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Autumn in summer

The northern summer is a time when one is meant to celebrate the exuberance of life; instead, commemoration of the dead was a significant theme this week, as the top three slots were taken up by the beloved poet Maya Angelou, dead this week at 86, environmentalist pioneer Rachel Carson, and Memorial Day, the US holiday for commemorating its war dead. Even Mark Twain's eerie prediction of his own death, in which he hoped to go out with Halley's Comet, got onto the list thanks to Reddit. Other than that, the usual dose of Game of Thrones; a show very familiar with death.

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

For the week of 25 to 31 May, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the 5,000 most viewed pages, were:

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• Game of Thrones collectively takes top spot. I suspect the total number of man-hours watching Game of Thrones in a single week exceeds the total man hours to create all of Wikipedia. -- GreenC 13:47, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting point. You think I should merge them? That would free up some space in the top 10. Serendi^podous 15:50, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sure why not. I think it's all sort of the same thing anyway the articles are just split for practical space considerations, and it frees up spots as you say, plus highlights the real popularity of the show. -- GreenC 16:00, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I understand the desire to consolidate in order to make room for other topics. But I'd argue against it, in this case it is obvious they are about the same subject but things can get fuzzy very quickly. Better to rate them on an article basis. If people want to see the longer listing, they can look at the Top 25 (which I always check out) or even the Top 5000. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:20, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• I really appreciate the work that goes into this article, week after week. So, just a quibble: I asked for a correction last week, which was made, and the same error now appears in this issue. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 20:16, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Two weeks in a row in which a Google Doodle sent readers to a featured article on a female notable. And this week we have two featured articles on female notables topping the traffic list. Well done, Wikipedia! Powers ^T 21:00, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]