Strohmann-Argument

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Strohmann-Argument

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Straw man argument - 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 “Strohmann-Argument” in German Wikipedia has 7.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 0 references and 6 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 “Strohmann-Argument”, its content was written by 98 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 1526 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 33 times in German Wikipedia and cited 1954 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #2717 in February 2019
  • Global: #34 in February 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #8105 in June 2020
  • Global: #5558 in July 2018

There are 37 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)
Straw man
46.0919
2Basque (eu)
Lastozko gizonaren falazia
35.9437
3Chinese (zh)
稻草人論證
30.289
4Polish (pl)
Sofizmat rozszerzenia
29.836
5Estonian (et)
Õlgmees
28.5795
6Turkish (tr)
Korkuluk mantık hatası
28.0478
7Arabic (ar)
مغالطة رجل القش
27.866
8Simple English (simple)
Straw man
27.4857
9Swedish (sv)
Halmdocka
26.4018
10French (fr)
Épouvantail (rhétorique)
25.4803
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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 "Strohmann-Argument" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Straw man
13 216 379
2Spanish (es)
Falacia del hombre de paja
1 405 406
3Japanese (ja)
ストローマン
907 510
4German (de)
Strohmann-Argument
828 360
5Chinese (zh)
稻草人論證
472 803
6French (fr)
Épouvantail (rhétorique)
439 262
7Portuguese (pt)
Falácia do espantalho
413 215
8Russian (ru)
Подмена тезиса
359 001
9Finnish (fi)
Olkinukke
272 946
10Arabic (ar)
مغالطة رجل القش
252 370
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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 "Strohmann-Argument" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Straw man
31 560
2Spanish (es)
Falacia del hombre de paja
3 925
3Japanese (ja)
ストローマン
3 426
4Chinese (zh)
稻草人論證
3 119
5French (fr)
Épouvantail (rhétorique)
2 435
6German (de)
Strohmann-Argument
2 290
7Russian (ru)
Подмена тезиса
2 049
8Arabic (ar)
مغالطة رجل القش
1 851
9Polish (pl)
Sofizmat rozszerzenia
1 811
10Italian (it)
Argomento fantoccio
1 183
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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 "Strohmann-Argument" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Straw man
610
2German (de)
Strohmann-Argument
98
3Spanish (es)
Falacia del hombre de paja
84
4French (fr)
Épouvantail (rhétorique)
69
5Finnish (fi)
Olkinukke
55
6Japanese (ja)
ストローマン
49
7Hebrew (he)
איש קש (כשל לוגי)
47
8Russian (ru)
Подмена тезиса
42
9Portuguese (pt)
Falácia do espantalho
41
10Swedish (sv)
Halmdocka
40
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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 "Strohmann-Argument" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Indonesian (id)
Manusia jerami
1
2Chinese (zh)
稻草人論證
1
3Arabic (ar)
مغالطة رجل القش
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Saman adam
0
5Catalan (ca)
Home de palla
0
6Danish (da)
Stråmand (retorik)
0
7German (de)
Strohmann-Argument
0
8Greek (el)
Πλάνη του αχυρανθρώπου
0
9English (en)
Straw man
0
10Esperanto (eo)
Pajlohomo
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 "Strohmann-Argument" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Straw man
400
2Chinese (zh)
稻草人論證
212
3Arabic (ar)
مغالطة رجل القش
163
4Ukrainian (uk)
Опудало (логіка)
140
5Spanish (es)
Falacia del hombre de paja
116
6Russian (ru)
Подмена тезиса
110
7Portuguese (pt)
Falácia do espantalho
97
8French (fr)
Épouvantail (rhétorique)
94
9Hebrew (he)
איש קש (כשל לוגי)
81
10Persian (fa)
مغالطه پهلوان‌پنبه
74
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مغالطة رجل القش
azAzerbaijani
Saman adam
caCatalan
Home de palla
daDanish
Stråmand (retorik)
deGerman
Strohmann-Argument
elGreek
Πλάνη του αχυρανθρώπου
enEnglish
Straw man
eoEsperanto
Pajlohomo
esSpanish
Falacia del hombre de paja
etEstonian
Õlgmees
euBasque
Lastozko gizonaren falazia
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 German:
#8105
06.2020
Global:
#5558
07.2018

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#2717
02.2019
Global:
#34
02.2002

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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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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