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=== "Jerry! Jerry!" Now the crowd starts their favorite chant  (April 23 to 29) ===
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|1
|[[Jerry Springer]]
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|2,704,171
|[[File:Jerry Springer Musto Party 2011 Shankbone 10.JPG|100px]]
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJLSZfpwgFs Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar2Ha1ycVew Jerry!] The former mayor of Cincinnati turned icon of 'trash TV' with [[Jerry Springer (talk show)|an eponymous series]] that was the standout [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PointAndLaughShow point and laugh show] and even inspired [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfiEfVfo4M a Weird Al parody], Jerry Springer died at 79 of pancreatic cancer.
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|2
|[[ChatGPT]]
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|2,150,517 
|[[File:ChatGPT logo.svg|100px]]
|People still interested in AI. I don't have much to say about it other than "it's bad" and I'm too lazy to write a full blurb. (And yes, as I wrote this, I realized I could ask ChatGPT to write me one. And no, I'm not going to.)
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|3
|[[2023 NFL Draft]]
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|1,448,974
|[[File:Brent_Grimes-Hamburg_Sea_Devils.jpg|100px]]
|American football picked its newest college graduates to make a professional jump, led by the [[Carolina Panthers]] choosing [[Bryce Young]].
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|4
|[[Harry Belafonte]]
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|1,379,958 
|[[File:Harry Belafonte 1970 (cropped).tif|100px]]
|Death came at 96 to the musician responsible for popularizing [[calypso music]] with hits like "[[Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)]]", "[[Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)]]", and others that didn't appear in ''[[Beetlejuice]]'', and with a prolific film career as well (a career shared by daughter [[Shari Belafonte]]).
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|5
|[[Tucker Carlson]]
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|1,210,153
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|On Friday, April 21, the controversial [[Fox News]] host—who's attracted intense criticism and advertiser boycotts for his remarks on race and women, not to mention his promotion of [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|January 6th]] conspiracy theories—signed off his talk show by saying, "we'll be back on Monday!" Well, that Monday morning, April 24, Fox fired him. Whether it was due to [[Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News Network|Fox's defamation settlement]] with [[Dominion Voting Systems]], Carlson's internal criticism of Fox leadership, a pending lawsuit alleging a toxic work environment, or some combination of those three factors remains unclear.
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|6
|''[[Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan]]''
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|1,013,196 	
|[[File:Salman_Khan_in_2023_(1)_(cropped).jpg|100px]]
|The Bollywood action flick climbed from its position on this list last week as became one of the year's highest-grossing Hindi films so far.
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|7
|''[[Evil Dead Rise]]''
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|1,001,882
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|Although ''Mario'' continues to dominate cinemas (at least until the release of ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3]]''), this low-budget addition to the [[Sam Raimi]]-created ''[[Evil Dead]]'' franchise had no problem recouping its budget, even without [[Bruce Campbell]] as [[Ash Williams]].
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|8
|[[Deaths in 2023]]
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|990,491 
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|''[[Thank U|How 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out?<br>How 'bout not equating death with stopping?]]''
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|9
|[[Gervonta Davis]]
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|868,455 	
|[[File:Gervonta Icebox 2018.jpg|100px]]
|This boxer is still undefeated after 29 matches, following [[Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia|a successful title defense]] against [[Ryan Garcia]] on April 22.
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|10
|[[Whitney Houston]]
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|800,963
|[[File:ויטני יוסטון.jpg|100px]]
| ''[[Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody]]''  might not have earned entries here while in theaters or HBO Max, but once it got to Netflix's catalogue, an influx of viewers checked our article on the singer whose equally successful and tragic story was told in that film (where Whitney was played by [[Naomi Ackie]]).
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=== Hey (hey) what's the matter with your head, yeah  (April 30 to May 6) ===
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|1
|''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3]]''
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|1,935,502 
|[[File:WonderCon 2019 - Guardians of the Galaxy Cosplay (46780076654).jpg|100px]]
|Breaking a streak of three Marvel Cinematic Universe movies that did not take the top spot of this Report upon entering theaters, the "bunch of a-holes" who against all expectations became one of the most popular teams out of Marvel return trying to save [[Rocket Raccoon|a furry psycho]]. Writer-director [[James Gunn]] (whose involvement in the film saw [https://deadline.com/2019/03/james-gunn-reinstated-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3-disney-suicide-squad-2-indefensible-social-media-messages-1202576444/ a slight delay due to the alt-right], during which he managed to land [[The Suicide Squad (film)|a movie]] and [[DC Universe (franchise)|a job]] in the [[DC Films|Distinguished Competition]]) manages to weave well comedy, action and drama, which translated into positive reviews and big box office numbers (nearly $300 million in a weekend!).
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|2
|[[Alan Rickman]]
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|1,889,935
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|On April 30, the late English actor (who most audiences will probably recognize as [[Hans Gruber]] from ''[[Die Hard]]'' or [[Severus Snape]] from ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'') was honored with a [[Google Doodle]] commemorating anniversary of ''[[Les Liaisons Dangereuses (play)|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]''{{'}} Broadway premiere, which helped launch his career.
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|[[ChatGPT]]
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|1,683,770
|[[File:AI Protest Sign 2023 WGA Strike.jpg|100px]]
|Chatbots and other AI-made writing are still a big point of discussion, to the point it's one of things brought up in the [[2023 Writers Guild of America strike]].
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|[[Charles III]]
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|1,408,865 
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|Nine months after his mother [[Elizabeth II]] died and left him the throne of the United Kingdom, Charles [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|had a ceremony to be properly crowned]]. And the UK wouldn't even get a rest from big events afterwards, as the following week Liverpool hosted the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2023]].
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|[[Gordon Lightfoot]]
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|1,118,866 
|[[File:Gordon Lightfoot at Apex Records luncheon (19284161630) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|One of Canada's most admired songwriters, with fans like [[Bob Dylan]], Gordon Lightfoot died at 84, less than a year after his final concert.
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|6
|[[Karl Lagerfeld]]
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|1,001,864 
|[[File:Karl Lagerfeld Cannes.jpg|100px]]
|This year's [[Met Gala]] was themed after this famous stylist who died in 2019 and was a close friend of organizer [[Anna Wintour]]. Lagerfeld's controversies, as among other things he was accused of being [[fatphobia|fatphobic]] and [[Islamophobic]], led to some protests, including going against his quote "Think pink. But don't wear it." by [https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristenharris1/karl-lagerfeld-pink-met-gala-2023 attending the ball in lightish red].
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|7
|[[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]
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|985,253
|[[File:Charlotte_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz_by_Thomas_Frye.jpg|100px]]
|The title character of ''[[Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story]]'', a spin-off to the popular ''[[Bridgerton]]'' series which premiered on Netflix May 4.
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|8
|[[Deaths in 2023]]
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|959,477
|[[File:Skeleton on Burrafirth beach - geograph.org.uk - 1950133.jpg|100px]]
|''[[Killing An Arab|Staring at the sea<br>Staring at the sand<br>Staring at myself<br>Reflected in the eyes of the dead man on the beach...]]''
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|[[Cinco de Mayo]]
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|955,724 
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| Literally translating to the “Fifth of May” in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], Cinco De Mayo celebrates [[Battle of Puebla|the Mexicans triumphing over the French in 1862]].
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|10
|[[George III]]
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|928,040
|[[File:Allan_Ramsay_-_King_George_III_in_coronation_robes_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg|100px]]
|You might think his position on this list is due to the coronation of #4. But his presence here is actually linked to ''[[Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story]]'' – a fictional take on his romance with #7.
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===Killing for religion, something I don't understand (May 7 to 13)  ===
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|''[[The Kerala Story]]''
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|2,299,171 	
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|Another Indian movie on the list, this time based on the Islamophobic conspiracy theory "[[love jihad]]", where a group of women from Kerala convert to Islam and join [[Islamic State|ISIS]], has received awful reviews from critics, and also getting push-back from the [[Indian National Congress]] and the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] for "defaming the state of Kerala and promoting the agenda of the Sangh Parivar". Despite this, it's become the [[List_of_Hindi_films_of_2023|3rd highest grossing grossing Hindi film of 2023.]] 
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|''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3]]''
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|1,955,778
|[[File:C2E2 2014 - Star Lord & Groot (14085634727).jpg|100px]]
|The Marvel Cinematic Universe's most unexpected success story returned for a third go, and has already earned better reviews and box office than ''[[Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania]]''.
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|[[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]
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|1,908,758 
|rowspan=2|[[File:Benjamin West (1738-1820) - George III and Queen Charlotte - RCIN 403546 - Royal Collection.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2|Netflix released the ''[[Bridgerton]]'' spinoff ''[[Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story]]'', centering around a Queen of the United Kingdom during both the end of her life and her romance with King George III.
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|[[George III]]
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|1,896,483
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|5
|[[ChatGPT]]
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|1,759,107 	
|[[File:ChatGP defsenses.png|100px]]
|People are still intrigued and worried by AI, which is already becoming [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00107-z a co-author of scientific papers].
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|6
|[[Eurovision Song Contest 2023]]
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|1,650,872
|[[File:Liverpool Arena Eurovision.jpg|100px]] 
|This here writer arrived in Liverpool to find a chaos of blocked streets and such around [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Lime Street]], and this musical extravaganza was to blame. Sweden won with the song "[[Tattoo (Loreen song)|Tattoo]]".
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|[[Charles III]]
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|1,303,416
|[[File:Charles and Camilla (52877063504) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|Nine months after his mother died and made him king at the ripe age of 72, Charles had a proper coronation.
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|8
|[[Hannah Waddingham]]
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|1,249,873 
|[[File:Hannah Waddingham on March 20, 2023 in the Oval Office of the White House - P20230320AS-2571 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|#6 had as one of its hosts this British actress best known as Rebecca from ''[[Ted Lasso]]'', who among other things made [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B0HktX4xqQ a moving eulogy out of a] [[Rick Roll]].
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|9
|[[Robert De Niro]]
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|1,097,400
|[[File:Robert DeNiro at the world premiere of Killer Elite, Toronto Film Festival 2011 -a.jpg|100px]]
|One of the greatest actors in history, who later this year will see his [[Killers of the Flower Moon (film)|11th(!) movie]] [[Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro|with]] [[Martin Scorsese]] released, revealed he just fathered a daugther at the age of 79.
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|10
|[[2023 SEA Games]]
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|1,049,182
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|Cambodia hosted this multisport event, with the most medals going to Vietnam.
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For the April 8 – May 8 period, per this [[Wikipedia:Database reports/Most edited articles last month|this database report]].


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| [[Deaths in 2023]]
| 1777
| The obituary is always busy. Deaths not listed above include [[Len Goodman]], [[Barry Humphries]], [[Jock Zonfrillo]], [[Tori Bowie]] and [[Manobala]]. (and even if it's out of the Anglosphere, I feel obligated to mention [[Rita Lee]])
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| [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla]]
| 1451 
| The reason why this here writer's visit to London couldn't include entering [[Westminster Abbey]], and had plenty of [[Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom|jewelry]] missing at the [[Tower of London]].
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| [[2023 World Snooker Championship]]
| 1418
|Liverpool hosted this pool tournament, won by [[Luca Brecel]] of Belgium - the first ever champion from a non-Anglophone country, as well as breaking a streak of 4 English and 13 British winners.
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| [[List of guests at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla]]
| 1146
| Just about the entire British monarchy (albeit Charles' son [[Harry, Duke of Sussex|Harry]] was without his wife and kids) and world leaders attended the ceremony. Among normal celebrities, [[Russell Crowe]] [https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russell-crowe-call-coronation-royals-131311275.html is seemingly too uncouth to be invited].
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| [[2023 NBA playoffs]]
| 1112
| Basketball hit the postseason, with a few upsets for the higher seeds in round 1 ([[Milwaukee Bucks|the team with the best regular season]] fell to [[Miami Heat|another that]] [[NBA_play-in_tournament#Eastern_Conference_4|almost didn't get a spot]], the [[Memphis Grizzlies|second]] and [[Sacramento Kings|third]] best teams of the West fell victim to the more victorious [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and [[Golden State Warriors]]), and the [[Phoenix Suns]] continuing their existence of over 50 years without a title by losing in round 2.
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| ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
| 1047
|The [[Nintendo]] adaptation became the first film of the year, and the first post-pandemic animated feature, to pass the $1 billion mark. It's a significant achievement, especially for a video game-based film—for context, the previous highest-grossing video game movie, 2016's ''[[Warcraft (film)|Warcraft]]'', managed only $439 million. All it needs now is a sequel featuring [[Joey Diaz]] and [[Willem Dafoe]] as [[Wario]] and [[Waluigi]] and then I'll be satisfied.
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| [[SpaceX Starship orbital test flight]]
| 1037
|It would be nice if like promised by many science fiction works there were off-world human colonies by 2023. Instead [[Elon Musk]]'s company built [[SpaceX Starship|a massive launch vehicle]], even bigger than [[Saturn V|the ones that sent men to the Moon]], and it exploded a few minutes after take-off due to engine failures.
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| [[2023 Sudan conflict]]
| 1969<br>{{small|(967 as [[2023 Sudan clashes]])}}
|An armed conflict began in Sudan on April 15 after months of rising tensions between the [[Rapid Support Forces]] and the Sudanese government. So far, the violence has claimed almost 600 lives.
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| [[World Chess Championship 2023]]
| 985
|Kazakhstan held a decisive match of [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmasters]], with [[Ding Liren]] becoming the first Chinese titleholder, beating someone from the country mostly associated with chess dominance - albeit for [[2022 invasion of Ukraine|obvious reasons]] [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] is like other Russian athletes currently playing for no flag.
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| ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3]]''
| 848
| A possible make it or break it point for the MCU given how reception for the post-''Avengers: Endgame'' movies have been. Thankfully reviewers and audiences alike approved the return of [[Star-Lord]] and co.
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| [[2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup]]
| 839
| The first of two cricket tournaments among the most edited, this here being a qualifer for the [[2023 Asian Cup]], hosted and won by Nepal.
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| [[2023 Southeast Asian Games]]
| 806
| The medal table among the 11 contestants had Vietnam at first, hosts Cambodia in fourth, and right afterwards the Philippines, whose significant English-speaking population at times brings entries to the Traffic Report.
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| [[2023 NFL Draft]]
| 750
|Two days were spent to organize the transition from [[college football]] to professional one.
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| [[2023 Stanley Cup playoffs]]
| 715
| Hockey has been delivering many surprises in its postseason (and even before, as superstars [[Sidney Crosby]] and [[Alexander Ovechkin]] failed to qualify). [[Boston Bruins|The team with the best regular season ever]] was beaten by [[Florida Panthers|another which only won one round between 1996 and 2022]], [[Colorado Avalanche|the defending champions]] were eliminated by [[Seattle Kraken|a team in only its second season of existence]], [[Toronto Maple Leafs|the league's most valuable franchise]] finally won a round after 19 years...
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| [[2023 Indian Premier League]]
| 710
| While the excessive mobile views make this article be excluded from the regular Traffic Report, frequent updates on India's tournament for their favorite sport enable it for a spot in this one.
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=== Exclusions ===
* These lists exclude the Wikipedia main page, non-article pages (such as [[Wikipedia:Red link|redlinks]]), and anomalous entries (such as DDoS attacks or likely automated views). Since mobile view data became available to the Report in October 2014, we exclude articles that have almost no mobile views (5–6% or less) or almost all mobile views (94–95% or more) because they are very likely to be automated views based on our experience and research of the issue.  Please feel free to discuss any removal on the [[Wikipedia talk:Top 25 Report|Top 25 Report talk page]] if you wish.
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