false flag

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false flag

Summary

false flag ranks in the top 0.72% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,409 views/month, #561 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • false flag's image is recorded as Douglas A-26C Invader 435440 Tamiami 26.04.09R.jpg[2].
  • false flag's subclass of is recorded as covert operation[3].
  • false flag's subclass of is recorded as propaganda[4].
  • false flag's start time is recorded as +1500-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • false flag's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05cqz4[6].
  • false flag's significant event is recorded as Battle of Trindade[7].
  • false flag's significant event is recorded as Battle between HMAS Sydney and German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran[8].
  • false flag's significant event is recorded as St Nazaire Raid[9].
  • false flag's topic's main category is recorded as Category:False flag operations[10].
  • false flag's described at URL is recorded as https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-truth-about-false-flags-from-nazi-germany-to-the-vietnam-war[11].
  • false flag's Universal Decimal Classification is recorded as 341.326.3[12].
  • false flag's facet of is recorded as strategy of tension[13].
  • false flag's facet of is recorded as accelerationism[14].
  • false flag's The Independent topic ID is recorded as false-flag[15].
  • false flag's RationalWiki ID is recorded as False_flag_operation[16].
  • false flag's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 偽旗作戦[17].

Why It Matters

false flag ranks in the top 0.72% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,409 views/month, #561 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . poynter.org. poynter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Legonin · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of strategy of tension, accelerationism
    Aliases
    Start time
    Conspiracy watch id false-flag
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11188]]: false-flag"
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