I spent most of Sunday traveling to New York City for Personal Democracy Forum, so I am filing this week’s edition from the auditorium. This means I’ll have to keep it short, including this intro:
- Article: Mozilla Firefox
Why: Although Firefox 3.0 has been available for a few weeks in beta, the official release took place just this past week.
Detail: One editor asks: “Should we include a section on Easter eggs into this article? For example, typing ” about:robots ” into the URL bar in Firefox3 results in a page titled ‘ Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!” Apparently not — that’s already covered in The Book of Mozilla. - Article: The Incredible Hulk (film)
Why: The #1 film in America last week. But why still so high?
Detail: One possibility, nothing better than a little healthy competition to raise the article to “GA” or “Good Article” status: “How can we improve this article to make it GA quality? Iron Man (film) was GA within two weeks I think? Something like that I think. We should get moving on this article. Thoughts?” - Article: Camp Rock
Why: This Disney Channel
Detail: Last week it was ICarly, this week it’s Camp Rock? I was about to assign credit to WikiProject Disney, but it turns out that particular project hasn’t claimed the film. WikiProject Films has. That said, it does seem that something Disney-related does make it on this list most weeks. - Article: UEFA Euro 2008
Why: Last week’s #1, still in the top of the list.
Detail: The European soccer tournament concludes on June 29, so it may well appear on this list again next weekend. - Article: Feed the Animals
Why: It’s a mash-up album released just this week.
Detail: The album contains substantial information about which samples were used on each track, so much so that I suspect it wouldn’t withstand serious scrutiny from the community. In fact, already the page is tagged for failing to cite sources. - Article: Tim Russert
Why: The host of Meet the Press died of a sudden heart attack two Fridays ago.
Detail: I expressed some irritation last week that Russert’s article had failed to crack the top ten — apparently I just spoke too soon. - Article: 2008 NBA Finals
Why: The Boston Celtics won their first championship in some twenty years last week, devastating the hated Los Angeles Laters and forever banishing all comparisons of Kobe Bryan with Michael Jordan to the dustbin of history (so says this Blazers fan).
Detail: In a previous edition, I had also wondered at why the article about the NBA playoffs failed to make the list, even as European soccer tournaments appeared. Well, finally it has. - Article: Dasavathaaram
Why: A Tamil-language film released in the past couple weeks.
Detail: This article too was mentioned in last week’s edition, as an example of an article which ranked higher than Russert’s. - Article: Midnight (Doctor Who)
Why: The latest episode of Doctor Who on BBC.
Detail: This is the third Doctor Who episode to appear on this list during the latest season (or as they say, series) began. - Article: The Happening (2008 film)
Why: The latest Shyamalan film to be met with mostly negative reviews.
Detail: Which has, apparently, elicited the interest of more than a few Wikipedians. Who make suggestions like this one: “I have noticed that a lot of edits for this article were inclusions of unnecessary details, some of them detailing the methodology of suicides used in the film. I haven’t got time at the moment but perhaps, it might be useful if I (or someone else who beats me to it) make a new section that describes just that: how people killed themselves.”
Holdovers this week: UEFA Europe 2008, The Incredible Hulk (film)
Falling off the list: Everything, including Deaths in 2008 and any Featured Articles.
Recurring themes: Metric football, movies
Honorable mention: George Carlin I am writing this up on Monday morning, just a few hours after learning about the passing of comedian George Carlin his article is the most-edited of the past 24 hours, and there’s a good chance he’ll make the list next week as well.
