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charcoal

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Summary

charcoal ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,311 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Made from material: wood[2], charcoal[3]
  • Subclass of: solid fuel[4], char[5]
  • Commons category: Charcoal[6]
  • Color: black[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Charcoal[8]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • Fabrication method: charcoal production[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Why It Matters

charcoal has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] charcoal is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . 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. 26d ago · Medievalfran · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → wood, charcoal
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Made from material: charcoal"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0333864-drevene-uhli
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0333864-drevene-uhli, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  3. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0333864-drevene-uhli
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0344348-vyroba-dreveneho-uhli"
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