Wikipedia talk:Top 25 Report/Archive 6

New report up
Have at it.  Serendi pod ous  14:50, 22 February 2017 (UTC) JFG, can you fix the image column in the new Top 25 and the first report at Wikipedia_Signpost/Next_issue/Traffic_report? I don't know what is missing.--Milowent • hasspoken 16:41, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Hooray! I love it. I do not like rap but Chance the Rapper is indeed an "er, rapper" in that i do not know exactly what he is   but there's a lot of straight old school R&B influence in it.--Milowent • hasspoken  16:24, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. The trick is to specify the image size as just "100px" which only constrains the width, not "100x100px" which limits the width and height. Also, don't use which is deprecated legacy HTML, but rather . I also fixed the stats for #6 which were the same as #5.
 * Great commentary, and spooky Poe reading by the other Valentine! — JFG talk 17:28, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Should I list myself and on the list of contributing writers at Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom, or should this be discussed with the chief editor first? — JFG talk 17:48, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Sure. Go ahead.  Serendi pod ous  14:37, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ — JFG talk 22:47, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Kudos to the team
All, I'd like to present a couple of barnstars -- please feel free to copy these to user space. I was somewhat dismayed to learn that Serendipodous and Milowent are looking to scale back their contributions to the Signpost's Traffic Report; it has been a valuable feature under their stewardship. It strikes a unique balance between informative and entertaining, and enriches the publication as a whole -- in spite of rather frequent grumblings about personal opinions. It's important that our features preserve something of the individual voice -- after all, in the very first edition, founder Michael Snow identified the publication's distinguishing feature as "signed" "posts," something that isn't typically done on Wikipedia outside of talk spaces. It's a pleasure to see the team expanding; since I appreciate both the recruitment and the volunteering sides of that equation, I present to you both sides of the "half barnstar." I'll leave it to you all to quarter it. :) -Pete Forsyth (Editor in Chief, The Signpost) (talk) 20:08, 28 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Sorry about us trying to move on, but we have both been doing this for a long time and, at least for me, other commitments, specifically my new Youtube channel, have come to dominate my time. At the very minimum, doing the Top 25 Report means taking a whole day out of your week, and I can't reliably schedule that anymore. I hope, as I gradually disengage, that the Report has gained enough momentum to carry on. I'm really happy that it has been so popular.  Serendi pod ous  20:57, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * No call for an apology, we all have other things going on! No expectation that you'd keep up any volunteer role forever. Now I'm curious about your YouTube channel, though. -Pete Forsyth (talk) 23:50, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
 * From Serendipodous's userpage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0QdW-H7_l0zh_CoNhlwoBw. Goodspeed! SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   23:59, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

February 19–25
I just saw the new Top 5000 and I can volunteer to cover this week's events. — JFG talk 15:53, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Great! Looking at the list, I can't believe Milo Yiannopoulos will actually lead it, but it looks like a slower week overall.   I'd certainly exclude Clifton Wrottesley (0.2% mobile).--Milowent • hasspoken  13:47, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * JFG, i think i may have misunderstood your comment above -- did you intend to do the report (for Feb 19-25). If not I can try to get it out today. Thanks!--Milowent • hasspoken  13:28, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I've been delayed; will get it done later today. — JFG talk 13:45, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
 * U Rock!--Milowent • hasspoken 15:56, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
 * The raw data changes tomorrow. If you're going to do it, you should do it now.  Serendi pod ous  10:23, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

So we lost a week
Socks to me for thinking other people could do this job. I have to wonder, is it time to close this thing up? If no one wants to do it, then it can't be that popular, can it?  Serendi pod ous  08:17, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Mea culpa, I volunteered and then screwed up my timing royally… Stuck with a half-done draft for last week's news, which is getting rotten and forgotten by the day. I cannot volunteer for this week but I will make sure to finish the previous week's report so that it can be included in the Signpost later and we have continuity in the archives. Apologies to all fellow editors! — JFG talk 13:24, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I am willing to do next week (March 12), but can't do this week's either. It's alright, JFG, these things happen. I hope you'll be able to finish last week's soon, though ^_^; Is anyone willing to volunteer for the current week?
 * If no one is available to do it; I'm willing to try and step in. I enjoy reading the Report every week, and I think it would be a shame if it were to stop. OZOO 17:20, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Please, give it a try. It's not easy but my tip list is still in the archives, if you need help. Thank you very much. :-)  Serendi pod ous  18:05, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * An Evening at the Pictures is now written. Not sure what to do with the link to the previous week - should it be pointed to the last written week or at where last week should be? OZOO 22:26, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Great job! Don't worry about the link. If worst comes to worst we'll just do a copy paste from the raw list. Not as good, but it works.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  22:51, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Very nice reading, thanks ! I fixed a number. — JFG talk 23:03, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

"Also, Donald Trump continues." LOL. Thanks so much for doing, hope you enjoyed it. I put a placeholder page for the prior week to keep the running links intact.--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken 15:26, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

I just started to work on the new week, as promised. I hope to be able to publish it today! ~ Mable ( chat ) 10:33, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

March 5-11 - XXX-Men
New report is up. Feel free to look it through. I'm too tired to properly check everything. I hope you all enjoy my writing. I'm particularly proud of some of my commentary, though other parts are less interesting. I'm sure it's informative. I hope I made the correct decision with xXx... ~ Mable ( chat ) 17:04, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Great job! xXx is a thorn in our side, and I defer to your discretion.  Lots of nuggets in this report -- Can't believe I never heard of Tommy Page, as I'm old enough to probably know every song that hit #1 in the U.S. by then, but I guess not.   I love how you noted all the categories on #25, it is always fun to learn more about the breadth and depth of Wikipedia via the Report.--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken  17:20, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * *curtseys* ~ Mable ( chat ) 17:37, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * You are very sweet :-)  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  21:15, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Good job on the report! --Frmorrison (talk) 14:51, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Who's next? ~ Mable ( chat ) 11:05, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll do Mar 12-18 if no one else has started it. OZOO 16:42, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Seems like it. I'm glad someone volunteered, I was already wondering whether mine would have been the last :p ~ Mable ( chat ) 18:12, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 12 - 18 March now up. OZOO 19:10, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
 * lol, abysmal graphwork! Great job Ozoo. :-) 20:08, 23 March 2017 (UTC) Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous 

Is anyone working on this weeks? I can do two in a row if necessary, but if someone else is willing to do it... OZOO 16:11, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
 * It doesn't look like anyone's available. I'd do it but I'm working on a Youtube video.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  16:19, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I can do next week, but not this week. Also, I'm already very hyped about Serendipodous' next video :3 ~ Mable ( chat ) 19:11, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll take this week. Didn't really want to talk about what'll probably come top next week. OZOO 19:31, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Ooh, Brexit, that's gonna be fun :3 ~ Mable ( chat ) 19:39, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Can't do this one, but I may be able to volunteer some help for the Brexit-related thingies… — JFG talk 21:50, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

I can do next week. The last video will take time to make.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  18:14, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I will leave next week to either of you then, as I can profanity probably use all the time I can find to work on school stuffs. ~ Mable ( chat ) 21:35, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

March 19 to 25
Roll Over Beasthoven now up. OZOO 21:36, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

2016
I'm working on a report for all of 2016 here. Should I move this into project space (and out of userspace) when it is finished, and would it be helpful to make versions for other years as well? (And is there already a version of this? I didn't find one... -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  00:20, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I believe versions have been made for prior years and published in the Signpost. West.andrew.g (talk) 15:20, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I shall leave it in userspace then. -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  23:02, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually, I couldn't find it in the archives- was it created as this or exclusively for the Signpost? -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  03:41, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Great idea, thanks! — JFG talk 02:38, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
 * ;) I would do the weekly reports, but I'm in middle school and thus don't have access to a computer for the chunks of time that would be necessary to get a weekly report in a timely manner, so I'm doing this. -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  03:41, 4 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Lad, thanks for taking this on. Yes, Andrew creates that page annually for an annual report.  And Ed Erhart wrote this  wrapup for the Wikimedia blog, but though I hoped to do a 2016 summary (Seren has done past years, see Wikipedia Signpost/2016-01-13/Traffic report for 2015), I never got to it.  I am intrigued to see how a younger editor views this information.--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken  13:04, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

March 26 to April 1, 2017
Nice work, Serendipodous! I'll take on next week :) ~ Mable ( chat ) 10:15, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks Maple!  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  10:33, 5 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Though 887K views is low for a #1 slot, I was surprised by the number of tweets I was seeing about Wrestlemania the other night from non-Wrestling people!--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken 12:54, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The only place where I ever read about wrestling is the top 25 report. Nowhere else do I know anyone with even the slightest bit of interest in it. It helps that I don't have a Facebook or Twitter, probably :p ~ Mable ( chat ) 17:25, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Discrepancy in pageviews
On the top 25 report for the week of January 10-16, 2016, the pageviews for the article David Bowie are given at 11,772,266, but on the pageviews tool linked to on WP:5000, it is given at 12,006,245. This is filtering out botviews and the like. Is there a reason for this? Thanks! -A la d  insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  16:58, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Could it be a difference in time zones for two different measurements? — JFG talk 12:41, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Could be. Unable to see their code, I can't comment on any differences in processing (redirects come to mind). That said, I've opened up my code time and time again to try to investigate discrepancies, and my numbers always accurately reflect the underlying data . Thanks, West.andrew.g (talk) 14:00, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Which one should I use? -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  23:04, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Edit: I will use the one in the report. I have my time zone set in preferences, and that probably changed it to not UTC. -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  21:59, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I assume you were referring to, and indeed I see 12,006,245. That tool does not take into account redirects though, and operates on UTC. The total comes directly from the Wikimedia REST API, see the exact endpoint at . If you do the math manually you'll see it also adds up 12,006,245. The parameters being queried for are as follows:
 * Granularity: "daily" (so should include all 24 hours)
 * Dates: 2016-01-10 to 2016-01-16 (inclusive)
 * Access: "all-access" (desktop, mobile web, mobile app)
 * Agent: "user" (no bots or web crawlers)
 * does this align with what you're computing? It is entirely possible there is a discrepancy between the dumps and API, in which case we should report this. Looking at the most recent week of 2017-04-02 to 2017-04-08, I see that the Main Page gets 144,547,119 on Pageviews Analysis (API), and 144,502,213 on WP:5000 (dumps) &mdash; MusikAnimal  talk  04:24, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

My data source is, though not much is said there about the specifics. Thanks, West.andrew.g (talk) 13:38, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

February 19-25 done at last
did the report that was skipped over two months ago. Thanks for doing the missing report, igordebraga - I think I speak for all of us when I say that we appreciate it! I learned some new stuff, and your writing is very nice :) A note for future reference, however, xHamster is one of those articles of which the view count is always blown up by bots. ~ Mable ( chat ) 07:45, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

Just noticed it now (after all, I passed on Darth Vader because the mobile view is under 10%, but didn't think much on xHamster having nearly 94%, specially once I found relevant news regarding them that week...). Well, will erase it, while keeping the entry here for posterity (and the laughs, of course).


 * {| class="wikitable"

! Rank ! Article ! Class ! Views ! Image ! Notes

igordebraga ≠ 03:27, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * 3
 * xHamster
 * Symbol c class.svg
 * style="text-align:right;"| 905,767
 * Pornproject logo.svg
 * No, that's not a comic book about mutant rodents. This pornographic website (80th most accessed on the web!) is holding auditions for lookalikes of the family of Donald Trump and his cabinet, so more films can be done to follow the trail set by Who's Nailin' Paylin? and Donald Tramp.
 * }
 * }
 * We all have gotten tricked by the bots at some point (especially me) ^_^ ~ Mable ( chat ) 09:12, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I think the entry should stay in the report. You may add a note that this is a perennially bot-promoted account and therefore we usually discount them. — JFG talk 09:44, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The legitimacy of the traffic to XHamster is still being discussed, see T158071. With access to the private data myself, I personally am not convinced it is organic, but others are... So for now, it really is up to you. The one thing I can say is the user agents, geographic distribution, etc., all seem normal on the surface and do not align with your typical "false positive" caused by undisclosed bots. This all began on January 8, 2016, by the way, and the traffic has been slowly tapering off ever since &mdash;  MusikAnimal  talk  14:52, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * There is the fact that it's 95% mobile traffic, which is what we use to exclude bots.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  15:59, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

April 2 to April 9 - Syria: A Wrestling Ring
New report is up. I put way too much work into these. I may have made some mistakes, so please be gentle ^_^; ~ Mable ( chat ) 14:29, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * You have a knack to turn tragic news into fun reading. Thanks! — JFG talk 15:10, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Fun read! Although Lali Esposito is a standard removal- she's been puffed up for months now.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  07:56, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Argh, I never know what is and isn't > ~ < I should have just gone ahead and removed her, I was so close to doing that... Thanks, anyway :p ~ Mable ( chat ) 07:39, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

The Excludables
This is a list of those articles we have deemed excludable, even though they don't fit the standard exclusion parameters. When you exclude them, please make a note of it at the bottom of the page:


 * XXX (film series)
 * XXX
 * Lali Esposito

The reason these articles have been named as excludable is that they have appeared far to frequently over far too long a time for their presence to be explained by human views alone.

 Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  16:30, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * XHamster, Darth Vader and Earth do fit the current exclusion criteria, but occasionally fall outside them.

April 10-16
Who's gonna do this week? ~ Mable ( chat ) 11:21, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll take it. It all looks very... explodey. OZOO 12:14, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Amazingly, Donald Trump has left the charts, for the first time in almost two years! Be sure to make a note of it; interesting to read the comments on his first listing… and when we incredulously predicted his victory in the March 6–12, 2016 report, which starts with "Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States: Based on this chart, you could think this headline will be true someday." According to the tally on Talk:Donald Trump, he scored #1 in no less than 12 Top 25 reports since December 2015. — JFG talk 04:17, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * New one up. Most recent absence of Trump I could find was Dec 25-31, when the focus was on Carrie, Debbie & George. OZOO 20:19, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Great job again, thx! Ah indeed, the terrible Year of Death has ended… — JFG talk 20:27, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * "It's the Grandparents of All Bombs I Blame". I love it!--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken 13:04, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Great work ^_^ ~ Mable ( chat ) 13:09, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
 * You are so right. It is always the parents.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  16:45, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

April 16-22, 2017
Anyone working on Apr 16-22 right now? Am able to do two in a row, but don't want to take it over from someone working on it and I do think there should be some variety in writers. OZOO 14:18, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, damn. I'm not working on it now, but I can do next week. ~ Mable ( chat ) 14:38, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * April 16 to 22 done. Title is supposed to be in the style of Th1rteen R3esons Why, but probably doesn't really work. OZOO 22:35, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
 * You're allowed to start a new section, you know? :p Either way, new list looks good. I'm looking forward to Sunday so I can start on mine. I hope Cassini probe will be in there :3 ~ Mable ( chat ) 10:19, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * If the last entry prompted you to start singing "Stayin' Alive", this would probably be the most appropriate time to stop. ← THIS. DAMN! — JFG talk 10:23, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * For me, it was the picture for Fast and the Furious. Kinda sums up my feelings about that series. :-)
 * Oh, and as for #24; rule no 1 of this job: Reddit's search engine lies.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  10:47, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reddit link. Report updated. OZOO 17:31, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Images
I am a bit lost here. The images which I inserted into this article have been struck out on the grounds that they are not free. I have no complaint about this, as it is to the discretion of the author to do so. What I do not understand, however, is how the two images can be used elsewhere, and appear to be part of the Wikimedia Commons Library, but are still considered to be not free. Could someone kindly explain this to me? Stormy clouds (talk) 15:53, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Both pictures are copyrighted and, under WP:NFCCP #9, non-free images may not be used outside of the article namespace. OZOO 17:33, 28 April 2017 (UTC)
 * They are not part of Wikimedia Commons, and are instead hosted on Wikipedia itself. This file, for example, is used in only one article, and reading the "Summary" and "Licensing" sections should make clear why that is. ~ Mable ( chat ) 17:37, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

April 23-29, 2017
This'll be the first time I didn't publish the report on Sunday. I'm so ashamed, I got lazy :p But don't worry, it's coming soon this week, probably Monday evening GMT. ~ Mable ( chat ) 20:09, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

April 23 to 29: Just Another Week of Death, Politics, and Entertainment
I wasn't able to think of a better title, so this'll have to do. I'm sure I've made some typos again, so be sure to read it through. I hope my commentary is good. I'm not quite as happy with it as I usually am ^_^; ~ Mable ( chat ) 20:12, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

April 30 to May 6, 2017
New report up. --OZOO 13:16, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
 * That was great! This is also the first Bollywood movie I might actually watch...  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  13:34, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I knew Baahubali was a big deal. Nice work, OZOO! ~ Mable ( chat ) 10:18, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Volunteer
Hi, Soulbust here! I'm not quite sure where to volunteer to write up a report or proofread one, but I've been lurking on the report for a while now, probably a year and a half or so. I'd pretty interested in helping out with this project, so just let me know where to start and I'll be happy to help. Soulbust (talk) 14:45, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi! Glad to hear you're interested. :) If you want to draft a report, just give at least a week's notice and let er rip. We've never been all that formal round here.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  15:37, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
 * We don't even know yet who will do this week. The new automatic report came out earlier today. ~ Mable ( chat ) 10:28, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Do want to see if Soulbust can do the next one then? (Meaning the one we need to get done based on the latest WP:5000, )--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken  19:29, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Just want to update everybody on my draft for the May 7–13 Top 25 report. Thanks for being so open to letting me help out :) Soulbust (talk) 22:36, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Soulbust, it looks great, please feel free to post it!--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken 14:04, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Looks good indeed :3 ~ Mable ( chat ) 14:44, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * +1 — JFG talk 15:14, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

May 14 to 20, 2017
Report up. OZOO 21:16, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Cher
I'm trying to do the next report, is there a reason Cher would be on it? -A la d  insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  03:26, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I may not finish though, feel free to make a different version. Ugh, schoolwork... -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  03:36, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Cher is there because of the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, I think. If you can't finish this week's this week, I've started doing it on my sandbox so you could do it next week? OZOO 06:42, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

All the noise of the country articles as well... They are so similar in number I have to imagine this is the work of a buggy but non-malicious script, but they really dilute the readability of the raw output. West.andrew.g (talk) 12:19, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll try next week then. -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  22:31, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
 * New report up. OZOO 12:48, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

A large amount of unexpected schoolwork
I had previously committed to finishing the Top 25 this week, however, it is almost the end of the school year and I need to finish a few reports before Monday, undoubtedly precluding my ability to finish the Top 25 report for this week. My draft is in my main sandbox, if anyone wants to finish it feel free. I will still be working on it a bit. -A la d  insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  14:25, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I might be able to finish it tonight. -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  01:49, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

awesome web page
i didnt even know this was a thing, but its awesome. thank you EggsInMyPockets (talk) 15:49, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Movie Critical Response
While I appreciate some of the snide, tongue-in-cheek commentary on the various films in the list, to say that War Machine has better reviews than the other films on the list when Wonder Woman and Baahubali: The Conclusion are on the same list is patently false and somewhat misleading. It has better reviews than exactly half of the other films on the list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stormy clouds (talk • contribs) 17:39, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks. -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  16:18, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

New report
I've got the new report up. I'm really tired though and don't really want to proofread more than I already have, so feel free to fix any mistakes you see. -A la d  insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  04:13, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks! You had moved the main report page to the weekly archive page; I placed it back and added your content again, so we have the full article history for all reports. However, in the process I lost the history of the edits to this week's version; perhaps an admin can restore them with the history merge feature? — JFG talk 08:08, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
 * The history for this week's is in my sandbox, don't know if that helps... -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  14:23, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Good job! For the record, four is a lot for Reddit threads, but it's not uncommon. Don't think I've ever seen more than four though.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  18:15, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

I know you only did one of these, but there's certainly been more than four... Top 25 Report/October 16 to 22, 2016

Top 25 Report/September 25 to October 1, 2016

-A la d  insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  20:54, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

June 4 to 10th
Report now up for June 4th to 10th. Featuring the latest movie news, some sports reports, a British political update and my latest get-rich-quick scheme. OZOO 15:15, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Great writing! — JFG talk 16:32, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I really enjoyed this one :-)  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  18:06, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

re: the death article
In answer to your question, no, the death views aren't affected by highly noted deaths. See when Robin Williams died, when David Bowie died. They are affected by longterm increases in celebrity death, as can be seen when Prince died. Also, over the course of 2016, the annus mortalis, the average viewcount for the death article increased from ~500,000 to ~700,000.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  09:40, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

XHamster anomaly makes SlashDot
The XHamster Wikipedia Page Is Suddenly Immensely Popular, and No One Knows Why. Thanks, West.andrew.g (talk) 05:31, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Israel
I'd like to ask someone with better English than mine to change description for Israel in the list. Now, it's wrongfully assumes that the views spike was caused by the Western Wall policy change. However, it was most certainly because of the visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel. It was the first ever visit to Israel by any Indian PM and was covered heavily in the media. India is a huge country with English is one of it's main languages, which explains large number of people viewing Israel article in English Wikipedia last week. You can see in |Western_Wall Pageviews Analysis that views for Israel spiked on July 4–6, exactly during the visit, while views for the Western Wall remained stable lately. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 12:24, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Report schedule
Is there any interest a report schedule like below? I can't write, but I could maintain a list and I think that would help. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨  22:15, 11 June 2017 (UTC)


 * May 14 to 20, 2017 – OZOO
 * May 21 to 27, 2017 – OZOO
 * May 28 to June 3, 2017 – A lad insane
 * June 4 to 10, 2017 – OZOO
 * June 11 to 17, 2017 –
 * June 18 to 24, 2017 –
 * June 25 to July 1, 2017 – OZOO
 * July 2 to 8, 2017 – Soulbust (talk) (will have it done by July 12th EST)
 * July 9 to 15, 2017 – Soulbust (talk)
 * July 16 to 22, 2017 – -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)
 * July 23 to 29, 2017 – Soulbust (talk)
 * July 30 to August 5 –
 * August 6 to 12 –
 * August 13 to 19 –
 * August 20 to 26 –

If you'd like to claim a week's report, just put your three tildes after a week and the dash.
 * Wouldn't it be three tildes? I don't see why the date would be important. -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  00:31, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Excellent point. Three it is now. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   01:44, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Added another month. Shall we keep the names of completed weeks, or shall we delete them after a month or so? SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   04:53, 12 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Third party perspective; I think the credit is due and it is interesting to see the density of prior work when one volunteers again. For example, if one takes on a report late in the current week, no one else having done so, after doing the last several weeks -- I'm more inclined to go thank them for their work. The workforce is a bit thin at times, and visualization of that fact might encourage others to participate. West.andrew.g (talk) 05:20, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

If anyone wants to do this week (I might, anyway) here's the 25. igordebraga ≠ 23:36, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Here's this week for whoever wants to do it - not me, even with tragedies, I still hate Linkin Park with a passion. igordebraga ≠ 14:55, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

note
Hi everyone. Sorry but I had to take my name off of the report schedule volunteer list for this week. Something came up in the "real world" and I'm just not gonna be able to edit for a bit. I have the table prepared with accurate rankings and page views over at this page, so hopefully that'll help out those that take on doing the report. Best wishes Soulbust (talk) 18:34, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I will try to do it this week.  -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  14:44, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

July 16 to 22
Report up. I think I archived it correctly this time, better than the mess last time at least. -A la d  insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  04:06, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Jason Jordan
Any ideas why he's in the list? I can't figure out why. (Although, I also don't like wrestling, so...) -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  01:53, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll just put it down to wrestling in general, it is the time of year apparently. -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  02:33, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Something to do with another individual "revealing" that he is his "father" (in Wrestle Universe, not in real life). I don't get it.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  14:14, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Me neither. I'll just add something about Darth Vader-related antics by Kurt Angle, that's about all I got there. -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  15:53, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Pageview files not currently being generated
Posted at Village_pump_(technical), so free to pile on or ping whoever you know that might be able to help. Last got page view data for JUL-23, so the weekly report will not generate until this is resolved. Thanks, West.andrew.g (talk) 19:20, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Must be fixed. It worked for me. -A la d   insane  <small style="color:#ff00f7;">(Channel 2)  02:41, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
 * No? The page works, but the underlying data sets are still not updating. Weekly report on hold until this is resolved. Thanks, West.andrew.g (talk) 12:58, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
 * It might be helpful if other concerned users added their +1 at the VPT thread. We don't want to get into a bad stretch, here. West.andrew.g (talk) 18:58, 4 August 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Fixed... and the two reports we missed as a result of the downtime were back generated. Thanks, West.andrew.g (talk) 16:08, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

While the bot doesn't work again, decided to check some numbers manually through the page... 15 that possibly will qualify. (with a risk of Christopher Nolan, with 406.607 views, also ranking among the 25) igordebraga ≠ 01:08, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Dunkirk	(film) 1.860.023 Chester Bennington	B	1.310.978 Battle of Dunkirk 1.310.083 Game of Thrones (season 7)	C	1.089.023 Anthony Scaramucci	1.022.773 Deaths in 2017 808.237 Game of Thrones	GA	794.366 Linkin Park	GA	727.235 Spider-Man: Homecoming	C	535.905 The Emoji Movie	Start	528.789 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets	Start	515.899 Silent Parade	Start	467.689 John F. Kelly	Start	435.706 Chris Cornell	B	425.757 War for the Planet of the Apes	Start	417.088


 * Jeffrey Dahmer B got 489.226. Trailer got released for a movie based on him. Ozark (TV series) Start got 625.696 as a new Netflix series is attracting attention. FunksBrother (talk) 18:06, 4 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Also Dunkirk Evacuation GA got 643.900 with Dunkirk film being out and Jeff Bezos C got 625.311 as he was briefly the World's Richest Person last week. With Nolan, you have 20. FunksBrother (talk) 18:13, 4 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Another article, Inder Kumar Start got 436.091 with his sudden passing of the Indian actor on July 28. A recent sporting event UFC 214 Stub got 416.233 So that's 22. FunksBrother (talk) 18:26, 4 August 2017 (UTC)


 * John Heard (actor) Start got 466.964. He's similar to Chester Bennington as he got a lot of views for their passing last week. So that's 23. FunksBrother (talk) 18:34, 4 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Oh yeah, Jordan Spieth C got 561.844. He's the American golfer who won the British Open. That's 24 now. FunksBrother (talk) 18:38, 4 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Another sporting event, WWE's Battleground (2017) Future got 507.091. It was a wrestling event that took place on July 23. This makes 25, but Christopher Nolan might be one endangered if there is an article that got more views than him. FunksBrother (talk) 18:47, 4 August 2017 (UTC)


 * igordebraga are you sure about Christopher Nolan? I calculated 353.784 for 23-29th of July. Diana, Princess of Wales B got 374.143 with that recent special airing on HBO on July 24th as the 20th anniversary of her death approaches and Chris Cornell B got 402.425 with Chester Bennington's recent suicide. Both articles got more views than Christopher Nolan. Chris Cornell would be the 25th most viewed. FunksBrother (talk) 19:40, 4 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Just now I noticed that put it since the 22nd. Fixing the numbers while also add your inclusions,, gives this provisional Top 25: igordebraga ≠ 06:06, 5 August 2017 (UTC)


 * 1) Dunkirk	(film) 1.646.275
 * 2) Chester Bennington	B	1.243.770
 * 3) Battle of Dunkirk 1.143.453
 * 4) Game of Thrones (season 7)	C	976.037
 * 5) Anthony Scaramucci	932.968
 * 6) Game of Thrones	GA	717.504
 * 7) Deaths in 2017 	716.138
 * 8) Linkin Park	GA	686.156
 * 9) Dunkirk Evacuation GA 643.900
 * 10) Ozark (TV series) Start 625.696
 * 11) Jeff Bezos C 625.311
 * 12) Jordan Spieth C 561.844
 * 13) WWE's Battleground (2017) Future 507.091.
 * 14) Jeffrey Dahmer B 489.226.
 * 15) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets	Start	471.547
 * 16) Spider-Man: Homecoming	C	471.303
 * 17) John Heard (actor) Start 466.964.
 * 18) Silent Parade	Start	458.354
 * 19) Inder Kumar Start 436.091
 * 20) UFC 214 Stub got 416.233
 * 21) The Emoji Movie	Start	414.443
 * 22) Chris Cornell	B	402.425
 * 23) John F. Kelly	Start	392.204
 * 24) Diana, Princess of Wales B 374.143
 * 25) War for the Planet of the Apes	Start	366.396


 * We have a provisional Top 25 up. Thank you for drafting it. FunksBrother (talk) 04:30, 6 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Top 5000 for that week is now up. Only difference from provisional report is that John Heard (actor) moves from #17 to #14. OZOO (t) (c) 09:03, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

History note
There have been 235 Top 25 Reports since they were started at the beginning of 2013. Of those, 143 have been prepared by, 70 by , 12 by , 5 by , 4 by , 3 by , 2 by , 1 by and 1 by  (the numbers don't add up because some were group projects). My notes for this and a list of reports are at User:SchreiberBike/Top 25 history if anyone wants to check my work. If there's no objection, I will move this list to the top of the Report schedule above and update it each month. It will take the place of the list of people who have done reports recently. Let me know if you think there are any changes which should be made. My thanks to all who have done so much work. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨  01:58, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
 * SchreiberBike, this is cool! Man I did a lot of these but I pale to Seren! I think you should move it to a separate page (Top 25 Report/Report_history?), its good stuff and a great record but doesn't need to be on the main talk page?--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken  16:45, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Ehh, I think the aggregate is fine if presented in some attractive horizontal fashion, i.e., consuming one or two lines atop the schedule, then linking to the full history. West.andrew.g (talk) 19:10, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree. And having the current schedule up there is important to operations, the writers are doing excellent work.--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken  20:40, 9 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I see I that I wrote unclearly. I only meant to put the number of reports and a list of the people who had produced them with their count, not the full list at now at Top 25 Report/Report history (good idea Milowent). So, basically each month, I'd replace the completed reports with an updated version of:


 * Thanks for the feedback. SchreiberBike &#124; ⌨   22:25, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Jul 30 to Aug 5
Hi, I see I've been signed up for this week, although I do believe I signed up for the week prior (Jul 23-29). That whole technical error with the page views not generating, as well as being busy outside of Wikipedia caused me to miss out on that week. So, while I wont be writing up the blurbs for the Jul 30-Aug 5 report, I did want to at least provide a raw list for anyone who will be doing that. (Note: this could be missing out on some articles, as I calculated these numbers manually, so do check for errors.)


 * 1) Sam Shepard — 1,884,503
 * 2) Game of Thrones (season 7) (Symbol arrow up.svg 2) — 1,067,079
 * 3) Neymar — 1,017,777
 * 4) Laverne Cox — 926,782
 * 5) Dunkirk (2017 film) (Symbol arrow down.svg 4) — 921,681
 * 6) Anthony Scaramucci (Symbol arrow down.svg 1) — 812,838
 * 7) Game of Thrones (Symbol arrow down.svg 1) — 753,171
 * 8) Deaths in 2017 (Symbol arrow down.svg 1) — 720,110
 * 9) Blue Whale (game) — 680,179
 * 10) UFC 214 (Symbol arrow up.svg 10) — 658,131
 * 11) Battle of Dunkirk (Symbol arrow down.svg 8) — 618,563
 * 12) Usain Bolt — 547,758
 * 13) List of most viewed YouTube videos — 535,540
 * 14) Ted Kaczynski — 513,377
 * 15) Jon Jones — 508,746
 * 16) Justin Gatlin — 481,803
 * 17) Dolores del Río — 467,342
 * 18) Rosenhan experiment — 459,691
 * 19) The Emoji Movie (Symbol arrow up.svg 2) — 456,518
 * 20) John F. Kelly (Symbol arrow up.svg 3) — 442,341
 * 21) List of Game of Thrones episodes (Symbol arrow up.svg 3) — 429,723
 * 22) Ozark (TV series) (Symbol arrow down.svg 12) — 416,478
 * 23) Paris Saint-Germain F.C. — 400,190
 * 24) Rick and Morty (season 3) — 386,844
 * 25) Dunkirk evacuation (Symbol arrow down.svg 16) — 381,817
 * Hello all. Just passing through and seeing all the awesome work you have done recently.  Note the above unsigned list for the next report is from Soulburst and comes from Pageviews.  The WP:5000 is now updated and verifies this list generally (with normal variations which shifts around places a bit, and of course the normal baloney like Xhamster and Darth Vader are excluded).--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken  13:14, 9 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Report up. OZOO (t) (c) 16:52, 12 August 2017 (UTC)


 * You made my day with "Whose skull was that, anyway?" on the death list. FYI I took the liberty to add a link to Bannon's anatomically difficult act in Scaramucci's entry. That was good fun too. — JFG talk 05:34, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Aug 6–12
Available now. OZOO (t) (c) 20:25, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I loved figuring out the derivation of the title!--Milowent • <sup style="position:relative">has<span style="position:relative;bottom:-2.0ex;left:-3.2ex;*left:-5.5ex;">spoken 12:09, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Aug 13-19
Wrote the report, only don't know if it needs a cleanup, probably for bias (reason: Charlottesville figures heavily on the list!) before putting on the main page. igordebraga ≠ 18:53, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing the report, Igordebraga. Can't see anything too problematic there (but then, I share your bias). One point that may be worth mentioning is the high mobile percentage for Identity Evropa - 98.1% according to WP:5000 - which may indicate people choosing to research certain topics away from prying eyes. Or, since the article is almost certainly there legitimately, it may be an error. (Frankly, I'm a tiny bit disappointed this hasn't led to a legitimate placing for xHamster.) OZOO (t) (c) 19:15, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, I even decided to |Confederate_States_of_America|Darth_Vader|XHamster check the viewcount - the ones we ignore because the numbers are clearly fishy have constant views, while Evropa and the #26 (continuing the theme of the week... the Confederates!) have a more natural spike after the alt-right's rally. Yeah, the mobile count is probably just people researching that topic in private. igordebraga ≠ 19:51, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

August 20–26
I love your prose: you wrote a masterful summary of the week's highlights. Thanks! — JFG talk 22:40, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
 * G'day, any idea why the Game of Thrones article had such a large spike? I'm no expert, but are we sure this isn't automated? Else do we know where all the additional trafic came from? Per below —   IVORK  Discuss 22:58, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
 * (Game of Thrones)
 * (Game of Thrones (season 7))
 * I'd wait until next week's season finale before drawing any conclusions. Things are going to go bonkers.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  10:47, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
 * If you look at the numbers, in particular the Mob%, between this week and last, there looks to have been ~million extra desktop views for the GoT article. But the article would certainly be in the list regardless, and we can't go around deciding "this counts, this doesn't count" (any more than we already do, at least); so we just have to accept it, I fear. My biggest worry on that front is the prospect that the producers of Dancing with the Stars will suddenly decide to give Lali Espósito a slot on a series, and then where will we be?
 * New report should be up tonight, regardless. OZOO (t) (c) 16:26, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

August 27 – Sep 2 (US cities by population)
Writing up this week's list and, does anyone know why we're seeing a boost from 27 to 29 Aug for List of United States cities by population?

My first thought was something to do with Hurricane Harvey, but the dates don't quite match up. Can't find anything recent on Reddit that would get people clicking. Is there some big story in the US about large cities that I can't find? Or is this forever doomed to be one of life's mysteries? OZOO (t) (c) 21:42, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * They don't match up perfectly, but |Hurricane_Harvey they certainly seem linked. My guess is that people started checking it in the early days, when all we knew was that Houston was the fourth biggest city in America, but then turned away once the real news started coming in.  Serendi <sup style="color:#bb0000;">pod ous  22:29, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Question.
Question: Is it possible to find this page with data from other languages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.114.4.31 (talk) 00:28, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
 * It would be possible for one to calculate it using available raw data, but I do not due to scalability and personal bandwidth concerns. West.andrew.g (talk) 13:49, 8 September 2017 (UTC)
 * There's a tool with monthly calculations that seemingly can do for other languages (PT wiki does a tally). igordebraga ≠ 04:58, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

New report?
Love these things! Sad there hasn't been one yet this month. <b style="color:#000080">S EMMENDINGER </b> (<b style="color:#F80"> talk </b>) 17:18, 17 September 2017 (UTC)


 * There is one, only I wanted to see if someone wanted to write it. igordebraga ≠ 17:20, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh! Taking the shortcut to the page doesn't link to the new one, thanks :) <b style="color:#000080">S EMMENDINGER </b> (<b style="color:#F80"> talk </b>) 17:23, 17 September 2017 (UTC)