hoax

deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as the truth
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hoax

Summary

hoax is a Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[1]. hoax ranks in the top 9% of wikibase_reason_for_deprecated_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,373 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • hoax's instance of is recorded as Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[3].
  • hoax is a type of deception[4].
  • hoax is part of list of Wikidata reasons for deprecation[5].
  • hoax's Commons category is recorded as Hoaxes[6].
  • hoax comprises virus hoax[7].
  • hoax comprises urban legend[8].
  • hoax comprises fake news[9].
  • hoax's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hoaxes[10].
  • hoax's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • hoax's partially coincident with is recorded as pseudoscience[12].
  • hoax's present in work is recorded as The Book of Swindles[13].
  • hoax's different from is recorded as factoid[14].
  • hoax's different from is recorded as common misconception[15].
  • hoax's different from is recorded as facetious satire[16].
  • hoax's different from is recorded as stage magic[17].
  • hoax's has list is recorded as list of hoaxes[18].
  • hoax's has list is recorded as list of religious hoaxes[19].
  • hoax's has list is recorded as list of UFO-related hoaxes[20].
  • hoax's has goal is recorded as disinformation[21].
  • hoax's model item is recorded as Drummer of Tedworth[22].

Body

Geography

hoax is part of list of Wikidata reasons for deprecation[5].

Designation and Status

hoax's instance of is recorded as Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[3].

Why It Matters

hoax ranks in the top 9% of wikibase_reason_for_deprecated_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,373 views/month).[2] hoax has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] hoax is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of Wikibase reason for deprecated rank
    Part of list of Wikidata reasons for deprecation
    Has list list of hoaxes, list of religious hoaxes, list of UFO-related hoaxes
    Part of
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007566502605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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