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The Straight Dope

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The Straight Dope

Summary

The Straight Dope is a column[1]. It draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (column category, ranking #2 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Straight Dope authored Cecil Adams[3].
  • The Straight Dope's instance of is recorded as column[4].
  • The Straight Dope's instance of is recorded as website[5].
  • The Straight Dope's owned by is recorded as Chicago Reader[6].
  • The Straight Dope's logo image is recorded as The Straight Dope.png[7].
  • The Straight Dope's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0398574[8].
  • +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Straight Dope[9].
  • The Straight Dope's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_ybv[10].
  • The Straight Dope's official website is recorded as https://www.straightdope.com/[11].
  • The Straight Dope's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+8339'}[12].
  • The Straight Dope's Quora topic ID is recorded as The-Straight-Dope[13].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include column[4] and website[5].

History and Context

+1973-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Straight Dope[9]. Its owned by is recorded as Chicago Reader[6].

Why It Matters

The Straight Dope draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (column category, ranking #2 of 16).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . straightdope.com. straightdope.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Straight Dope. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-straight-dope
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-straight-dope_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Straight Dope}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-straight-dope}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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