2009/4/22 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com>: > 2009/4/22 geni <geni...@gmail.com>: >> 2009/4/22 David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com>: >>> 2009/4/22 <wjhon...@aol.com>: >>> >>>> Is there a list of the top100 most popular Wikipedia pages? >>> >>> >>> http://stats.grok.se/ >>> >> >> http://wikistics.falsikon.de/2009/wikipedia/en/ >> http://wikistics.falsikon.de/latest/wikipedia/en/ >> >> Are more up to date. And no I can't explain why the article on the >> Beatles is as popular as it is. It should be popular yes but not that >> popular. Wounder if it is being used by something to check to see if >> it can access the net. > > Well, something happened on 21 November 2008 > > http://stats.grok.se/en/200811/The_Beatles > > Any guesses? Something checking a net connection is possible, but > personally I use google.com for that, and so do most people I've > looked over the shoulder of. That or bbc.co.uk. Why would someone use > the Wikipedia article on The Beatles?
Someone on IRC has realised that it didn't start on the 21st, that's just when the hits moved from [[Beatles]] to [[The Beatles]]. It actually started gradually last September... _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l