Wikipedia just announced the 15 most edited pages of all time - here they are
To celebrate its 15-year anniversary, Wikipedia has released data on which of its pages have been edited the most over the course of its existence.
George W. Bush took the top spot with 45,862 edits, 3,000 ahead of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) roster page. The rest of the list is a mixture of controversial figures, pages that need to constantly be updated, and Wikipedia itself.
In total, Wikipedia says that its 5,053,647 articles have been edited 808,187,367 times.
Here is Wikipedia's list:
We had previously looked at the most controversial Wikipedia pages and examined which aspects of the legacies of famous figures were still being fought over.
Below we've included the list of the 27 most edited pages of people on Wikipedia, along with a sample edit from each that highlights an area of controversy. Edits removing portions of the text are shown in red, and edits adding new text are shown in blue.
The list spans from Britney Spears and Jesus to Bill Clinton and Adolf Hitler: