Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/June 30 to July 6, 2013

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| Yahoo!

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|align="right"| 3,087,818

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| After becoming the most viewed Wikipedia article in over four months last week, its viewership actually increased this week, which has sent some alarm bells ringing that perhaps this site's page has been getting some artificial inflation. Purchasing Tumblr is all well and good, but it doesn't deserve this level of attention, surely.

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| Independence Day (United States)

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|align="right"|1,169,967

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| A far more obvious object of interest for the week of July 4 (although technically American independence was declared on July 2nd, by which time the American Revolutionary War had already been going for more than a year, and not attained until February 3, 1783), the celebration of American independence is arguably the biggest summer festival in the English-speaking world (with the possible exception of Christmas in Australia)

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| Franz Kafka

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|align="right"|1,027,411

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| The angsty German chronicler of authoritarian oppression, who essentially predicted the surreal horror of 20th century dictatorship, had both a Google Doodle and a main page appearance to celebrate his 130th birthday on July 3, leading to a massive spike in interest.

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|Arrow (TV series)

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|align="right"|910,481

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| Why this TV series, which went off the air in May and won't return until October, would suddenly get a surge in views on July 1-2 is not clear.

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|Kendrick Lamar

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|align="right"|885,387

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| Compton-born rapper whose album good kid, m.A.A.d city won two awards at the BET Awards on June 30.

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| Li Shizhen

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|align="right"| 733,104

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| The Chinese botanist and physician who wrote a comprehensive materia medica with nearly 1900 entries had a Google Doodle to celebrate his 495th birthday

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| Chikako Watanabe

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|align="right"| 715,123

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|This Japanese singer has been a thorn in our side for weeks; her entry keeps spiking apparently at random. On any other list she'd be excluded but in this one, who's to argue?

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|Facebook

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|align="right"|709,225

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|A perennially popular article.

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|Edward Snowden

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|align="right"| 658,578

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| The story of the international cause célèbre who blew the whistle on the NSA's domestic spying program becomes more gripping by the day. Denied a passport by the US government, he presumably remains trapped in Terminal E of Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, possibly seeking asylum in Venezuela. Polls suggest Americans are still fairly divided on whether to treat this man as a hero or a traitor, which will only stimulate more debate and, likely, more Wikipedia views in future.

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|Amy Winehouse

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|align="right"| 626,641

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| An exhibition of the life and possessions of the tragically short-lived singer (and member of the 27 Club) went on display at the Jewish Museum London on July 3.

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|Ah, Wilderness! (film)

|align="right"| 551,371

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|The 1935 adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's 4th of July-set play gained attention when it aired on TCM over the said weekend.

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|Latent inhibition

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|align="right"| 542,038

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|The term from Pavlovian classical conditioning (which basically says that things we've never seen before are more easily seen as meaningful than things we see every day) got a massive surge in views on July 2.

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|Nelson Mandela

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|align="right"| 496,013

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| The 94-year-old father of the new South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize winner and all-round global inspiration was rushed to hospital on June 8 amid serious worries about his health. His condition is described as critical.

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|Conjugate gaze palsy

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|align="right"| 474,879

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|The inability to move both eyes in the same direction got a massive surge of views on July 2-3, for no apparent reason

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|Man of Steel (film)

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|align="right"| 430,952

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| The modern reworking of the Superman mythos has been a pretty strong success, having grossed $588 million worldwide as of July 8

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|Sabine Lisicki

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|align="right"| 425,471

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| While she didn't win Wimbledon this year, she remained arguably the most popular woman player on the court.

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|Deaths in 2013

|List

|align="right"|421,581

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|The list of deaths in the current year is always quite a popular article.

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|Magna Carta Holy Grail

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|align="right"| 418,393

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| The latest album from rapper Jay-Z was released on July 4

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|List of Bollywood films of 2013

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|align="right"|367,472

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|Newly established staple of the top 25.

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|World War Z (film)

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|align="right"|366,549

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|Thanks in large part to the presence (and marketing efforts) of producer/star Brad Pitt, this "not really adaptation" of Max Brooks's bestselling novel has become the surprise hit of the summer, grossing nearly $370 million worldwide so far.

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|Mohamed Morsi

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|align="right"|354,895

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|The democratically elected leader of Egypt was ousted in a military coup on July 3, following popular unrest. His departure has triggered violent clashes in the country in the days since.

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|Pierce Brosnan

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|align="right"|352,175

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|Sympathy surged for the popular Irish actor and former James Bond when his daughter Charlotte died on June 28 of ovarian cancer aged only 42

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| My Sweet Lord

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|align="right"| 334,089

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|George Harrison song from 1971 that, for some reason, got a surge of views on July 3

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|Raanjhanaa

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|align="right"| 333,692

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| The Bollywood debut of award-winning Tamil actor Dhanush was released on June 21 and has already made back its ₹35 crore ($6 million) budget, no doubt aided by a score from internationally renowned composer A. R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)

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|Marion Bartoli

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|align="right"|331,624

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| Seeded only 15th, she went on to win Wimbledon. That, however, is apparently not enough to win in Wikipedia views.