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toilet paper

tissue paper for cleaning after urination or defecation
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Summary

toilet paper ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,941 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: tissue paper[2], personal hygiene item[3], household products[4], Hygiene paper[5]
  • Has use: anal cleansing[6], hygiene[7]
  • Commons category: Toilet paper[8]
  • Unicode character: 🧻[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Toilet paper[10]
  • Has characteristic: flammability[11]
  • Connects with: toilet roll holder[12], Decorative toilet roll cover[13]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/115000517-n[14], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/15075141-n[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject COVID-19[16]

Why It Matters

toilet paper has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_toilet-paper_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{toilet paper}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/toilet-paper}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
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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. 5w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → technology/sanitary-paper
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: technology/sanitary-paper"
  2. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → toilet-paper
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: toilet-paper, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289970585|toilet paper (#289970585)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Toilet paper
    Subclass of → tissue paper, personal hygiene item, household products +1
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007538920205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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