--- description: Wikipedia, the Internet's crowdsourced encyclopedia, celebrates its 15th birthday Friday. title: The 15 Most Edited Wikipedia Articles of All Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4edf0a170f9af10/6988792ecd1bba7a036fef4a/gettyimages-454451994.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The 15 Most Edited Wikipedia Articles of All Time  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 14, 2016 5:14 PM CUT  Former U.S. President George W. Bush attends a game between the Southern Methodist Mustangs and the Baylor Bears at McLane Stadium on August 31, 2014 in Waco, Texas. Former U.S. President George W. Bush attends a game between the Southern Methodist Mustangs and the Baylor Bears at McLane Stadium on August 31, 2014 in Waco, Texas.Ronald Martinez—Getty Images  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 14, 2016 5:14 PM CUT [Wikipedia](http://time.com/3667915/wikipedia-anniversary/ "undefined"), the Internet’s crowdsourced encyclopedia, celebrates its 15th birthday Friday. To mark the occasion, the site has [published a list](http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/14/most-edited-articles/ "undefined") of the 15 most heavily edited English-language articles. From President George W. Bush to the Catholic Church, these are some of the most contentious pages on the site: 1. George W. Bush (45,862) 2. List of WWE personnel (42,863) 3. United States (35,742) 4. Wikipedia (33,958) 5. Michael Jackson (28,152) 6. Jesus (28,084) 7. Catholic Church (26,421) 8. List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN (25,188) 9. Barack Obama (24,708) 10. Adolf Hitler (24,612) 11. Britney Spears (23,802) 12. World War II (23,739) 13. Deaths in 2013 (22,529) 14. The Beatles (22,399) 15. India (22,271) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4181001/wikipedia-most-edited-articles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4181001/wikipedia-most-edited-articles/"},"headline":"The 15 Most Edited Wikipedia Articles of All Time","datePublished":"2016-01-14T17:14:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:07:16.045Z","description":"From George W. Bush to The Beatles","url":"https://time.com/4181001/wikipedia-most-edited-articles/","keywords":["Tech","Web","Wikipedia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4edf0a170f9af10/6988792ecd1bba7a036fef4a/gettyimages-454451994.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4edf0a170f9af10/6988792ecd1bba7a036fef4a/gettyimages-454451994.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SMU v Baylor","caption":"SMU v Baylor","creditText":"Ronald Martinez—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4181001/wikipedia-most-edited-articles/","name":"The 15 Most Edited Wikipedia Articles of All Time"}}]}] ```