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desertion

abandonment of military duty without authorization
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Summary

desertion ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,576 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: crime[2]
  • Commons category: Desertion[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Desertion[4]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[5], United States Government Glossary of Interagency and Associated Terms[6], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[8]
  • Different from: desertification[9], declared deserted[10], Desertion[11]
  • Practiced by: deserter[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

desertion has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] desertion is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → absence-without-leave
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: absence-without-leave, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289915292|absence without leave (#289915292)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Kh-20
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q297091, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0335047-dezerce
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0335047-dezerce, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 21w ago · Dronebogus · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → The US Army on the Western Front 1917-1918 Q70742.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: The US Army on the Western Front 1917-1918 Q70742.jpg"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of → crime
    Topic's main category → Category:Desertion
    Different from → desertification, declared deserted, Desertion
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 15713, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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