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Geiselnahme

Quality:

Hostage taking - act of taking and holding a hostage or hostages. Article “Geiselnahme” in German Wikipedia has 28.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 13 sections.

This article has the best quality in French Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (German) language version.

Since the creation of article “Geiselnahme”, its content was written by 112 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 221 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 319 times in German Wikipedia and cited 801 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #5201 in August 2005
  • Global: #19223 in October 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #37306 in August 2008
  • Global: #188776 in November 2015

There are 4 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, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

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

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1French (fr)
Prise d'otage
29.0325
2German (de)
Geiselnahme
28.8036
3Slovak (sk)
Rukojemnícka dráma
23.7902
4Dutch (nl)
Gijzeling (misdrijf)
15.4028
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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 "Geiselnahme" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Geiselnahme
284 760
2French (fr)
Prise d'otage
207 522
3Dutch (nl)
Gijzeling (misdrijf)
104 967
4Slovak (sk)
Rukojemnícka dráma
1 241
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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 June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Geiselnahme" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1French (fr)
Prise d'otage
737
2German (de)
Geiselnahme
662
3Dutch (nl)
Gijzeling (misdrijf)
281
4Slovak (sk)
Rukojemnícka dráma
8
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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 "Geiselnahme" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Geiselnahme
112
2French (fr)
Prise d'otage
55
3Dutch (nl)
Gijzeling (misdrijf)
50
4Slovak (sk)
Rukojemnícka dráma
4
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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 June 2025

Language versions of the article "Geiselnahme" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Geiselnahme
0
2French (fr)
Prise d'otage
0
3Dutch (nl)
Gijzeling (misdrijf)
0
4Slovak (sk)
Rukojemnícka dráma
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 "Geiselnahme" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1French (fr)
Prise d'otage
322
2German (de)
Geiselnahme
319
3Dutch (nl)
Gijzeling (misdrijf)
159
4Slovak (sk)
Rukojemnícka dráma
1
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Geiselnahme
frFrench
Prise d'otage
nlDutch
Gijzeling (misdrijf)
skSlovak
Rukojemnícka dráma

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#37306
08.2008
Global:
#188776
11.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#5201
08.2005
Global:
#19223
10.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Hostage taking from Wikipedia articles about O. J. Simpson, Stockholm syndrome, Hostage crisis Apple Store Amsterdam 2022, Gladbeck hostage crisis and November 2015 Paris attacks. Whereas reading the article about Hostage taking people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Beslan school siege, Munich massacre, Grand Mosque Seizure, Moscow theater hostage crisis and Extortionate kidnapping.

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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