# former entity

> entity that no longer operates or is terminated

**Wikidata**: [Q15893266](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15893266)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/former-entity

## Summary
A former entity is an entity that no longer operates or is terminated, representing subjects from the past that have ceased existence such as defunct websites, ministries, companies, satellites, streets, and buildings. It serves as a Wikidata class for documenting discontinued operations across domains like social networking, government, space exploration, and urban infrastructure. Key identifiers include kbpedia_id "FormerEntity" and babelnet_id "00101101a".

## Key Facts
- aliases: defunct entity, no longer existent subject, no longer existent entity, discontinued, antigua entidad, entidad extinta, ancienne entité, élément qui a existé, Entität ehemalig, 過去の事物, 過去のもの, 過去のエンティティ, исчезнувшая сущность, историческая сущность, 옛날에 있었던 개체
- part_of: past
- kbpedia_id: FormerEntity, references:  ,  2020-07-09
- babelnet_id: 00101101a, qualifiers:  related match
- instance_of: currently empty class
- subclass_of: entity, qualifiers:  end time
- different_from: currently empty class, proposed entity, current entity, former entity, former quality, canceled name
- commons_category: No longer existent subjects
- has_characteristic: existence, qualifiers:  past
- wikidata_description: entity that no longer operates or is terminated
- topic's_main_category: Category:Former entities
- partially_coincident_with: replaced entity, hypothetical entity
- related examples include Formspring website (inception 2009-11-25, headquarters San Francisco, industry social networking service, sitelink_count 12), Federal Ministry for Education Science and Culture (country Austria, sitelink_count 2), Federal Ministry of Building and Technology of Austria (country Austria, sitelink_count 2), Federal Ministry of Health (health ministry of Austria, country Austria, sitelink_count 2), Federal Ministry of Trade and Reconstruction (former department name of Austrian Ministry of Economic Affairs, country Austria, sitelink_count 1), Federal Ministry for Economy and Labour (Austrian administrative body, country Austria, sitelink_count 2), Federal Ministry of Social Security and Generations (country Austria, sitelink_count 2), Federal Ministry of Arts Culture Civil Service and Sport (country Austria, headquarters Vienna references  , sitelink_count 2)
- related examples include Sanatorium Friedrichsbrunn (former sanatorium in Friedrichsbrunn Thale Saxony-Anhalt Germany, country Germany), Kiyomi gata (country Japan, sitelink_count 1), International Time Bureau (former organization responsible for measuring Universal Time, inception 1912 references    2021-10-04  bureau-international-de-l-heure or 1913 references

## References

1. KBpedia