Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-09-18/Traffic report

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Looks like the Now You See Me (film) Blu-ray is an extended version of the film, featuring 16 additional minutes (plus 30 more minutes of deleted scenes) which is a lot of additional material that could influence the plot development. Haven't seen the original cut or this one but thanks to WP for bringing it to my attention. As for Cyrus, there were rumors that her engagement had broken up so people were probably checking WP to see if there was information about it here. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:41, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Like I said last time, I suspect Facebook is artificially boosted through fake (bot) access hits... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:34, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did you read my response last time? Serendi ^pod ous 04:45, 21 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Missed it, read it - good points, but still not fully convinced that it applies to us. People mistype google and facebook for searchers, sure, but not on Wikipedia...? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:06, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think you misunderstand. When you type something into the web address bar, you usually get a Google search list. Since Wikipedia pages are often high on Google search lists, sometimes even higher than the site they're describing, people could very easily click on the wiki page instead of the site itself. Problem is, how do we distinguish such mistakes from genuine Wiki searches? Serendi ^pod ous 06:50, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]