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Tim Walz

Democrat · Governor of Minnesota; 2024 VP nominee

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Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-08-30
Aug 30, 2026
2 edits by 2 editors
net -1215c · 1,215c churn · biggest single: 1215c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — Pac Veten
  2. 1 edit — AdaCiccone
What changed

The newer version adds a substantial paragraph after the description of Walz's second term as governor. This added section includes: the announcement of Walz as Kamala Harris's running mate on August 6, 2024; the defeat of their ticket by Trump and Vance; Walz initially seeking a third term as governor in 2026 but withdrawing due to fraud investigations in state-funded social services; citations to Axios and Politico articles dated January 5, 2026; and a quoted statement from January 28, 2026 in which Walz said he would "never run for an elected office again." The rest of the article text shown in the diff is unchanged.

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-08-23
Aug 23, 2026
3 edits by 2 editors (avg 1.5 per editor)
net -3c · 193c churn · biggest single: 98c
Top editors this week
  1. 2 edits — Therequiembellishere
  2. 1 edit — BuckTheArsenalFan342
What changed

The only change visible in the diff is a minor formatting adjustment in the "branch" field of the infobox: the bullet point formatting for the military units (United States Army, Nebraska National Guard, Minnesota National Guard) was changed from using a space after the asterisks (`* [[...]]`) to no space (`*[[...]]`). No factual content, dates, names, or sections were added or removed.

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-08-16
Aug 16, 2026
10 edits by 6 editors (avg 1.7 per editor)
net +816c · 862c churn · biggest single: 680c
Top editors this week
  1. 4 edits — Wowandflutter7154
  2. 2 edits — AlsoWukai
  3. 1 edit — CREditzWiki
  4. 1 edit — Therequiembellishere
  5. 1 edit — Rodw
What changed

The changes are concentrated in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement section. A new paragraph was added describing Walz's January 2026 comparison of children fearful of immigration enforcement to Anne Frank, including a citation to *The Forward* and a reference to the killing of Alex Pretti alongside the previously mentioned killing of Renée Good. An image file ("26March28_FranklinToWalz_Credit_Jan_Lisa_Huttner.jpg") with a caption identifying Ruth Franklin signing a copy of *The Many Lives of Anne Frank* for Walz was also added in this section.

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-08-02
Aug 02, 2026
4 edits by 4 editors
net +327c · 327c churn · biggest single: 323c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — AlsoWukai
  2. 1 edit — GeorgeFH
  3. 1 edit — Magnolia677
  4. 1 edit — Randy Kryn
Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-07-26
Jul 26, 2026
4 edits by 4 editors
net +327c · 327c churn · biggest single: 323c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — AlsoWukai
  2. 1 edit — GeorgeFH
  3. 1 edit — Magnolia677
  4. 1 edit — Randy Kryn
Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-07-19
Jul 19, 2026
2 edits by 2 editors
net -98c · 98c churn · biggest single: 98c
Top editors this week
  1. 1 edit — Therequiembellishere
  2. 1 edit — BuckTheArsenalFan342
What changed

The changes are concentrated in the infobox section. The formatting of the rank field was adjusted, changing capitalization of "Master Sergeant" and "Command Sergeant Major" and altering the line break style. In the audio description within the module field, a period and space were added before the line break tag, and the `<br />` tag was changed to `<br>`.

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-07-12
Jul 12, 2026
19 edits by 3 editors (avg 6.3 per editor)
net -114c · 222c churn · biggest single: 120c
Top editors this week
  1. 15 edits — AadamentAardvark
  2. 3 edits — Adavidb
  3. 1 edit — AlsoWukai
What changed

The newer version adds several sentences after the description of Walz's second term as governor. These additions state that Kamala Harris selected Walz as her running mate on August 6, 2024, that their ticket lost to Donald Trump and JD Vance, that Walz initially sought a third term as governor in 2026 but withdrew his candidacy following investigations into fraud in state-funded social services, and that on January 28, 2026, Walz stated he would never run for elected office again. Two references are added citing Axios and Politico articles dated January 5, 2026.

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-07-05
Jul 05, 2026
84 edits by 49 editors (avg 1.7 per editor)
net +2109c · 16,791c churn · biggest single: 2416c
Top editors this week
  1. 17 edits — AlsoWukai
  2. 6 edits — MyGosh789
  3. 4 edits — Cbls1911
  4. 3 edits — Ali Koya Varakkal
  5. 3 edits — Minnastronomer
What changed

The infobox image was changed from "TimWalz2025.jpg" with caption "Walz in 2025" to "Governor Tim Walz 2026.jpg" with caption "Walz in 2026." Saint Mary's University of Minnesota was added to the education field, and the education formatting was changed to a bulleted list. The residence field gained an entry for Eastcliff Mansion with a citation, the website field was updated to include an Office website URL alongside the Campaign website URL, and a "children" field entry gained a bullet point marker.

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-06-28
Jun 28, 2026
84 edits by 49 editors (avg 1.7 per editor)
net +2109c · 16,791c churn · biggest single: 2416c
Top editors this week
  1. 17 edits — AlsoWukai
  2. 6 edits — MyGosh789
  3. 4 edits — Cbls1911
  4. 3 edits — Ali Koya Varakkal
  5. 3 edits — Minnastronomer
What changed

The infobox image was changed from "TimWalz2025.jpg" with caption "Walz in 2025" to "Governor Tim Walz 2026.jpg" with caption "Walz in 2026." Saint Mary's University of Minnesota was added to the education field, and the education formatting was changed to a bulleted list. The residence field gained an entry for Eastcliff Mansion with a citation, the website field was updated to include an Office website URL alongside the Campaign website URL, and a "children" field entry gained a bullet point marker.

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-06-21
Jun 21, 2026
499+ edits by 210 editors (avg 2.4 per editor)
net +31607c · 1,748,959c churn · biggest single: 210125c
Top editors this week
  1. 59 edits — Guest2625
  2. 39 edits — AlsoWukai
  3. 14 edits — Muboshgu
  4. 13 edits — Wozal
  5. 13 edits — Treybien2
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox image was changed from "Tim Walz by Gage Skidmore.jpg" to "TimWalz2025.jpg" and the caption updated from "Walz in 2024" to "Walz in 2025." Several infobox fields were modified: the spouse field now links to "Gwen Walz" instead of just "Gwen Whipple," the education field added "Saint Mary's University of Minnesota" as a third entry, and the rank field was split into two lines distinguishing between "Master sergeant (retired as)" and "Command sergeant major (highest held)." The party field was condensed to remove the explicit DFL parenthetical, and the residence citation was reformatted with minor parameter name changes (last1/first1 to last/first).

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-06-14
Jun 14, 2026
499+ edits by 111 editors (avg 4.5 per editor)
net +64519c · 118,073c churn · biggest single: 14287c
Top editors this week
  1. 72 edits — Wozal
  2. 37 edits — AlsoWukai
  3. 36 edits — Guest2625
  4. 26 edits — Ich
  5. 26 edits — Rexxx7777
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The changes are concentrated in the infobox section. The profile image was changed from "Governor Tim Walz (cropped).jpg" to "Tim Walz by Gage Skidmore.jpg," and the education field formatting was changed from inline text to a bulleted list format. The branch field updated "Nebraska Army National Guard" to "Nebraska National Guard" and "Minnesota Army National Guard" to "Minnesota National Guard," a new "unit" field was added specifying "1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery Regiment," and a "battles" field listing "Operation Enduring Freedom" was removed.

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-06-07
Jun 07, 2026
499+ edits by 115 editors (avg 4.3 per editor)
net +31411c · 306,259c churn · biggest single: 105619c
Top editors this week
  1. 66 edits — Vrrajkum
  2. 62 edits — Rexxx7777
  3. 43 edits — Guest2625
  4. 33 edits — Tataral
  5. 28 edits — Superb Owl
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated to add a "rank\_label" field, change the Army Achievement Medal count to "(2)", replace the audio clip and description with a different recording (from a November 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act speech instead of a February 2018 Janus v. AFSCME speech), add a "nickname" field, and add a wikilink around "Gwen Whipple." In the opening paragraph, "former educator" was changed to "former schoolteacher," "U.S. Army" gained a wikilink, the pronunciation guide was updated to add an audio file and respelling "WAWLZ," and the description of his Democratic Party status was changed from "presumptive nominee" to "nominee" for vice president. The changes are concentrated in the infobox and the opening sentence.

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-05-31
May 31, 2026
499+ edits by 151 editors (avg 3.3 per editor)
net +43414c · 112,232c churn · biggest single: 10405c
Top editors this week
  1. 62 edits — Guest2625
  2. 61 edits — Vrrajkum
  3. 18 edits — AlsoWukai
  4. 13 edits — Minnepedia
  5. 12 edits — Tataral
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated with a new photo (from 2013 to 2024), a revised short description ("41st governor of Minnesota" to "Governor of Minnesota since 2019"), and the congressional role was changed from "Ranking Member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee" to a general U.S. Representative entry for Minnesota's 1st district. The military service fields were expanded in the newer version to include specific unit details (1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery Regiment), service years (1981–2005), rank (Command Sergeant Major), awards (Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal), and a structured branch listing distinguishing Nebraska and Minnesota Army National Guard service. The party affiliation field was changed from "Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic ([[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|DFL]])" to just "Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic."

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-05-24
May 24, 2026
499+ edits by 221 editors (avg 2.3 per editor)
net +13267c · 59,777c churn · biggest single: 7348c
Top editors this week
  1. 42 edits — MNBug
  2. 31 edits — Woko Sapien
  3. 29 edits — AzureCitizen
  4. 18 edits — Minnesota100
  5. 17 edits — AlsoWukai
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was updated in several ways: the short description changed from "41st governor of Minnesota" to "41st and current Governor of Minnesota," the birth place formatting changed from "[[West Point, Nebraska|West Point]], [[Nebraska]], U.S." to "[[West Point, Nebraska]], U.S.," and the party field gained the explicit DFL parenthetical. The military branch field was expanded to specify "Army National Guard" with an added citation, a new "unit" field was added for Army National Guard, and the rank field was simplified by removing the file image and rank link formatting while adding a note comment. The awards field was reduced, removing the Army Achievement Medal count, the Reserve Good Conduct Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal entries.

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-05-17
May 17, 2026
499+ edits by 259 editors (avg 1.9 per editor)
net +32174c · 67,358c churn · biggest single: 5188c
Top editors this week
  1. 20 edits — Therequiembellishere
  2. 17 edits — AlsoWukai
  3. 13 edits — Jonathunder
  4. 13 edits — Mr. Guye
  5. 11 edits — Pvmoutside
⚠ edit cap hit — count may be higher
What changed

The infobox was substantially updated: Walz's role changed from U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district to 41st Governor of Minnesota with a term start of January 7, 2019, and new fields were added for lieutenant governor (Peggy Flanagan), predecessor (Mark Dayton), and successor (Jim Hagedorn for the congressional seat). The opening biographical description was rewritten to identify Walz as governor rather than congressman, and his full name was expanded to "Timothy James Walz" with an IPA pronunciation guide added. Additional infobox fields were added covering his education (Chadron State College BS, Minnesota State University Mankato MS), residence (Governor's Residence), military service details (branch, service years 1981–2005, rank of Command Sergeant Major, and specific awards), and his spouse field was updated to include a marriage date of 1994.

Wikipedia snapshot of Tim Walz on 2026-05-11
May 11, 2026
99 edits by 47 editors (avg 2.1 per editor)
net +6827c
What changed

The added content includes: - A new "religion" field in the infobox claiming he is Roman Catholic, with a reference to a 2006 Project Vote Smart bio saying he is Lutheran (raised Catholic) - A paragraph about his military service, retirement, and teaching career - A sentence about him and his wife running a travel business - A sentence about his children The removed content includes: - The phrase "freshman class of the 110th United States Congress" after the sentence about him serving in the 110th Congress - The sentence "He is currently serving in the freshman class of the 110th United States Congress."