Ever wonder what edit to what article "turned over" English Wikipedia's odometer? There is one way to find out: Just ask the server.
The links in the first column query the database for the text on pages with the associated ID numbers. Note, that in fulfilling the request, the Wiki software "thinks" it's displaying the page for "index.php", but displays the text of a saved edit to an article, with its timestamp.
In the second column are the permalinks to the actual archival pages, based on a manual search for the timestamped edit. This is followed by any notes and/or explanatory info. Some incremental edits are not accessible for technical or content reasons (the server returns a "not found" message).
Note: The true number of WP edits is not reflected by the data available from this table (it only provides access to page edits with key incremental ID numbers). However, it is a good indicator of how very busy WP has become (currently averaging around two hundred thousand edits every day), and how soon some major archival milestones will be passed. See this page, which contains live statistics on WP's growth.
| Soft link to page ID | Hard link to real page | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| WP's 1 billionth edit! | Death Breathing (01:03, 13 January 2021) | Edit made by Wikipedia's all-time most active editor. |
| WP's 999,999,999th edit | Qumain Black (01:03, 13 January 2021) | |
| WP's 999 millionth edit | Nick Carter (musician) (01:02, 8 January 2021) | |
| WP's 500 millionth edit | Chris Smylie (03:35, 30 June 2012) | |
| WP's 250 millionth edit | Autostrada A13 (Italy) (08:33, 6 November 2008) | |
| WP's 100 millionth edit! | Jackyl (15:12, 11 January 2007) | |
| WP's 99,999,999th edit | Centriole (15:12, 11 January 2007) | |
| WP's 99 millionth edit | Emo (01:44, 7 January 2007) | |
| WP's 90 millionth edit | Wikipedia:Introduction (10:17, 25 November 2006) | |
| WP's 50 millionth edit | Ministry of Truth (23:54, 24 April 2006) | |
| WP's 25 millionth edit | The Power and the Glory (Gentle Giant album) (19:45, 7 October 2005) | |
| WP's 10 millionth edit | The Bodyguard (14:26, 6 February 2005) | |
| WP's 5 millionth edit | Black light puppet (19:11, 6 September 2003) | |
| WP's Millionth edit | (deleted edit) | |
| WP's 999,999th edit | G4 (00:16, 16 May 2003) | |
| WP's 500 thousandth edit | Shanor-Northvue, Pennsylvania (11:59, 24 October 2002) | originating edit for this article |
| WP's 250 thousandth edit | El Cid (16:08, 2 December 2001) | pre-conversion edit |
| WP's 100 thousandth edit | Potential flow (22:52, 19 June 2002) | originating edit for this article |
| WP's 50 thousandth edit | Talk:Hans Holbein the Younger (14:56, 10 April 2002) | |
| WP's 25 thousandth edit | Mitochondrion (15:43, 25 February 2002) | |
| WP's 10 thousandth edit | Paris (00:47, 13 February 2002) | post conversion entry |
| WP's 5 thousandth edit | (deleted edit) | post conversion entry (deleted) |
| WP's 1 thousandth edit | (user page) (22:26, 27 January 2002) | originating edit—post conversion entry |
| WP's 500th edit | WP:PHP script new features (05:04, 27 January 2002) | now located at WP:MediaWiki — post conversion entry |
| WP's 250th edit | Aspartame (21:24, 26 January 2002) | generated by the conversion script itself! (ID number may not be authentic) |
| WP's 100th edit | (deleted or unassigned edit ID) | |
| WP's 50th edit | Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (15:33, 26 January 2002) | now located at Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line — generated by conversion script |
| WP's 25th edit | Marshall Plan (14:47, 26 January 2002) | generated by conversion script |
| WP's 10th edit | (deleted or unassigned edit ID) | |
| WP's 5th edit | (very special user page) (14:32, 26 January 2002) | This user was a key contributor in the early days of WP. |
| WP's First edit | WP:Wikipedians (14:25, 26 January 2002) | This is the edit with the number "1". It is not the earliest edit. See Wikipedia:Wikipedia's oldest articles. |