Abortion

C-Class

Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Sep 7, 2026

13,973

Total Edits

3,542

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2001

Created

1,257

Watchers

25%

Minor Edits

21K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 4% of the reported 13,973 edits. It cannot establish why a change was made, whether it is correct, or what happened outside this window.

Retrieved for this report: Oct 6, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC. Totals and pageviews are source-provided; the activity signal and section list are derived from the retrieved window.

What this edit history shows

The Wikipedia article on Abortion has been edited 13,973 times since it was created in 2001, by 3,542 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 561 recorded changes a year, or several every day, which puts it among the more actively maintained pages on the encyclopedia.

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, the ten busiest contributors account for about 45% of the changes, with the rest spread across a long tail of occasional editors. That is a fairly typical mix of regular maintainers and passing corrections. In the same window, about 9% of the retrieved revisions came from bot accounts, which handle routine work such as link repair and reference formatting.

Within the retrieved window, 2024 carries the most recorded activity, with 214 changes. 34 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 29 days ago.

Readership is cooling: the last three months of pageviews run about 37% below the preceding period. The clearest peak in that record falls in November 2024. Traffic spikes and editing spikes often line up, but the revision record alone cannot tell you which one caused the other, or whether an outside event drove both.

This report is built from the 500 most recent revisions retrieved from Wikipedia, about 4% of the 13,973 recorded edits. Figures drawn from that window describe the window only, and the report cannot establish why a change was made or whether it was correct. For older revisions, talk-page discussion and full context, follow the source history on Wikipedia.

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Monthly Pageviews

Last 24 months from Wikimedia Analytics

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Most Edited Sections

Sections appearing most in edit summaries.

SafetyHistory and religionReligionMental healthInduced

Recent Changeslast 90 days

OAbot[[Wikipedia:OABOT|Open access bot]]: url-access=subscription updated in citation with #oabot.
Sep 7, 2026
Supyovalk+ Navbox
Sep 6, 2026
Lunullaadded citation, reworded sentence for tone, added translation/definition
Sep 4, 2026
Lunullaadded citation and relevant information
Sep 4, 2026
Lunullarevised existing information with citation and specific detail
Sep 3, 2026
Lunullaitalics, added specific scripture info
Sep 3, 2026
Lunullaadded citation and specific information from the source
Sep 3, 2026
DiscreetParrotDrop dup-ref false positives. In each of these cases one of the two supposedly duplicated instances includes quoted text from the source, making them unique references.
Aug 31, 2026
DiscreetParrotFix duplicated citation
Aug 31, 2026
DiscreetParrotFix duplicate reference
Aug 31, 2026
DiscreetParrotDescription of WHO definition was almost the same as the WHO text, and thus raised a copyright concern. Fix by copying the sentence exactly and putting in quotes.
Aug 31, 2026
EmergentAnarchyreplace deprecated param
Aug 30, 2026
Pac VetenTagged [[WP:DUPREF|duplicate citations]] using [[User:Polygnotus/DuplicateReferences|DuplicateReferences]]
Aug 28, 2026
AnomieBOT[[User:AnomieBOT/docs/TemplateSubster|Substing templates]]: {{Format ISBN}}. See [[User:AnomieBOT/docs/TemplateSubster]] for info.
Aug 13, 2026
Trappist the monkremoved deprecated |citeseerx= parameters;
Aug 13, 2026
OAbot[[Wikipedia:OABOT|Open access bot]]: doi updated in citation with #oabot.
Aug 10, 2026
NightHeronrv explained on talk-page
Aug 5, 2026
Deomgloradded secondary source
Aug 5, 2026
Binksternettrim... this stuff should have a [[WP:SECONDARY]] source to lend it a sense of significance to the topic
Aug 5, 2026
DeomglorAdded TST rituals as part of Satanism
Aug 5, 2026

Common questions about Abortion on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Abortion been edited?

Wikipedia records 13,973 edits to Abortion since the article was created in 2001. Those edits come from 3,542 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Abortion the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is NightHeron, with 57 edits. A high edit count reflects recorded activity in this window only; it does not imply ownership of the article or that the edits were accepted unchanged.

When was the Wikipedia article on Abortion created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Abortion is dated November 5, 2001, making the article about 25 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Abortion edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2024 holds the most recorded changes, at 214. Because the report covers a retrieved window rather than the entire history, an earlier year outside that window could have been busier.

How do I see the full edit history of Abortion on Wikipedia?

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