Wikipedia:Most popular pages October 2001

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The following list is the most popular pages for October, 2001. This is based on a fairly ad hoc method of adjusting for unique visitors.

It is perhaps noteworthy that such a large percentage of the most popular pages have something to do with the terrorist attacks and aftermath, including the war. SEE BELOW -- I have also produced a hand-edited list, omitting the war-related topics.


 * 30249 Main_Page
 * 6327  Recent Changes
 * 6245  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack
 * 5285  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Casualties
 * 5007  World Trade Center
 * 2867  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Missing Persons
 * 1884  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/City of New York casualties
 * 1501  Mathematics
 * 1396  Wikipedia FAQ
 * 1355  September 11
 * 1203  Wikipedia
 * 1116  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Plane casualties
 * 1086  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Timeline
 * 1057  World Trade Center/North Tower
 * 999  History
 * 977  Philosophy
 * 970  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Survivors
 * 934  New York City
 * 902  Computer science
 * 860  Biology
 * 855  Astronomy and Astrophysics
 * 772  Personal experiences (later moved from wikipedia)
 * 770  Physics
 * 720  Music
 * 676  RecentChanges
 * 671  Cantor Fitzgerald
 * 646  2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan
 * 636  Welcome, newcomers
 * 631  Complete list of encyclopedia topics
 * 629  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Hijackers
 * 623  Religion
 * 596  In Memoriam (later moved off wikipedia)
 * 592  Terrorist incidents
 * 579  American Airlines flight 11
 * 579  American Airlines flight 11
 * 573  World War II
 * 568  Geography
 * 565  Chemistry
 * 562  Cooking
 * 557  World Trade Center/South Tower
 * 518  Language
 * 509  How does one edit a page
 * 503  Film
 * 502  Brilliant prose
 * 500  Periodic table
 * 497  Osama bin Laden
 * 490  Osama bin Laden
 * 488  2001 anthrax attack
 * 482  Sport
 * 476  Mercury (element)
 * 475  GNU Free Documentation License
 * 472  Wikipedia Announcements
 * 470  Game
 * 468  Free
 * 464  Programming language
 * 464  Current events
 * 455  Open content
 * 454  Economics
 * 449  Sex
 * 444  Playboy
 * 443  ARY Digital
 * 442  Most common Wikipedia faux pas
 * 430  Requested articles
 * 429  Architecture
 * 427  2001 Coalition Attack on Afghanistan
 * 424  Linguistics
 * 423  Engineering
 * 420  WikiWiki
 * 415  Earth Sciences
 * 413  Psychology
 * 413  Psychology
 * 413  Larry Sanger
 * 411  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Pentagon casualties
 * 411  Literature
 * 410  Wikipedians
 * 405  Incest
 * 402  Taliban
 * 399  Technology
 * 398  Afghanistan
 * 394  History of Science and Technology
 * 391  United States
 * 391  Discovery of the chemical elements
 * 376  Model
 * 374  talk:Main_Page
 * 372  Anthropology
 * 371  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Back history
 * 368  Public Domain Resources
 * 365  Big O
 * 364  Islam
 * 362  Friends of Wikipedia
 * 361  Statistics
 * 361  Napoleonic Code
 * 360  International Wikipedia
 * 357  What is a wiki
 * 357  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Foreign casualties
 * 356  September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Misinformation and rumors
 * 354  Famous French People
 * 351  CIAWorldFactbook
 * 347  Visual Arts and Design
 * 343  Gulf War
 * 342  Video
 * 342  Television
 * 341  United Airlines flight 93
 * 337  Health Sciences
 * 336  Pentagon (now at The Pentagon)
 * 335  2001

Hand edited to remove terrorist attack and war related pages. I suppose my judgment could be questioned on some of the choices I've made, but I just wanted to give the gist of it. (For example, New York City might have been a popular topic anyway, but I removed it. And perhaps the interest in Religion and World War II is related to the attacks, but I left them in.)


 * 30249 Main_Page
 * 6327  Recent Changes
 * 1501  Mathematics
 * 1396  Wikipedia FAQ
 * 1203  Wikipedia
 * 999  History
 * 977  Philosophy
 * 902  Computer science
 * 860  Biology
 * 855  Astronomy and Astrophysics
 * 770  Physics
 * 720  Music
 * 676  RecentChanges
 * 636  Welcome, newcomers
 * 631  Complete list of encyclopedia topics
 * 623  Religion
 * 573  World War II
 * 568  Geography
 * 565  Chemistry
 * 562  Cooking
 * 518  Language
 * 509  How does one edit a page
 * 503  Film
 * 502  brilliant prose
 * 500  Periodic table
 * 482  Sport
 * 476  Mercury (element)
 * 475  GNU Free Documentation License
 * 472  Wikipedia Announcements
 * 470  Game
 * 468  Free
 * 464  Programming language
 * 464  Current events
 * 455  Open content
 * 454  Economics
 * 449  Sex
 * 444  Playboy
 * 443  ARY Digital
 * 442  Most common Wikipedia faux pas
 * 430  Requested articles
 * 429  Architecture
 * 424  Linguistics
 * 423  Engineering
 * 420  WikiWiki
 * 415  Earth Sciences
 * 413  Psychology
 * 413  Larry Sanger
 * 411  Literature
 * 410  Wikipedians
 * 405  Incest
 * 399  Technology
 * 394  History of Science and Technology
 * 391  United States
 * 391  Discovery of the chemical elements
 * 376  Model
 * 374  talk:Main_Page
 * 372  Anthropology
 * 368  Public Domain Resources
 * 365  Big O
 * 362  Friends of Wikipedia
 * 361  Statistics
 * 361  Napoleonic Code
 * 360  International Wikipedia
 * 357  What is a wiki
 * 354  Famous French People
 * 351  CIAWorldFactbook
 * 347  Visual Arts and Design
 * 342  Video
 * 342  Television
 * 337  Health Sciences
 * 335  2001