New York Times, September 11, 2011
By Noam Cohen

As the nation marked this terrible anniversary, people invariably turned to Wikipedia to learn about the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Nearly two million page views were registered last September for the article "September 11 Attacks." This September, the total page view number could be something like six million. Likewise, readers have repeatedly turned to the article "9/11 Conspiracy Theories." The article had 400,000 page views last September, and is on pace to have more than a million views this year. One thing is certain, however. Not one of those visitors got to the conspiracy theories page by making a hypertext leap from a link in the main article about the Sept. 11 attacks.

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