Botafoc

Linstock - staff with a combustible material in one end used to discharge front-loading cannons. Article “Botafoc” in Catalan Wikipedia has 23.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Botafoc”, its content was written by 8 registered users of Catalan Wikipedia and edited by 109 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 4 times in Catalan Wikipedia and cited 62 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Catalan): #2565 in April 2017
• Global: #69973 in September 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Catalan): #26499 in September 2008
• Global: #635216 in December 2010

There are 11 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 July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Russian (ru) Пальник		30.8153
2	Ukrainian (uk) Запальник		30.1248
3	Tamil (ta) தீக்கோல்		26.2439
4	English (en) Linstock		25.228
5	Spanish (es) Botafuego		24.7327
6	Catalan (ca) Botafoc		23.6141
7	Japanese (ja) 道火桿		17.6294
8	Simple English (simple) Linstock		15.9404
9	Polish (pl) Lontownica		15.266
10	German (de) Luntenspieß		13.307

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Botafoc" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linstock		150 145
2	Polish (pl) Lontownica		27 444
3	Russian (ru) Пальник		25 425
4	German (de) Luntenspieß		15 048
5	Catalan (ca) Botafoc		5 212
6	Japanese (ja) 道火桿		4 016
7	Spanish (es) Botafuego		3 866
8	Ukrainian (uk) Запальник		2 232
9	Swedish (sv) Luntstake		1 436
10	Simple English (simple) Linstock		788

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Botafoc" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linstock		566
2	Russian (ru) Пальник		91
3	German (de) Luntenspieß		86
4	Japanese (ja) 道火桿		57
5	Spanish (es) Botafuego		41
6	Polish (pl) Lontownica		26
7	Catalan (ca) Botafoc		20
8	Simple English (simple) Linstock		11
9	Ukrainian (uk) Запальник		8
10	Swedish (sv) Luntstake		7

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Botafoc" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Linstock		39
2	German (de) Luntenspieß		17
3	Polish (pl) Lontownica		12
4	Russian (ru) Пальник		11
5	Catalan (ca) Botafoc		8
6	Spanish (es) Botafuego		6
7	Ukrainian (uk) Запальник		5
8	Simple English (simple) Linstock		3
9	Swedish (sv) Luntstake		3
10	Tamil (ta) தீக்கோல்		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Botafoc" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Botafoc		0
2	German (de) Luntenspieß		0
3	English (en) Linstock		0
4	Spanish (es) Botafuego		0
5	Japanese (ja) 道火桿		0
6	Polish (pl) Lontownica		0
7	Russian (ru) Пальник		0
8	Simple English (simple) Linstock		0
9	Swedish (sv) Luntstake		0
10	Tamil (ta) தீக்கோல்		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Botafoc" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Linstock		15
2	Ukrainian (uk) Запальник		15
3	Russian (ru) Пальник		10
4	Catalan (ca) Botafoc		4
5	German (de) Luntenspieß		4
6	Japanese (ja) 道火桿		4
7	Polish (pl) Lontownica		3
8	Swedish (sv) Luntstake		3
9	Tamil (ta) தீக்கோல்		3
10	Spanish (es) Botafuego		1

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Botafoc
de	German Luntenspieß
en	English Linstock
es	Spanish Botafuego
ja	Japanese 道火桿
pl	Polish Lontownica
ru	Russian Пальник
simple	Simple English Linstock
sv	Swedish Luntstake
ta	Tamil தீக்கோல்
uk	Ukrainian Запальник

Best Rank

Catalan: #26499 09.2008

Global: #635216 12.2010

Best Rank

Catalan: #2565 04.2017

Global: #69973 09.2023

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