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The most-edited articles each year on English Wikipedia, as they appeared back then. Learn more.

2001

  1. Creationism 124 edits
  2. Recent deaths 113 edits
  3. Feminism 80 edits
  4. Intelligent design 76 edits
  5. Christianity and homosexuality 62 edits
  6. Judeo-Christian 59 edits
  7. Opera (web browser) 53 edits
  8. Order of magnitude 53 edits
  9. Falsifiability 49 edits
  10. History of Poland 48 edits

2002

  1. Main Page 449 edits
  2. List of Canadians 289 edits
  3. Jehovah's Witnesses 267 edits
  4. Anarchism 266 edits
  5. Recent deaths 258 edits
  6. George W. Bush 237 edits
  7. List of novelists by nationality 232 edits
  8. List of French people 224 edits
  9. List of mathematics articles 220 edits
  10. Christopher Columbus 218 edits

2003

  1. Main Page 2,072 edits
  2. Deaths in 2003 826 edits
  3. Timeline of computer and video games 732 edits
  4. Jesus 690 edits
  5. 2003 in music 646 edits
  6. New York City 628 edits
  7. New Imperialism 584 edits
  8. Mother Teresa 562 edits
  9. George W. Bush 555 edits
  10. Severe acute respiratory syndrome 539 edits

2004

  1. George W. Bush 5,527 edits
  2. John Kerry 4,183 edits
  3. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 3,188 edits
  4. Deaths in 2004 2,326 edits
  5. Sexual slang 2,101 edits
  6. 2,004 United States presidential election controversy and irregularities 2076 edits
  7. Jews 1,999 edits
  8. Adolf Hitler 1,800 edits
  9. Wiki 1,771 edits
  10. Jesus 1,712 edits

2005

  1. George W. Bush 20,894 edits
  2. Hurricane Katrina 8,808 edits
  3. Wikipedia 7,860 edits
  4. Adolf Hitler 6,659 edits
  5. Jesus 6,519 edits
  6. Terri Schiavo case 6,137 edits
  7. 2005 Atlantic hurricane season 6,035 edits
  8. Pope Benedict XVI 5,947 edits
  9. United States 5,705 edits
  10. Michael Jackson 4,997 edits

2006

  1. 2006 Lebanon War 15,067 edits
  2. Deaths in 2006 13,948 edits
  3. Wii 12,735 edits
  4. Wikipedia 12,472 edits
  5. United States 9,440 edits
  6. RuneScape 9,333 edits
  7. List of WWE personnel 9,293 edits
  8. 2006 FIFA World Cup 9,248 edits
  9. PlayStation 3 8,628 edits
  10. World War II 8,116 edits

2007

  1. Deaths in 2007 18,089 edits
  2. List of WWE personnel 9,825 edits
  3. Virginia Tech shooting 9,116 edits
  4. 2007 9,048 edits
  5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 7,653 edits
  6. 2007 in music 6,979 edits
  7. List of Ben 10 aliens 6,371 edits
  8. Blackout (Britney Spears album) 5,934 edits
  9. Heroes (TV series) 5,743 edits
  10. Thomas & Friends video releases 5,738 edits

2008

  1. Deaths in 2008 18,969 edits
  2. Sarah Palin 10,429 edits
  3. 2008 9,155 edits
  4. List of United States political families 8,698 edits
  5. Barack Obama 8,193 edits
  6. Russo-Georgian War 7,982 edits
  7. Catholic Church 7,598 edits
  8. List of WWE personnel 7,296 edits
  9. FC Singen 04 6,043 edits
  10. The Dark Knight (film) 5,625 edits

2009

  1. Deaths in 2009 20,678 edits
  2. Gaza War (2008-09) 10,490 edits
  3. 2009 flu pandemic 7,460 edits
  4. 2009 7,008 edits
  5. Chevrolet Vega 5,991 edits
  6. 2009 in music 5,595 edits
  7. Total Drama Action 5,353 edits
  8. List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN 5,315 edits
  9. I Am... World Tour 5,011 edits
  10. Miss Universe 2009 4,939 edits

2010

  1. Deaths in 2010 20,789 edits
  2. Miss Universe 2010 6,109 edits
  3. Gaza flotilla raid 5,881 edits
  4. Deepwater Horizon oil spill 5,128 edits
  5. Toy Story 3 4,860 edits
  6. 2010 Atlantic hurricane season 4,816 edits
  7. Tea Party movement 4,524 edits
  8. 2010 Haiti earthquake 4,395 edits
  9. Big Time Rush 4,278 edits
  10. 2010 in film 4,236 edits

2011

  1. Deaths in 2011 16,283 edits
  2. Libyan Civil War (2011) 9,311 edits
  3. Egyptian Revolution of 2011 6,470 edits
  4. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 5,339 edits
  5. Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster 5,245 edits
  6. Occupy Wall Street 5,236 edits
  7. Arab Spring 5,112 edits
  8. List of 1000 Ways to Die episodes 4,535 edits
  9. The Undertaker 4,327 edits
  10. American Idol (season 10) 4,276 edits

2012

  1. Deaths in 2012 17,263 edits
  2. Syrian Civil War 7,760 edits
  3. Gangnam Style 5,028 edits
  4. American Idol (season 11) 5,011 edits
  5. 2012 in film 4865 edits
  6. Shooting of Trayvon Martin 4,619 edits
  7. 2012 Atlantic hurricane season 4,295 edits
  8. Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012 4,292 edits
  9. Just Dance 4 4,290 edits
  10. Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting 4,157 edits

2013

  1. Deaths in 2013 22,470 edits
  2. 2013 Pacific typhoon season 6,077 edits
  3. Boston Marathon bombing 6,005 edits
  4. List of works by Eugène Guillaume 5,707 edits
  5. Edward Snowden 4,522 edits
  6. Just Dance 2014 4,410 edits
  7. American Idol (season 12) 3,917 edits
  8. Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 16) 3,876 edits
  9. ATP World Tour records 3,521 edits
  10. Pope Francis 3,515 edits

2014

  1. Deaths in 2014 19,957 edits
  2. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 10,055 edits
  3. Japanese dissidence during the Shōwa period 8,234 edits
  4. Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa 7,733 edits
  5. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 7,410 edits
  6. 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict 6,454 edits
  7. Shooting of Michael Brown 5,998 edits
  8. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 5,081 edits
  9. 2014 Pacific typhoon season 5,035 edits
  10. List of works by Eugène Guillaume 4,224 edits

2015

  1. Deaths in 2015 18,271 edits
  2. Geospatial summary of the High Peaks/Summits of the Juneau Icefield 7,290 edits
  3. 2015 Pacific typhoon season 6,147 edits
  4. 2015 in sports 6,085 edits
  5. Charlie Hebdo shooting 4,892 edits
  6. Miss World 2015 4,806 edits
  7. ATP World Tour records 4,758 edits
  8. November 2015 Paris attacks 4,576 edits
  9. Asia's Next Top Model (cycle 3) 4,328 edits
  10. List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent 4,317 edits

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