Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2018-10-01/Traffic report

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I don't know about anyone else but this is always one of my favorite articles in the Signpost because it is a clue of what is important to so many readers. Sometimes it is concerning that sports seems to take such prominent role in readers' lives but our traffic report is purely objective because it's all about the numbers. Though not as objective but even more interesting are the comments, descriptions and reasons for the traffic counts described by the writers/contributors of this article. They are really very funny. I like funny (surprise). Thanks for all you do, traffic report editors. Best Regards, Barbara ✐ ✉ 17:38, 1 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The graphs are a nice addition. Thanks! SchreiberBike | ⌨ 01:27, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I've always liked the traffic report and it supports my belief that the readers are most interested in bread and circuses; Wikipedia covers the circuses, of course. I differ, though, in the idea that the popularity of bios about the recently deceased or the list of deaths is somehow macabre. Humans are programmed to not care about others until a death, signaling a shift in political order and questioning the tribe's future outlook. It remains this way because metaphorical vultures circle the carcass, exploiting the death to further the needs of the living. I'm thankful for Reddit and, to a lesser extent, Google Doodles, which remind the public of the irrelevant people about whom I would likely write. Chris Troutman (talk) 14:13, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Please put the latest week at the top, so that we can see instantly the latest data. Keep the previous 3 weeks below, but this order makes no sense. The-Pope (talk) 17:46, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@The-Pope: - Signpost formatting of the reports aside, please remember that you can see the latest data once a week (rather than once a month) at the Wikipedia:Top 25 Report, which moves quicker and is longer than the version in than the Signpost, with a new report weekly. For instance, the current report is not transcluded in this Signpost article, as it postdates it. (Apologies for the shameless plug) Stormy clouds (talk) 18:36, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Things are so slow that the only constant was people checking our obituary."

I wished my local newspaper wrote articles like that... I'd buy it more often. Clovermoss (talk) 23:09, 20 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]