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To: i-node who wrote (727593)7/19/2013 12:04:03 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) of 1583406
 
Wikipedia's Most Fiercely Edited Topic: George W.

OXFORD RESEARCHERS STUDY 'EDIT WARS'

By Arden Dier, Newser Staff
newser.com
Posted Jul 19, 2013 8:12 AM CDT

(NEWSER) – If you've ever wondered about the most controversial topics on Wikipedia then you have that in common with Oxford University researchers. They've turned their interest into a full-blown study, analyzing millions of articles from 10 language editions of the site, the BBC reports. Rather than look at subjects updated regularly, researchers focused on articles in the midst of "edit wars" in 2010—with editors battling to change a section before it's almost immediately changed again. The Top 10 "most controversial articles" in the English-language edition:

George W. Bush
anarchism
Muhammad
List of WWE employees
global warming
circumcision
United States
Jesus
race and intelligence
Christianity
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