Home › Entities › general › desire path

desire path

travel path created by use, usually representing the shortest or most easily navigated route
Thing general Q2143085
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

desire path

Summary

desire path ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,396 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • desire path is a type of path[2].
  • desire path is a type of shortcut[3].
  • desire path is a type of trail[4].
  • desire path is a type of path of least resistance[5].
  • desire path's Commons category is recorded as Desire paths[6].
  • desire path's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as path=desire[7].
  • desire path's has effect is recorded as erosion[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include path[2], shortcut[3], trail[4], and path of least resistance[5].

Why It Matters

desire path ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,396 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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] ↑ . wiki.openstreetmap.org. wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). desire path. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/desire-path
MLA “desire path.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/desire-path.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_desire-path_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{desire path}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/desire-path}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): desire path — https://4ort.xyz/entity/desire-path (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/desire-path · Last refreshed:

Edit History

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. 10d ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → erosion
    Subclass of → —
    Subreddit → DesirePath
    Subclass of → path, shortcut, trail +1
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3984]]: DesirePaths, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144656759|DesirePaths (#144656759)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Direct"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.