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petition

formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of an particular cause
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Kaihsu Tai · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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petition

Summary

petition ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • petition is a type of document[2].
  • petition's Commons category is recorded as Petitions[3].
  • petition's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Petitions[4].
  • petition's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[5].
  • petition's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • petition's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[7].
  • petition's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • petition's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[9].
  • petition's properties for this type is recorded as P1817[10].
  • petition's properties for this type is recorded as P577[11].
  • petition's properties for this type is recorded as P828[12].
  • petition's properties for this type is recorded as P1542[13].

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Definition and Type

petition is a type of document[2].

Why It Matters

petition ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[1] petition has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] petition is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

document Pro Finlandia cultural petition 1899

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → document
    Topic's main category → Category:Petitions
    Properties for this type → P1817, P577, P828 +1
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8987, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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