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Reed's law

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Reed's law

Summary

Reed's law is an aphorism[1]. It draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (aphorism category, ranking #9 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Reed's law is credited with the discovery of David P. Reed[3].
  • Reed's law's instance of is recorded as aphorism[4].
  • Reed's law's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h6hs[5].
  • Reed's law's Quora topic ID is recorded as Reeds-Law[6].
  • Reed's law's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780629733[7].

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Works and Contributions

Reed's law is credited with the discovery of David P. Reed[3].

Why It Matters

Reed's law draws 102 Wikipedia views per month (aphorism category, ranking #9 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

Related Entities

David P. Reed

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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