Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/February 28 to March 6, 2021

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Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (February 28 to March 6, 2021) edit

Prepared with commentary by Mcrsftdog, Igordebraga

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March has started, with the #1 article actually being something that ended (the return of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after last year's plans were screwed over by the goddamned pandemic that just won't leave). And the list has the usual offenders - streaming films and shows, politics, sports, British royals and Elon Musk.

Rank	Article	Views	Notes/about
1	WandaVision	1,730,441	This Disney+ original series released its finale on Friday. While WandaVision started out as a mysterious "Lynchian" sitcom, it eventually devolved into an MCU action film - but what were you really expecting?
2	Coming 2 America	1,108,191	Prince Akeem returned to Queens after 32 years on Prime Video (another victim of the goddamned pandemic taking movies out of theaters). Reviews were mixed, but at least better than other decades-apart-sequel comedies such as Dumb and Dumber To, Zoolander 2 and Bad Santa 2
3	Deaths in 2021	948,195	Goodbye my friend it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky...
4	Dr. Seuss	786,863	Seuss drew a few racist caricatures in his day, which lead a Virginia school district to not program its Read Across America Day (which is held on his birthday, March 2) around his works. Soon after that, Seuss's publisher announced that it was dropping 6 titles - none too significant in the Seuss "canon," but all containing racist caricatures - from its catalog. The American right wing, presumably bored out of their mind, has turned Seuss getting "cancelled" into a several day controversy.
5	Andrew Cuomo	721,171	New York's governor earned a reputation during the early stages of lockdown as a strong leader and a truth teller, in contrast to whatever Trump was doing that day. While journalists were busy proposing to him, Cuomo was sending 4,500 COVID patients into nursing homes. Oddly enough, allegedly killing thousands of old people and then allegedly covering up the numbers isn't why he's on the list - this week, he's on the receiving end of three sexual harassment allegations. While some New York Democrats have called on him to resign, he might be able to, Northam-like, moonwalk his way out of this.
6	Billie Holiday	710,997	Andra Day got a Golden Globe for Best Actress for playing Holiday in The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
7	Ginny & Georgia	636,585	In one scene of this Netflix show, one character says "You go through men faster than Taylor Swift." Swift fired back, calling the joke "deeply misogynistic" (debatable) and outdated by a decade (obviously true.)
8	78th Golden Globe Awards	613,356	One of many annual TV and film award shows was held remotely on Sunday night.
9	Raya and the Last Dragon	566,784	You thought Mulan charging a bonus on Disney+ was a one time deal? No, because Disney's newest animated feature offered alongside the sadly still limited theatrical release a streaming alternative for $30! Which is why in spite of the positive reviews this here writer chose to wait to watch the princess (well, chieftain's daughter, like Moana) who befriends a dragon until he wasn't being gouged for it.
10	Elizabeth Olsen	566,636	People who watched films like Ingrid Goes West already knew the Scarlet Witch was a good actress, but #1 had an emotional journey that really showcased her skills. Lizzie certainly beat Mary-Kate and Ashley in many regards!
11	Nomadland (film)	551,078	At the Golden Globes, Nomadland earned an award for Best Picture, and Chloé Zhao earned one for Best Director. Marvel fans probably took it as good news for her next endeavour.
12	Elizabeth II	536,754	Liz's husband, Philip, got through a successful heart surgery this week.
13	Elon Musk	533,004	On Wednesday, SpaceX's Starship SN10 exploded eight minutes after landing. On Friday, #RIPELON trended on Twitter, with users spreading a hoax about Musk dying in a Tesla factory explosion.
14	Scarlet Witch	529,064	Wanda Maximoff finally got acknowledged by her comics moniker in #1, and even adopted the headdress.
15	UFC 259	513,123	This match actually started slightly after the cut-off point for the Report. In the headline fight, the reigning Light Heavyweight champion Jan Błachowicz fought off a challenge from Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.
16	I Care a Lot	512,653	A Netflix movie about two unsavory businesses: scammers who put the elderly in isolated retirement homes just to take their belongings, and the Mafia, who wound up crossing the first group's path. Well it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it!
17	Anya Taylor-Joy	493,332	Taylor-Joy won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of a chess savant in The Queen's Gambit. Variety reported that she was the fifth person of color to win the award, soon issuing a correction that Taylor Joy identifies as a white Latina.
18	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	454,540	See #12. As he approaches his 100th birthday, Philip manages to survive no matter what.
19	Behind Her Eyes (British TV series)	447,646	This mystery-thriller miniseries premiered on Netflix in mid-February.
20	Rosamund Pike	434,180	Pike won a Golden Globe for her performance in #16.
21	Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Four	418,176	To the chagrin of many fans, the pandemic delayed the debut of the new batch of Marvel movies (now complemented by Disney+ shows like #1) that would happen in 2020. So, if nothing goes wrong 2021 is loaded, as this month has The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+, May has the previous opener Black Widow in theaters, and then comes Loki, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Eternals and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
22	Eddie Murphy	402,198	When Murphy seemingly couldn't do any wrong in the 80s (well, aside from his musical career), one of his hits was Coming to America, which got a sequel in #2.
23	Christian Porter	402,401	The Attorney-General of Australia is the subject of a rape allegation dating back to 1988. Porter has denied the allegations.
24	Jodie Foster	401,101	One of the greatest actresses of her generation, if not ever, had been missing from theaters since Hotel Artemis, but returned in big form in The Mauritanian, if the Golden Globe win says anything.
25	Canelo Álvarez	369,546	Álvarez defeated Avni Yıldırım in a boxing match on February 27.

Most Popular Wikipedia Articles of the Week (February 28 to March 6, 2021)

Exclusions edit

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.