2008

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2008

Summary

2008 is a leap year[1]. 2008 draws 2,680 Wikipedia views per month (leap_year category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • 2008's instance of is recorded as leap year[3].
  • 2008's instance of is recorded as calendar year[4].
  • 2008's instance of is recorded as leap year starting on Tuesday and ending on Wednesday[5].
  • 2008 followed 2007[6].
  • 2008 was followed by 2009[7].
  • 2008 is part of 2000s[8].
  • 2008 is part of Gregorian calendar[9].
  • 2008's Commons category is recorded as 2008[10].
  • 2008's said to be the same as is recorded as 12008 HE[11].
  • 2008's said to be the same as is recorded as 2008[12].
  • 2008 comprises January 2008[13].
  • 2008 comprises February 2008[14].
  • 2008 comprises March 2008[15].
  • 2008 comprises April 2008[16].
  • 2008 comprises May 2008[17].
  • 2008 comprises June 2008[18].
  • 2008 comprises July 2008[19].
  • 2008 comprises August 2008[20].
  • 2008 comprises September 2008[21].
  • 2008 comprises October 2008[22].
  • 2008 comprises November 2008[23].
  • 2008 comprises December 2008[24].
  • 2008 took place on January 1, 2008[25].
  • 2008's topic's main category is recorded as Category:2008[26].
  • 2008's Commons gallery is recorded as 2008[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include leap year[3], calendar year[4], and leap year starting on Tuesday and ending on Wednesday[5].

Use and Application

Components include January 2008[13], a January[28]; February 2008[14], a February[29]; March 2008[15], a March[30]; April 2008[16], an April[31]; May 2008[17], a May[32]; and June 2008[18], a June[33]. Part of include 2000s[8], a decade[34] and Gregorian calendar[9], an arithmetic calendar[35], founded in 1582[36].

Influence

Things named for 2008 include SQL:2008[37], an ISO standard edition[38], founded in 2008[39].

Why It Matters

2008 draws 2,680 Wikipedia views per month (leap_year category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] 2008 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] 2008 is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for 2008 include SQL:2008[37], an ISO standard edition[38], founded in 2008[39].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 17d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag 2008
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: 2008, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289916726|2008 (#289916726)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0339366-2008
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0339366-2008, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:2008
    Follows
    Has list list of state leaders in 2008
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007585953605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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