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The 20 most viewed Wikipedia articles in 2009...

kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
edited December 2009 in A Moving Train
1. Wiki
2. The Beatles
3. Michael Jackson
4. Favicon
5. YouTube
6. Wikipedia
7. Barack Obama
8. Deaths in 2009
9. United States
10. Facebook
11. Current events portal
12. World War II
13. Twitter
14. Transformers
15. Slumdog Millionaire
16. Lil Wayne
17. Adolf Hitler
18. India
19. Transformers 2
20. Scrubs (TV series)


Thoughts?
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    Interesting to see Adolf Hitler on that list. I'm hoping that's because of 12 year olds writing history reports and not because of curious neo-Nazis...
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • Dissident67Dissident67 Posts: 570
    does anybody else think that Scrubs seems really out of place on this list?
    "Change don't come at once, it's a wave, building before it breaks"
  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    Dissident67 wrote:
    does anybody else think that Scrubs seems really out of place on this list?
    lmao.

    Who the hell is wiki-ing Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?
  • OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    I think that list shows that older people are getting more tech-savvy and reading up on the new media. :)

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    Eliot Rosewater wrote:
    Dissident67 wrote:
    does anybody else think that Scrubs seems really out of place on this list?
    lmao.

    Who the hell is wiki-ing Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?

    Or wiki-ing "Wiki" and "Wikipedia"??

    uh, other than me...

    I should probably note that I got this list from the Wikipedia article on "Wikipedia". :mrgreen:

    Although the Wikipedia does list it's source... which is The Telegraph:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/w ... -2008.html

    Here's the Top 50 lists from 2009 and 2008... which are much funnier, actually. :D might as well post them here so no one has to click on the link...


    1) Wiki (131,383 page hits per day)

    2) The Beatles (111,896)

    3) Michael Jackson (79,734)

    4) Favicon.ico (78,077)

    5) YouTube (72,318)

    6) Wikipedia (52,542)

    7) Barack Obama (49,401)

    8) Deaths in 2009 (48,758)

    9) United States (46,545)

    10) Facebook (42,679)

    11) Current events portal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events] (40,962)

    12) World War II (29,736)

    13) Twitter (28,511)

    14) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (28,395)

    15) Slumdog Millionaire (26,755)

    16) Lil Wayne (26,210)

    17) Adolf Hitler (25,481)

    18) India (25,380)

    19) Transformers 2 (24,842)

    20) Scrubs (TV series) (24,758)

    21) Sex (24,754)

    22) Rhianna (24,670)

    23) United Kingdom (24,300)

    24) Abrham Lincoln (23,743)

    25) Heroes (TV series) (23,569)

    26) Watchmen (film) (23,544)

    27) Lady GaGa (23,376)

    28) Star Trek (film) (22,990)

    29) 2009 Swine Flu outbreak (22,968)

    30) Featured content portal (22,829)

    31) Megan Fox (22,573)

    32) Naruto (22,573)

    33) Australia (22,544)

    34) Canada (22,437)

    35) World War I (22,307)

    36) Vagina (22,295)

    37) List of House episodes (21,950)

    38) Japan (21,797)

    39) Martin Luther King Jr (21,786)

    40) Miley Cyrus (21,724)

    41) Robert Pattinson (21,515)

    42) Deadpool (comics) (21,264)

    43) Twilight (2008 film) (21,158)

    44) Windows 7 (21,018)

    45) House (TV series) (20,882)

    46) Terminator Salvation (20,743)

    47) Kristen Stewart (20,538)

    48) Internet Movie Database (20,422)

    49) 2012 (20,347)

    50) X-Men Origins: Wolverine

    The 50 most-viewed Wikipedia articles in 2008

    1) Wiki (140,550 page hits per day)

    2) YouTube (91,971)

    3) Barack Obama (76,624)

    4) Sarah Palin (64,465)

    5) Facebook (51,760)

    6) Wikipedia (49,945)

    7) The Dark Knight (film) (49,141)

    8) Current events portal (42,401)

    9) Deaths in 2008 (41,586)

    10) United States (40,672)

    11) Sex (40,141)

    12) MySpace (37,256)

    13) John McCain (34,486)

    14) Beatles (32,359)

    15) 2008 Summer Olympics (28,627)

    16) Naruto (28,491)

    17) Heroes (TV series) (28,237)

    18) The Beatles (27,386)

    19) Large Hadron Collider (27,234)

    20) Hotmail (27,221)

    21) Google (25,738)

    22) Lil Wayne (24,366)

    23) Featured content portal (23,815) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Featured_content]

    24) Batman (23,093)

    25) Joe Biden (22,600)

    26) India (22,328)

    27) Miley Cyrus (22,095)

    28) United States presidential election 2008 (21,405)

    29) Michael Phelps (21,279)

    30) George W Bush (21,107)

    31) World War II (21,020)

    32) Vagina (20,634)

    33) Jonas Brothers (20,379)

    34) Joker (comics) (20,082)

    35) Canada (20,014)

    36) Penis (19,773)

    37) Rhianna (19,766)

    38) Metallica (19,732)

    39) Internet Movie Database (19,673)

    40) United Kingdom (19,472)

    41) New York City (19,440)

    42) Heath Ledger (19,260)

    43) Australia (18,849)

    44) Japan (18,304)

    45) Masturbation (18,189)

    46) Twilight (2008 film) (18,066)

    47) Search (18,010)

    48) China (17,803)

    49) Global warming (17,577)

    50) Lost (TV series) (17,554)
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I mainly use Wiki to check out travel info/City info. They do a pretty good job of including the Chinese characters next to the place names, so I can copy them down and use them. Wiki travel is also a good web page.
  • NoKNoK Posts: 824
    What do numbers 21, 31 and 36 in the 2009 list have in common?
  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    NoK wrote:
    What do numbers 21, 31 and 36 in the 2009 list have in common?
    Funny. I'm just relieved that sex was higher on the list than Lady Gaga. ffs.
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    you'd think a tv show in the top 20 would at least be funny.
  • TriumphantAngelTriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    Commy wrote:
    you'd think a tv show in the top 20 would at least be funny.
    Awww you're edgy today commy . Do you need a hug? :)

    Eat your hearts out.

    Here's to an excellent show.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKIZIavk ... re=related
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    TriumphantAngel wrote:
    Commy wrote:
    you'd think a tv show in the top 20 would at least be funny.
    Awww you're edgy today commy . Do you need a hug? :)

    Eat your hearts out.

    Here's to an excellent show.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkMjqB0ways
    i do need a hug yes.

    but the show is still terrible, i hate to break it to you.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygGy7xAGc0c
  • TriumphantAngelTriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    Commy wrote:
    TriumphantAngel wrote:
    Commy wrote:
    you'd think a tv show in the top 20 would at least be funny.
    Awww you're edgy today commy . Do you need a hug? :)

    Eat your hearts out.

    Here's to an excellent show.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkMjqB0ways
    i do need a hug yes.

    but the show is still terrible, i hate to break it to you.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygGy7xAGc0c
    :mrgreen: hahaha yeah, that was awesome.

    and i still love me some scrubs!
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    TriumphantAngel wrote:
    Commy wrote:
    i do need a hug yes.

    but the show is still terrible, i hate to break it to you.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygGy7xAGc0c
    :mrgreen: hahaha yeah, that was awesome.

    and i still love me some scrubs!



    i've seen every episode, just don't tell anyone.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    scrubs????
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Heatherj43Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    1. Wiki
    2. The Beatles
    3. Michael Jackson
    4. Favicon
    5. YouTube
    6. Wikipedia
    7. Barack Obama
    8. Deaths in 2009
    9. United States
    10. Facebook
    11. Current events portal
    12. World War II
    13. Twitter
    14. Transformers
    15. Slumdog Millionaire
    16. Lil Wayne
    17. Adolf Hitler
    18. India
    19. Transformers 2
    20. Scrubs (TV series)


    Thoughts?
    I'm curious if anyone here has ever used Wiki for any of the top reasons listed? I haven't use it for any of those. I use it though.
    Save room for dessert!
  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    Heatherj43 wrote:
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    1. Wiki
    2. The Beatles
    3. Michael Jackson
    4. Favicon
    5. YouTube
    6. Wikipedia
    7. Barack Obama
    8. Deaths in 2009
    9. United States
    10. Facebook
    11. Current events portal
    12. World War II
    13. Twitter
    14. Transformers
    15. Slumdog Millionaire
    16. Lil Wayne
    17. Adolf Hitler
    18. India
    19. Transformers 2
    20. Scrubs (TV series)


    Thoughts?
    I'm curious if anyone here has ever used Wiki for any of the top reasons listed? I haven't use it for any of those. I use it though.
    I'm pretty sure I looked up Hitler after I read somewhere else that he was a uniball.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    Eliot Rosewater wrote:
    Dissident67 wrote:
    does anybody else think that Scrubs seems really out of place on this list?
    lmao.

    Who the hell is wiki-ing Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?

    Or wiki-ing "Wiki" and "Wikipedia"??

    uh, other than me...

    I should probably note that I got this list from the Wikipedia article on "Wikipedia". :mrgreen:

    Although the Wikipedia does list it's source... which is The Telegraph:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/w ... -2008.html

    Here's the Top 50 lists from 2009 and 2008... which are much funnier, actually. :D might as well post them here so no one has to click on the link...


    1) Wiki (131,383 page hits per day)

    2) The Beatles (111,896)

    3) Michael Jackson (79,734)

    4) Favicon.ico (78,077)

    5) YouTube (72,318)

    6) Wikipedia (52,542)

    7) Barack Obama (49,401)

    8) Deaths in 2009 (48,758)

    9) United States (46,545)

    10) Facebook (42,679)

    11) Current events portal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events] (40,962)

    12) World War II (29,736)

    13) Twitter (28,511)

    14) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (28,395)

    15) Slumdog Millionaire (26,755)

    16) Lil Wayne (26,210)

    17) Adolf Hitler (25,481)

    18) India (25,380)

    19) Transformers 2 (24,842)

    20) Scrubs (TV series) (24,758)

    21) Sex (24,754)

    22) Rhianna (24,670)

    23) United Kingdom (24,300)

    24) Abrham Lincoln (23,743)

    25) Heroes (TV series) (23,569)

    26) Watchmen (film) (23,544)

    27) Lady GaGa (23,376)

    28) Star Trek (film) (22,990)

    29) 2009 Swine Flu outbreak (22,968)

    30) Featured content portal (22,829)

    31) Megan Fox (22,573)

    32) Naruto (22,573)

    33) Australia (22,544)

    34) Canada (22,437)

    35) World War I (22,307)

    36) Vagina (22,295)

    37) List of House episodes (21,950)

    38) Japan (21,797)

    39) Martin Luther King Jr (21,786)

    40) Miley Cyrus (21,724)

    41) Robert Pattinson (21,515)

    42) Deadpool (comics) (21,264)

    43) Twilight (2008 film) (21,158)

    44) Windows 7 (21,018)

    45) House (TV series) (20,882)

    46) Terminator Salvation (20,743)

    47) Kristen Stewart (20,538)

    48) Internet Movie Database (20,422)

    49) 2012 (20,347)

    50) X-Men Origins: Wolverine

    The 50 most-viewed Wikipedia articles in 2008

    1) Wiki (140,550 page hits per day)

    2) YouTube (91,971)

    3) Barack Obama (76,624)

    4) Sarah Palin (64,465)

    5) Facebook (51,760)

    6) Wikipedia (49,945)

    7) The Dark Knight (film) (49,141)

    8) Current events portal (42,401)

    9) Deaths in 2008 (41,586)

    10) United States (40,672)

    11) Sex (40,141)

    12) MySpace (37,256)

    13) John McCain (34,486)

    14) Beatles (32,359)

    15) 2008 Summer Olympics (28,627)

    16) Naruto (28,491)

    17) Heroes (TV series) (28,237)

    18) The Beatles (27,386)

    19) Large Hadron Collider (27,234)

    20) Hotmail (27,221)

    21) Google (25,738)

    22) Lil Wayne (24,366)

    23) Featured content portal (23,815) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Featured_content]

    24) Batman (23,093)

    25) Joe Biden (22,600)

    26) India (22,328)

    27) Miley Cyrus (22,095)

    28) United States presidential election 2008 (21,405)

    29) Michael Phelps (21,279)

    30) George W Bush (21,107)

    31) World War II (21,020)

    32) Vagina (20,634)

    33) Jonas Brothers (20,379)

    34) Joker (comics) (20,082)

    35) Canada (20,014)

    36) Penis (19,773)

    37) Rhianna (19,766)

    38) Metallica (19,732)

    39) Internet Movie Database (19,673)

    40) United Kingdom (19,472)

    41) New York City (19,440)

    42) Heath Ledger (19,260)

    43) Australia (18,849)

    44) Japan (18,304)

    45) Masturbation (18,189)

    46) Twilight (2008 film) (18,066)

    47) Search (18,010)

    48) China (17,803)

    49) Global warming (17,577)

    50) Lost (TV series) (17,554)

    Did anyone notice or thought that for 2009-2008 both Vagina and Penis were at #36 :D I'm so glad many of us want to know about the human anatomy.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • rearviewmirorrearviewmiror Posts: 894
    Commy wrote:
    you'd think a tv show in the top 20 would at least be funny.
    Probably for the music. It lists what songs were played and when. I know I wiki'd scrubs for that list once. Couldn't remember the name of a song i'd heard on the show.
    9/7/98, 8/3/00, 9/4/00, 4/15/03, 7/1/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 6/17/08, 6/22/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 5/17/10, 10/15/13, 10/16/13.
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