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Conquest of the Couch Potatoes

Summary: Television has always been a topic of choice on this site, but it exploded this week. Fully six slots were devoted to television shows, as the final episode of How I Met Your Mother, one of the most popular Wikipedia searches of the last few years, coincided with the season finale of The Walking Dead and the upcoming fourth season of Game of Thrones. The number rises to eight if movies released on video and new TV tech are included. This leads me to ponder: if television is the principal concern of our readership, perhaps a more TV-friendly Wikipedia spinoff is in order? We could call it WikiTiVi.

For the full top 25 list, see WP:TOP25. See this section for an explanation for any exclusions.

For the week of 30 March to 5 April, the ten most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the 5,000 most viewed pages, were:

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• How'd you get this list? From what I see, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 should be at #1, with Crimea at #2, and neither are even on the list. -Newyorkadam (talk) 04:23, 13 April 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

Edit: Ok, I see you got your list from Wikipedia:TOP25. I'm not sure why the two lists differ. -Newyorkadam (talk) 04:26, 13 April 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam[reply]

This is a weekly list; your list is monthly, and covers the month of March. This list is already in April. Serendi^podous 05:14, 13 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]