[WikiEN-l] Attack Site Wars, Episode VII... The Return of the Essjay

[Todd Allen]

Anthony wrote:
> On 6/27/07, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> http://www.google.com/trends?q=jimmy+wales+wikipedia%2C+brian+peppers+wikipedia%2C+essjay+wikipedia%2C+iraq+war+poll&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
>>
>> Now thats a more accurate way to look at it.
>>
>>     
> Two major problems with that (and a few minor ones which I made
> myself): Jimmy Wales, Brian Peppers, and Iraq war poll should all be
> in quotes.  It doesn't much affect the two names, but the affect on
> Iraq war poll is significant.  Also, there's no reason Wikipedia
> should be included with Brian Peppers name, as Brian Peppers has very
> little to do with Wikipedia.
>
> The fact of the matter is that way more people are searching for
> information on Brian Peppers than on Jimmy Wales *or* Essjay.  That's
> what that google trends search I gave clearly shows.
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Actually, I find "jimmy wales" (quotes included) to return right near a
million results. "brian peppers" (quotes included) returns about
150,000. ("jimbo wales" (quotes included) produces about 217,000 more,
also more than Brian Peppers.) So this would seem to be a nonstarter.

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