badminton
racquet sport
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Summary
badminton is a type of sport[1]. badminton ranks in the top 3% of type of sport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,596 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: Olympic sport[3], hobby[4]
- Named after: Badminton House[5]
- Subclass of: racket sport[6], Olympic sport[7]
- Commons category: Badminton[8]
- Unicode character: 🏸[9]
- Authority: Badminton World Federation[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Badminton[11]
- Commons gallery: Badminton[12]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Badminton[13]
- OpenStreetMap tag: sport=badminton[14]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[16], New International Encyclopedia[17]
- Minimum number of players: 2[18]
- Maximum number of players: 4[19]
- Different from: Badminton[20]
- Uses: badminton racket[21], shuttlecock[22], net[23], badminton court[24], stringing machine[25]
- Practiced by: badminton player[26], badminton coach[27], badminton umpire[28], badminton executive and administrator[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30], Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[31]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Badminton[32]
Why It Matters
badminton has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] badminton is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]