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Straight Outta Connecticut
It's a long way from the leafy bowers of Greenwich, Connecticut to the concrete barrens of Compton, California, but the viewers of this week's top ten were drawn to both places, as the unexpected success of the film Straight Outta Compton brought minds back to the explosive era prior to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, while the quiet death of former football star Frank Gifford reminded us that we all suffer loss, however pleasant our surroundings.
For the full top-25 list, see WP:TOP25. See this section for an explanation of any exclusions. For a list of the most edited articles of the week, see here.
As prepared by Serendipodous, for the week of August 9 to 15, the 10 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the most viewed pages, were:
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Hilarious. I lost it at Torvald. Gamaliel (talk) 21:45, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I was listening to Straight Outta Compton while reading this! Eat me, I'm a red bean (discuss)(contribs) 05:56, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
These lists display terribly on a laptop. You should use something like Template:Episode list. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 02:52, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]