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This is a list of the articles with the most references on Wikipedia. Reference count updates and the inclusion of articles are done manually and reflect the information as of the date indicated for the respective article. For a more accurate and comprehensive list, see User:KiranBOT/MOSTREFS.
Articles which are linked to from many places generally cover important topics. They are likely to be read often and therefore should be of the highest quality. It may also be the case that such a popular article covers too broad a topic and could benefit from being split into several more concise entries.
First instance of an article receiving 5+ million page views in a week as the week's #2 most visited article. 17 5 December 25–31, 2016: Carrie Fisher: 9,202,699 18 11 George Michael: 7,744,516 Ranked #2 during week. Second instance of an article receiving 5+ million page views in a week as the week's #2 most visited article. 19 13 Debbie ...
University of Milan created an engine of the complete yearly ranking of all Wikipedia articles for 2014–2021. [5] In 2013 the BBC published an article discussing most searched Wikipedia articles in 2012 in different languages. [6] Other versions of top-lists for shorter periods are regularly published and discussed by external popular media.
Article unedited for the longest time: See Wikipedia:Database reports/Forgotten articles Most edits to one article in a single day: 7 July 2005 London bombings (2,857 edits in 24 hours) [ bz ] Most edits by a bot : MalnadachBot ( 11,637,095 edits as of 29 March 2024)
An actual ranking of the most common sites would likely require analysis by a computer program. Note that the numbers in this table (if current) will be 1 higher than the number shown at the top of the corresponding Wikipedia article, since that number only counts other languages, excluding English.
A civil war that has been going on for thirteen years was only the most recent part of Syria's decades-long sociopolitical chaos, and the conflict has regained international attention following the opposition taking over capital Damascus (#21) and ousting #1 (#20). The war is far from over, and with neighboring countries launching invasions ...
There are 6,633 featured articles out of 6,926,544 articles on the English Wikipedia (about 0.1% or one out of every 1,040 articles). Articles that no longer meet the criteria can be proposed for improvement or removal at featured article review .