User:Ejrh/100 random pages

The first survey of 100 pages was conducted on Friday 24th of January 2003. The second survey was conducted on Monday 26th of January 2004 (and it was late by only 11 months!).

Methodology: Visit Random page and record the resulting visited page. Repeat a further 99 times.

I have attempted to classify each page into general categories. The categories are not perfect. Please discuss any errors or issues with my classification system on the talk page so I can fix them. (The classification of the second survey is a little inconsistent with that of the first, but this does not affect the summary.)

January 2003

 * 29% United States geography
 * 20% Science and technology (mathematics, zoology, physics, anatomy, geology, genetics, computer science, archaeology, nautical, military, etc.)
 * 16% People
 * 16% Culture (literature, mythology, art, film, television, cuisine, video games, games, etc.)
 * 7% Non-U.S. geography (places or facts about other countries)
 * 7% History (including dates and politics)
 * 5% Counting errors on my part


 * 2% were disambiguation pages.
 * 0% of pages appeared more than once.

January 2004

 * 23% Culture
 * 20% United States geography
 * 19% Science and technology
 * 13% People
 * 13% History
 * 6% Non-U.S. geography
 * 6% Counting errors


 * 2% were disambiguation pages.
 * 0% of pages appeared more than once.

January 2003
(Entries are U.S. geography unless otherwise stated. These classifications are consolidated into those used in the summary, above.)


 * 1) McKinley Township, Minnesota
 * 2) Shamokin Township, Pennsylvania
 * 3) Hancock County, Tennessee
 * 4) Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems (military)
 * 5) Murfreesboro, North Carolina
 * 6) Fern Forest, Hawaii
 * 7) Hammerstone (geology)
 * 8) 1847 (history)
 * 9) West Leechburg, Pennsylvania
 * 10) Trenton, Dodge County, Wisconsin
 * 11) General nature of the evidence of Aegean civilization (history)
 * 12) Bjarne Stroustrup (person)
 * 13) West St. Paul, Minnesota
 * 14) Neuron (anatomy)
 * 15) Lorraine G. Bay (person)
 * 16) Super Mario Land (video game)
 * 17) Mount Athos (geography)
 * 18) Henrietta Township, Minnesota
 * 19) Nome, North Dakota
 * 20) Sum rule in integration (mathematics)
 * 21) Church Creek, Maryland
 * 22) Bonobo (zoology)
 * 23) Men (Middle-earth) (literature)
 * 24) West Brandywine Township, Pennsylvania
 * 25) San Luis Obispo, California
 * 26) List of Arizona counties
 * 27) Columbia County, Arkansas
 * 28) Economy of Uganda (geography)
 * 29) Chromosome walking (genetics)
 * 30) Neil Finn (person)
 * 31) Reference work (literature)
 * 32) Sherd (archaeology)
 * 33) Louis Dembitz Brandeis (person)
 * 34) Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis (person)
 * 35) 1414 (history)
 * 36) Maltheism (religion)
 * 37) Black Dog Productions (music)
 * 38) Bobby Joe Morrow (person)
 * 39) Primary rate interface (electronics)
 * 40) Angler's loop (crafts)
 * 41) The Two Towers (literature)
 * 42) Bartholomeus de Glanvilla (person)
 * 43) SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse (history)
 * 44) Support vector machine (mathematics)
 * 45) Thierry La Fronde (television show)
 * 46) Computer program analysis (computer science)
 * 47) Valentinian II (person)
 * 48) Doujinshi (literature)
 * 49) Minangkabau (geography)
 * 50) Murray City, Ohio
 * 51) Harbor Springs, Michigan
 * 52) Pontifex Maximus (history)
 * 53) Springville, California
 * 54) Barge (nautical)
 * 55) RACK (game)
 * 56) Ezra Pound (person)
 * 57) Modern discovery of Babylonia and Assyria (history)
 * 58) Barometer (physics)
 * 59) Leadville North, Colorado
 * 60) Casa delle Libertà (politics)
 * 61) Moving Sidewalks (music)
 * 62) Lind National Park (geography)
 * 63) Chip n Dale (film)
 * 64) David Stark (person, disambiguation page)
 * 65) Parkside, Pennsylvania
 * 66) ActiveX (computer science)
 * 67) Danube, Minnesota
 * 68) Euryclea (mythology)
 * 69) Saeed Alghamdi (person)
 * 70) Menominee County, Michigan
 * 71) 1641 (history)
 * 72) J. C. Jacobsen (person)
 * 73) Economy of Guinea (geography)
 * 74) Stonington (U.S. geography, disambiguation page)
 * 75) Link topology (computer science)
 * 76) Ugo Nespolo (person)
 * 77) West Freehold, New Jersey
 * 78) List of sculptors (art)
 * 79) Lycomedes (mythology)
 * 80) Plasma physics (physics)
 * 81) Crème brulée (cuisine)
 * 82) El Mirage, Arizona
 * 83) Tina, Missouri
 * 84) Presidential Medal of Freedom (history)
 * 85) B-star-algebra (mathematics)
 * 86) Raymond Queneau (person)
 * 87) Politics of Bulgaria (geography)
 * 88) Clark, South Dakota
 * 89) Pioneer P-31 (space technology)
 * 90) Manufacturing (technology)
 * 91) American Curl cat (zoology)
 * 92) Treaty of Verdun (history)
 * 93) Martin Agricola (person)
 * 94) Australia (geography)
 * 95) Narrowsburg, New York
 * 96) Washington Township, Gratiot County, Michigan
 * 97) Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy (person)
 * 98) Hydrogen peroxide (chemistry)
 * 99) Bowbells, North Dakota
 * 100) Soul Blade (video game)

January 2004

 * 1) Condé Nast (books)
 * 2) Rod Langway (sport)
 * 3) Kenesaw Mountain Landis (sport)
 * 4) Joan Apsley (person)
 * 5) Carsonville Township, Minnesota
 * 6) Online audio store (music)
 * 7) Lusby, Maryland
 * 8) I'm a Little Teapot (music)
 * 9) Nile (band) (music)
 * 10) Westline Township, Minnesota
 * 11) Matthew Cook (person)
 * 12) West Union, Ohio
 * 13) John III of Sweden (person)
 * 14) Railroad worm (zoology)
 * 15) Umbra (science)
 * 16) West Des Moines, Iowa
 * 17) Phalanx (disambiguation)
 * 18) Wellesley College (education)
 * 19) List of female composers (music)
 * 20) 1946 in television (history)
 * 21) Interstate 73
 * 22) Coprophilia (psychology)
 * 23) Anton Raphael Mengs (person)
 * 24) Mode field diameter (technology)
 * 25) St Olave's Grammar School (education)
 * 26) Anhinga (zoology)
 * 27) Blairstown, Iowa
 * 28) E. Fuller Torrey (person)
 * 29) Woodloch, Texas
 * 30) Perchance to Dream (operetta) (music)
 * 31) Diophantus (person)
 * 32) List of Indonesians (geography)
 * 33) Okapi (zoology)
 * 34) Aero Continente (aviation)
 * 35) Arno Schmidt (person)
 * 36) Labyrinth seal (technology)
 * 37) Laws of war (law)
 * 38) Occitan language (language)
 * 39) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (disambiguation)
 * 40) Mobeetie, Texas
 * 41) Justin, Texas
 * 42) William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (person)
 * 43) Wayleave (law)
 * 44) Freddy Heineken (person)
 * 45) El Goonish Shive (comic)
 * 46) ISO 3166-2:BR (geography)
 * 47) Cumulative voting (politics)
 * 48) 1340 (history)
 * 49) Beatrix Farrand (person)
 * 50) Red Skelton (person)
 * 51) Milton (band) (music)
 * 52) Hephthalite (history)
 * 53) Mayer, Minnesota
 * 54) Mount Pleasant, Green County, Wisconsin
 * 55) Ichneumon wasp (zoology)
 * 56) Kerri Yascheshyn (person)
 * 57) Heather Hippo (cartoon)
 * 58) Shape (mathematics)
 * 59) Ma'lul (geography)
 * 60) HP 49G (technology)
 * 61) The Rose (movie) (film)
 * 62) Battle of Benevento (history)
 * 63) Siddhartha (literature)
 * 64) Vegeto (cartoon)
 * 65) Wadden Sea (geography)
 * 66) Jeff Cohen (person)
 * 67) Andover, Ohio
 * 68) Swedish alphabet (language)
 * 69) Devin Townsend (person)
 * 70) Generation X: Tales For An Accelerated Culture (literature)
 * 71) List of Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles (history)
 * 72) Haijby affair (history)
 * 73) List of non-endemic ant species introduced to Great Britain and Ireland (zoology)
 * 74) Soil test (geology)
 * 75) Neutrophilia (medicine)
 * 76) 1970 in literature (literature)
 * 77) Arpinum (history)
 * 78) Sports injuries (medicine)
 * 79) Heinz Winckler (person)
 * 80) Morpheus (god) (mythology)
 * 81) Joan of Kent (person)
 * 82) William Goldsmith (person)
 * 83) Horst and Graben (geology)
 * 84) Cottonwood, South Dakota
 * 85) Morning Glory, Texas
 * 86) Midwest Conference (original) (sport)
 * 87) List of device bandwidths (technology)
 * 88) Todd Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania
 * 89) North Hero Township, Minnesota
 * 90) Intel 80486 OverDrive (technology)
 * 91) Brady Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
 * 92) Short-recoil (technology)
 * 93) Whitstable (geography)
 * 94) 1944 (history)
 * 95) G-protein coupled receptors (medicine)
 * 96) Kenneth, Minnesota
 * 97) Ellen Tauscher (person)
 * 98) London County Council (geography)
 * 99) European Parliament Election 2004 (politics)
 * 100) Bloomington, Illinois