vandalism

activity of deliberately damaging or defacing an object or structure
Thing human_activity Q6160
vandalism
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Summary

vandalism is a human activity[1]. vandalism draws 3,595 Wikipedia views per month (human activity category, ranking #12 of 66).[2]

Key Facts

  • Main regulatory text: Criminal Code of Russia[3], Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014[4]
  • Subclass of: property damage[5]
  • Commons category: Vandalism[6]
  • Said to be the same as: Q25608333[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vandalism[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Different from: neglected maintenance[14]
  • Agent of action: vandal[15]

Why It Matters

vandalism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] vandalism is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ru.wikisource.org. ru.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Q43476684. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . 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. 15w ago · Mullanur · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → memory-alpha:Vandalism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: memory-alpha:Vandalism"
  2. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → vandalism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: vandalism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966615|vandalism (#289966615)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0313482-vandalismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0313482-vandalismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → Q137189980
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531846405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 3118, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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