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Un-presidential politics

October 9–15, 2016

The U.S. presidential election dominated the charts for another week, keyed off of the rather distasteful second presidential debate held on October 9. Is it over yet? NO! Not until November 8.

For the full top-25 lists (and archives back to January 2013), see WP:TOP25. See this section for an explanation of any exclusions. For a list of the most-edited articles every week, see WP:MOSTEDITED.

For the week of October 9–15, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:

Week of October 16–22, 2016

As the U.S presidential election approaches, Donald Trump is again number one in our Halloween edition rankings. His refusal at the last debate to say whether he will accept the election result if he loses raised much concern in the press. In other news, Reddit cracked the 5-topic barrier again. I wonder if this is the new normal or just an artifact from the end of summer?

For the week of October 16–22, 2016, the ten most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:

Week of October 23-29, 2016

In a week where no article could break one million views, a Google Doodle celebrating Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who discovered bacteria, tops the chart. Replacing the dominance of U.S. politics with an article about the human search for knowledge is heartening. Beyond that, Wikipedia readers filled their brains with The Walking Dead television show, filling up three slots in the Top 10, and six in the Top 25.

For the week of October 23 to 29, 2016, the ten most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:

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David Bowie was not old enough to die of old age.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:59, 9 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- David Bowie died of liver cancer, not old age. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.251.227 (talk) 18:48, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No idea what "keyed off of" means. What does "keyed" mean in this context? Presumably it's USEng. Is the "off of" jarring in USEng, as it is in BrEng? --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 14:16, 15 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, Dweller, I'm to blame for that. It derives from music, i.e., to play "in the key of A". So I meant that the debate set the tone and content of the list that week ("keyed off of it"). It is not meant to be jarring, but I should have realized it was slang.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 05:15, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- OK. Sweet of you to reply. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 12:12, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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