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telegraphy

long distance transmission of text without the physical exchange of an object
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telegraphy
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Summary

telegraphy is a mail[1]. telegraphy draws 7,211 Wikipedia views per month (mail category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: communication[3]
  • Commons category: Telegraphy[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Telegraphy[5]
  • Commons gallery: Teleprinter[6]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7], Draft History of Qing[8], 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], The New Student's Reference Work[11], Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana (1908-1930)[12]
  • History of topic: history of telegraphy in Australia[13]
  • Uses: telegraph[14]
  • Practiced by: telegraphist[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]

Why It Matters

telegraphy has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] telegraphy is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → telegrafas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: telegrafas"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004271-telegrafie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004271-telegrafie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → communication
    Instance of → mail
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 11655, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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