Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 17, 2018

Nihonium TFA on a Saturday[edit]

@Dank, Sandbh, R8R, and YBG: It occurred to me: a chemical element TFA on a Saturday ... is not the best day. With chemistry & periodic table, we see a huge difference in visits between weekdays and weekends. See this pageview list (90 days: includes summer holidays, so much school related views ;-) ).

So I wonder: could we swap this TFA with a weekday one, that is also not tied to a day? -DePiep (talk) 00:06, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the ping, but I don't handle scheduling. This is User:Ealdgyth's month. - Dank (push to talk) 00:40, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

uh...I’m not sure why this is a concern, honestly. @WP:TFA coordinators ...I cant think of any time we’ve rescheduled to increase page views...it’s going to pretty much apply to any article runon a weekend...they all get less page views. Generally, this is at least somewhat good because the vandalism is less. Ealdgyth - Talk 01:16, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, I don't think we've done this in the last 4 years. - Dank (push to talk) 01:40, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Ealdgyth and Dank, shouldn't be a factor Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:27, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alas, that's clear then. It's just: not to "increase page views", but more like "to reach more interested readers". -DePiep (talk) 07:19, 12 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]