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first Wikipedia edit

Summary

first Wikipedia edit is a version, edition or translation[1]. It draws 79 Wikipedia views per month (version_edition_or_translation category, ranking #49 of 326).[2]

Key Facts

  • first Wikipedia edit authored Jimmy Wales[3].
  • first Wikipedia edit's image is recorded as Hello World re-creation of first Wikipedia edit.png[4].
  • first Wikipedia edit's instance of is recorded as version, edition or translation[5].
  • first Wikipedia edit's instance of is recorded as first line[6].
  • first Wikipedia edit's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • first Wikipedia edit's said to be the same as is recorded as Wikipedia:UuU[8].
  • first Wikipedia edit's publication date is recorded as +2001-01-15T00:00:00Z[9].
  • first Wikipedia edit's edition or translation of is recorded as Wikimedia main page[10].
  • first Wikipedia edit's facet of is recorded as history of Wikipedia[11].
  • first Wikipedia edit's published in is recorded as English Wikipedia[12].
  • first Wikipedia edit's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'HomePage'}[13].
  • first Wikipedia edit's inscription is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hello, World!'}[14].
  • first Wikipedia edit's inscription is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'This is the new WikiPedia!'}[15].
  • first Wikipedia edit's different from is recorded as EditThisNFT[16].
  • first Wikipedia edit's uses is recorded as Hello world[17].
  • first Wikipedia edit's uses is recorded as UseModWiki[18].

Body

Authorship and Creation

first Wikipedia edit authored Jimmy Wales[3].

Publication

first Wikipedia edit's publication date is recorded as +2001-01-15T00:00:00Z[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7].

Why It Matters

first Wikipedia edit draws 79 Wikipedia views per month (version_edition_or_translation category, ranking #49 of 326).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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