Straw man

Quality:

Straw man - a form of argument and an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent. Article "Straw man" in English Wikipedia has 39.8 points for quality (as of November 1, 2023). The article contains 35 references and 9 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In October 2023 the article "Straw man" was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 14 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Straw man", its content was written by 587 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1445 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 390 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1808 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #20 in August 2001
  • Global: #25 in August 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #5519 in January 2015
  • Global: #5564 in July 2018

There are 35 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
1English (en)
Straw man
39.7798
2Polish (pl)
Sofizmat rozszerzenia
31.5471
3Estonian (et)
Õlgmees
28.2729
4Arabic (ar)
مغالطة رجل القش
27.6962
5Simple English (simple)
Straw man
27.4011
6Turkish (tr)
Korkuluk mantık hatası
26.7992
7Swedish (sv)
Halmdocka
25.9398
8Portuguese (pt)
Falácia do espantalho
25.2056
9Finnish (fi)
Olkinukke
25.0325
10Chinese (zh)
稻草人論證
24.9965
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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 "Straw man" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Straw man
12 418 351
2Spanish (es)
Falacia del hombre de paja
1 267 487
3Japanese (ja)
ストローマン
797 194
4German (de)
Strohmann-Argument
729 319
5Chinese (zh)
稻草人論證
399 313
6Portuguese (pt)
Falácia do espantalho
386 297
7French (fr)
Épouvantail (rhétorique)
382 223
8Russian (ru)
Подмена тезиса
304 498
9Finnish (fi)
Olkinukke
248 798
10Swedish (sv)
Halmdocka
197 037
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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 "Straw man" in October 2023
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Straw man
48 047
2Spanish (es)
Falacia del hombre de paja
9 002
3Japanese (ja)
ストローマン
8 596
4Arabic (ar)
مغالطة رجل القش
5 315
5German (de)
Strohmann-Argument
3 939
6Chinese (zh)
稻草人論證
3 556
7French (fr)
Épouvantail (rhétorique)
3 056
8Russian (ru)
Подмена тезиса
2 809
9Persian (fa)
مغالطه پهلوان‌پنبه
2 190
10Italian (it)
Argomento fantoccio
1 450
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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 "Straw man" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Straw man
587
2German (de)
Strohmann-Argument
92
3Spanish (es)
Falacia del hombre de paja
80
4French (fr)
Épouvantail (rhétorique)
60
5Finnish (fi)
Olkinukke
55
6Hebrew (he)
איש קש (כשל לוגי)
47
7Japanese (ja)
ストローマン
46
8Russian (ru)
Подмена тезиса
39
9Swedish (sv)
Halmdocka
39
10Portuguese (pt)
Falácia do espantalho
38
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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 "Straw man" with the highest AI in October 2023
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1French (fr)
Épouvantail (rhétorique)
4
2Arabic (ar)
مغالطة رجل القش
3
3English (en)
Straw man
3
4Korean (ko)
허수아비 때리기 오류
1
5Simple English (simple)
Straw man
1
6Swedish (sv)
Halmdocka
1
7Turkish (tr)
Korkuluk mantık hatası
1
8Catalan (ca)
Home de palla
0
9Danish (da)
Stråmand
0
10German (de)
Strohmann-Argument
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 "Straw man" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Straw man
390
2Chinese (zh)
稻草人論證
205
3Arabic (ar)
مغالطة رجل القش
154
4Ukrainian (uk)
Опудало (логіка)
137
5Spanish (es)
Falacia del hombre de paja
108
6Russian (ru)
Подмена тезиса
101
7French (fr)
Épouvantail (rhétorique)
92
8Portuguese (pt)
Falácia do espantalho
89
9Hebrew (he)
איש קש (כשל לוגי)
70
10Persian (fa)
مغالطه پهلوان‌پنبه
68
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مغالطة رجل القش
caCatalan
Home de palla
daDanish
Stråmand
deGerman
Strohmann-Argument
elGreek
Πλάνη του αχυρανθρώπου
enEnglish
Straw man
eoEsperanto
Pajlohomo
esSpanish
Falacia del hombre de paja
etEstonian
Õlgmees
faPersian
مغالطه پهلوان‌پنبه
fiFinnish
Olkinukke
frFrench
Épouvantail (rhétorique)
heHebrew
איש קש (כשל לוגי)
hrCroatian
Slamnati
huHungarian
Szalmabábérvelés
idIndonesian
Manusia jerami
itItalian
Argomento fantoccio
jaJapanese
ストローマン
koKorean
허수아비 때리기 오류
ltLithuanian
Šiaudinė baidyklė
nlDutch
Stropopredenering
noNorwegian
Stråmann
plPolish
Sofizmat rozszerzenia
ptPortuguese
Falácia do espantalho
roRomanian
Om de paie
ruRussian
Подмена тезиса
shSerbo-Croatian
Slamnati argument
simpleSimple English
Straw man
srSerbian
Сламнати аргумент
svSwedish
Halmdocka
thThai
หุ่นฟาง
trTurkish
Korkuluk mantık hatası
ukUkrainian
Опудало (логіка)
viVietnamese
Ngụy biện người rơm
zhChinese
稻草人論證

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#5519
01.2015
Global:
#5564
07.2018

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#20
08.2001
Global:
#25
08.2001

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Straw man from Wikipedia articles about Red herring, Fallacy, Ad hominem, Straw man and Polemic. Whereas reading the article about Straw man people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Fallacy, Informal fallacy, Ad hominem, Aunt Sally and Red herring.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: Straw man

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