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This article has been mentioned by a media organization: Caitlin Dewey (10 June 2014). "The most influential person on Wikipedia is someone you've probably never heard of". Washington Post. The most influential historical figure on Wikipedia, per a recent paper by researchers at several European universities, is none other than the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus — a.k.a., the guy who invented the system we use to classify plants and animals.

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Change formalise to formalize in the first paragraph. 2600:1700:2371:1C20:AD4F:B4B0:946A:9350 (talk) 23:21, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: The article is written in British English, which uses the spelling "formalise". ULPS (talk) 23:25, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oh no!

Yes, British English can use "formalise", but "formalize" is equally valid and has been preferred spelling of Oxford dictionaries since at least mid-1980s... :-)

—GRM (talk) 17:54, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Royal Society membership was not his only honour: he had been made a Golden Knight of the Pole Star in Sweden. See the title page of the 13th edition of Systema Naturae.

Foiled circuitous wanderer (talk) 15:05, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article review

It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed the following:

• There are uncited statements, including entire paragraphs and sections.
• The "Commentary" section is overly reliant on block quotes, and should be written in summary style instead.

Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 16:44, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Carl Linnaeus

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Issues appear to have been resolved. Bgsu98 (Talk) 03:10, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Uncited statements, including entire paragraphs. The "Commentary" section is overly reliant on quotes and should be a summary of various sources instead. Z1720 (talk) 17:45, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I've tidied up the article, including paraphrasing in the Commentary section. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:55, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Concerns resolved. Z1720 (talk) 21:06, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.