This is a list of times when at least 1000 Wikipedians (ideally excluding sock puppets) actually explicitly voted in support of someone or something.
> 100,000
Wikipedia for World Heritage
- 101,778 signed the petition Wikipedia:Wikipedia for World Heritage
> 10,000
Response to 2017 ban in Turkey
- Meta:Response to 2017 ban in Turkey (13,998)
Wikimedia GFDL to Creative Commons Licensing Change, 2009
- Yes - 13,242
- No - 1,829
> 1,000
Global sysops vote
1,802 eligible users voted on the creation of global sysop group, in which 1,385 was in favor.
Community open letter on renaming
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
- 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
- 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- (Trivia: 4,620 voted "neutral" in support of Peteforsyth who had withdrawn shortly before.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
- Opabinia regalis - 1,121
- Casliber - 1,118
- Keilana - 1,118
- GorillaWarfare - 1,111
- Drmies - 1,038
2016 ArbCom election
- Newyorkbrad 1,097
2017 ArbCom election
- KrakatoaKatie 1,072
2018 ArbCom election
- GorillaWarfare 1,064
2024 ArbCom election
- Liz 1,103
2024 open letter on the ANI lawsuit
- 1,375 people signed the open letter urging the Wikimedia Foundation to protect user privacy.