riot
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Summary
riot ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,938 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: civil disorder[2], protest[3], social movement[4]
- Commons category: Riots[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Riots[6]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[9], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
- Different from: insurgency[13]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
- Category for eponymous categories: Category:Wikipedia categories named after riots[15]
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Influence
Things named for riot include Pussy Riot[16], a rock band[17], in Russia[18], founded in 2011[19]; Unicorn Riot[20], a news agency[21], in United States[22], founded in 2015[23], headquartered in Minneapolis[24]; and Llibreria Aldarull[25], a bookstore[26], in Spain[27], founded in 2009[28].
Why It Matters
riot has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] riot is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Entities named for riot include Pussy Riot[16], a rock band[17], in Russia[18], founded in 2011[19]; Unicorn Riot[20], a news agency[21], in United States[22], founded in 2015[23], headquartered in Minneapolis[24]; and Llibreria Aldarull[25], a bookstore[26], in Spain[27], founded in 2009[28].