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Last edited Apr 1, 2026
4,495
Total Edits
273
Unique Editors
9/10
Controversy Score
2001
Created
1,191
Watchers
4%
Minor Edits
2K
Monthly Views
0
Edits (90d)
The Wikipedia article on Theory of relativity has been edited 4,495 times by 273 different editors since it was created roughly 25 years ago in 2001. That works out to an average of about 180 edits per year, though activity is rarely spread evenly โ most articles see long quiet stretches punctuated by short bursts of intense editing.
With a controversy score of 9/10, this is one of the more contested articles on English Wikipedia. A score this high means edits are frequently reverted โ 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 DVdm, responsible for about 10% 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 2016, when editing activity peaked โ spikes like this usually line up with real-world news events involving the subject. Roughly 29% of the recent edits came from anonymous (IP-address) or unregistered editors.
The sections that show up most often in edit summaries are Special relativity, On the theory of relativity, General relativity, top, Development and acceptance. These are the parts of the article that editors revisit most โ 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 โ 2015 to 2026
Sections appearing most in edit summaries.
| # | Editor | Edits | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DVdm | 50 | |
| 2 | ClueBot NG | 17 | |
| 3 | Materialscientist | 15 | |
| 4 | InternetArchiveBot | 9 | |
| 5 | CuriousMind01 | 8 | |
| 6 | Treetoes023 | 7 | |
| 7 | Favonian | 7 | |
| 8 | Loriendrew | 6 | |
| 9 | General Ization | 6 | |
| 10 | Spike-from-NH | 6 |
No edits in the last 90 days.