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Summary

badblocks ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • badblocks's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qpj4t[2].
  • badblocks's Gentoo Wiki article is recorded as Ext4/badblocks[3].
  • badblocks's ArchWiki article is recorded as Badblocks[4].

Why It Matters

badblocks ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[1] badblocks has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). badblocks. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/badblocks
MLA “badblocks.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/badblocks.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_badblocks_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{badblocks}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/badblocks}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): badblocks — https://4ort.xyz/entity/badblocks (retrieved 2026-04-11)

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