Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements/Elements report

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Page views were gathered for the month of June 2010 using this listing, and though activity may vary from month to month, these numbers are meant to give a good idea of which articles are currently being viewed the most. The quality/importance ratings are accurate as of July 1, 2010. Importances marked with ♦ indicate a Vital article. Importances marked with † indicate a Supplementary Core article. Importances marked with ‡ indicate a Core article. Percentages in parentheses indicate a statistical outlier, which may indicate an abnormal level of activity in either this or the previous month.

Rank Article Page Views Spike Ambiguities Quality Importance
1 Gold 342637 ↑60% Gold (color) 14863 B Top
2 Periodic table 326347 ↑33% C Top
3 Hydrogen 302431 ↑1%   FA Top ♦†
4 Iron 257519 ↑42% Iron (golf) 5056 C Top
5 Copper 242472 ↑25% B Top
6 Oxygen 235033 ↑46%   FA Top
7 Aluminium 228364 ↑44% B Top
8 Nitrogen 185155 ↑14% B Top
9 Silver 184927 ↑48% Silver (color) 7340 B Top
10 Carbon 175762 ↓24% B Top
11 Mercury (element) 171570 ↑34%   GA Top
12 Lead 158917 ↑42% Sales lead 4523 B Top
13 Cadmium 155978 ↑408% June 4,5 +24700 +13100 B High
14 Lithium 155882 ↑69% Lithium (Nirvana song) 5736 B Top
15 Potassium 146169 ↑35% B Top
16 Chlorine 141366 ↑40%   GA Top
17 Platinum 139195 ↑50% Platinum album 2355 B Top
18 Magnesium 129610 ↑34% B Top
19 Phosphorus 124277 ↑36% Hesperus 2560 B Top
20 Palladium 124118 ↑66% Palladium (mythology) 2050 B Top
21 Calcium 123347 ↑34% B Top
22 Silicon 121668 ↑43% Silicone 26371 B Top
23 Helium 117626 ↑31% Helium (band) 877   FA Top
24 Chemical element 116256 ↑75% B Top ♦‡
25 Chromium 110736 ↓31%   GA Top
26 Iodine 108976 ↑31% B Top
27 Nickel 95345 ↑36% Nickel (United States coin) 23213   GA Top
28 Arsenic 86063 ↑45% B Top
29 Sulfur 80246 ↓24% B Top
30 Zinc 80227 ↓27%   FA Top
31 Cobalt 77295 ↑31% Chevrolet Cobalt 12639 B Top
32 Manganese 76323 ↑37%   GA Top
33 Selenium 72557 ↑45% Selenium (software) 8217 B Top
34 Titanium 72421 ↓22%   FA Top
35 Sodium 70355 ↑32% B Top
36 Antimony 66153 ↑91% June 10,11; 8300 Antinomy 3029 C High
37 Plutonium 66153 ↑32%   FA Top
38 Halogen 63323 ↑38% B Top
39 Uranium 62910 ↓33%   FA Top
40 Argon 62057 ↑31%   GA Top
41 Bromine 60829 ↑18% B Top
42 Boron 60803 ↑25% Boron, California 1475   GA Top
43 Beryllium 60475 ↑40% B High
44 Radon 57825 ↑34% Radon transform 3316   GA Top
45 Tungsten 57756 ↓19% Tungsten (handheld) 278   GA Top
46 Fluorine 57266 ↑36% Fluorene 2961 B Top
47 Neon 57067 ↑30%   GA Top
48 Molybdenum 57044 ↑43%   GA Top
49 Polonium 52744 ↑133% B High
50 Rhodium 52563 ↑55%   GA Top
51 Iridium 51507 ↑54% Iridium (satellite) 1151   FA High
52 Noble gas 51264 ↑39%   FA High
53 Tin 49619 ↓30% Tin can 8062 B Top
54 Bismuth 47288 ↑45% B High
55 Alkali metal 43807 ↑48% C Mid
56 Radium 43413 ↑56% B High
57 Caesium 42182 ↑38%   GA High
58 Krypton 37096 ↑24% Krypton (comics) 9445   GA High
59 Barium 35629 ↑31% B High
60 Niobium 35543 ↑98%   FA High
61 Osmium 33950 ↑40% Osmium (album) 1519   GA High
62 Germanium 33516 ↑39%   FA High
63 Gallium 31985 ↑43% B High
64 Neodymium 28864 ↑19% B High
65 Francium 28126 ↑51%   FA High
66 Xenon 27147 ↓37% Xenon (processor) 6536   FA Top
67 Rubidium 24772 ↑34% C High
68 Gadolinium 24127 ↑42% B High
69 Alkaline earth metal 23926 ↑41% C Mid
70 Indium 23902 ↑46% C High
71 Vanadium 23461 ↓21%   GA High
72 Ruthenium 22848 ↑21%   GA High
73 Einsteinium 22105 ↑94% Start Mid
74 Thorium 21935 ↓24% B High
75 Scandium 21286 ↑40%   GA High
76 Astatine 19590 ↑18% C Mid
77 Americium 19265 ↑29% C Mid
78 Ununoctium 18980 ↓39%   FA High
79 Copernicium 17922 ↓1% B Low
80 Tantalum 17905 ↓9%   GA High
81 Tellurium 17656 ↓27%   GA High
82 Rhenium 16735 ↑31%   GA High
83 Californium 16699 ↑53% C Mid
84 Hafnium 16448 ↑43%   GA High
85 Strontium 16424 ↓31% B High
86 Thallium 16065 ↓18%   GA High
87 Lanthanum 15823 ↑34% B Mid
88 Zirconium 15715 ↓25%   GA High
89 Cerium 15434 ↑31% C Mid
90 Technetium 14832 ↓24%   FA High
91 Ununpentium 14089 ↓14% B Low
92 Promethium 12938 ↑33% Promethium (comics) 751 C Mid
93 Roentgenium 12693 ↑26% B Mid
94 Neptunium 12629 ↑35% C Mid
95 Europium 12555 ↑43% C Mid
96 Yttrium 11476 ↓24%   FA High
97 Dysprosium 11441 ↑32%   GA Mid
98 Lutetium 11315 ↑43% B Mid
99 Samarium 10734 ↑29% C Mid
100 Actinium 10416 ↑22% Start Mid
101 Erbium 10134 ↑46% C Mid
102 Lawrencium 10069 ↑28% Start Mid
103 Praseodymium 9749 ↑40% Start Mid
104 Curium 9615 ↑36% C Mid
105 Darmstadtium 9488 ↑31% B Mid
106 Chalcogen 9216 ↑69% C Mid
107 Seaborgium 9034 ↑34% B Mid
108 Rutherfordium 8935 ↑24% B Mid
109 Hassium 8748 ↑24% B Mid
110 Protactinium 8542 ↑35% Start Mid
111 Holmium 8341 ↑37% C Mid
112 Nobelium 8171 ↑42% Start Mid
113 Berkelium 8159 ↓5% Start Mid
114 Mendelevium 8155 ↑35% Start Mid
115 Dubnium 8131 ↑29% B Mid
116 Meitnerium 8049 ↑20% B Mid
117 Fermium 7602 ↑21% Start Mid
118 Ununseptium 7421 ↓90% C Low
119 Bohrium 7353 ↑35% B Mid
120 Ununquadium 6206 ↓36% B Low
121 Ytterbium 6029 ↓29% B Mid
122 Ununtrium 5816 ↓40% B Low
123 Ununhexium 5318 ↓43% B Low
124 Terbium 4789 ↓27% C Mid
125 Thulium 4538 ↓22% Start Mid
126 Group 11 element 4447 ↑47% C Low
127 Group 3 element 4055 ↑45% C Low
128 Carbon group 3869 ↑33% C Mid
129 Boron group 3630 ↑25% Stub Mid
130 Nitrogen group 3609 ↑16% C Low
131 Group 7 element 3551 ↑75% Stub Low
132 Group 4 element 3480 ↑23%   GA Low
133 Lanthanoid 3399 ↓1% C Low
134 Group 8 element 2846 ↑49% Stub Low
135 Group 12 element 2512 ↑39% Start Low
136 Group 6 element 2472 ↑51% Start Low
137 Group 5 element 2462 ↑57% Stub Low
138 Actinoid 2272 ↓19% C Mid
139 Period 2 element 2145 ↑9% C Low
140 Group 10 element 2056 ↑39% Start Low
141 Period 4 element 1971 ↑1% Stub Low
142 Period 3 element 1822 ↓2% Start Low
143 Period 1 element 1649 ↑8%   GA Low
144 Period 6 element 1612 ↑14% Stub Low
145 Group 9 element 1530 ↑33% Stub Low
146 Period 7 element 1288 ↓9% Stub Low
147 Period 5 element 739 ↓51% Stub Low

Possible Media Influences

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Periodic Tables

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The first table is color-coded by page views using the same category scheme as above. The second table employs a new scale which combines both quality and page views. They can be used to help identify trends in article traffic and quality.    

Other Statistics

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Statistic June 2008 August October December February 2009 † April June August ‡ October December April June
Total 3837336 3334180 5862323 4686701 5636173 5008093 4334088 4446488 7301807 5323867 6216893 7692957
Mean 32520 28256 49681 39718 38341 34069 29484 30248 52507 36217 42292 52333
Total % Change - ↓13% ↑76% ↓20% ↑12% ↓11% ↓13% ↑3% ↑64% ↓27% ↑XX% ↑XX%
Mean % Change - ↓6% ↑78% ↓26% ↑21% ↓13% ↓6% ↑11% ↑94% ↓32% ↑XX% ↑XX%
† Whereas previous issues had only analyzed the 118 elements, issues after and including February 2009 also include the periods, groups, and various other supporting articles.
‡ Issues after and including August 2009 issue use a pageview tool which tabulates redirected views, whereas previous editions did not.

Critical Articles

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Quality Most viewed 2nd most 3rd most Total
  FA Hydrogen 302431 Oxygen 235033 Helium117626 655090
  GA Mercury (element) 171570 Chlorine 141366 Chromium 110736 423672
B Gold 342637 Copper 242472 Aluminium 228364 813473
C Periodic table 326347 Iron 257519 Antimony 66153 650019
Start Einsteinium 22105 Actinium 10416 Lawrencium 10069 42590
Stub Boron group 3630 Group 7 element 3551 Group 8 element 2846 10027

Views by Quality

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Quality Articles Total Views Average Views
  FA 16 1209192 75575
  GA 26 1245809 47916
B 55 4168358 75788
C 26 939546 36136
Start 15 110423 7362
Stub 9 19626 2181

Conclusions

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  • These articles tend to be viewed more frequently during the weekdays (Monday through Friday) than on the weekends. Silicon, for example, averaged about 2500 hits per weekday, but only 1400 hits per weekend day in June. If you are preparing for a major edit, such as one that would require the {{in use}} template, consider waiting until the weekend to minimize the possibility of an edit conflict.
  • The same is also true for the winter holidays. Silicon averaged 2900 hits per day from December 1 through December 19, but only 1200 hits per day from December 20 through December 31.
  • News articles, even those contained within Wikipedia itself, can cause spikes in page traffic for the elements mentioned within the article, even if the news source is specialized or obscure. If you happen to notice a news story that focuses on an element, consider adding that page to your watchlist for a day or two.