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tightrope walking

skill involving walking on a thin wire or rope
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tightrope walking

Summary

tightrope walking is a Circus apparatus[1]. It draws 529 Wikipedia views per month (circus_apparatus category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • tightrope walking's instance of is recorded as Circus apparatus[3].
  • tightrope walking is a type of equilibristics[4].
  • tightrope walking's Commons category is recorded as Tightrope walking[5].
  • tightrope walking's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tightrope walking[6].
  • tightrope walking's Commons gallery is recorded as Tightrope walking[7].
  • tightrope walking's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • tightrope walking's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • tightrope walking's practiced by is recorded as tightrope walker[10].
  • tightrope walking's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].

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Context

tightrope walking's instance of is recorded as Circus apparatus[3].

Why It Matters

tightrope walking draws 529 Wikipedia views per month (circus_apparatus category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . cirque-cnac.bnf.fr. cirque-cnac.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → equilibristics
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → Circus apparatus
    Practiced by → tightrope walker
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536389405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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