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• Canada, so hot right now -- Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 18:35, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
• I've often thought about moving to Canada. If only it were further South, I'd do it. The cities are great to visit in the summer but the winters can be pretty brutal. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:53, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
• Regarding number 6, black hole, perhaps the explanation for the high page views can be found on CNN, which has published a higher-than-usual number of black-hole-related stories recently. Other media outlets may have done the same, leading to a higher number of page views. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  19:11, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

• Etamni, thanks for giving this some thought. Unfortunately, the sustained jump in views is not consistent with the spikes and tail-offs we see with press coverage. It just went from a few thousand views a day to around 60,000. Then it jumped to closer to 120K a day around Oct 27. I think someone is messing with us!--Milowent • ^hasspoken 21:10, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

When I look at the chart you linked to, I see that there is a very abrupt start in this traffic that does not coincide with any of the press coverage I found for black holes -- indeed, in some cases, it was weeks after some of those stories ran. I'm inclined to agree that it appears to be an automated system of some sort. Meanwhile, is there a technological solution to this? Does anyone (other than those who are interested in the true readership of articles) care about this anomaly? Is this a prelude to some form of a DoS attack on the servers? I don't know the answers to these questions. Etamni | ✉ | ✓  22:02, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

• Why is he called Steven Jobs? No one uses that name. It's Steve.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:54, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Typo, sorry, but helpfully it was a redirect. And wow, Jobs' birth story is incredible.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 21:15, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I thought about correcting it mself but for some reason thought people might actually have looked for "Steven" meaning that it was correct. Which is ridiculous. No one would.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:35, 6 November 2015 (UTC)