The bloodiest edit wars of them all.
A study conducted by Oxford University researchers has revealed Wikipedia's most controversial pages, according to tallying up instances of edit warring. Put simply, these are the topics whose editors keep reversing each other's changes.
Christianity.
How's it contentious?
Mostly because of the syntax in this sentence regarding the Church's historical definition of orthodoxy and heresy: "Theological disputes about the correct interpretation of Christian teaching led to internal conflicts and Church authorities condemned some theologians as heretics, defining orthodoxy in contrast to heresy, the most notable being Christian Gnosticism." They keep switching the order of the words "orthodoxy" and "heresy".
Did you know...?
The word "Trinity" doesn't appear in the Bible.
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Race and intelligence.
How's it contentious?
Although pretty much everyone agrees that there are systematic differences between average scores in IQ tests of different population groups, edit warriors can't decide whether this is primarily due to environmental or genetic factors.
Did you know...?
South Koreans typically have higher IQs than people from Western nations.
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Jesus.
How's it contentious?
Wikipedia's troublemakers keep bickering over when it's right to say "B.C.Jesus" and when they should be using "A.C. Jesus".
Did you know...?
In its account of Jesus' birth, the Qu'ran doesn't mention Joseph.
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