Michael Jackson's Wikipedia Page Gets More Revisions Than Obama, Jesus
When the website FiveThirtyEight rounded up the 100 Most-Edited Wikipedia pages, it was no shocker that George W. Bush's Wiki entry is the site's most edited and re-edited page. Sure, he's retreated out of the public sphere, but debate over his legacy is never-ending.
Similarly, Wiki pages for Jesus, Barack Obama, Adolf Hitler and the Catholic Church have been subject to thousands of revisions since they were first published. But here's a tidbit that's rather surprising: Michael Jackson's Wikipedia page is one of the Top 5 most-revised Wikis ever.
Yes, Wiki's bio for the pop star who died five years ago gets rewritten more often than pages for our sitting president, the subject of evolution, 9/11 and even the Christian savior. And these figures don't include edits done to related pages like Thriller or the moonwalk.
Lest you chalk this glut of revisions up to his posthumous album Xscape or that MJ hologram, take a look at the edits to his page from February 2014. It was revised more than 50 times that month, and most of those changes had to do with users tweaking sections about his wealth, legacy and even debating whether he bleached his skin.
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