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halo

optical phenomenon
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Summary

halo ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,748 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: atmospheric optical phenomenon[2], photometeor[3]
  • Commons category: Halo phenomena[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Halo phenomena[5]
  • Commons gallery: Halo[6]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8]
  • Different from: Halo[9], glory[10]
  • Has list: Q11879731[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

Why It Matters

halo has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] halo is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). halo. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/halo-q186310-2
MLA “halo.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/halo-q186310-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_halo-q186310-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{halo}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/halo-q186310-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
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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. 4d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment ontology id → 01001017
    Has list → Q11879731
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bew', 'bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment ontology id: 01001017, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143355617|halo (#143355617)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ontology "
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → ASZ
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q298179, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category → Category:Halo phenomena
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 17583, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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