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Ron DeSantis

Republican · Governor of Florida

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Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-08-30
Aug 30, 2026
4 edits by 4 editors
net +209c · 311c churn · biggest single: 188c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — Formerlygopackgo009
  2. 1 edit — Pbritti
  3. 1 edit — GeorgeFH
  4. 1 edit — Pac Veten
What changed

The diff shows that information about DeSantis's delegate count and Florida primary performance was added to the section about his 2024 presidential campaign suspension. Specifically, a sentence was added stating his campaign finished with nine delegates to the Republican National Convention, supported by two new citations, and another sentence was added noting that despite having dropped out, DeSantis remained on the 2024 Florida Republican presidential primary ballot and received 3.7% of the vote. The changes are concentrated in a single paragraph describing the end of his campaign.

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-08-23
Aug 23, 2026
2 edits by 2 editors
net +17c · 17c churn · biggest single: 17c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — GreenC bot
  2. 1 edit — DukeOfDelTaco
What changed

The diff shows a net addition of 17 characters within the "Early life and education" section. Based on the visible content, the text about DeSantis's great-grandparents immigrating from Southern Italy was either added or expanded, including a detailed footnote listing specific Italian communes and provinces of origin across Abruzzo, Campania, and Molise regions. The changes appear concentrated entirely within this one section.

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-08-16
Aug 16, 2026
6 edits by 2 editors (avg 3.0 per editor)
net -8c · 54c churn · biggest single: 17c
Top editors this week
  1. 5 edits — AUC2012
  2. 1 edit — Pbritti
What changed

With only the edit count (6 edits) and net size change (-8 characters) available and no content diff, I can only say that six edits were made resulting in a net removal of 8 characters from the article. The changes are small in aggregate, suggesting minor word-level or punctuation-level alterations rather than large section additions or deletions. Without the actual diff, the specific text, sections, names, dates, or phrases affected cannot be identified.

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-08-02
Aug 02, 2026
2 edits by 2 editors
net +18c · 18c churn · biggest single: 18c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — GeorgeFH
  2. 1 edit — AlsoWukai
What changed

The changes are concentrated in a single sentence in the Education section. The phrase "mirroring a similar push by conservatives nationally" was replaced with "reflecting an attack by conservatives nationally." Additionally, the quoted material was slightly reformatted, with the comma moved from inside the closing quotation mark to outside it in "teaching kids to hate their country."

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-07-26
Jul 26, 2026
494 edits by 212 editors (avg 2.3 per editor)
net +72949c · 175,631c churn · biggest single: 52606c
Top editors this week
  1. 38 edits — Rexxx7777
  2. 36 edits — AlsoWukai
  3. 25 edits — Pbritti
  4. 22 edits — Rochambeau1783
  5. 17 edits — Nemov
What changed

The infobox was updated with a new official portrait photo (2023) replacing the previous image, and the caption was changed accordingly. Several infobox fields were revised: the lieutenant field now lists both Jeanette Nuñez and Jay Collins instead of only Nuñez; the predecessor field changed from "redistricting" to "redistricted"; the successor field changed from "Michael Waltz" to "Mike Waltz"; the spouse field now includes a full date of September 26, 2009; and the website changed from an official government site to a campaign site. The military branch field was restructured to include the Navy Reserve as a sub-entry, and the awards field lost two medals (Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Iraq Campaign Medal) compared to the earlier version.

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-07-19
Jul 19, 2026
494 edits by 212 editors (avg 2.3 per editor)
net +72949c · 175,631c churn · biggest single: 52606c
Top editors this week
  1. 38 edits — Rexxx7777
  2. 36 edits — AlsoWukai
  3. 25 edits — Pbritti
  4. 22 edits — Rochambeau1783
  5. 17 edits — Nemov
What changed

The infobox was updated with a new official portrait photo (2023) replacing the previous image, and the caption was changed accordingly. Several infobox fields were revised: the lieutenant field now lists both Jeanette Nuñez and Jay Collins instead of only Nuñez; the predecessor field changed from "redistricting" to "redistricted"; the successor field changed from "Michael Waltz" to "Mike Waltz"; the spouse field now includes a full date of September 26, 2009; and the website changed from an official government site to a campaign site. The military branch field was restructured to include the Navy Reserve as a sub-entry, and the awards field lost two medals (Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Iraq Campaign Medal) compared to the earlier version.

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-07-12
Jul 12, 2026
499+ edits by 124 editors (avg 4.0 per editor)
net -38266c · 118,784c churn · biggest single: 27223c
Top editors this week
  1. 100 edits — Anythingyouwant
  2. 36 edits — Nemov
  3. 32 edits — AlsoWukai
  4. 24 edits — Neutrality
  5. 21 edits — Treybien2
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was modified in several ways: the "order" field lost the text "Governor of Florida" (leaving just "46th"), an "office" field for "Governor of Florida" was added separately, the predecessor field for his congressional seat changed from "Cliff Stearns" to "Cliff Stearns (redistricting)", and his military service years changed from "2004–2010 (active) / 2010–2019 (reserve)" to a single "2004–2019" entry. The Harvard Law School link was simplified from "Harvard Law School" display text to just "Harvard University," and the Navy branch field lost its flag template formatting. At the very end of the visible diff, the article's opening bold text was changed to include the name **"Meatball" Ron DeSanctimonious** rather than the standard "Ron DeSantis."

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-07-05
Jul 05, 2026
499+ edits by 76 editors (avg 6.6 per editor)
net +18167c · 90,529c churn · biggest single: 4179c
Top editors this week
  1. 188 edits — Anythingyouwant
  2. 86 edits — Rexxx7777
  3. 17 edits — Nemov
  4. 16 edits — Pbritti
  5. 13 edits — AlsoWukai
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox gained a full citation reference for DeSantis's birth name linking to the Florida Department of State. The `serviceyears` field's reference was changed from a citation to a Florida Bulldog news article about Guantanamo torture accusations to a citation pointing to a raw biographical data document from the same outlet, with an added quote noting a separation date of February 14, 2019. A minor formatting change adjusted the signature field by removing the "|80px" size parameter.

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-06-28
Jun 28, 2026
499+ edits by 113 editors (avg 4.4 per editor)
net +544c · 780,552c churn · biggest single: 170572c
Top editors this week
  1. 136 edits — Anythingyouwant
  2. 59 edits — LukeWiller
  3. 32 edits — Nemov
  4. 23 edits — AlsoWukai
  5. 13 edits — Firefangledfeathers
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox image was changed from "Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in 2020.jpg" to "Ron DeSantis -crop.jpg" with the caption updated to "DeSantis in 2021." The marriage date was changed from 2010 to 2009, and the military service years were changed from "2004–present" to "2004–2019" with an additional citation added referencing a Florida Bulldog article about Guantanamo. A reference tag for his birth name "Ronald Dion DeSantis" was added in one version but absent in the other, and the "allegiance" and "branch" infobox fields were restructured, with "United States Navy" changed to use a flag template.

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-06-21
Jun 21, 2026
499+ edits by 143 editors (avg 3.5 per editor)
net -31271c · 158,085c churn · biggest single: 32094c
Top editors this week
  1. 48 edits — Rexxx7777
  2. 39 edits — Anythingyouwant
  3. 36 edits — Nemov
  4. 36 edits — Godofwarfan333
  5. 23 edits — AlsoWukai
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The changes are concentrated in the infobox and opening metadata. The short description changed from "46th governor of Florida since 2019" to "Governor of Florida since 2019," the date template formatting was adjusted, the image filename changed, the education field was reformatted from inline to a plainlist, and the military awards field was simplified to remove the medal ribbon image files and FMF Warfare Officer Insignia while retaining the text names of the awards. The "Use mdy dates" template date changed from November 2018 to November 2022.

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-06-14
Jun 14, 2026
499+ edits by 135 editors (avg 3.7 per editor)
net +31532c · 111,316c churn · biggest single: 6839c
Top editors this week
  1. 115 edits — Anythingyouwant
  2. 36 edits — AlsoWukai
  3. 28 edits — Endwise
  4. 19 edits — X-Editor
  5. 16 edits — SPECIFICO
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox image was changed from "Ron DeSantis 2020 (cropped).jpg" to "I-rHb97w8-X3 (cropped).jpg" and the caption was removed. The service years field was changed from "2004–2010 (Active) / 2010–present (Reserve)" to "2004–present," and the website field was moved from the military section to the main officeholder section. The short description was updated to add "since 2019," and the introductory sentence was reworded from describing DeSantis as "an American politician and attorney serving as" to "an American attorney and politician who has served as," with an IPA pronunciation guide added.

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-06-07
Jun 07, 2026
499+ edits by 173 editors (avg 2.9 per editor)
net +44733c · 268,467c churn · biggest single: 7481c
Top editors this week
  1. 39 edits — AlsoWukai
  2. 35 edits — Thenightaway
  3. 23 edits — Kinkyturnip
  4. 20 edits — Skim127
  5. 17 edits — XTDVM
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated with a new portrait image (2020 instead of 2019), and the military awards section was expanded to add the Fleet Marine Force Warfare Officer Insignia. Several minor formatting changes were made to the infobox, including switching `flag` to `flagu` for the allegiance field and adjusting image sizing syntax for the medal ribbons. In the opening sentence, the word order of "attorney and politician" was changed to "politician and attorney," and "46th and current governor" was changed to "46th governor."

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-05-31
May 31, 2026
499+ edits by 221 editors (avg 2.3 per editor)
net +36996c · 283,232c churn · biggest single: 25400c
Top editors this week
  1. 41 edits — MyPreferredUsernameWasTaken
  2. 27 edits — Thenightaway
  3. 19 edits — Pemilligan
  4. 19 edits — 70.171.14.30
  5. 17 edits — 1990'sguy
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox caption "DeSantis in 2019" was added, and the lieutenant's name was changed from "Jeanette Nuñez" to "Jeanette Núñez" (correcting the accent mark). The Bronze Star ribbon file reference was changed from "Bronze Star ribbon.svg" to "Bronze Star Medal ribbon.svg." In the opening sentence, the words "attorney, naval officer, putz and" were added before "Republican politician," inserting "putz" as a descriptor alongside the other terms.

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-05-24
May 24, 2026
499+ edits by 223 editors (avg 2.2 per editor)
net +24577c · 149,071c churn · biggest single: 20565c
Top editors this week
  1. 21 edits — Zzannoni1956
  2. 17 edits — MrX
  3. 14 edits — 1990'sguy
  4. 13 edits — GoodDay
  5. 13 edits — 104.136.27.184
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated to reflect DeSantis's status as the sitting 46th Governor of Florida rather than Governor-elect, with corresponding changes to his portrait, lieutenant governor listing, and predecessor/successor fields. Several factual details were revised, including the children count changing from 2 to 3, the military rank display format, and the awards list expanding from two medals (Bronze Star and Iraq Campaign Medal) to four (adding the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal). The introductory text was also updated to describe DeSantis as the current governor rather than governor-elect.

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-05-17
May 17, 2026
499+ edits by 188 editors (avg 2.7 per editor)
net +17144c · 231,172c churn · biggest single: 62024c
Top editors this week
  1. 35 edits — MrX
  2. 26 edits — FloridaArmy
  3. 23 edits — Thenightaway
  4. 21 edits — SunCrow
  5. 17 edits — Neutrality
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was substantially restructured: DeSantis's role changed from "U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th district" to "Governor-elect of Florida," with new fields added for lieutenant governor (Jeanette Núñez), a January 8, 2019 term start date, predecessor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, and two children, while his congressional service was moved to a secondary officeholder block with Michael Waltz listed as successor. The introductory paragraph was rewritten to describe DeSantis as "Governor-elect of Florida and a former U.S. Representative" rather than as a sitting representative, and the original text's mention of his 2016 Senate race withdrawal following Marco Rubio's reelection announcement was removed. Several formatting changes were also made, including updating the spouse field to use a marriage template with a link to Casey DeSantis, and changing the education field references from "Harvard Law School" to "Harvard University."

Wikipedia snapshot of Ron DeSantis on 2026-05-11
May 11, 2026
99 edits by 49 editors (avg 2.0 per editor)
net +31033c
What changed

The changes are spread out across the article, with no particular section being focused on. The additions include: - Updating the "state" field in the infobox to use the abbreviation "FL" instead of "Florida" - Adding a note that DeSantis served in the Navy Reserve from 2010 to the present - Updating the rank infobox field to use a different image and abbreviation - Adding a note about DeSantis' Bronze Star and Iraq Campaign Medal awards - Updating the "birth_place" field to use a comma instead of a space - Updating the "website" field to use a URL template - Adding a note that DeSantis served in the Iraq War - Updating the "allegiance" and "branch" fields in the infobox to use different images - Updating the "serviceyears" field to include his service years in the Navy Reserve - Updating the "rank" field in the infobox to use a different image - Updating the "birth_date" field to use the "nowrap" template - Updating the "alma_mater" field to use different formatting - Updating the "party" field in the infobox to use a different image - Updating the "website" field to use a URL - Updating the "allegiance" and "branch" fields in the infobox to use different images - Updating the "rank" field in the infobox to use a different image - Updating the "birth_date" field to use a different formatting - Updating the "alma_mater" field to use different formatting - Updating the "party" field in the infobox to use a different image - Updating the "website" field