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Are the numbers for #7 (Making a Murderer) correct? If so, then it should be at the #5 spot. Kudos to the entire Signpost team on getting this issue out on Wednesday night. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 11:58, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank for the heads up Liz, I had the number from last week's chart and updated it. The #7 spot is correct.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 19:20, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Here is an interesting NYTimes op-ed on how we treat the dead, arising out of the death of Glenn Frey (#1 in this chart). I was never particularly a fan of the music of Frey or the Eagles, but I didn't want my commentary in #1 and #8 to be derogatory. I was struck by how the death of Bowie created so much more attention, when my sense is that the Eagles were for a time far more commercially successful.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 19:20, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

While the Eagles were undoubtedly more popular in the United States in terms of album sales, I'd argue that Bowie was more culturally influential, especially his impact on other artists. He also had a remarkably long career, there are a few times in his life where he could have said, "Enough, I'm retiring to my mansion" but he continued to make music up until the time of his death. As for Frey, he had some independent success in the 1980s and I imagined he toured a lot but he didn't have the consistent output of music that people cared about. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:03, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What taxes?

Why is the title here "Death and taxs"? I don't see anything about taxes. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 07:16, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Good question! - tucoxn\^talk 17:01, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is perhaps not a perfect fit, עוד מישהו and tucoxn, but I was referencing Death and taxes (idiom), the only certain things in the world.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 17:05, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]