Does the Wikimedia Foundation's technology team have any insight or
comment on the finding that (other than the Wikipedia Main Page and
the "404 error" page), in September the most popular page on the
English Wikipedia was "Mathematical descriptions of opacity", with
over 5.1 million views? There was no discernible "bump" in interest
in opacity due to outside news events or a book or movie release on
the subject.
The phenomenon is outlined here:
http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikipedia-s-top-10-most-viewed-articles-september-2011
Do you think this is some sort of malicious probing activity by a hacker, or is
it perhaps the deliberate testing of a developer employed by the WMF?
Thank you,
Greg
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comment on the finding that (other than the Wikipedia Main Page and
the "404 error" page), in September the most popular page on the
English Wikipedia was "Mathematical descriptions of opacity", with
over 5.1 million views? There was no discernible "bump" in interest
in opacity due to outside news events or a book or movie release on
the subject.
The phenomenon is outlined here:
http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/wikipedia-s-top-10-most-viewed-articles-september-2011
Do you think this is some sort of malicious probing activity by a hacker, or is
it perhaps the deliberate testing of a developer employed by the WMF?
Thank you,
Greg
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