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civil defense siren

audible signal for emergency population warning
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civil defense siren

Summary

civil defense siren ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,229 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • civil defense siren is a type of warning[2].
  • civil defense siren is a type of siren[3].
  • civil defense siren is used for emergency population warning[4].
  • civil defense siren's Commons category is recorded as Sounds of warning sirens[5].
  • civil defense siren's said to be the same as is recorded as Dutch disaster siren[6].
  • civil defense siren's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Q140249898[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include warning[2] and siren[3].

Use and Application

civil defense siren is used for emergency population warning[4].

Why It Matters

civil defense siren ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,229 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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 · Susmuffin · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → civil-defense-warning-systems
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: civil-defense-warning-systems, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923828|civil defense warning systems (#289923828)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-"
  2. 16w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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