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Re: Wikipedia daily most viewed pages

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Post by ioshaan » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 5:23 PM UTC

kapitanjakc wrote: post #65

The reason of so many entries being made up of "Indian interests", is because the cheap internet provided by Reliance Jio. Purely speculation on my part, but I have seen more internet presence of Indian public after Reliance Jio. That and affordable or cheap even Android phones being easily available. As there's 1.4 billion of us, it was bound to happen at some point, but I think Reliance Jio's cheap internet and eas…

Of course. It's the same reason why Global Worldwide top posts on Reddit overlap a lot with the Top posts for USA users.

Re: Wikipedia daily most viewed pages

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Post by ClassyJacket » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 5:55 PM UTC

vmilner wrote: post #115

I’m always curious as to whether taking the top 1% (say) of articles in Wikipedia (ordered by view frequency over a year say) and possibly adding the articles that link to those to some depth (say 3 deep) would feel very different to the full version to most users.

I would guess that 3 links deep to the top 1% would be nearly the whole site

Re: Wikipedia daily most viewed pages

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Post by gerdesj » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 6:03 PM UTC

squidbeak wrote: post #122

#37 Figging Blimey.

It's now 34 and now I know what it is I'm not looking up gingering at 31!

Re: Wikipedia daily most viewed pages

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Post by jabroni_salad » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 6:05 PM UTC

gardenhedge wrote: post #91

issung wrote: post #4

Anyone have any idea why this one is at the top today with almost double the 2nd entry? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dee_Dee_Blanchard EDIT: Ah, her daughter was released from prison today. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67833339

That page reads like a blog or a murder novel, not a wikipedia article

That happens to basically everything the true crime followers get their hands on. They are all about narrative.

Re: Wikipedia daily most viewed pages

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Post by kapitanjakc » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 6:13 PM UTC

ioshaan wrote: post #131

kapitanjakc wrote: post #65

The reason of so many entries being made up of "Indian interests", is because the cheap internet provided by Reliance Jio. Purely speculation on my part, but I have seen more internet presence of Indian public after Reliance Jio. That and affordable or cheap even Android phones being easily available. As there's 1.4 billion of us, it was bound to happen at some point, but I think Reliance Jio's cheap internet and eas…

Of course. It's the same reason why Global Worldwide top posts on Reddit overlap a lot with the Top posts for USA users.

Yeah

Re: Wikipedia daily most viewed pages

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Post by atomicfiredoll » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 6:44 PM UTC

rich_sasha wrote: post #67

np_tedious wrote: post #15

Are people really reading Youtube, pornhub, facebook, Instagram pages this frequently or are these misclicks from search result page?

People may be looking up details about these sites. Also, not for these specifically, but if someone tells me about a website I haven't heard of, and not sure if safe / SFW etc I'll usually checkout it's Wikipedia page first.

They may be, but are this many people really looking up details about 2017's XXX: Return of Xander Cage? "XXX" makes a couple other appearances on the list, so I'm inclined to believe there really is a good amount of traffic being directed to Wikipedia by accident from search users.

Re: Wikipedia daily most viewed pages

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Post by AnthonyMouse » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 6:58 PM UTC

seabass-labrax wrote: post #119

avar wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're only reading that as a political jab because you're too entranced in American partisan politics. Americans are a minority among the portion of the world's population that can read English easily enough to consult the English language Wikipedia. When doing so, the rest us can use a brief reminder of what's ultimately a rather quaint aspect of the US: The fact that healthcare costs are a significant concern of e…

I think you're on the right track here. For instance, I have no idea whether or not Brazil has a universal healthcare system, so if the article was about a company in Brazil, such a note would be relevant to me. The USA population includes approximately between a quarter and a half of the world's English speakers, depending on whether you count English as a second language or not. Therefore it's reasonable to assume…

> For instance, I have no idea whether or not Brazil has a universal healthcare system, so if the article was about a company in Brazil, such a note would be relevant to me.

The problem with this theory isn't just that it's much more widely known internationally that the US has a private insurance system, it's that that is already implied by the rest of the sentence. US employees getting their healthcare coverage from their employer means that they're not getting it from the government. Specifically calling it out is to make a political point.

> As for this specific article about the Big Three, the statement in question was added by user GoldDragon[1], who was banned for 'sock-puppetry' in 2011 and, by their edit history, appears to have hailed from Ontario, Canada.

This is proving my case. You don't need sock puppets if your modus operandi is to make neutral edits.

And being from Canada doesn't imply non-partisanship -- "the US should have a universal healthcare system" is a common political opinion in Canada.

Re: Wikipedia daily most viewed pages

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Post by 312c » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 7:11 PM UTC

tjpnz wrote: post #31

Why does a rapper who's been dead for years occupy the eighth position? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXXTentacion

He has a large and fanatical fanbase despite having trapped his pregnant girlfriend in a room and beating her so severely her eyes swelled shut (which he would later brag about)... while out on bail for breaking into someone's house, pistol whipping them, and robbing them.

Re: Wikipedia daily most viewed pages

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Post by paxys » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 7:13 PM UTC

kapitanjakc wrote: post #65

The reason of so many entries being made up of "Indian interests", is because the cheap internet provided by Reliance Jio. Purely speculation on my part, but I have seen more internet presence of Indian public after Reliance Jio. That and affordable or cheap even Android phones being easily available. As there's 1.4 billion of us, it was bound to happen at some point, but I think Reliance Jio's cheap internet and eas…

Jio only gained prominence in the early 2010s. While yes it did definitely help in getting more Indians access to cheap data plans, the country by and large has had a large English speaking population connected to the internet – enough to prominently show up on graphs – since well before that.

Re: Wikipedia daily most viewed pages

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Post by ProxCoques » Sat, Dec 30, 2023, 7:19 PM UTC

sgt wrote: post #130

ProxCoques wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only if they think that 3% would not otherwise use Wikipedia. But in reality that 3% would just use the web app instead, no? In fact if they put a web link in the app store, would anyone even notice the difference? OT I know, but I really don't get the whole native app thing, particualry for non-profits or charities.

But then you don't understand charities... that money has to be spent. And also builds competence. Maybe 3% now, but with a goal of 10%? Then we are talking millions of people.

Not sure I follow. Regardless of competence or whether "money has to be spent", if that 3% did not have a native mobile app to download, they would just use the mobile web app instead. Why not spend the money on the non-native offering and make that better?