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Summary: For the first time in a while, the article on Deaths in 2013 failed to breach the top 10; however, it's fair to say that commemorating death was a strong theme this week, with Lou Reed's passing generating interest, as well as a Google Doodle celebrating the costume designer Edith Head. And of course, the world's greatest celebrations of the dead, Halloween and the Day of the Dead, were also popular this week.

For the complete top 25 report, including analysis and exclusions, see WP:TOP25

For the week of October 27 to November 2, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the 5,000 most trafficked pages* were:

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• "Passed away"....?! Ghmyrtle (talk) 13:07, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ok... Serendi^podous 13:12, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• The "Day of the Dead" celebration, at least as presented by the article, is one that centers on the Mexican holiday. It is an exaggeration to attribute it as part of the "Hispanic world".--MarshalN20 | ^Talk 20:11, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Amazing to see the response to the Edith Head doodle...it's always notable when an article gets over 1M views in a week but that's close to 3M! Impressive. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:29, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]