Wikipedia readers turned to Robert Sullivan (judoka) at 685x the usual rate

What this article is

John Robert Sullivan is a British former judoka. He competed in the men's half-middleweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1973 he married Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 17 edits to this article on 2026-07-09, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• Personal life
• Athletic career
• Business and property

What changed that day

The article grew by 2,517 characters that day. The largest single addition was 2,238 characters. See everything that changed on 2026-07-09 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.

Rose at the same time

2 other articles that this one is connected to surged alongside it. What they have in common is left to you — the pageview record shows that attention moved together, not why.

• Bonnie Tyler Welsh singer (1951–2026)
• Total Eclipse of the Heart 1983 single by Bonnie Tyler

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.