Hi Analytics!
I was looking at the page views chart for the Special:RecentChanges page, here 

https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&start=2016-01-01&end=2017-02-22&pages=Special:RecentChanges

Over the last year, the PVs count has gone through some pretty wild swings, some of which were sustained over months.  I assume these are artifacts or bugs, and not a reflection of true usage patterns?  Is that right? (The last month has seen a new surge; any idea what that is?)

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