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Ferris wheel

Summary

Ferris wheel ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,347 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Ferris wheel is credited with the discovery of George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.[2].
  • Ferris wheel's image is recorded as MUC OFest RiesnradTags 2012.JPG[3].
  • George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. is named after Ferris wheel[4].
  • Ferris wheel's GND ID is recorded as 4579967-2[5].
  • Ferris wheel's subclass of is recorded as amusement ride[6].
  • Ferris wheel's subclass of is recorded as wheel[7].
  • Ferris wheel's Commons category is recorded as Ferris wheels[8].
  • Ferris wheel's Unicode character is recorded as 🎡[9].
  • Ferris wheel's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1893-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Ferris wheel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017rgb[11].
  • Ferris wheel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ferris wheels[12].
  • Ferris wheel's Commons gallery is recorded as Ferris wheel[13].
  • Ferris wheel's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300007315[14].
  • Ferris wheel's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1203949[15].
  • Ferris wheel's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as attraction=big_wheel[16].
  • Ferris wheel's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0241203[17].
  • Ferris wheel's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000301245[18].
  • Ferris wheel's YSO ID is recorded as 27084[19].
  • Ferris wheel's has list is recorded as list of Ferris wheels[20].
  • Ferris wheel's hashtag is recorded as FerrisWheel[21].
  • Ferris wheel's hashtag is recorded as Riesenrad[22].
  • Ferris wheel's Quora topic ID is recorded as Ferris-Wheel[23].
  • Ferris wheel's nighttime view is recorded as Diabelski Młyn, Staw Koźlak, Ogród Świateł 2023 w Legendia Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko w Chorzowie;, grudzień 2023, KP.jpg[24].
  • Ferris wheel's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as ferris-wheels[25].
  • Ferris wheel's Google News topics ID is recorded as CAAqIggKIhxDQkFTRHdvSkwyMHZNREUzY21kaUVnSnlkU2dBUAE[26].

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Works and Contributions

Ferris wheel is credited with the discovery of George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.[2].

Why It Matters

Ferris wheel ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,347 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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