fence

freestanding structure preventing movement across a boundary
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fence

Summary

fence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,527 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • fence is made of wire[2].
  • fence is made of wood[3].
  • fence is made of girder[4].
  • fence is made of wattle[5].
  • fence is made of chain-link fencing[6].
  • fence is made of glass[7].
  • fence is a type of fixed construction[8].
  • fence is a type of property separation[9].
  • fence is a type of boundary[10].
  • fence is a type of architectural structure[11].
  • fence is a type of obstacle[12].
  • fence's Commons category is recorded as Fences[13].
  • fence's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fences[14].
  • fence's Commons gallery is recorded as Fences[15].
  • fence's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as barrier=fence[16].
  • fence's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as support=fence[17].
  • fence's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[18].
  • fence's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[19].
  • fence's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[20].
  • fence's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • fence's has contributing factor is recorded as group of humans[22].
  • fence's has contributing factor is recorded as Animalia[23].
  • fence's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Architecture[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fixed construction[8], property separation[9], boundary[10], architectural structure[11], and obstacle[12].

Influence

Things named for fence include Space Fence[25], a surveillance system monitor[26], in United States[27].

Why It Matters

fence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,527 views/month).[1] fence has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] fence is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for fence include Space Fence[25], a surveillance system monitor[26], in United States[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q5028
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C5584
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C5584, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q295433
    Svkkl authority id → 0205817-ploty
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295433, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → wire, wood, girder +3
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Architecture
    Has contributing factor → group of humans, Animalia
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529125905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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