the WEEKLYPEDIA

A list of the most edited Wikipedia articles and discussions from the last week.

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Hello there! Welcome to our weekly digest of Wikipedia activity.

Articles

This week, 105,414 authors made 608,643 changes to 244,621 different articles. The top 20 articles for the week:

  1. 2014 Hong Kong protests (1,063 changes by 72 authors)
  2. Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa (536 changes by 107 authors)
  3. Steak (427 changes by 17 authors)
  4. 2014 National League Division Series (342 changes by 16 authors)
  5. Deaths in 2014 (325 changes by 78 authors)
  6. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (300 changes by 52 authors)
  7. Bang Bang! (296 changes by 57 authors)
  8. Same-sex marriage in the United States (290 changes by 44 authors)
  9. America's Next Top Model (cycle 21) (279 changes by 13 authors)
  10. 2014 Pacific typhoon season (267 changes by 16 authors)
  11. 2014 Ebola virus cases in the United States (261 changes by 61 authors)
  12. Ismah (260 changes by 8 authors)
  13. Gone Girl (film) (250 changes by 41 authors)
  14. Siege of Ayn al-Arab (229 changes by 36 authors)
  15. Gittern (225 changes by 3 authors)
  16. 2014 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Singles (221 changes by 14 authors)
  17. Military intervention against Islamic State (218 changes by 41 authors)
  18. List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita (201 changes by 2 authors)
  19. Barry Williams (spree killer) (200 changes by 7 authors)
  20. The X Factor (UK series 11) (200 changes by 26 authors)

New Articles

The ten most actively edited articles created within the last week.

  1. Barry Williams (spree killer) (200 changes by 7 authors)
  2. Mekinges Conner (132 changes by 9 authors)
  3. Layer Quaternity (113 changes by 5 authors)
  4. List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 11) (109 changes by 8 authors)
  5. J. Shimon & J. Lindemann (109 changes by 4 authors)
  6. List of notable Hakkas (96 changes by 5 authors)
  7. List of Indian Film Selections and Winners at Cannes Film Festival (91 changes by 6 authors)
  8. Susan Irvine (88 changes by 3 authors)
  9. Epistemic Standard Economy (85 changes by 5 authors)
  10. Ancoats Hall (85 changes by 9 authors)

Discussions

The most active discussions:

  1. Gamergate controversy
  2. Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa
  3. Historicity of Jesus
  4. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
  5. 2014 Hong Kong protests

Stats

A few numbers from last week:

About

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