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Who Named It?

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Summary

Who Named It? is a website[1]. Who Named It? ranks in the top 8% of website entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Ole Daniel Enersen[3]
  • Country: Norway[4]
  • Instance of: database[5]
  • Founder: Ole Daniel Enersen[6]
  • Owned by: Ole Daniel Enersen[7]
  • Language of work or name: English[8]
  • Inception: 1994[9]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2025[10]
  • Official website: http://www.whonamedit.com/[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:WhoNamedIt[12]
  • Main Wikidata property: P5415[13]

Why It Matters

Who Named It? has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Who Named It? is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Norway website

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Who Named It?. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/who-named-it
MLA “Who Named It?.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 12 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/who-named-it.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_who-named-it_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Who Named It?}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/who-named-it}, 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. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name → whonamedit.com
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Domain name: whonamedit.com, Adding domain name from Official website"
  2. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +2025-00-00T00:00:00Z
    End time → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving End time to Dissolved, abolished or demolished date"
  3. 12w ago · Mess · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main wikidata property → P5415
    Freebase id → —
    Instance of → website, database
    Language of work or name → English
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ End time: 2025"
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