redaction

process of removing sensitive information from a document or other message, so that the document may be distributed to a broader audience
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redaction

Summary

redaction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (922 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • redaction is a type of censoring[2].
  • redaction is a type of editing[3].
  • redaction is used for freedom of information[4].
  • redaction's Commons category is recorded as Redaction[5].
  • redaction's facet of is recorded as Access, Use and Reuse[6].
  • redaction's facet of is recorded as Dispose[7].
  • redaction's described by source is recorded as Community Owned Digital Preservation Tool Registry[8].
  • redaction's topic has template is recorded as Template:Redacted content[9].
  • redaction's used by is recorded as Q141256825[10].
  • redaction's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1480[11].
  • redaction's different from is recorded as literary redaction[12].
  • redaction's different from is recorded as data cleansing[13].
  • redaction's different from is recorded as data scrubbing[14].
  • redaction's different from is recorded as data sanitization[15].
  • redaction's uses is recorded as hiding[16].
  • redaction's uses is recorded as removal[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include censoring[2] and editing[3].

Use and Application

redaction is used for freedom of information[4]. redaction's used by is recorded as Q141256825[10].

Why It Matters

redaction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (922 views/month).[1] redaction is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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 aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). redaction. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/redaction
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_redaction_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{redaction}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/redaction}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-01}}
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  1. 4w ago · Atmelml · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Redacted content
    Uses → hiding, removal
    Described by source → Community Owned Digital Preservation Tool Registry
    Uses → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1535]]: [[Q141256825]]"
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