Western

multimedia genre of stories set primarily in the American Old West
Thing fiction_genre Q21590660
Western
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Western

Summary

Western is a fiction genre[1]. Western draws 2,483 Wikipedia views per month (fiction_genre category, ranking #11 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • Western's instance of is recorded as fiction genre[3].
  • Western's instance of is recorded as artistic theme[4].
  • Western is a type of fiction[5].
  • Western's Commons category is recorded as Westerns[6].
  • Western's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • Western's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Western (genre)[8].
  • Western's main subject is Wild West[9].
  • Western's topic has template is recorded as Template:Western (genre)[10].
  • Western's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Western'}[11].
  • Western's different from is recorded as history of art in Europe[12].
  • Western's different from is recorded as Western painting[13].
  • Western's has list is recorded as list of Western subgenres[14].
  • Western's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+18408'}[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include fiction genre[3] and artistic theme[4]. Western is a type of fiction[5].

Why It Matters

Western draws 2,483 Wikipedia views per month (fiction_genre category, ranking #11 of 59).[2] Western has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Western is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of fiction genre, artistic theme
    Country of origin
    Has list list of Western subgenres
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 1910744
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6185, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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