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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, 67,907 authors made 716,388 changes to 379,992 different articles. The top 20 articles for the week:

  1. Ann Widdecombe (734 changes by 178 authors)
  2. Lindsey Graham (672 changes by 244 authors)
  3. Deaths in 2026 (580 changes by 104 authors)
  4. Darline Graham (530 changes by 175 authors)
  5. Map (419 changes by 12 authors)
  6. Sam Neill (325 changes by 112 authors)
  7. 1990s nostalgia (324 changes by 5 authors)
  8. 2026 United States Senate election in South Carolina (282 changes by 99 authors)
  9. Federal University of Lafia (262 changes by 18 authors)
  10. Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse (259 changes by 23 authors)
  11. The Odyssey (2026 film) (251 changes by 68 authors)
  12. 2026 Japan Open (249 changes by 17 authors)
  13. Confessions II (243 changes by 57 authors)
  14. 2026 Pacific typhoon season (242 changes by 44 authors)
  15. Academy of Vocal Arts (233 changes by 4 authors)
  16. 2026–27 UEFA Conference League qualifying (first and second round matches) (227 changes by 18 authors)
  17. Sibelius Monument (225 changes by 3 authors)
  18. 2026 Iran war (219 changes by 39 authors)
  19. State funeral of Ali Khamenei (211 changes by 49 authors)
  20. List of 2026 FIFA World Cup controversies (207 changes by 86 authors)

New Articles

The ten most actively edited articles created within the last week

  1. Abdul Hamid al-Awak (143 changes by 9 authors)
  2. 2026 Iași Open – Women's singles (132 changes by 13 authors)
  3. Death of Nolan Wells (128 changes by 11 authors)
  4. 2026 Bangkok pub fire (113 changes by 38 authors)
  5. 2026 Croatia Open Umag – Singles (111 changes by 13 authors)
  6. Killing of Joan Sebastian Guerrero (108 changes by 45 authors)
  7. Battle of Dol (1076) (108 changes by 2 authors)
  8. 2026 Swiss Open Gstaad – Singles (108 changes by 12 authors)
  9. 2026 Athens Open – Singles (94 changes by 17 authors)
  10. 2026 Swedish Open – Men's singles (90 changes by 10 authors)

Discussions

The most active discussions:

  1. Tang dynasty
  2. Women in Islam
  3. Palm Beach International Airport
  4. Intellectual diversity
  5. Sam Neill

Stats

A few numbers from last week:

  • 67,907 registered users and 0 unregistered users made 716,388 edits to 379,992 articles
  • Unregistered users made 55 edits to 19 articles
  • 40 robots made 68,762 edits to 65,174 articles

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This project retrieves a list of the week's recent changes using Wikimedia Tool Labs, and delivers emails using Sendy. Code and more information available on GitHub. Built by Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud Hashemi.

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