don't ask, don't tell

1994-2011 policy on gay people serving in the US military
Place policy Q135475
don't ask, don't tell
Department of Defense. Defense Information Systems Agency. White House Communications Agency. 6/25/1991- · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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don't ask, don't tell

Summary

don't ask, don't tell is a policy[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of policy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,409 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • don't ask, don't tell is in the country of United States[3].
  • don't ask, don't tell's image is recorded as Screenshot of Video Recording of President William Jefferson Clinton.png[4].
  • don't ask, don't tell's instance of is recorded as policy[5].
  • don't ask, don't tell's GND ID is recorded as 1044674695[6].
  • don't ask, don't tell's Commons category is recorded as Don't ask, don't tell[7].
  • don't ask, don't tell's start time is recorded as +1993-12-21T00:00:00Z[8].
  • don't ask, don't tell's end time is recorded as +2010-12-22T00:00:00Z[9].
  • don't ask, don't tell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02dvc[10].
  • don't ask, don't tell's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Don't ask, don't tell[11].
  • don't ask, don't tell's main subject is recorded as Sexual orientation and the United States military[12].
  • don't ask, don't tell's main subject is recorded as don’t ask, don’t tell[13].
  • don't ask, don't tell's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as event/Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell[14].
  • don't ask, don't tell's BBC Things ID is recorded as 73651b27-2a44-4711-8569-8489b8d0936a[15].
  • don't ask, don't tell's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Don't ask, don't tell"}[16].
  • don't ask, don't tell's repealed by is recorded as Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010[17].
  • don't ask, don't tell's Quora topic ID is recorded as Dont-Ask-Dont-Tell-1[18].
  • don't ask, don't tell's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as dont-ask-dont-tell[19].
  • don't ask, don't tell's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki99/LGBT+[20].

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Geography

don't ask, don't tell is in the country of United States[3].

Designation and Status

don't ask, don't tell's instance of is recorded as policy[5].

Why It Matters

don't ask, don't tell ranks in the top 5% of policy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,409 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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