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Jody Serrano (9 September 2022). "How Wikipedia's 'Deaditors' Sprang Into Action on Queen Elizabeth II's Page After Her Death". Gizmodo. While some on the internet were glued to Twitter or the BBC, checking for news or watching the planes en route to Balmoral Castle, one group of dedicated Wikipedia editors sprang into action updating the late queen's page in the minutes after Buckingham Palace announced the news.
Annie Rauwerda (9 September 2022). "Who the hell updated Queen Elizabeth II's Wikipedia page so quickly?". Input. Upon Queen Elizabeth II's death, the world was quick to note the free encyclopedia's up-to-the-minute coverage. "WIKIPEDIA DIDN'T WASTE ANY TIME," someone tweeted. "Someone was in there watching her last breaths with a computer on wikipedia ready to just press enter," another joked.
Jeff Parsons (9 September 2022). "How Wikipedia responded when news of the Queen's death broke". Metro (British newspaper). In the case of the Queen's death, the legion of volunteers that keep up the 'Free Encyclopedia' sprang into action to keep it updated. The first edit made to the Queen's Wikipedia page came just minutes after the first sources broke the news.
The sidebar calls her head of the Commonwealth, yet there is no map showing the countries of the Commonwealth, which includes independent India as well as countries of wich she is or was head of state. ~2025-33774-94 (talk) 22:52, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This map does exist in a form under the Decolonisation page where it probably belongs. I would argue that a certain version of it could belong on the EIIR article, such as an evolution of the countries that EIIR was queen thereof. I do think that in the absence of such an evolution of the map approach, care would need to be taken in order to remain compliant with WP:NPOVAndreiflorea993 (talk) 15:03, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Is it necessary to talk about her death in 2022 in the introductory sentence when her date of death is already included? I'm aware this is a precedent in all other articles, but could this be worth changing in all of them for the sake of conciseness and not repeating already given information? For monarchs whose reign ended before their death it would naturally be different, but they are in a large minority. Csexton345 (talk) 14:20, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I personally don't care one way or another but if a change is implemented here it has to replicated for all her predecessors since the intro follows the same structure for all British (and English/Scottish) monarchs. Keivan.fTalk15:17, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The introductory sentence currently reads Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. The "until her death in 2022" bit is redundant with the parenthetical dates, sure; it serves primarily to provide a link to the article about her death. Removing "in 2022" but leaving "until her death" would read very oddly: the role held by a BLP subject almost always ceases with their death. But if we want to keep a link to the death and state funeral article, we need to keep the whole clause. Rosbif73 (talk) 15:25, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It wouldn’t read oddly, as many pages use that style; for example, William the Conqueror's article states his reign lasted until his death. I think this looks cleaner, since the death date has already been established a few words before. ItsShandog (talk) 15:31, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
However, when looking at subsequent pages, most do include the year. If consensus were to remove it, this would require changes across a significant number of articles. I agree with @Keivan.f, although I have no strong preference either way. If consensus supports removing the year, I would be happy to help update many of the pages. ItsShandog (talk) 15:37, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see a problem with the links to be honest. They are article that specifically revolve around their deaths and the events that followed and the dates of death are clarified both in the main articles and the articles covering the deaths. Keivan.fTalk15:51, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It would be obvious to most readers that they didn’t occur on the same day, and the death and state funeral page's makes it perfectly clear that they didn’t. ItsShandog (talk) 16:08, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I wanted to add a list of prime ministers in the Reign section akin to the Queen Victoria Article. I will add the table here for review before submitting it publicly. Andreiflorea993 (talk) 13:50, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You might be right, I thought it would add visual value, for those who are searching for something in relation to EIIR. It felt very organic on the Victoria article.
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