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Last edited Jul 2, 2026
20,141
Total Edits
5,503
Unique Editors
10/10
Controversy Score
2001
Created
2,895
Watchers
26%
Minor Edits
319K
Monthly Views
20
Edits (90d)
The Wikipedia article on Abraham Lincoln has been edited 20,141 times by 5,503 different editors since it was created roughly 25 years ago in 2001. That works out to an average of about 806 edits per year, though activity is rarely spread evenly — most articles see long quiet stretches punctuated by short bursts of intense editing.
With a controversy score of 10/10, this is one of the more contested articles on English Wikipedia. A score this high means edits are frequently reverted — editors are undoing each other's work rather than building on it, which is the classic signature of an active dispute over how the subject should be described. Readers should treat sections of this article as potentially unstable, and check the talk page to understand what the disagreements are about.
Within the 500 most recent revisions we analysed, the single most active contributor is Maurice Magnus, responsible for about 24% of the changes in that window. That is a fairly healthy spread, suggesting the article is maintained by a broad community rather than dominated by any one voice. The busiest year in our data was 2025, when editing activity peaked — spikes like this usually line up with real-world news events involving the subject.
The sections that show up most often in edit summaries are Memorials and commemorations, Commander-in-Chief, Early life, Lincoln–Douglas debates and Cooper Union speech, Sources. These are the parts of the article that editors revisit most — a useful shortcut to where the action, and any disagreement, is concentrated.
All figures above are computed live from Wikipedia's public revision data. For a deeper explanation of what these numbers mean, see our guides on edit wars, article quality ratings, and how to read an edit history.
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Showing last 500 edits — 2025 to 2026
Last 24 months from Wikimedia Analytics
Sections appearing most in edit summaries.
| # | Editor | Edits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maurice Magnus | 120 | |
| 2 | Nikkimaria | 84 | |
| 3 | ErnestKrause | 21 | |
| 4 | Bruce leverett | 15 | |
| 5 | Alanscottwalker | 15 | |
| 6 | SNUGGUMS | 15 | |
| 7 | CMBGAMER 2018 | 10 | |
| 8 | MisfitToys | 6 | |
| 9 | McPhail | 6 | |
| 10 | Oluwasegu | 6 |