Wikipedia readers turned to Sally Field at 15x the usual rate

What this article is

Sally Margaret Field is an American actress. Known for her roles on screen and stage, she has received various accolades including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards and a Tony Award. She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014, the National Medal of Arts in 2014, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2019, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2023.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 8 edits to this article on 2026-09-15, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• 2010–present: Broadway debut and streaming roles

What changed that day

The article lost 216 characters on balance that day. The largest single addition was 267 characters to 2010–present: Broadway debut and streaming roles. See everything that changed on 2026-09-15 in Wikipedia's own diff view — that is where the reason for a surge is usually visible, written and sourced by the editors who were following the story.

How this was measured

Views are Wikimedia's own pageview counts for en.wikipedia, filtered to agent=user so automated traffic is excluded. The baseline is the median of the previous 60 days, which is used instead of the mean so that an earlier surge cannot flatten a later one. The multiple is the day's views divided by that median.