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brainstorming

group creativity technique by which efforts are made to find solutions for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members
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Summary

brainstorming is a problem-solving approach[1]. brainstorming draws 3,487 Wikipedia views per month (problem solving approach category, ranking #4 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: creative problem solving[3], teamwork[4]
  • Commons category: Brainstorming[5]
  • Facet of: problem solving[6]
  • Uses: social group[7]

Why It Matters

brainstorming has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] brainstorming is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 17w ago · C960657 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → brainstorming
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lex id: brainstorming"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007546657405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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