Summary: This was the week the Oscars had their effect, with 13 of the top 25 entries connected to them in some way (14 if you count Abraham Lincoln). The Oscars claimed all the top five entries, and would have taken the top seven were it not for the still-globetrotting Harlem Shake internet craze (which took took three entries this week) and the currently controversial website amazon.com. The winners in all six major categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress) were featured, with Best Actress winner Jennifer Lawrence taking the top spot, allowing her to finally claim her crown as Queen of Wikipedia. The Best Picture winner was represented twice; once for itself (Argo) and once for its human recipient (Ben Affleck). As to the rest, aside from perennial favorites (Helloooo, World War II) the new season of The Walking Dead remained popular, with two entries listed.
For the week of February 24–March 2, 2013, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the 5,000 most trafficked pages* were:
. The director of Argo (2012 film) (#3 this week). Affleck is the first director ever who failed to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Director, yet went on to win both the Golden Globe and the Directors Guild of America awards for best directing, in 2013
Though this article is actually the book article, the film (below at #25) won 4 Oscars at the 85th Academy Awards out of 11 nominations, the most of any film, including Best Director. (The others were Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Best Original Score).
Won four Oscars at the 85th Academy Awards out of 11 nominations, the most of any film, including Best Director. (The others were Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Best Original Score).
This list is derived from the WP:5000 report. It excludes the Wikipedia main page (and "wiki"), non-article pages, and anomalous entries (such as DDoS attacks or likely automated views). Notable removals this week: G-force (607,922 views; this has been in the Top 25 since the list was started at the beginning of the year. The continuing popularity of this article, which jumped in June 2012, has been without explanation. Articles on popular scientific concepts get nowhere this level of viewing based on our analysis to date, e.g., Gravitation (49,516 views this week), and therefore we have decided to remove it from the list as most likely caused by non-human views. Please feel free to discuss any removal on the talk page if you wish.); Sherlock Holmes (880,640 views, 725,000 of which came in an unexplained spike on 24 February 2013); Cat anatomy (562,258 views, explanation still unknown for its continuing high view counts); and Ernst Litfaß (562,192 views; also removed a few weeks ago, is having another unexplained spike in views). Litfaß (or Litfass) was the German inventor of Advertising columns. Whether the views are the work of a spambot with a sense of humour is unknown. The German Wikipedia version saw no view spike, as before.)
Number of views needed to reach Top 25 this week: 405,518. Last week: 351,862.
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