[Wikimedia-l] [Wiki-research-l] Research:Anatomy of English Wikipedia Did You Know traffic

[Andy Mabbett]

On 4 August 2013 12:31, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers at gmail.com> wrote:

> One point to remember when comparing views of DYKs with other processes
> such as GAs is that DYKs get a slot on the mainpage. In that sense they are
> best compared to in the news items and the Featured Article of the Day.
> Though I'm pretty sure they don't individually get as many hits as the
> latter.

Another factor to bear in mind is mobile views: TFA appears on the
mobile home page, but DYK does not.

One recent anniversary related TFA appeared on the same day as a
Google Doodle for the subject.

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Andy Mabbett
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