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The table below summarizes the average monthly traffic for pages related to WikiProject Objectivism. See notes below the table for further information.

Traffic table

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Title Avg % Total Cuml % Rank M Adj Avg Adj % Total Adj Cuml % Adj Rank Importance Quality
Ayn Rand 147,824 25.91% 25.9% 1 147,824 30.63% 30.6% 1 Top GA
Atlas Shrugged 100,400 17.60% 43.5% 2 100,400 20.80% 51.4% 2 Top C
Objectivism (Ayn Rand) 61,260 10.74% 54.2% 3 61,260 12.69% 64.1% 3 Top B
The Fountainhead 51,763 9.07% 63.3% 4 51,763 10.73% 74.9% 4 Top C
Alan Greenspan 40,165 7.04% 70.4% 5 Y Mid B
John Galt 31,372 5.50% 75.9% 6 31,372 6.50% 81.4% 5 High Start
Question (comics) 23,402 4.10% 80.0% 7 Y Low B
Anthem (novella) 12,321 2.16% 82.1% 8 12,321 2.55% 83.9% 6 High C
Murray Rothbard 10,867 1.90% 84.0% 9 Y Mid GA
List of Atlas Shrugged characters 6,625 1.16% 85.2% 10 6,625 1.37% 85.3% 7 Mid List
The Fountainhead (film) 6,012 1.05% 86.2% 11 6,012 1.25% 86.5% 8 Unknown Stub
Nathaniel Branden 5,879 1.03% 87.3% 12 5,879 1.22% 87.7% 9 High C
Mr. A 5,856 1.03% 88.3% 13 Y Low Start
Objectivist movement 4,669 0.82% 89.1% 14 4,669 0.97% 88.7% 10 Top B
We the Living 4,273 0.75% 89.9% 15 4,273 0.89% 89.6% 11 High Start
Law of identity 3,408 0.60% 90.5% 16 Y Low Stub
Leonard Peikoff 3,348 0.59% 91.1% 17 3,348 0.69% 90.3% 12 High Start
Libertarianism and Objectivism 3,004 0.53% 91.6% 18 3,004 0.62% 90.9% 13 High C
The Virtue of Selfishness 2,600 0.46% 92.0% 19 2,600 0.54% 91.5% 14 High Stub
Objectivist Party 2,459 0.43% 92.5% 20 2,459 0.51% 92.0% 15 Low Stub
Ayn Rand Institute 2,404 0.42% 92.9% 21 2,404 0.50% 92.5% 16 High Start
Romantic realism 2,396 0.42% 93.3% 22 2,396 0.50% 93.0% 17 Top Start
Frank R. Wallace 2,210 0.39% 93.7% 23 Y Low Start
The Girl Who Owned a City 1,982 0.35% 94.0% 24 Y Low Start
The Passion of Ayn Rand (film) 1,698 0.30% 94.3% 25 1,698 0.35% 93.3% 18 Mid Stub
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal 1,309 0.23% 94.6% 26 1,309 0.27% 93.6% 19 High Stub
Randian hero 1,299 0.23% 94.8% 27 1,299 0.27% 93.8% 20 Low Start
Night of January 16th 1,268 0.22% 95.0% 28 1,268 0.26% 94.1% 21 Mid Start
Barbara Branden 1,263 0.22% 95.2% 29 1,263 0.26% 94.4% 22 Mid Start
David Kelley 1,255 0.22% 95.5% 30 1,255 0.26% 94.6% 23 Mid Start
Objectivism and homosexuality 1,241 0.22% 95.7% 31 1,241 0.26% 94.9% 24 Mid Start
Yaron Brook 1,204 0.21% 95.9% 32 1,204 0.25% 95.1% 25 Mid Start
Bibliography for Ayn Rand and Objectivism 1,028 0.18% 96.1% 33 1,028 0.21% 95.4% 26 High List
The Passion of Ayn Rand 996 0.17% 96.2% 34 996 0.21% 95.6% 27 Mid Start
List of locations in Atlas Shrugged 959 0.17% 96.4% 35 959 0.20% 95.8% 28 Low List
Edwin A. Locke 878 0.15% 96.6% 36 878 0.18% 95.9% 29 Low Start
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology 800 0.14% 96.7% 37 800 0.17% 96.1% 30 High Start
Andrew Bernstein 763 0.13% 96.8% 38 763 0.16% 96.3% 31 Mid Stub
The Atlas Society 757 0.13% 97.0% 39 757 0.16% 96.4% 32 High Start
Tibor R. Machan 711 0.12% 97.1% 40 711 0.15% 96.6% 33 Mid Start
Libertarianz 679 0.12% 97.2% 41 679 0.14% 96.7% 34 Low Start
Nathaniel Branden Institute 638 0.11% 97.3% 42 638 0.13% 96.8% 35 Mid Start
Goddess of the Market 619 0.11% 97.4% 43 619 0.13% 97.0% 36 Mid Start
The Romantic Manifesto 601 0.11% 97.5% 44 601 0.12% 97.1% 37 Mid Stub
Harry Binswanger 588 0.10% 97.6% 45 588 0.12% 97.2% 38 Mid Start
Letters of Ayn Rand 585 0.10% 97.7% 46 585 0.12% 97.3% 39 Mid C
Atlas Shrugged (film) 573 0.10% 97.8% 47 573 0.12% 97.5% 40 Unknown Start
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life 564 0.10% 97.9% 48 564 0.12% 97.6% 41 Mid Start
Objectivist theory of value 543 0.10% 98.0% 49 543 0.11% 97.7% 42 Top Start
Red Pawn 516 0.09% 98.1% 50 516 0.11% 97.8% 43 Mid Start
The Art of Fiction 505 0.09% 98.2% 51 505 0.10% 97.9% 44 Mid Stub
For the New Intellectual 499 0.09% 98.3% 52 499 0.10% 98.0% 45 High Stub
Freedom Party of Ontario 496 0.09% 98.4% 53 496 0.10% 98.1% 46 Low Start
The Voice of Reason 446 0.08% 98.5% 54 446 0.09% 98.2% 47 Mid Stub
Category:Objectivists 407 0.07% 98.5% 55 407 0.08% 98.3% 48 NA NA
Objectivist periodicals 406 0.07% 98.6% 56 406 0.08% 98.4% 49 Mid C
Ayn Rand and the World She Made 379 0.07% 98.7% 57 379 0.08% 98.4% 50 Mid Start
Chris Matthew Sciabarra 335 0.06% 98.7% 58 335 0.07% 98.5% 51 Mid C
Philosophy: Who Needs It 321 0.06% 98.8% 59 321 0.07% 98.6% 52 High Stub
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand 319 0.06% 98.9% 60 319 0.07% 98.6% 53 High Stub
Robert Hessen 301 0.05% 98.9% 61 301 0.06% 98.7% 54 Low Start
The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution 290 0.05% 99.0% 62 290 0.06% 98.8% 55 High Stub
Mozart Was a Red 285 0.05% 99.0% 63 285 0.06% 98.8% 56 Low Start
Edith Efron 277 0.05% 99.1% 64 277 0.06% 98.9% 57 Low Stub
Alex Epstein 275 0.05% 99.1% 65 275 0.06% 98.9% 58 Deleted Deleted
Freedom Party of Canada 260 0.05% 99.1% 66 260 0.05% 99.0% 59 Low Start
Objectivist movement in India 260 0.05% 99.2% 67 260 0.05% 99.0% 60 Mid Start
Peter Schwartz (writer) 259 0.05% 99.2% 68 259 0.05% 99.1% 61 Low Start
Journals of Ayn Rand 258 0.05% 99.3% 69 258 0.05% 99.2% 62 Mid B
Category:Objectivist organizations 249 0.04% 99.3% 70 249 0.05% 99.2% 63 NA NA
Ayn Rand: The Russian Radicall 245 0.04% 99.4% 71 245 0.05% 99.3% 64 Mid C
Lindsay Perigo 228 0.04% 99.4% 72 228 0.05% 99.3% 65 Low Start
Category:Objectivism scholars 227 0.04% 99.5% 73 227 0.05% 99.4% 66 NA NA
Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 221 0.04% 99.5% 74 221 0.05% 99.4% 67 Mid C
The Early Ayn Rand 206 0.04% 99.5% 75 206 0.04% 99.4% 68 Mid Stub
James G. Lennox 204 0.04% 99.6% 76 204 0.04% 99.5% 69 Low Stub
Robert Bidinotto 201 0.04% 99.6% 77 201 0.04% 99.5% 70 Mid Start
Mimi Reisel Gladstein 195 0.03% 99.6% 78 195 0.04% 99.6% 71 Low Start
Paul McKeever 189 0.03% 99.7% 79 189 0.04% 99.6% 72 Low Start
Robert Mayhew (philosopher) 166 0.03% 99.7% 80 166 0.03% 99.6% 73 Deleted Deleted
Category:Objectivism 159 0.03% 99.7% 81 159 0.03% 99.7% 74 NA NA
Jeff Britting 159 0.03% 99.7% 82 159 0.03% 99.7% 75 Low Stub
Erika Holzer 148 0.03% 99.8% 83 148 0.03% 99.7% 76 Low Start
Fred Miller (philosopher) 143 0.03% 99.8% 84 143 0.03% 99.8% 77 Low Stub
Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand 140 0.02% 99.8% 85 140 0.03% 99.8% 78 Low Stub
On Ayn Rand 131 0.02% 99.8% 86 131 0.03% 99.8% 79 Low C
Category:Critics of Objectivism 117 0.02% 99.9% 87 117 0.02% 99.8% 80 NA NA
Ergo (newspaper) 110 0.02% 99.9% 88 110 0.02% 99.9% 81 Unknown Unknown
Category:Objectivist philosophy 85 0.01% 99.9% 89 85 0.02% 99.9% 82 NA NA
Category:Former Objectivists 81 0.01% 99.9% 90 81 0.02% 99.9% 83 NA NA
Book:Ayn Rand 81 0.01% 99.9% 91 81 0.02% 99.9% 84 Mid Book
Category:Books by Ayn Rand 80 0.01% 99.9% 92 80 0.02% 99.9% 85 NA NA
Category:Novels by Ayn Rand 80 0.01% 100.0% 93 80 0.02% 100.0% 86 NA NA
Category:Characters in Atlas Shrugged 58 0.01% 100.0% 94 58 0.01% 100.0% 87 NA NA
Category:Objectivist publications 47 0.01% 100.0% 95 47 0.01% 100.0% 88 NA NA
Category:Neo-Objectivists 45 0.01% 100.0% 96 45 0.01% 100.0% 89 NA NA
Category:Works by Ayn Rand 32 0.01% 100.0% 97 32 0.01% 100.0% 90 NA NA
Category:Ayn Rand characters 30 0.01% 100.0% 98 30 0.01% 100.0% 91 NA NA
Category:Plays by Ayn Rand 26 0.00% 100.0% 99 26 0.01% 100.0% 92 NA NA

Averages are based on data from the Wikipedia page view statistics at stats.grok.se for the months from May 2009 to July 2010. The collection of data by this service is sometimes spotty, so the absolute numbers of page views should not be taken as definitive. However, the inconsistencies in data collection should not significantly change the relative volumes for the project's pages.

Data was collected for articles, categories, books and portals associated with the project, based on the presence of a project banner on the associated talk page. Data was not collected for traffic to talk pages, templates or other pages.

The 'M' column indicates "marginal" pages for the project's traffic analysis: pages where it is likely that most of their traffic has nothing to do with the subject's relationship to Objectivism. Pages flagged as marginal are excluded from the "adjusted" values shown in the last four columns.

Project assessment information (Importance and Quality) are as of September 24, 2010.

Pages that were previously associated with the project but deleted or disassociated prior to the start of data collection (in May 2010) are not included. Pages that were deleted after data was collected for them are included.

Additional details, including the monthly numbers for each article, can be obtained from RL0919 (talk · contribs), who performed the data collection and initial analysis.

Analysis

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Traffic concentration

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Although there are 99 pages in the analysis, the traffic is concentrated in a small number of articles:

  • Top 10 = 85.2%
  • Top 10 adjusted = 88.7%
  • Top 20 = 92.5%
  • Top 20 adjusted = 93.8%

Because of this concentration of traffic, the project could improve the experience of the vast majority of its readers by improving a relatively small subset of articles.

Importance vs. traffic

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Most of the importance rankings seem reasonable in comparison to the pages' traffic, with some exceptions. Leaving aside the "marginal" articles, most of the top 20 traffic pages are assessed as Top or High importance. The most glaring exception is The Fountainhead (film), which has no importance assessment for the project despite being the eighth-ranked for adjusted traffic. Similarly, most Top-importance pages are in the adjusted top 20 for traffic. The clear exception here is Objectivist theory of value, which is middle of the pack in terms of page views. Although there is no necessary relationship between traffic and importance, some of the "mismatches" between the two may deserve re-assessment.

Quality vs. traffic

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With no FAs, two GAs and five B-class articles, the project's articles are mostly of lower-end assessed quality. On the positive side, the higher-quality articles are concentrated on the high end for traffic, with the highest traffic article (Ayn Rand) assessed as GA. Unfortunately, the second highest traffic article (Atlas Shrugged) is C-quality, as are three other articles in the adjusted top 10 for traffic. Move past the top 10 and the assessments are quickly dominated by the Start and Stub class ratings that are common for the project. The bottom of the traffic rankings are mostly pages without quality assessments (categories, pages delete during the analysis, etc.). Only one article below the adjusted top 10 for traffic manages to pull a B-class quality assessment (Journals of Ayn Rand).