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caption

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caption

Summary

caption ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • caption is a type of text[2].
  • caption is a type of identifier[3].
  • caption is a type of explanation[4].
  • caption is a type of elaboration[5].
  • caption is a type of layout component[6].
  • caption's Commons category is recorded as Captioning[7].
  • caption's facet of is recorded as book design[8].
  • caption's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2096[9].
  • caption's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/spar/deo/Caption[10].
  • caption's different from is recorded as Didaskalia[11].
  • caption's different from is recorded as blocking[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include text[2], identifier[3], explanation[4], elaboration[5], and layout component[6].

Why It Matters

caption ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[1] caption has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] caption is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

explanation

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . 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. 17d ago · Red Sneak · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Didaskalia, blocking
    Image → Images et légendes (schéma).png
    Main wikidata property → P2096
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Images et légendes (schéma).png"
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