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English Defence League

Summary

English Defence League is a political organization[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of political_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,128 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • English Defence League was a member of European Defence League[3].
  • English Defence League is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • English Defence League's image is recorded as EDL2.jpg[5].
  • English Defence League's instance of is recorded as political organization[6].
  • English Defence League's founder is recorded as Tommy Robinson[7].
  • English Defence League's logo image is recorded as English Defence League Logotype.png[8].
  • English Defence League's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 294392559[9].
  • English Defence League's GND ID is recorded as 1116296551[10].
  • English Defence League's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2012030013[11].
  • English Defence League's IdRef ID is recorded as 200654349[12].
  • English Defence League's Commons category is recorded as European Defence League[13].
  • English Defence League's chairperson is recorded as Tim Ablitt[14].
  • +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of English Defence League[15].
  • +2009-06-27T00:00:00Z marks the founding of English Defence League[16].
  • English Defence League's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07k9qb3[17].
  • English Defence League's location of formation is recorded as Luton[18].
  • English Defence League's topic's main category is recorded as Category:English Defence League[19].
  • English Defence League's political alignment is recorded as far-right politics[20].
  • English Defence League's motto is recorded as In hoc signo vinces[21].
  • English Defence League's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'English Defence League'}[22].
  • English Defence League's LittleSis organization ID is recorded as 260637[23].
  • English Defence League's Quora topic ID is recorded as English-Defence-League-EDL[24].
  • English Defence League's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 17726[25].
  • English Defence League's related image is recorded as EDL and Unite marches in Newcastle - 36304571834.jpg[26].
  • English Defence League's RationalWiki ID is recorded as English_Defence_League[27].

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Founding

English Defence League's founder is recorded as Tommy Robinson[7]. Recorded inception include +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z[15] and +2009-06-27T00:00:00Z[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Luton[18].

Leadership

English Defence League's chairperson is recorded as Tim Ablitt[14].

Why It Matters

English Defence League ranks in the top 3% of political_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,128 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Luton United Kingdom

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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