QUOTE(Ottava @ Wed 23rd November 2011, 8:53pm)
The articles I worked on were all highly viewed and traditional when it came to academia.
However, most of the articles at FAC were obscure animals, obscure roads, obscure bands, obscure military battles, etc.
You forgot about obscure weather events.
Personally I think that Wikipedia is most helpful with producing medium-obscure content where there is some academic value. There are plenty of places you can find out about Michael Jackson on the web. There are relatively few where you can find out about Mary Wollstonecraft. I would regard the latter as much more valuable than the former, never mind the hits.