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hanging punctuation

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hanging punctuation

Summary

hanging punctuation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hanging punctuation's image is recorded as Hanging punctuation.svg[2].
  • hanging punctuation's location is recorded as Marges[3].
  • hanging punctuation's subclass of is recorded as punctuation[4].
  • hanging punctuation's subclass of is recorded as page layout[5].
  • hanging punctuation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r060n[6].

Why It Matters

hanging punctuation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). hanging punctuation. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hanging-punctuation
MLA “hanging punctuation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hanging-punctuation.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hanging-punctuation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hanging punctuation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hanging-punctuation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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