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. How impressive this is might be considered in the context of the total number of Wikipedians at the time (methodology).
> 100,000
[edit]Wikipedia for World Heritage
[edit]- 101,778 signed the petition Wikipedia:Wikipedia for World Heritage
> 10,000
[edit]Response to 2017 ban in Turkey
[edit]- Meta:Response to 2017 ban in Turkey (13,998)
Wikimedia GFDL to Creative Commons Licensing Change, 2009
[edit]- Yes - 13,242
- No - 1,829
> 1,000
[edit]Global sysops vote
[edit]1,802 eligible users voted on the creation of global sysop group, of which 1,385 were in favor.
Community open letter on renaming
[edit]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 panorama
[edit]- 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 elections
[edit]- 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- (Trivia: 4,620 voted "neutral" in support of Peteforsyth who had withdrawn shortly before.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 election
[edit]- Opabinia regalis - 1,121
- Casliber - 1,118
- Keilana - 1,118
- GorillaWarfare - 1,111
- Drmies - 1,038
2016 ArbCom election
[edit]- Newyorkbrad 1,097
2017 ArbCom election
[edit]- KrakatoaKatie 1,072
2018 ArbCom election
[edit]- GorillaWarfare 1,064
2024 ArbCom election
[edit]- Liz 1,103
2024 open letter on the ANI lawsuit
[edit]- 1,375 people signed the open letter urging the Wikimedia Foundation to protect user privacy.
2025 statement against the intimidation of volunteer contributors to French Wikipedia
[edit]1,155 people signed a statement against the intimidation of benevolent contributors in French Wikipedia (called open letter) in response to reports of harassment against a long-term French Wikipedia contributor by a journalist for the French news magazine Le Point.
2026 Wiki Workers United solidarity petition
[edit]1,420 (and counting!) users signed Wikipedia:Wiki Workers United solidarity and 1,469 (and counting) users signed m:Wiki Workers United/Solidarity Signatures