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Barry Melrose is the new rank 1 on Wikipedia Trending at as_of 2026-09-11T08:01:37.527219+00:00 (microseconds 527219), a day after ESPN said the former Los Angeles Kings coach and studio analyst died at 70. wikipedia get_growth returned no_data for Melrose and for Drew Lock, so those metrics are omitted. Versus the September 10 Wikipedia roundup, Ben Shelton, Emma Navarro, Jessica Pegula, and Hanuman Ansh drop off while Melrose, Lock, Charlie Kirk, Mike McFarland, and Sabah FK enter.
Top trending articles on Wikipedia: September 11
Barry Melrose: NHL defenseman, 1993 Kings Stanley Cup Final coach, and ESPN hockey analyst from 1996 until a 2023 Parkinson's diagnosis. Died September 9 at 70; ESPN announced it that night. New at 1.
Drew Lock: Seattle Seahawks backup quarterback. Relieved Sam Darnold (right hip) in Wednesday night's 13-10 win over the New England Patriots, going 16 of 22 for 187 yards and a 45-yard touchdown to Jaxon Smith-Njigba. New at 2. Darnold is expected to miss Week 2 at Arizona on September 20.
Charlie Kirk: Turning Point USA co-founder, shot at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. The one-year mark drew a Dallas midterm-convention tribute and a UVU campus memorial on September 10. New at 3. wikipedia 30D growth printed 0.0 through 2026-08-01 with volume 2,174 vs 2,239, so that window is omitted.
Killing of the Clancy children: Massachusetts case that ended in a mistrial on September 4 after an 11-1 deadlock. Slips 2 to 4. WCVB on September 11 quoted a juror saying the panel let Lindsay down.
Assassination of Charlie Kirk: Dedicated page for the September 10, 2025 UVU shooting. New at 5, sitting next to the biography at 3.
Elizabeth Holmes: Theranos founder. You Can See Everything premiered at Telluride on September 6, with A24 set for theatrical release in October. Slips 3 to 6.
September 11 attacks: 2001 al-Qaeda attacks. Climbs 10 to 7 on the 25th anniversary. BBC coverage on September 11 framed remaining lessons for spies and missed opportunities.
Mike McFarland: English-dub voice actor and ADR director (Master Roshi in Dragon Ball, Buggy in One Piece, Jean Kirstein in Attack on Titan). Died September 9 at 56 after glioblastoma diagnosed in August 2025. New at 8.
Sabah FK (Azerbaijan): Baku club founded in 2017, 2025-26 Azerbaijan Premier League champion, first Champions League league-phase side. New at 9 after the September 10 league-phase opener at Manchester United.
List of songs recorded by Bruce Springsteen: Catalog page. New at 10 after Springsteen posted the first seven songs of the Land of Hope and Dreams Philadelphia Freedom Cut on September 9, including Streets of Minneapolis.
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What changed on Wikipedia since yesterday
New at 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, and 10: Melrose, Lock, Charlie Kirk, Assassination of Charlie Kirk, McFarland, Sabah FK, Springsteen song list. Dropped: Ben Shelton (was 1), Emma Navarro (4), Jessica Pegula (5), Navier-Stokes equations (6), Deaths in 2026 (7), Trinity Rodman (8), Hanuman Ansh (9). Clancy 2 to 4. Holmes 3 to 6. September 11 attacks 10 to 7. No overlapping name moved 5 ranks.
What today's Wikipedia articles reveal
The September 11 board is a death-and-anniversary stack, not a tennis leftover. Melrose, McFarland, and Kirk replace Shelton and the U.S. Open cluster that led yesterday.
NFL still prints: Lock is rank 2 because Darnold left Wednesday's Super Bowl rematch and Lock threw the tying score. Football and obituaries share space with the 25th anniversary of the 2001 attacks at 7 and with Sabah's first Champions League night. The Springsteen list is a catalog click after a concert-film drop, not a new studio album.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type Wikipedia Trending and limit 10, pulled at as_of 2026-09-11T08:01:37.527219+00:00 (microseconds 527219). Growth was requested for the top 3; Melrose and Lock returned no_data. The Wikipedia Trending API page documents the feed.
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