paywall

system that prevents Internet users from accessing webpage content without a paid subscription or fee
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paywall

Summary

paywall is a business model[1]. paywall draws 757 Wikipedia views per month (business_model category, ranking #8 of 33).[2]

Key Facts

  • paywall's instance of is recorded as business model[3].
  • paywall's instance of is recorded as access restriction[4].
  • paywall is a type of access control[5].
  • paywall's Commons category is recorded as Paywall[6].
  • paywall is the opposite of open access[7].
  • paywall's facet of is recorded as digital media[8].
  • paywall's described by source is recorded as Open Science Thesaurus[9].
  • paywall's has characteristic is recorded as paid[10].
  • paywall's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6954[11].
  • paywall's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'péage de lecture numérique'}[12].
  • paywall's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr-ca', 'text': "verrou d'accès payant"}[13].
  • paywall's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'paywall'}[14].
  • paywall's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'péage'}[15].
  • paywall's different from is recorded as registration required[16].
  • paywall's hashtag is recorded as paywalled[17].
  • paywall's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19[18].
  • paywall's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Open access[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include business model[3] and access restriction[4]. paywall is a type of access control[5]. paywall is the opposite of open access[7].

Why It Matters

paywall draws 757 Wikipedia views per month (business_model category, ranking #8 of 33).[2] paywall has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] paywall is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . data.loterre.fr. Retrieved . data.loterre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . FranceTerme. culture.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Grand dictionnaire terminologique. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . FranceTerme. culture.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Virinas-code · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of digital media
    Main wikidata property P6954
    Instance of business model, access restriction
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject COVID-19, WikiProject Open access
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q27949697]]"
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