Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/October 22 to 28, 2017

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (October 22 to 28, 2017)

Prepared with commentary by OZOO

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Should be called Strangerer Things

The second season of Stranger Things tops the list in the week of its release onto Netflix. Events in Catalonia take second, with the impending release of Thor: Ragnarok taking third. Ragnarok is one of six films in this week's list, with an even 3-3 split between American and Indian films.

The allegations against Harvey Weinstein and James Toback are getting attention, while there are two contributions this week from Reddit, another WWE PPV event, and the Houston Astros getting attention for their World Series performance. In all honesty, it's a bit of a quiet week, with the lowest #25 view count of the year. So far.

For the week of October 22 to 28, the 25 most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the WP:5000 report were:

Rank	Article	Views	Notes
1	Stranger Things	1,212,932	The second season of Netflix's critically acclaimed sci-fi horror series, starring a critically acclaimed cast including Winona Ryder, David Harbour and Finn Wolfhard, was released on October 27, to general critical acclaim.
2	Catalonia	785,099	In a vote of the Parliament of Catalonia on October 27, the Declaration of Independence of Catalonia was passed, with the majority of anti-independence politicians boycotting what they saw as an illegal vote. A few hours later, Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy dismissed Catalan President Puigdemont (pictured) and his cabinet, and called a Catalan election for 21 December 2017.
3	Thor: Ragnarok	762,716	The 17th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is due out in the United States on November 3, but is already out in some international markets. Directed by New Zealander Taika Waititi and adding the likes of Jeff Goldblum, Cate Blanchett and Tessa Thompson to previous Thor mainstays like Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Idris Elba, as well as roping in other MCU heroes like Mark Ruffalo's Hulk and Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange; the film has been regarded as the best of the three Thor films and made over $100 million from its international markets.
4	Mindhunter (TV series)	751,567	Another triumph for Netflix, with the first season of this true crime drama having been released on the web streaming service on October 13. The 1977-set series concerns FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany), who interview serial killers in order to understand how criminals think and use that knowledge to solve crimes. It is not a series about a man literally hunting wild minds in their natural environment, which means there is an open opportunity for me to write that series.
5	Deaths in 2017	740,719	The only certainties in life are death and taxes, and we don't have an article on Taxes in 2017.
6	Fats Domino	644,513	American musician and rock and roll pioneer Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino died on October 24 at the age of 89.
7	Houston Astros	596,671	In the week of this list, American League baseball champions the Astros competed in the 2017 World Series. On Saturday October 28, they were 2-2 with their opponents, the LA Dodgers. In the interests of not giving away how late in the week this report was written in, I won't tell you that they went on to win the Series.
8	Edmund Kemper	575,562	Serial killer Kemper, who killed 10 people between 1964 and 1973 and is currently incarcerated in the California Medical Facility, is portrayed by Cameron Britton in Mindhunter (#4)
9	TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2017)	570,106	Off go the wrestlers, to Target Center, Minneapolis, for a night of fun with furniture. In the primary event, the WWE Raw general manager Kurt Angle temporarily replaced Roman Reigns in The Shield for a 3-on-5 handicap Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. Angle's three fighter team overcame their numerical disadvantage to win in a surprisingly quick thirty-five-minute long match.
10	Halloween	551,425	Standard placing building up to the year's most spook-tacular holiday! (Reminder to self: check if anyone has used "spook-tacular" as a pun before.) The pre-event article was on 728,419 views last year, but that was building up to a Monday Hallowe'en, rather than a Tuesday event as this year.
11	Jigsaw (2017 film)	506,435	With MCU XVII not out in the United States until next week, the way is thus clear for a challenge from the return of the Saw franchise; the first film in the horror series since 2010's Saw 3D, and the eighth film overall. It opened to $16.2m in the US, the lowest opening weekend box office for the series.
12	Golmaal Again	463,801	And here's another sequel, and according to the article, another horror, although in this case a comedy. The fourth film in the Golmaal series; Golmaal Again is directed by Rohit Shetty (pictured) and stars Ajay Devgn, Parineeti Chopra and Tabu amongst others. Released in India on October 20, the film grossed ₹135 crore on its first week of release.
13	Tom Lehrer	447,405	Reddit learning today that Lehrer, well-known mathematician and musical humorist (you probably know his song "The Elements"), responded to a request from rapper 2 Chainz to sample his song "The Old Dope Peddler" with the erudite phrase "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"
14	"Alone Again, Natura-Diddily"	438,930	The Simpsons; Season 14; Episode 11. Or in the Friends style: "The One Where Maude Dies". Reddit again, learning about the pay dispute that led to Maude's voice actress Maggie Roswell (pictured) leaving the series.
15	Harvey Weinstein	438,762	The serious sexual abuse allegations made against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein continue to be in the news. On October 23, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman opened an investigation into the The Weinstein Company, and the police departments of New York City, Los Angeles and London are reviewing allegations against Weinstein. Weinstein has denied "any non-consensual sex".
16	James Toback	419,923	In the wake of the allegations made about Harvey Weinstein (#15), allegations have been made against a number of other Hollywood individuals. Toback, the director of the The Pick-up Artist and the Oscar-nominated writer of Bugsy, has been accused of sexual harassment by a number of actresses including Rachel McAdams, Terri Conn and Julianne Moore; with Los Angeles Times reporter Glenn Whipp stating on Twitter that 310 women had reported incidents to him. Toback denies all the allegations.
17	Mersal (film)	416,892	Another Indian film released to coincide with Diwali. Directed by Atlee, and starring Vijay has three different characters, the Tamil language action thriller film collected ₹170 crore worldwide in week one.
18	Robert Guillaume	407,402	Guillaume, the American actor known for roles such as Benson in Soap and spin-off Benson. Isaac Jaffe in Sports Night and Rafiki in The Lion King, died on October 24 at the age of 89.
19	Blade Runner 2049	396,473	Denis Villeneuve's (pictured) Blade Runner sequel has, it's fair to say, done a lot better with the critics and Wikipedia readers than the movie-going public. It is yet to cross the $100m mark in the US, although it has done well in some international territories.
20	Donald Trump	378,800	Trump, a gentleman who you may or may not have heard of, declared on October 26 the United States's opioid epidemic to be a "public health emergency". That appears to be the reason for this week's boost in views.
21	Secret Superstar	375,436	Zaira Wasim (pictured) stars in this Indian musical drama film, written and directed by Advait Chandan. Released on 19 October, the file grossed grossed ₹41 crore on its first week in India, on a budget of ₹15 crore.
22	Creatonotos gangis	331,640	A video of this insect - with scary-looking "tentacles" - went viral this week.
23	George Michael	322,683	The late singer George Michael was the subject and narrator of the documentary Freedom, broadcast posthumously on October 21 on Showtime and Channel 4, leading to the 2017 re-release of Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 to re-peak at number one on the UK Albums Chart.
24	List of Bollywood films of 2017	319,008	An article often to be found on the fringes of this list, it sneaks in here on a slightly slow week. Old TOP25 favorite Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, directed by S. S. Rajamouli (pictured), is the top-grosser so far.
25	Justin Verlander	314,342	Verlander, pitcher for the Houston Astros (#7), started Game 2 of the World Series, but was replaced after giving up two hits - both home runs - in six innings for the Astros to be 3-1 down. They went on to win 7-6 in extra innings.

Exclusions

This list excludes the Wikipedia main page, non-article pages (such as redlinks), and anomalous entries (such as DDoS attacks or likely automated views). Since mobile view data became available to the Report in October 2014, we exclude articles that have almost no mobile views (5–6% or less) or almost all mobile views (94–95% or more) because they are very likely to be automated views based on our experience and research of the issue. Please feel free to discuss any removal on the talk page if you wish.
Per agreed consensus, XXX (franchise) is excluded.

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