Beaufort Castle, Lebanon drew 100,370 Wikipedia views in a day

What this article is

Beaufort or Belfort Castle, known locally as Qal'at al-Shaqif or Shaqif Arnun, is a Crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon, about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the south-south-east of the village of Arnoun. There was a fortification on the site before it was captured by Fulk, King of Jerusalem, in 1139 and construction of the Crusader castle probably began soon after. Saladin captured Beaufort in 1190, but 50 years later Crusaders re-took it. In 1268 Sultan Baibars finally captured the castle for the Islamic forces.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 35 edits to this article on 2026-05-31, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• Modern era
• 21st century
• Medieval era
• History
• 20th century
• Modern Era

What changed that day

The article grew by 1,903 characters that day. The largest single addition was 1,437 characters. See everything that changed on 2026-05-31 in Wikipedia's own diff view — that is where the reason for a surge is usually visible, written and sourced by the editors who were following the story.

How this was measured

Views are Wikimedia's own pageview counts for en.wikipedia, filtered to agent=user so automated traffic is excluded. The baseline is the median of the previous 60 days, which is used instead of the mean so that an earlier surge cannot flatten a later one. The multiple is the day's views divided by that median.