Wikipedia:Times that 1000 or more Wikipedians supported something
This is a list of times when at least 1000 Wikipedians (ideally excluding sock puppets) actually explicitly voted in support of someone or something.
> 100,000Edit
Wikipedia for World HeritageEdit
- 101,778 signed the petition Wikipedia:Wikipedia for World Heritage
> 10,000Edit
Response to 2017 ban in TurkeyEdit
- Meta:Response to 2017 ban in Turkey (13,998)
Wikimedia GFDL to Creative Commons Licensing Change, 2009Edit
- Yes - 13,242
- No - 1,829
> 1,000Edit
Global sysops voteEdit
1,802 eligible users voted on the creation of global sysop group, in which 1,385 was in favor.
Community open letter on renamingEdit
This June 2020 petition passed 1000 signatures in August 2021. In the petition, community members object to the Wikimedia Foundation renaming itself as "Wikipedia".
Open letter for freedom of panoramaEdit
- 4,247 people signed an open letter to the European Parliament on German Wikipedia within 6 days (23 – 29 June 2015) following a central notice banner campaign. See also Wikipedia:Freedom of Panorama 2015, m:Freedom of Panorama in Europe in 2015.
2015 Board electionsEdit
- Raystorm - 2,184
- Pundit - 2,028
- Phoebe - 1,955
- Doc James - 1,857
- Denny - 1,628
- Carrite - 1,571
- Taketa - 1,524
- Pgallert - 1,467
- CristianCantoro - 1,381
- Sj - 1,330
- Smerus - 1,192
- Ali Haidar Khan - 1,134
- Mohamed Ouda - 1,112
- EdSaperia - 1,109
- Sky Harbor - 1,069
- Saileshpat - 1,010
- (Trivia: 4,620 voted "neutral" in support of Peteforsyth who had withdrawn shortly before. This is the highest number of votes reached overall elections.)
2015 ArbCom electionEdit
- Opabinia regalis - 1,121
- Casliber - 1,118
- Keilana - 1,118
- GorillaWarfare - 1,111
- Drmies - 1,038
2016 ArbCom electionEdit
- Newyorkbrad 1,097
2017 ArbCom electionEdit
- KrakatoaKatie 1,072
2018 ArbCom electionEdit
- GorillaWarfare 1,064