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lobbying

attempting to influence decisions of government officials
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lobbying
Charles W. Saalburg · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

lobbying is an activity[1]. lobbying ranks in the top 8% of activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,555 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: lobby[3]
  • Subclass of: contributing factor[4], advocacy[5]
  • Commons category: Lobbying[6]
  • Has part(s): pressure group[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lobbying[8]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10]
  • Partially coincident with: public relations[11]
  • Different from: pressure group[12], advocacy[13], public affairs industry[14]
  • Practiced by: lobbyist[15]

Why It Matters

lobbying has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] lobbying is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

lobbying has been cited as an influence by political agenda[18].

FAQs

Who did lobbying influence?

lobbying has been cited as an influence by political agenda[18].

Related Entities

Friedrich Merz

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . 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. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → lobbying
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: lobbying, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941448|lobbying (#289941448)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0217525-lobbismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0217525-lobbismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → activity
    Named after → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Lobbying
    Described by source → Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 5618, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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