waiting room

indoor-area where people can wait for an appointment, train, plane, bus, etc.
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Summary

waiting room ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (295 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • waiting room is a type of room[2].
  • waiting room's Commons category is recorded as Waiting rooms[3].
  • waiting room's said to be the same as is recorded as salle des pas perdus[4].
  • waiting room comprises seat[5].
  • waiting room comprises bench[6].
  • waiting room's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as room=waiting[7].
  • waiting room's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C176974[8].
  • waiting room's different from is recorded as 待合所[9].

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Definition and Type

waiting room is a type of room[2].

Use and Application

Components include seat[5] and bench[6], a type of seat[10].

Why It Matters

waiting room ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (295 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[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. 11d ago · PGS 1984 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → CAP Sant Vicenç de Castellet.jpg, Kontsultako itxaron gela.jpg
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'j
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Macau International Airport - Departure Lounge.jpg"
  2. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → waiting-rooms
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: waiting-rooms, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289967621|waiting rooms (#289967621)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C176974
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ Yso id: 13563, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  4. 23w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C5392138, CL463830
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Umls cui: CL463830"
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