
+++ b/AssemblyVersion.cs
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ using System.Reflection;
 //
 // You can specify all the values or you can default the Revision and Build Numbers 
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.0.1.476")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("3.0.1.476")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.0.1.477")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("3.0.1.477")]
diff --git a/Core/Formatter.cs b/Core/Formatter.cs
index e0b507a..1039906 100644
--- a/Core/Formatter.cs
+++ b/Core/Formatter.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace ScrewTurn.Wiki {
 		private static readonly Regex BoxRegex = new Regex(@"\(\(\(.+?\)\)\)", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.Singleline);
 		private static readonly Regex ExtendedUpRegex = new Regex(@"\{up((\:|\().+?)?\}", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
 		//private static readonly Regex UpRegex = new Regex(@"\{up\}", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
-		private static readonly Regex SpecialTagRegex = new Regex(@"\{(wikititle|wikiversion|mainurl|rsspage|themepath|clear|br|top|searchbox|pagecount|cloud|orphans|wanted|namespacelist)\}", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
+		private static readonly Regex SpecialTagRegex = new Regex(@"\{(wikititle|wikiversion|mainurl|rsspage|themepath|clear|br|top|searchbox|pagecount|pagecount\(\*\)|cloud|orphans|wanted|namespacelist)\}", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
 		//private static readonly Regex CloudRegex = new Regex(@"\{cloud\}", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
 		//private static readonly Regex NamespaceRegex = new Regex(@"\{namespace\}", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
 		//private static readonly Regex NamespaceListRegex = new Regex(@"\{namespacelist\}", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant);
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ namespace ScrewTurn.Wiki {
 							case "PAGECOUNT":
 								sb.Insert(match.Index, Pages.GetPages(DetectNamespaceInfo(current)).Count.ToString());
 								break;
+							case "PAGECOUNT(*)":
+								sb.Insert(match.Index, Pages.GetGlobalPageCount().ToString());
+								break;
 							case "ORPHANS":
 								if(!forIndexing) sb.Insert(match.Index, BuildOrphanedPagesList(DetectNamespaceInfo(current), context, current));
 								break;