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source of information

anything that might inform a person about something or provide knowledge about it
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Summary

source of information is a source type[1]. It draws 376 Wikipedia views per month (source type category, ranking #27 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

Why It Matters

source of information has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). source of information. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/source-of-information
MLA “source of information.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 17 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/source-of-information.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_source-of-information_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{source of information}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/source-of-information}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-17}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): source of information — https://4ort.xyz/entity/source-of-information (retrieved 2026-10-17)

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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. 8h ago · Infovarius · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → source entity, Q141514550
    Wikidata description → anything that might inform a person about something or provide knowledge about i
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: Q141514550"
  2. 2d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cs', 'da', 'el', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'ja', 'mn', 'ru', 'sk', 'ta', '
    Subclass of → source entity, Q141514550
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: Q141514550"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 8DfRV
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → data source, citation
    Subclass of → source entity, Q141514550
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 9006, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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