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Hi YttriumShrew, I am insterested in finding out how you calculated this ranking. I want to keep an updated list of the top 25 most read articles in wikipedia for a project I am starting; I would like to help with maintaining this page as well, if you guys need any help to keep a stable periodicity.

Any how, hope to hear back from you, it would be very helpful. I tried googling how to get the info, but had no luck.

Thank you

Regards Winston

PS: my email is maxpowell23@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.174.147.87 (talk) 20:02, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We get the data from User:HostBot/Top 1000 report. Any help would be welcome, and good luck on your project! YttriumShrew (talk) 04:34, 16 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indian politics § Proposal : Wikipedia:Naming conventions Indian constituencies. Venkat TL (talk) 10:30, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi YttriumShrew! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at Arena Williams that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. It’s not a big issue; just so you know. Schwede66 18:03, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Schwede66: Okay. Thanks for the nudge. YttriumShrew (talk) 20:10, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As a reminder of those days, discovered people complimenting your write-ups (and us of the WP:25 by proxy). igordebraga ≠ 22:53, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		For having become a consistent and entertaining contributor to the Top 25 Report. igordebraga ≠ 17:15, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(200 editions, at least the weeks where I'm the only one willing to write are rarer now)

Wow, that’s cool. I always enjoy reading those. Good to know that much of it is your work. Good job! Schwede66 17:39, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As it's hard to imagine a NZ railway line going to Kent, I assume the link to Canterbury is an error. I would ordinarily just fix this myself but not entirely sure of which Canterbury you mean. --Ykraps (talk) 08:24, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, users should generally not move nominations to the "Approved" page. A bot will take care of it when appropriate. In this case, it was not yet appropriate for Template:Did you know nominations/Selig, wem Christus auf dem Weg begegnet to be moved. The last icon on the nom must be either {{subst:DYKtick}} or {{subst:DYKtickAGF}}. If you are ready to apply one of these icons, please add it to the nom; if not, please revert your move until the nomination is ready.  MANdARAX  XAЯAbИAM  22:04, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see you've now added a tick. Thanks for taking care of it!  MANdARAX  XAЯAbИAM  22:31, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

On 23 June 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Greymouth railway station, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that traffic at Greymouth railway station increased significantly after the opening of the Otira Tunnel? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Greymouth railway station. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Greymouth railway station), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good work on this, I left some comments. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 05:30, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations, YttriumShrew! The list you nominated, List of prime ministers of New Zealand, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, PresN (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

		The New Zealand Barnstar of National Merit
		Stunning work on the List of prime ministers of New Zealand.
		this WikiAward was given to YttriumShrew by Schwede66 on 04:49, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Schwede66: Wow! Thanks! Didn't really expect that! I guess this is for getting it through the nomination process given I didn't do much work on it prior to that? :) YttriumShrew (talk) 04:54, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Identifying a suitable candidate and then dealing with the review process is a great achievement. You deserve it. Schwede66 04:57, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How are moved pages historically handled in the T25R? elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 03:46, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@ElijahPepe: If a page has been moved during the week, we combine the totals for the article under its different names, and list it under whatever its name is at the end of the week. For instance, in the April 10-16 report, Neptune (cruise missile) was moved to R-360 Neptune during the week, so their totals are summed under the latter title. Thanks for all your work on the bot! YttriumShrew (talk) 03:55, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the clarification, because it seems as if Kingsif has split the articles in two. I'll revert with the updated counts, since the bot didn't get redirects created within the week. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 04:02, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@ElijahPepe: I think Kingsif's are correct; the Pageviews API counts views for a title, not a page, so when "include redirects" is on, the Pageviews tool on Toolforge includes views for previous titles unless that title doesn't redirect to the article now. The previous titles for Charles and William are thus included under those articles' totals when "include redirects" is on, so those totals are correct. Sorry if I've been a bit confusing, it's not the most consistent system. YttriumShrew (talk) 05:48, 11 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, YttriumShrew. I'm just posting to let you know that List of prime ministers of New Zealand – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for October 7. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 21:26, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Dr. Oz is a quack. You wrote it,[1] do you care to defend it?

An ipv6 editor deleted it but the change felt censorious, and my reflex action was to defend the good faith efforts of other editors and restore the word. Anon deleted it again, I thought it was funny that someone would care to argue that Dr. Oz was not a quack[2] and choose this hill to die on. It is both funny* and true, also easily proven by even a brief search. (* Maybe only amusing rather than actually funny.) The anon demanded a source and I provided it[3] but I fully expect they will find some other weak justification for removing the word again.

But back to my first point, since you wrote it, do you care to keep it? If you don't care I'll drop it. If you do care another approach might be to remove the word quack and instead rephrase the text to skewer Dr Oz in some other even more harsh way, maybe point out his incompetence and unsuitability by highlighting his failure to beat a stroke victim? It was your entry, rewrite or don't as you see fit.

I just find the Top 25 report provides an interesting perspective on the world every week, and not everyone is going to like the humor. -- 109.76.192.23 (talk) 00:10, 18 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@109.76.192.23: I did think someone might get annoyed. I personally feel that making fun of Oz for losing to a stroke victim rather reduces Fetterman to a victim of an unfortunate event. Personally I'd prefer just highlight his inexperience if necessary. YttriumShrew (talk) 03:44, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The anon IPv6 seems to have given up. If someone else pushes it, and with calm reflection, rephrasing is probably the better way to go anyway.

It was an unusual race but in the past there have been candidates who died, stayed on the ballot, and won, so maybe not so unsual.

Almost time for another week's report already. Thanks. -- 109.76.139.210 (talk) 12:20, 19 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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I was wondering if you were planning to complete them. Serendi^podous 13:39, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Serendipodous: Yes, I was. YttriumShrew (talk) 22:26, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Waiting on your words on RRR. (and maybe on Mbappé, which otherwise I'll write to finish off the list until the highly probable entry that shows up when Toolforge finally gives the annual numbers) igordebraga ≠ 01:11, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Marshelec managed to get his hands onto the most-viewed New Zealand pages of 2022. There are two versions of it:

• NZ top 1000 for the whole of 2022
• NZ top 250 broken down by month

When I saw this, I was immediately thinking of your good work on the weekly Top 25 reports. My thinking was:

• Maybe set up a NZ Top 25 report for 2022
• Write an intro but otherwise adopt your table format
• You to write the first handful of the blurbs in your unique and entertaining style
• Get a few editors involved in writing the remaining entries (hopefully keeping to your style)
• Other editors may collate all the photos
• Write a press release and send it to various media outlets
• Publish it; maybe at Wikipedia:Top 25 Report (2022 New Zealand) or whatever else we think is suitable

I was most intrigued by what it is that generates much traffic for Kiwi pages. It pays to be monarchy or an actor.

Anyway, what do you think? Schwede66 02:32, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ah well, here's the NZ Top 50 in table format:

@YttriumShrew:, As per your requested move on the article named "Left Democratic Front", it was moved on November 2021. But an user recently reverted the move. Although LDF did exist in Maharashtra and Manipur, they're not notable and defunct as of now. I request you to give your opinion and review the moving which was done without any discussion. Thank you. SharadSHRD7 (talk) 05:05, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thinking about your summer break? Think about joining other Wikipedians and Wikimedians in Golden Bay / Mohua! Details are on the meetup page. There's heaps of interesting stuff to work on e.g. the oldest extant waka or New Zealand's oldest ongoing legal case. Or you may spend your time taking photos and then upload them.

Golden Bay is hard to get to and the airline flying into Tākaka uses small planes, so we are holding some seats from and to Wellington and we are offering attendees a $200 travel subsidy to help with costs.

Be in touch with Schwede66 if this event interests you and you'd like to discuss logistics. Schwede66 09:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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