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MOS:BOLDTITLE

I have reverted the un-bolding of "Kings County" in the title, again. Per MOS:BOLDTITLE: If an article's title is a formal or widely accepted name for the subject, display it in bold. The county name does indeed need to be moved to the first sentence, but "Kings County" is a formal name and so should not be unbolded. Same for the other boroughs. epicgenius (talk) 14:55, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Russian and Ukrainian American

Ukrainians are not russians (muscovites), both are totally different nations, besides jews from eastern Europe is the third nation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.140.159.110 (talk) 18:34, 12 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The mystery of Brooklyn's pageviews

I'm wondering if anybody can think of an explanation for the strange behavior of the pageviews of Brooklyn. In January Brooklyn was the 35th most viewed page on the English Wikipedia. Starting about September the pageviews went from a few thousand each day to a high over 100,000 then fell to about 20,000 for about a month, and then back up to about 50,000 per day since Christmas. You can play with the chart here.

@Bri, Pharos, Jim.henderson, MusikAnimal, Kaldari, and Igordebraga:. That exhausts the set of folks I know of who might have some expertise in this area. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 22:17, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect it's bot-inflated traffic. While desktop and mobile web show the same pattern, mobile app shows more normal fluctuations. I can only assume mobile app would mirror this the patterns of other platform types if it were genuine traffic. I live just across the river from Brooklyn and I personally can't come up with any explanation for this anomaly. — MusikAnimal ^talk 23:41, 6 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @MusikAnimal:. My question is why would anybody set up a bot to do this? If not "on purpose", doesn't it cost them some money to load the page 60,000 times a day for months at a time? I guess my question comes down to what is "bot-inflated traffic" and why do people do it, and if not on purpose, why don't they catch it. Thanks. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 01:14, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Smallbones: Who knows :) Bot-inflated traffic is actually common. Sometimes the reasoning is clear, such as phab:T236121 where automation was used to put articles on obscure artists into the "trending" section of the mobile app, apparently as a means of promotion. I don't know why one would do this for Brooklyn. At any rate, the Analytics team is working to improve bot filtering, see phab:T123442. Until then, we'll just have to use tactics like comparing the platforms to identify false traffic. Hope this helps, — MusikAnimal ^talk 05:13, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with MusikAnimal; no blip in Google Trends at the same time. ☆ Bri (talk) 01:41, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction, 2nd Paragraph - Data table and reference link both provide Brooklyn as the largest, not second-largest borough.

Changed as such to:

With a land area of 70.82 square miles (183.4 km2) and water area of 26 square miles (67 km2), Kings County is New York state's fourth-smallest county by land area and third-smallest by total area, though it is the largest among the city's five boroughs.[4]

Was odd to see this with the 2018 table right below it showing Brooklyn with the highest population. Note that the source [4] points to 2010 census data which, friendly to read as it is, also confirms Brooklyn as largest above Queens, Manhattan et al.

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Why are there two "coord" templates?

@Epicgenius, Alibino, Alansohn, Xurizuri, HugoHelp, Bumm13, Palindromesemordnilap, and Freezingwedge: Greetings and felicitations. Why are there two "Coord" templates—one near the top of the article and one in the infobox? Would anyone object to having just one in the infobox with it displaying both inline and in the title? —DocWatson42 (talk) 09:04, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hadn't noticed it, no objections from me. The first coordinate goes to Brooklyn Borough Hall. The second one, in the infobox, is centered to a random house? You might want to adjust the coordinate. --HugoHelp (talk) 04:59, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 == Why are there two "coord" templates? ==
 {{Ping|Epicgenius|Alibino|Alansohn|Xurizuri|HugoHelp|Bumm13|Palindromesemordnilap|Freezingwedge}} Greetings and felicitations.  Why are there two "Coord" templates—one near the top of the article and one in the infobox?  Would anyone object to having just one in the infobox with it displaying both inline and in the title? —[[User:DocWatson42|DocWatson42]] ([[User talk:DocWatson42|talk]]) 09:04, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
+: Hadn't noticed it, no objections from me. The first coordinate goes to Brooklyn Borough Hall. The second one, in the infobox, is centered to a random house? You might want to adjust the coordinate. --[[User:HugoHelp|HugoHelp]] ([[User talk:HugoHelp|talk]]) 04:59, 17 February 2021 (UTC)