message in a bottle

Summary

message in a bottle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,039 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• message in a bottle is credited with the discovery of Theophrastus^[2].
• message in a bottle is a type of use^[3].
• message in a bottle is a type of creative work^[4].
• message in a bottle is a type of transport^[5].
• message in a bottle is a type of message^[6].
• message in a bottle's Commons category is recorded as Message in a bottle^[7].
• message in a bottle's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 310 BC^[8].
• message in a bottle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Message in a bottle^[9].
• message in a bottle's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[10].
• message in a bottle's different from is recorded as Message in a bottle^[11].
• message in a bottle's different from is recorded as Mensaje en una botella^[12].
• message in a bottle's different from is recorded as Une bouteille à la mer^[13].
• message in a bottle's different from is recorded as ボトルメール^[14].
• message in a bottle's uses is recorded as bottle^[15].
• message in a bottle's uses is recorded as body of water^[16].
• message in a bottle's class of object is recorded as cargo^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include use^[3], creative work^[4], transport^[5], and message^[6].

Influence

Things named for message in a bottle include Message in a Bottle^[18], a Star Trek episode^[19], directed by Nancy Malone^[20].

Why It Matters

message in a bottle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,039 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for it include Message in a Bottle^[18], a Star Trek episode^[19], directed by Nancy Malone^[20].