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serial

publication in any medium issued under the same title in a succession of discrete parts, usually numbered (or dated) and appearing at regular or irregular intervals with no predetermined conclusion
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Summary

serial is a type of publication[1]. serial draws 456 Wikipedia views per month (type of publication category, ranking #5 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: series of creative works[3], publication[4], recurring entity[5]
  • Topic's main category: Q9963796[6]
  • Partially coincident with: feuilleton[7]
  • Different from: serialized fiction[8], edited volume[9], journal series[10]
  • P14541: 2mVZDi[11]

Why It Matters

serial has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] serial is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

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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.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). serial. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/serial-q2217301
MLA “serial.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/serial-q2217301.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_serial-q2217301_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{serial}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/serial-q2217301}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → serial-publications
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'en', 'fr', 'ja', 'ko', 'sr', 'vi']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: serial-publications, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289962851|serial publications (#289962851)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  2. 4w ago · Kinsio · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → series of creative works, publication, recurring entity
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: text"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2mVZDi
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0435712-sborniky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0435712-sborniky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of publication
    Partially coincident with → feuilleton
    Different from → serialized fiction, edited volume, journal series
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 20498, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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