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self

Summary

self ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,225 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • self is a type of identity[2].
  • self's Commons category is recorded as Self[3].
  • self is the opposite of other person[4].
  • self's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Self[5].
  • self's catalog is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[6].
  • self's partially coincident with is recorded as self[7].
  • self's topic has template is recorded as Template:Self sidebar[8].
  • self's different from is recorded as ego[9].
  • self's different from is recorded as ipseity[10].
  • self's hashtag is recorded as me[11].
  • self's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[12].
  • self's Wikimedia outline is recorded as outline of self[13].

Body

Definition and Type

self is a type of identity[2]. self is the opposite of other person[4].

Influence

Things named for self include Vimeo[14], an online video platform[15], in United States[16], founded in 2004[17], headquartered in New York[18]; MeDirect[19], a bank[20], in Malta[21], founded in 2004[22], headquartered in Sliema[23]; and ilovecreatives[24], a website[25], in United States[26].

Why It Matters

self ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,225 views/month).[1] self has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] self is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for self include Vimeo[14], an online video platform[15], in United States[16], founded in 2004[17], headquartered in New York[18]; MeDirect[19], a bank[20], in Malta[21], founded in 2004[22], headquartered in Sliema[23]; and ilovecreatives[24], a website[25], in United States[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX552939
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX552939"
  2. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → self
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: self, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289962661|self (#289962661)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0307550-self
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0307550-self, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subject lexeme → L3584
    Different from → ego, ipseity
    Topic has template → Template:Self sidebar
    Subclass of → identity
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 22794, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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