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Indirect rule

Quality:

Indirect rule - system of colonial government, in which the day-to-day government and administration of areas both small and large was left in the hands of traditional rulers, while external affairs, taxation, and communications were left to colonial powers. Article “Indirect rule” in German Wikipedia has 7.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 0 references and 4 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Indirect rule”, its content was written by 41 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 195 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 93 times in German Wikipedia and cited 519 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #18090 in March 2008
  • Global: #109998 in September 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #77153 in December 2008
  • Global: #123080 in April 2013

There are 9 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
1English (en)
Indirect rule
42.9168
2Spanish (es)
Gobierno indirecto
37.6897
3Arabic (ar)
حكم غير مباشر
29.9476
4German (de)
Indirect rule
7.4375
5Korean (ko)
간접통치
5.5657
6Italian (it)
Governo indiretto
4.1768
7French (fr)
Indirect rule
3.4966
8Persian (fa)
حکمرانی غیرمستقیم
2.9064
9Polish (pl)
Rządy pośrednie
1.5797
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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 "Indirect rule" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Indirect rule
1 265 053
2German (de)
Indirect rule
96 049
3French (fr)
Indirect rule
91 837
4Arabic (ar)
حكم غير مباشر
37 235
5Spanish (es)
Gobierno indirecto
21 053
6Italian (it)
Governo indiretto
6 771
7Polish (pl)
Rządy pośrednie
6 355
8Korean (ko)
간접통치
4 132
9Persian (fa)
حکمرانی غیرمستقیم
607
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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 "Indirect rule" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Indirect rule
2 913
2French (fr)
Indirect rule
197
3German (de)
Indirect rule
196
4Italian (it)
Governo indiretto
39
5Spanish (es)
Gobierno indirecto
31
6Korean (ko)
간접통치
30
7Arabic (ar)
حكم غير مباشر
26
8Persian (fa)
حکمرانی غیرمستقیم
12
9Polish (pl)
Rządy pośrednie
11
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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 "Indirect rule" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Indirect rule
116
2German (de)
Indirect rule
41
3French (fr)
Indirect rule
19
4Spanish (es)
Gobierno indirecto
7
5Arabic (ar)
حكم غير مباشر
5
6Italian (it)
Governo indiretto
3
7Persian (fa)
حکمرانی غیرمستقیم
2
8Polish (pl)
Rządy pośrednie
2
9Korean (ko)
간접통치
0
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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 "Indirect rule" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Italian (it)
Governo indiretto
1
2Arabic (ar)
حكم غير مباشر
0
3German (de)
Indirect rule
0
4English (en)
Indirect rule
0
5Spanish (es)
Gobierno indirecto
0
6Persian (fa)
حکمرانی غیرمستقیم
0
7French (fr)
Indirect rule
0
8Korean (ko)
간접통치
0
9Polish (pl)
Rządy pośrednie
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 "Indirect rule" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Indirect rule
306
2German (de)
Indirect rule
93
3French (fr)
Indirect rule
60
4Spanish (es)
Gobierno indirecto
21
5Italian (it)
Governo indiretto
12
6Korean (ko)
간접통치
11
7Arabic (ar)
حكم غير مباشر
10
8Persian (fa)
حکمرانی غیرمستقیم
3
9Polish (pl)
Rządy pośrednie
3
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
حكم غير مباشر
deGerman
Indirect rule
enEnglish
Indirect rule
esSpanish
Gobierno indirecto
faPersian
حکمرانی غیرمستقیم
frFrench
Indirect rule
itItalian
Governo indiretto
koKorean
간접통치
plPolish
Rządy pośrednie

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#77153
12.2008
Global:
#123080
04.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#18090
03.2008
Global:
#109998
09.2019

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Indirect rule from Wikipedia articles about Princely state, Cameroon, British protectorate, Korea under Japanese rule and Mahmood Mamdani. Whereas reading the article about Indirect rule people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Pax Britannica, Direct colonial rule, District officer and Direct rule.

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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