http://www.metafilter.com/80311/Wikirank/ Comments on MetaFilter post Wikirank Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:57:07 -0800 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:57:07 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/80311/Wikirank <a href="http://wikirank.com/">Wikirank</a> is an analytical tool that measures the popularity of trending topics on wikipedia. You can compare up to four topics and generate nifty embeddable graphs. post:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.80311 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:39:26 -0800 peacay wikipedia statistics wikirank zeitgeist graphing trends http://www.metafilter.com/80311/Wikirank#2501918 Neat! <a href="http://wikirank.com/en/Jean_Paul_Sartre,Simone_de_Beauvoir?size=3">Girl Power</a>! comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.80311-2501918 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:57:07 -0800 lucia__is__dada http://www.metafilter.com/80311/Wikirank#2501934 Girl Power indeed. Simone de Beauvoir may have won out on wikipedia. J-P wouldn't have been worried by such trifles. On a rudimentary analysis of how ugly someone is vs how many times they got laid, Jean Paul Sartre still holds all known world records. comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.80311-2501934 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:16:02 -0800 MuffinMan http://www.metafilter.com/80311/Wikirank#2501943 It seems like most of the articles on the "Trending Topics" section are from social media. I've seen many of those listed on reddit recently. (On that topic, reddit has a whole <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/">wikipedia subreddit</a> for links to interesting wikipedia articles which is usually pretty fascinating.) comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.80311-2501943 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:25:41 -0800 Rhomboid http://www.metafilter.com/80311/Wikirank#2501950 <em>On a rudimentary analysis of how ugly someone is vs how many times they got laid, Jean Paul Sartre still holds all known world records.</em> Hmmmm. <a href="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&q=Serge%20Gainsbourg&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi">Serge Gainsbourg</a>? Also, <a href="http://wikirank.com/en/Muffin_Man_%28song%29,Je_T%27Aime..._Moi_Non_Plus?size=3">Sartre wins at something</a>. comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.80311-2501950 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:32:18 -0800 lucia__is__dada http://www.metafilter.com/80311/Wikirank#2501951 Oops. <a href="http://wikirank.com/en/Muffin_Man_%28song%29,Je_T%27Aime..._Moi_Non_Plus,Nausea_%28novel%29?size=3">Nausea</a> got lost. comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.80311-2501951 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:33:56 -0800 lucia__is__dada http://www.metafilter.com/80311/Wikirank#2502162 <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hCVsNCkGR1Q/SWc0DOKwE9I/AAAAAAAAAxw/R435P3kCToo/s1600-h/the_exception.PNG">That</a>'s Chuck Norris, Motherfucker comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.80311-2502162 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:04:13 -0800 stonepharisee http://www.metafilter.com/80311/Wikirank#2502236 What I find interesting is that the second biggest spike in Wikipedia views comes from the entry for Richard Ira "Dick" Bong. There must be some Beavis &amp; Butthead social network spreading that around. <i>Dude, it's like his first name is Dick. And his last name is Bong! Whooooa!</i> comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.80311-2502236 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:00:46 -0800 jonp72 http://www.metafilter.com/80311/Wikirank#2502579 The Bong article <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/86xhu/the_name_of_the_united_statess_best_fighter_pilot/">was on reddit</a> a couple of days ago. comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.80311-2502579 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:04:23 -0800 Rhomboid http://www.metafilter.com/80311/Wikirank#2502872 <a href="http://wikirank.com/en/Darwin,God?size=3">Darwin vs. God</a> Bet God was pissed that day. comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.80311-2502872 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:04:08 -0800 bergeycm