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extinction event

widespread and rapid decrease in the amount of life on earth
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extinction event

Summary

extinction event ranks in the top 0.41% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,823 views/month, #317 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • extinction event is a type of bioevent[2].
  • extinction event is a type of existential risk[3].
  • extinction event is a type of extinction[4].
  • extinction event's Commons category is recorded as Mass extinctions[5].
  • extinction event's has cause is recorded as global environmental change[6].
  • extinction event's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Extinction events[7].
  • extinction event's topic has template is recorded as Q10554369[8].
  • extinction event's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ELE'}[9].
  • extinction event's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include bioevent[2], existential risk[3], and extinction[4].

Why It Matters

extinction event ranks in the top 0.41% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,823 views/month, #317 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has cause → global environmental change
    Subclass of → bioevent, existential risk, extinction
    Topic's main category → Category:Extinction events
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 39481, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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