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diploma

certificate conferring some honor, degree, or privilege
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Summary

diploma is a type of document[1]. diploma draws 3,935 Wikipedia views per month (type of document category, ranking #4 of 26).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: certificate[3], award[4], academic degree[5], academic certificate[6]
  • Commons category: Diplomas[7]
  • Said to be the same as: degree certificate[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Diplomas[9]
  • Main subject: academic achievement[10], exam[11], academic degree[12]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14]
  • Used by: academic degree[15]
  • Manifestation of: academic degree[16], award[17], privilege[18]
  • Equivalent class: https://purl.org/ctdl/terms/Diploma[19]
  • Different from: Diplom[20]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]

Why It Matters

diploma has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] diploma is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

award Fiji National University Kader Khan Open University of Mauritius Pacific Regional Seminary Palestine Ahliya University Sigmund Jähn Thomas Reiter university of Fiji University of Mauritius University of the South Pacific

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . 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. 15d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of document
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Instance of: type of document, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect type of document → type of document ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q107478770_"
  2. 16d ago · Ginta Pankoka · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of latvia id → 000374525
    Sitelink count → 69
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of latvia id: 000374525"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0010179-vysokoskolske-diplomy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0010179-vysokoskolske-diplomy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 24w ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → academic degree
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Used by: academic degree, #pwb Copy label Add gebruikt door (P1535)"
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