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formation

Summary

formation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,003 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • formation is a type of scheme[2].
  • formation's Commons category is recorded as Association football formations[3].
  • formation's sport is recorded as association football[4].
  • formation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Association football formations[5].

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Definition and Type

formation is a type of scheme[2].

Why It Matters

formation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,003 views/month).[1] formation has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] formation is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Higa4 · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Association football formations
    Image → Leaflet advert for blackburn rovers match-1887.jpg
    Subclass of → —
    Sport → association football
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Leaflet_advert_for_blackburn_rovers_match-1887.jpg"
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