primary source

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primary source

Summary

primary source is a Wikibase reason for preferred rank[1]. It draws 365 Wikipedia views per month (wikibase_reason_for_preferred_rank category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • primary source's instance of is recorded as Wikibase reason for preferred rank[3].
  • primary source's followed by is recorded as secondary source[4].
  • primary source's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2002012010[5].
  • primary source's subclass of is recorded as historical source[6].
  • primary source's part of is recorded as primary and secondary sources[7].
  • primary source's Commons category is recorded as Primary Sources[8].
  • primary source's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0184qf[9].
  • primary source's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300311936[10].
  • primary source's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[11].
  • primary source's partially coincident with is recorded as historical source[12].
  • primary source's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/primary-literature[13].
  • primary source's topic has template is recorded as Template:Primary sources[14].
  • primary source's has characteristic is recorded as first[15].
  • primary source's different from is recorded as primary sector of the economy[16].
  • primary source's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as primary-literature[17].
  • primary source's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as primærkilder[18].
  • primary source's Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID is recorded as gf2022026079[19].
  • primary source's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 31492237[20].
  • primary source's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/12591[21].
  • primary source's Australian Thesaurus of Education Descriptors ID is recorded as 7793[22].
  • primary source's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 78021[23].
  • primary source's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 94674[24].
  • primary source's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as primary-source[25].

Why It Matters

primary source draws 365 Wikipedia views per month (wikibase_reason_for_preferred_rank category, ranking #2 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). primary source. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/primary-source
MLA “primary source.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/primary-source.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_primary-source_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{primary source}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/primary-source}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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