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Wikipedia List Article Item Count
This page records the median number of items contained in each Wikipedia list article, together with the standard deviation of those counts across all list articles in the dataset. The median gives a typical size, while the spread shows how varied the lists are.
The figures are derived from regular downloads of the Wikipedia XML dump; each list article is parsed and the number of bullet‑point or table entries is tallied. Monitoring these statistics over time reveals how collaborative editing changes the breadth of list coverage, a detail that is not routinely published elsewhere.