Wikipedia talk:2017 Top 50 Report/Archive 1

Copy edits
I made some copy edits, but feel free to disagree with me; I'm no authority. Some things I wasn't sure about and thought I'd ask about here.


 * Where it says "it drew more Wikipedians", do we consider the people who read Wikipedia to be Wikipedians, or would it be better to say "views" or "readers"?
 * Ok. That makes more sense.


 * The connection between Queen Elizabeth II and Meryl Streep is not apparent to me, but I'm pretty culturally clueless.
 * Both are women held on a pedestal, and the joke is that Trump is hypothetically criticising the Queen. Switching the link to Helen Mirren would be as effective.


 * Where it says "the Nazis marching", Nazis links to Alt-right. Should it link to Neo-Nazism?
 * That was a deliberate insinuation that the alt-right is populated by neo-Nazis, and that they are one and the same. Alter it if this is too strong


 * Where it says "role in en.wikipedia.org this", would you be equally comfortable with "role in English Wikipedia this"? That seems more straight forward for an external audience.
 * Yes.

Thanks, SchreiberBike. Stormy clouds (talk) 10:54, 28 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Where it says "rather than one being a disambiguation", would you be comfortable just taking that out? It seems kind of too inside baseball to me.
 * Probably is a bit internal. Cut. OZOO (t) (c) 17:58, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. More to come. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨  07:50, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Ariana Grande

 * Can I ask you to look again at the Ariana Grande entry? I am not sure the idea that her musical career was "just staying afloat" can be backed up, she was Billboard (magazine) top female artist; and the Dangerous Woman Tour was high selling both before and after the attack. OZOO (t) (c) 17:58, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I knew the tour was selling big, but that part was just regarding new music and chart success - after all, the only other musician in the list had a #1 album and plenty of hit songs (not to mention Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift also releasing chart-topping records and top 5 singles, and yet their views weren't as big). Rewrote it. igordebraga ≠ 19:03, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * Where it says "27 years after", starting a sentence with a number is against the rules, but I couldn't rewrite the sentence and have it sound as good. The closest I could get was:


 * The first half of Stephen King's doorstopper of a book received a film adaptation 31 years after it was published and 27 years after it was a miniseries starring Tim Curry. Children in a small Maine city face a shapeshifting abomination that usually manifests itself as a monster clown.


 * Where it says "face against a", feels wrong to me. Perhaps "face off against a", "face up against a" or just "face a". (I used the last one in the paragraph above.)


 * Instead of "Certainly all Stephen King fans could have asked for once The Dark Tower had a less than impressive adaptation."
 * How about:
 * That was certainly all Stephen King fans could ask for after The Dark Tower had its less impressive adaptation.


 * Where it says "Bollywood is weird", how about "Bollywood is not like Western cinema". Personally I think weird is good, but I've known people to be offended by it, and like you said, there are a lot of Indian Wikipedians.


 * Instead of "title of largest Indian film", how about "title of richest Indian film"?


 * Where it say says "charts the journey of", could it be something like "charts the emotional journey of"? I found it potentially confusing given that the Amazon is also a place and "naive" looks a lot like "native". I haven't seen the movie though.

Thanks again, and again, more to come. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨  21:12, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Done. Stormy clouds (talk) 21:31, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Done too. igordebraga ≠ 00:28, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * Is "cover its losses" right, or is it "cover its expenses"?
 * Maybe costs- "expenses" are usually about covering costs to perform a task.  Serendi pod ous  09:02, 29 December 2017 (UTC)


 * I can't find a source for the Alanis Morissette quote. Is it real?
 * No. It is a joke based upon her misunderstanding of the term in the titular song.


 * I feel like I'm defending the alt-right here, but I can't see "(even if they became socially acceptable stateside)" comparing a political belief, however bad, with Manson.
 * Changed it to neo-Nazism.


 * I think I'm glad I don't know much about Ed Sheeran, but should "Ladybird book of rhymes" be "Ladybird Book of Rhymes"? There's a book by that name.
 * Yes. Will change. It was a reference to his simplistic rhymes.

Thanks again. Stormy clouds (talk) 10:46, 29 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Instead of
 * "football player-turned-accused murderer-turned-bank robber"
 * how about
 * "football player-turned-actor-turned-accused murderer-turned-robber"?
 * That adds in "actor" and changes "bank robber" to "robber" as he never robbed a bank.

Cruising along here and looking good. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨  07:53, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Done. A lad insane  talk  15:40, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

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I've been through it once and a little more with a fine-tooth comb, but I'm sure there's more to find. I tried to standardize on British English for UK related and American English for American stuff. Everybody else look too.

Do we want the header to be "THE TOP 25 REPORT"?


 * Wow, adorkable is a real word. What a great one.


 * How would you feel about changing "suffering from severe depression, which led him to hang himself" to "suffering from severe depression, which led him to hang himself"? Your version has more impact, but I'd rather point to identification and treatment rather than Suicide by hanging. Your call.
 * Decided to link to both. Incorporates the identification without diminishing the impact. Thanks. Stormy clouds (talk) 09:49, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Done for a while at least. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨  03:37, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

As the year closes...
Andrew G's page is up! (if a bit glitched) And those preliminary numbers that took millions of views from pages in our early list were an accident, Blue Whale and Mayweather vs. McGregor are back while taking out Dunkirk, Star Wars and Furious 8. So...


 * , the return of Conor McGregor is still assigned to you, you up for it?
 * , you only delivered one of the write-ups, we're still waiting.
 * , losing one entry means along with Soulbust you're the least represented. Maybe you can take one of JFG's (who by contrast is the only one with 7).
 * And to the above plus, and  : are we gonna answer the round table questions? (if so better do it in the talk page, moving later to the main one) igordebraga ≠ 04:50, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Do the figures for Get Out (film) include the numbers since it was renamed to Get Out December 18?
 * Things are looking good but there are some holes to fill. I will be away from the computer for the rest of 2017 (UTC), so I won't be any help. Enjoy. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   05:54, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Cancelled trip on account of ice and cold. More copy edits. There's now a template at Wikipedia:Top 50 Report/Template:Header that looks like:


 * which anyone can improve on. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   21:15, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * End 2018: the header now requires a year parameter, and I moved it to template space, at Top 50 annual report header. — JFG talk 09:50, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Happy New Year all. We're 13 minutes from midnight UTC. When do we get the final list? Shall we put Round Table Discussion on the bottom when it is published? I think people will expect to see #1 at the top of the page. What name will it be published under? Any other ideas? I'm assuming will do the publishing. Keep having fun.  SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   23:48, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Working, coming up, don't despair! Thanks to whoever stole Game of Thrones from me, I wasn't super inspired with that one. — JFG talk 23:53, 31 December 2017 (UTC)


 * I can publish when we are finished in WP space. Will then nominate for a DYK hook, though it may face opposition (feel free to support the cause). Will someone else, (or someones) take on the task of emailing the various websites and alerting them to the existence of the report, as User:West.andrew.g alluded to. Thanks to User:OZOO and User:Igordebraga for joining the roundtable. Everyone else is free to as well, included the hard-working copy-editor, who deserves credit for the project as a whole as well. Stormy clouds (talk) 00:22, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Have set aside WP:2017 and Annual Top 50 Report for publishing and redirecting to report once completed. Stormy clouds (talk) 00:45, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I changed Wikipedia:Top 50 Report/Template:Header to read "THE TOP 50 REPORT – 2017" to match usage in the report. You may have to purge the page to see the new version. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   02:12, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * # 1, Deaths in 2017, now redirects to Lists of deaths by year. I'm not familiar with how that page worked. Can we fix that link so that will go someplace meaningful for the readers? SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   03:50, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ — JFG talk 05:26, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Also, we still need text for Bitcoin and Barack Obama. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   04:22, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Coming up. — JFG talk 05:26, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ — JFG talk 00:45, 2 January 2018 (UTC)


 * When publishing, should I apply this tag?

Stormy clouds (talk) 10:16, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think so, that tag is more for the humour pages, which I don't think this should be. While there are jokes, it's based on real statistics and is a real list. OZOO (t) (c) 11:43, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * No. Let the humour-impaired complain to Jimbo. — JFG talk 00:40, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Thankfully 2018 is upon us! And I wonder if we wait for the current page to be finished or for Andrew g's final numbers, it's missing 8 days - |Tom_Brady|Star_Wars|Blue_Whale_(game)|Chris_Cornell|The_Fate_of_the_Furious|Chester_Bennington|Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._2|Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh where we'll probably see two major changes, as Star Wars and the British prince consort replace Blue Whale and Chester Bennington (if that's the case, the 'joke' on the Star Wars write-up can be recycled, only colored for A lad insane). But one thing at a time, I guess. igordebraga ≠ 22:47, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Let's wait for the final stats. I've asked Andrew for an update. — JFG talk 00:44, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Final pass
I've updated the report based on the final version of User:West.andrew.g/2017 Popular pages. I've updated the numbers and re-sorted as needed.

It looks like we will need to add:
 * Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 10,217,057
 * Star Wars 10,196,172
 * Dunkirk (2017 film) 9,987,866

That will mean taking out the present last three.

I have not updated the references to other numbers like "marrying The Donald (#2)" etc.

It's been fun. Hope the next person can get it done. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨  07:49, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I haven't followed the discussion of what should be counted and why, but based on User:West.andrew.g/2017 Popular pages cleaned, I'm not sure about:
 * AMGTV
 * Lali Esp��sito (Lali Espósito)?
 * Charles Darwin
 * Thanks, SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   08:01, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * AMGTV has been on the ignore list for at least eighteen months, and Espósito is also considered generally excludable. Darwin is 89.53%, which would probably be acceptable in a weekly report but over the course of the year is close enough to the exclusion boundary for me. OZOO (t) (c) 10:20, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

- Tom Brady is out, so you are down an entry - Philip is available. - the general Star Wars entry is back - are we sticking with the Cornell blurb, or do you want to pen a new one?
 * Updated table.


 * I'm switching it to Chester Bennington- per igordebraga above (next section), and he ended up slightly higher on the final list (#52).  A lad insane  talk  15:03, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

- Stormy clouds (talk) 12:15, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Report is published
I have moved the article into WP space - here it is. I have also nominated it for inclusion at DYK. - feel free to support or amend nomination as you see fit.

Now how do we proceed? Stormy clouds (talk) 18:29, 2 January 2018 (UTC)