[WikiEN-l] Citizendium vs. Wikipedia

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/4/22 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
> 2009/4/22 geni <geniice at gmail.com>:
>> 2009/4/22 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
>>> 2009/4/22  <WJhonson at 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...