whaling

Summary

whaling is an industry^[1]. whaling ranks in the top 4% of industry entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,415 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• whaling's instance of is recorded as industry^[3].
• whaling is a type of fishing^[4].
• whaling's Commons category is recorded as Whaling^[5].
• whaling's archives at is recorded as International Institute of Social History^[6].
• whaling's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Whaling^[7].
• whaling's Commons gallery is recorded as Whaling^[8].
• whaling's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• whaling's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[10].
• whaling's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5^[11].
• whaling's practiced by is recorded as whaler^[12].
• whaling's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[13].
• whaling's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Animal heritage^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

whaling's instance of is recorded as industry^[3]. whaling is a type of fishing^[4].

Why It Matters

whaling ranks in the top 4% of industry entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,415 views/month).^[2] whaling has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] whaling is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]