"People are strange when you're inStranger Things ... " Netflix's acclaimed sci-fi horror series tops the list for a second week, and brings ineight of its cast members to thetop 25 articles for this week, more entries thanIt back in September and slightly less thanthe deaths of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds last December.
"Faces look happy when you have won..." Also heavily on the list is baseball, as theHouston Astros (#8) win their first World Series and bring along three of their players and the wife of one of them.
"Men seem wicked when you're unwanted..." Right behindStranger Things is another sexual scandal in Hollywood (Harvey Weinstein wasn't enough!), with Kevin Spacey (#2) accused of sexual advances on a 14-year-old fellow actor (#3), leading many other men to reveal the acclaimed performer had done the same with them.
"Streets are uneven when you're down" The rest of the list has four holdovers (two Hollywood movies, a Netflix series, and the week's holiday), the Day of the Dead along with the deceased themselves (the yearly list and a Korean actor), and Reddit discovering how to literally make jewellery out of waste (#9).
For the week of October 29 to November 4, the most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from theWP:5000 report were:
| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stranger Things |  | 2,431,740 |  | The second season ofNetflix's critically acclaimed sci-fi horror series was released on October 27, returning viewers to a small town in 1980s Indiana. One year after an interdimensional monster kidnapped and/or killed a few people before being destroyed by apsychokinetic girl, the characters try to return their lives to normal. But no, it will be a scary Halloween for them. |
| 2 | Kevin Spacey | | 2,254,711 |  | Kevin Spacey is a great actor, but it's sad to see that off the screen he was capable of being a sleazeball on par withKeyser Söze,Lex Luthor, andFrank Underwood. After several men accused Spacey of sexual harrassment/assault, Hollywood turned on him, and even worse, Spacey didn't realize outing himself as a gay man as everyone is calling you a pervert is insensitive. It all started with ... |
| 3 | Anthony Rapp |  | 1,264,121 |  | ... a reveal by Anthony Rapp - an actor best known for the playRent who's currently playing an officer inStar Trek: Discovery – that Spacey had tried to molest him at the age of 14. |
| 4 | Thor: Ragnarok | | 1,135,260 |  | The 17th film in theMarvel Cinematic Universe arrived in the remaining international markets this week, including the United States, where it opened atop the box office with a hefty $121 million weekend. Heavy on the comedy and regarded as the best of the threeThor films,Ragnarok was directed by New ZealanderTaika Waititi and adding the likes ofJeff Goldblum,Cate Blanchett andTessa Thompson to previousThor mainstays likeChris Hemsworth,Tom Hiddleston andIdris Elba, as well as roping in other MCU heroes likeMark Ruffalo'sHulk andBenedict Cumberbatch'sDoctor Strange. |
| 5 | Millie Bobby Brown | | 1,057,845 | .jpg) | Portrayer of the most memorable character ofStranger Things (#1), a girl withpsychokinesis known simply asEleven. And somehow Brownbeen named among the sexiest people on TV despite being only 13 (see #3 for a case of how wrong this is). |
| 6 | Halloween |  | 1,018,599 |  | In a reversal fromlast year, the holiday on October 31st got more views than Mexico's carnival of the cadaverous celebrated the following day. |
| 7 | Day of the Dead |  | 645,380 |  | |
| 8 | Houston Astros | | 632,813 |  | Followinga long history of either mediocrity or suffering, and a season where their hometown was hit by a hurricane, the Houston Astros finally could celebrate being the best team in baseball by winning the2017 World Series in seven games over theLA Dodgers |
| 9 | Fordite | | 604,699 |  | Reddit learned about this jewel made out of hardened car paint. |
| 10 | Deaths in 2017 |  | 586,760 |  | November has arrived, marking eleven months straight without the death list leaving, even in a week light on high profile departures. |
It's curious how the current trend for "binge watching" works, isn't it? For a conventionally broadcast series, you would expect it to stay at the top of popularity charts as viewers watched it every week, while for a series which all launches at once like howNetflix does it, you'd expect an initial burst as everyone watched at once, before a quick fall away. And yet,Stranger Things remains at number one for a third consecutive week, with starMillie Bobby Brown (#6) also making it into the list.
The only article other thanST to break a million views was baseball playerRoy Halladay, who sadly died this week.Thor: Ragnarok is third. Allegations against actorKevin Spacey (#4) make the list, as do allegations made on behalf of late actorCorey Haim (#10). TheParadise Papers (#9) was a big story making the news this week; while there's also the usual entries provided by Reddit andUFC.
For the week of November 5 to 11, the most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from theWP:5000 report were:
| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stranger Things | | 1,619,424 | | A third week at number one forNetflix's sci-fi-horror extravaganza, thusly becoming the second thing to threepeat in 2017. The previous wasIt, also a horror set in the 1980s. There's your key to success, Hollywood. Anyone wants to buy my script for a horror movie set at the1985 World Snooker Championship final, my talk page is unprotected. |
| 2 | Roy Halladay | | 1,359,778 |  | Roy Halladay, American baseball player from 1998 to 2013 who played for theToronto Blue Jays andPhiladelphia Phillies in his career, died on November 7 after hisICON A5 aircraft crashed into theGulf of Mexico. In his highly-successful career, Halladay was called up for theMajor League Baseball All-Star Game eight times and twice won the prestigiousCy Young Award for best pitcher. |
| 3 | Thor: Ragnarok | | 1,350,754 |  | The seventeenthMarvel Cinematic Universe film is still number one at the US box office. Directed byTaika Waititi, the film brings back many of the much-loved characters from past MCU films, and includesDoctor Strange. The film has thus far made $215m in the US, making it the highest grossingThor film thus far. Does this bode well for our chances ofThor 4? That's difficult to say. |
| 4 | Kevin Spacey | | 882,622 |  | A series of allegations of sexual impropriety made against the actor Kevin Spacey are continuing to hit the headlines. Big news this week was the announcement that Spacey had been sacked from upcoming movieAll the Money in the World, withChristopher Plummer being drafted in to refilm all his scenes. The film is still scheduled for release on December 22. |
| 5 | UFC 217 |  | 767,172 |  | November 4 saw the 217thUltimate Fighting Championship major event, the second to be held atMadison Square Garden inNew York. Three title fights were held as part of the eleven-fight card, with all three champions surrendering their titles, withRose Namajunas taking theUFC Women's Strawweight Championship andT.J. Dillashaw (pictured) recapturing theUFC Bantamweight Championship, before in the headline fightGeorges St. Pierre defeatedMichael Bisping to become theUFC Middleweight Championship holder, incidentally becoming the fourth fighter to win titles in two different UFC weight classes. |
| 6 | Millie Bobby Brown | | 756,870 |  | The first of fourStranger Things stars, young English actress Brown stars aspsychokinetic young girlEleven. Brown's performance in the role in last year's season saw her nominated for aPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. |
| 7 | Christopher Paul Neil | | 745,098 | Reddit TIL, discussing the convicted Canadian child molester Neil, who appeared in over 200 photographs depicting child abuse. His face was obscured by a swirl effect, which was reversed by computer experts at the GermanFederal Criminal Police Office. Neil was arrested inThailand in 2007. | |
| 8 | Deaths in 2017 | | 722,052 | | The list of those we have lost continues to be in the top 10. |
| 9 | Paradise Papers | | 638,995 |  | Anything popular these days gets a sequel, so here is the follow-up to last year'sPanama Papers. A number of big names have been implicated to have kept their moneyoffshore to avoid tax, includingQueen Elizabeth II (pictured). Although since she is theQueen of the Bahamas, is it really offshore to have money there? Other big names implicated in the leak includeEllen Johnson Sirleaf,President of Liberia;Yukio Hatoyama, formerPrime Minister of Japan; andPaul Hewson, currentBono ofU2. |
| 10 | Corey Haim | | 623,374 |  | Deceased actorCorey Haim was allegedly sexually assaulted by co-starCharlie Sheen during the filming of 1986'sLucas. Actor Dominick Brascia made these allegations, which Sheen denies. Haim's mother has claimed that Sheen had not assaulted her son, and rather, Brascia had abused Corey. |
Why is the XXX franchise excluded? Why was it on the list to begin with?Nikki Lee 1999 (talk)21:37, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
