The Coming Week: 1/1/15-1/3/15

12/31/2014 - With the new year tomorrow, we'll start to watch which of the articles selected for each player's team will have the most pageviews. Many articles selected by the players are expected to have more pageviews due to an event. Each week, I'll highlight some articles that we expect might see some extra action.

Articles of the Week: Lithuania and Chicago Blackhawks

Article: Lithuania

  

Category: Geography, Politics, Religion, and History
Owner: 50 Shades of Wiki (Team 3)
Pageviews in January 2014: 118,205

What's coming: Lithuania joins the Eurozone on January 1, 2015, and the player behind Team 3 is hoping that will lead to more Lithuania in the news. Lithuania is the last of the Baltic states to join the Eurozone after Latvia joined the Eurozone exactly one year before. 

Latvia saw a modest increase in pageviews from January 2013 to January 2014, going from 161,933 to 163,919, a 1.2% increase. Over the same time period, Lithuania's pageviews decreased by almost 30%. It will be interesting to see how much Team 3 benefits from Lithuania's move to the Euro.

Article: Chicago Blackhawks

Category: Arts, Entertainment, and Sports

Owner: Wiki Wiki What?! (Team 7)

Pageviews in January 2014: 40,469

What's coming: On January 1, 2015, the Chicago Blackhawks face off against the Washington Capitals in the 2015 NHL Winter Classic. This is a high-profile outdoors game, which could lead to more exposure for the Chicago Blackhawks, and more pageviews for Team 7. 

Some bad news for Team 7: it didn't seem to help last year. The Toronto Maple Leafs were part of the 2014 NHL Winter Classic, but their pageviews decreased by over 50% from January 2013 to January 2014, while the Blackhawks' page only decreased by 36%. Still, other factors were involved, so the Winter Classic should help the Blackhawks overall.