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web archiving

process of data preservation done by collecting and saving web content
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Summary

web archiving ranks in the top 8% of studies entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,695 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: digital preservation[2], data archiving[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Web archiving initiatives[4], Category:Web archiving[5]
  • Used by: Archive.today[6], Wayback Machine[7]
  • Class of object(s) of occurrence: web page[8]
  • P14541: xmYEg[9]

Why It Matters

web archiving has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Browsertrix data archiving digital preservation Fossilo Klaus Berberich Library of Alexandria Megalodon Webrecorder

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). web archiving. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/web-archiving
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_web-archiving_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{web archiving}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/web-archiving}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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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. 2d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → web-archiving
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: web-archiving, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289971068|web archiving (#289971068)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → xmYEg
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0243615-archivace-webu
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0243615-archivace-webu, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  4. 21w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id → —
    Freebase id → /m/0fkp43
    Library of congress authority id → sh2007000528
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → 2777817495
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic's main category: Category:Web archiving"
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