Need to know

Quality:

Need to know - Term used for restriction of very classified information. Article "Need to know" in English Wikipedia has 12.1 points for quality (as of November 1, 2023). The article contains 2 references and 5 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article "Need to know", its content was written by 51 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 148 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 57 times in English Wikipedia and cited 92 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #68907 in July 2018
  • Global: #58291 in April 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #127666 in May 2010
  • Global: #188102 in May 2010

There are 6 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from November 1, 2023 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

下表顯示了最高品質的文章的語言版本。

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1German (de)
Need-to-know-Prinzip
23.0059
2English (en)
Need to know
12.1271
3Norwegian (no)
Need-to-know prinsippet
9.6494
4Persian (fa)
نیاز به دانستن
9.2695
5French (fr)
Besoin d'en connaître
6.7678
6Arabic (ar)
الحاجة إلى المعرفة
6.653
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Need to know" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Need to know
795 432
2German (de)
Need-to-know-Prinzip
186 662
3French (fr)
Besoin d'en connaître
78 536
4Arabic (ar)
الحاجة إلى المعرفة
1 955
5Persian (fa)
نیاز به دانستن
1 762
6Norwegian (no)
Need-to-know prinsippet
1 084
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in October 2023

The most popular language versions of the article "Need to know" in October 2023
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Need to know
2 849
2German (de)
Need-to-know-Prinzip
1 558
3French (fr)
Besoin d'en connaître
425
4Arabic (ar)
الحاجة إلى المعرفة
34
5Norwegian (no)
Need-to-know prinsippet
24
6Persian (fa)
نیاز به دانستن
15
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Need to know" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Persian (fa)
نیاز به دانستن
61
2English (en)
Need to know
51
3German (de)
Need-to-know-Prinzip
20
4French (fr)
Besoin d'en connaître
13
5Norwegian (no)
Need-to-know prinsippet
2
6Arabic (ar)
الحاجة إلى المعرفة
1
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in October 2023

Language versions of the article "Need to know" with the highest AI in October 2023
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Persian (fa)
نیاز به دانستن
1
2Arabic (ar)
الحاجة إلى المعرفة
0
3German (de)
Need-to-know-Prinzip
0
4English (en)
Need to know
0
5French (fr)
Besoin d'en connaître
0
6Norwegian (no)
Need-to-know prinsippet
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Need to know" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Need to know
57
2French (fr)
Besoin d'en connaître
15
3German (de)
Need-to-know-Prinzip
11
4Arabic (ar)
الحاجة إلى المعرفة
4
5Persian (fa)
نیاز به دانستن
4
6Norwegian (no)
Need-to-know prinsippet
1
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in October 2023:
English:
Global:
Popularity in all years:
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Global:
Authors in October 2023:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Global:
Citations:
English:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الحاجة إلى المعرفة
deGerman
Need-to-know-Prinzip
enEnglish
Need to know
faPersian
نیاز به دانستن
frFrench
Besoin d'en connaître
noNorwegian
Need-to-know prinsippet

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#127666
05.2010
Global:
#188102
05.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#68907
07.2018
Global:
#58291
04.2023

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Need to know from Wikipedia articles about Security clearance, Q clearance, Classified information, Mushroom management and Principle of least privilege. Whereas reading the article about Need to know people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Discretionary access control, Principle of least privilege, Mushroom management, Compartmentalization and Security clearance.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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