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Semi-protected edit request on 15 March 2021

Some of the pages missing redirects have redirects under different names. Adding these would make it clear that they do not need new pages, as well as making it easier to use this article. Mr Shwhale (talk) 12:46, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. I don't think Zhanqi TV has an article though. Volteer1 (talk) 15:43, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article based entirely on one source (Alexa Rankings)

As of August 2020, this article relies entirely on a single source, and has essentially become a list of what Alexa Internet considers the most popular websites. Late last year, probably with the best of intentions, User:RealFakeKim removed all SimilarWeb rankings as these were "very out of date". The article is semi-protected, so as an IP editor I cannot modify it myself, but another editor could (re)add the February 2021 Top Websites rankings as provided by SimilarWeb. An alternative, if nobody's willing to put in the effort, could be to rename this article to include the word "Alexa". It's disappointing to visit a "List of most popular websites" on Wikipedia, and then get an overview that, with the exception of internal links for the sites, is a copy of what Alexa already told me. --143.176.30.65 (talk) 10:08, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good observation. I agree with your conclusions, there should be more sources listed than just the Alexa Internet one. Furthermore, I also question the validity of the Alexa Internet rankings; they still list the Chinese streaming site Panda.tv (similar to Twitch.tv, but mainly for a Chinese-language audience) as one of the top 50 most visited websites (currently listed at place 22), but that site was shut down in March 2019, more than two years ago. Some fans are probably still visiting that site, but since it contains only a static tombstone page, I find a bit odd that Panda.tv is listed as the 22nd most visited site in the world. For this reason, and also in general, it would be good to list at least another source (like SimilarWeb). Inloggat (talk) 17:45, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed as well. It seems strange to have a page with only one source of data & no external backup or reference to it's validity. There are several sources with different ranking methods as well, less based on actual traffic (like Similarweb) yet might be valid on their own scale (i.e sites like Moz, Ahrefs, SemRush) - I think it would make sense to cite them at least, and add more dynamic data to the table from those who are updated regularly. GrowTHC (talk) 08:04, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 13 September 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. There is consensus for List of most visited websites, which includes 3 direct supports. The sole oppose vote seems to be only opposing because of using the word "the", which the nominator proposed, so I assume they would be satisfied with this title. The nominator too prefers "visited" over "popular".

As for using the word "the", only the nominator supports this, no one else. Nominator's reason for this is "flow naturally". But one vote points out that using "the" would be be against WP:CONSISTENCY. That's a policy based reason for not using "the" and it is favored by the majority anyway. (non-admin closure) VR talk 20:52, 14 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of most popular websites → List of the most visited websites – I think having "the" in the title makes the title flow naturally. "Visited" is a better descriptor than "popular" since "popular" can mean many things. Interstellarity (talk) 23:30, 13 September 2021 (UTC)— Relisting. Havelock Jones (talk) 17:23, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose for "visited" "Popular" is more frequently searched by readers on search engines. Uttarpradeshi (talk) 18:27, 14 September 2021 (UTC) Struck comment by block evader per WP:EVASION. Interstellarity (talk) 15:46, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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