Last week we passed our one year mark since we started this blog. It’s been an enjoyable experience to be part of this project. Thanks for coming along! I decided to look at the site stats to see what posts our readers were most interested in. Here’s the Top 10.
| Post | Author |
| Sacred Molehill: Women’s Garments (And Men’s) | Mike S |
| Unveiling the 2010 Church Handbook of Instructions | Bored In Vernal |
| Good vs Great: Iomega and General Conference Statistics | Mike S |
| Was the Civil War Prophecy About the Civil War? | FireTag |
| Mormons and Feminism | Stephen Marsh |
| Science & Religion #3: Scientific Search For Truth | Mike S |
| Sacred Molehill: Tattoos | Mike S |
| Uncorrelated Mormons: Put your Money Where Your Mouth is. | Andrew S |
| Sacred Molehill: Tithe the Church’s For-Profit Businesses | Mike S |
| Elder Cook: Doctrinal Development on the Role of Women | Bored In Vernal |
I must say that I was a bit surprised that there were no political posts in the top 10. It sure seems like those posts are often highly contested; apparently they attract a narrower, more vocal crowd. Who would’ve thunk that garments appealed to the most readers?
I also thought it might be interesting to see what the top posts were by month:
Sept – (Andrew S) Strange bedfellows for progressive Mormons
Aug – (Mormon Heretic) Interesting Presentations at Weber State
July – (Mike S) If I Were in Charge, Stop Requiring Specific Donations for Spiritual Participation
June – (Mike S) If I Were in Charge, Tithe the Church’s For Profit Business
May – (Andrew S) Uncorrelated Mormons Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
April – (Mike S) Good vs. Great: Iomega and GC Statistics
Mar – (Shenpa Warrior) How do these BYU athletes get caught
Feb – (Andrew S) John Dehlin and the Technicolor Blog Game Changer
Dec – (Hawkgrrrl & jmb275) The CHI Says What?
Oct – (Jeff Spector) Mormon News of the Weird
Anybody else surprised that these 2 lists don’t match? Do you have any favorite posts not listed here?
Wheat & Tares 
I should ask, are there any topics you would like us to address?
Women praying in meetings. I’m getting perturbed again about this.
Annegb, I kind of like women praying in meetings, so that doesn’t preturb me at all.
Locally we went through women always giving the opening prayer and men the closing (“mom & pop” prayers we called them) and now it is kind of random.
I am going to rise up and smack somebody.
I’m perturbed because women in my stake are not allowed to open meetings in prayer. It’s a specific choice on the part of our leaders.
We nearly always have a man and a woman say the opening and/or closing prayers – and in no particular rotation, so it’s not a problem. And we very specifically do NOT choose a couple, as that is exclusionary for unmarried people. Luckily, we don’t have that problem, and we’re here in the heart of SLC with General Authorities regularly in attendance.
“I should ask, are there any topics you would like us to address?”
Jane Elizabeth Manning James, eternal servant. Perfect topic for you, MH.
great suggestion brian. i will keep that one in mind. sorry about the prayers in your stake annegb. I live in utah county and it is not a problem here.
annegb – that is very frustrating. I can only say people are idiots.
Re: Anybody else surprised that these 2 lists don’t match?
Not really.
1) By their nature related to a specific event, some posts have a peak, but some have continued views. For example, the Science & Religion #3 post never really had a high peak, but is viewed fairly consistently.
2) Also, the “all-time” list is skewed toward earlier posts. The September post only theoretically had one month of views, while one from last spring has had multiple months.
Thanks for the list and update.
Thanks for the list. Having not been around when WT was started as it was back in the days of my online innocence when the bloggernacle was some word I had only heard in hushed voices at church. Its good to be able to see some of the great posts that I missed and they really are excellent posts.
I’m impressed by the way that comments do not necessarily reflect visits. Surprised too.