red tape

red-dyed cotton tape formerly used for bundling official documents; by extension, excessively bureaucratic procedures or regulations
Thing redewendung Q1761743
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red tape

Summary

red tape is a redewendung[1]. It draws 427 Wikipedia views per month (redewendung category, ranking #5 of 38).[2]

Key Facts

  • red tape's image is recorded as President Donald Trump prepares to cut a "red tape" display of regulations.jpg[3].
  • red tape's instance of is recorded as redewendung[4].
  • red tape's Commons category is recorded as Red Tape[5].
  • red tape's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02d286[6].
  • red tape's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7].
  • red tape's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • red tape's BBC Things ID is recorded as e6e547e9-6642-4bd2-b396-25f49db4d6dd[9].
  • red tape's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 58047569[10].
  • red tape's Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID is recorded as 51711[11].
  • red tape's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as red-tape[12].

Why It Matters

red tape draws 427 Wikipedia views per month (redewendung category, ranking #5 of 38).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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