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January 8

Anthropology Wikipedia page

Does anyone know why the Wikipedia page for "Anthropology" jumped to 6 million views on Dec. 25, 2024?[1]https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=wiki.riteme.site&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2024-12-18&end=2025-01-07&pages=Anthropology 136.26.125.34 (talk) 23:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Probably just a glitch. Such things happen all the time. Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:54, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Previously, a spike for views of a particular page was due to some device or other (a digital assistant?) suggesting searching for the topic as part of its default demo or a tour of its features. Obviously I can't remember any specifics but it was along those lines. So a reasonable theory is that a lot of people got a device for Christmas that did something similar, although "try asking about anthropology" seems an unlikely way to show off a new phone's AI gimmicks, but maybe. Perhaps the spike was a side-effect of whatever the gadget really said. Card Zero (talk) 11:08, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly, this is a result of extraterrestrial aliens abusing this article as a source for humanoid porn. Homo erectus and relatives are depicted in full frontal nudity which may excite the libidinous erectiles in our solar system, the Milky Way or the Andromeda Nebula. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 18:42, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Who are you to call us humanoid porn addicts, Earthling? Besides, we were only doing research. Yeah, that's it. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:56, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pssst I've got polaroid snaps of nude bare-naked skeletons. What do you have to swap? Philvoids (talk) 17:17, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January 11

Young adult novel series called Blitzkrieg

Does anybody remember who was the author of a novel series, aimed at middle and high school students called Blitzkrieg? It was about a high school football team and I think it was or were published in the 1970s or 1980s. --Donmust90-- Donmust90 (talk) 00:49, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The series was actually called Blitz and was written by Paul Nichols (about whom we don't seem to have an article). There are some examples here. --Viennese Waltz 07:46, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Paul Nichols" is the pen name of Robert Hawks (b. 1961).^[2] More about him here. He has also published under his own name,^[3] as well as young-adult horror under the pen name "M. T. Coffin" :).^[4] In any case, neither the author nor the books appear to meet Wikipedia's notability criteria. --Lambiam 09:42, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January 20

Yokohama Chinatown

Detective Conan Episode 418 (14:31-14:56). Please, can you help me to find the name of the dress and the sword of that Chinese antique shop's owner, and that of the statue's face? You can see also these three files: 1, 2, 3. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.17.55.190 (talk) 10:16, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Don't post your question on more than one desk. Entertainment was the right place for it. --Viennese Waltz 09:06, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Trump presidencies

Hello. Trump's current term is as the 47th president. The previous term, (45th), should be put together with the old respective dates in the template (2017-2021). Better not to merge the two terms together, it makes no sense, they are two different things: terms, dates and presidencies. Don't you agree? 93.150.82.178 (talk) 17:37, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The reference desk is not the place to discuss this. Better venues may be Talk:Donald Trump or (since the issue transcends the specific person who now happens to be in office) Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Presidents of the United States. The problem may be due to a limitation of {{Infobox officeholder}}, the design of which does not accommodate the possibility that the incumbent is a repeat offender. For the only other repeat offender thus far, Grover Cleveland, the issue could not arise since his repeated incumbency did not overlap with the lifetime of {{Infobox officeholder}}. --Lambiam 21:39, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If I'm reading the documentation right, you should be able to do it with that template. Use the office field for the first term and the office2 field for the second term, with term_start and term_end being the dates for the first term, and term_start2 and term_end2 being the dates for the second term. Or maybe vice versa? --Trovatore (talk) 22:13, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January 21