message in a bottle

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message in a bottle
Édouard Riou · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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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].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . nymag.com. Retrieved . nymag.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . nymag.com. Retrieved . nymag.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Message in a bottle
    Uses → bottle, body of water
    Discoverer or inventor → Theophrastus
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007540997305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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