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acting

impersonation of a character in an artistic performance
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Summary

acting is a type of arts[1]. acting draws 4,873 Wikipedia views per month (type of arts category, ranking #17 of 31).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: field of study[3], academic discipline[4]
  • Subclass of: impersonation[5]
  • Commons category: Acting[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Acting[7]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: بوابة:تمثيل[8]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[10], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[11]
  • Different from: performing arts[12], impersonation[13], acting as[14]
  • Practiced by: actor[15], actress[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]

Why It Matters

acting has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] acting is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . static.helpjuice.com. static.helpjuice.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 81
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'av', 'az', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'c
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ add badge sitelink to redirect to iowiki sitelink; see [[Wikidata:Sitelinks to redirects]] for details #msynbotTask10"
  2. 10w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of arts, field of study, academic discipline
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Instance of: academic discipline"
  3. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia tatarica (tt) online id → razdely/kultura/iskusstvo/teatr/akterlyk-sngate
    Encyclopedia tatarica (ru) online id → razdely/kultura/iskusstvo/teatr/akterskoe-iskusstvo
    Harper's tag → acting
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: acting, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289915424|acting (#289915424)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  4. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001404-herectvi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001404-herectvi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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