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1979 NHL expansion

Quality:

1979 NHL expansion - event in June 1979 where the World Hockey Association joined the National Hockey League. Article “1979 NHL expansion” in English Wikipedia has 48.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 42 references and 9 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “1979 NHL expansion”, its content was written by 91 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 95 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 628 times in English Wikipedia and cited 664 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #34275 in January 2025
  • Global: #135179 in January 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #183067 in June 2024
  • Global: #314001 in June 2024

There are 2 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)
1979 NHL expansion
48.7635
2Russian (ru)
Слияние НХЛ и ВХА
8.5314
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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 "1979 NHL expansion" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
1979 NHL expansion
415 210
2Russian (ru)
Слияние НХЛ и ВХА
8 411
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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 "1979 NHL expansion" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
1979 NHL expansion
4 652
2Russian (ru)
Слияние НХЛ и ВХА
55
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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 "1979 NHL expansion" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
1979 NHL expansion
91
2Russian (ru)
Слияние НХЛ и ВХА
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 "1979 NHL expansion" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
1979 NHL expansion
0
2Russian (ru)
Слияние НХЛ и ВХА
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 "1979 NHL expansion" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
1979 NHL expansion
628
2Russian (ru)
Слияние НХЛ и ВХА
36
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
1979 NHL expansion
ruRussian
Слияние НХЛ и ВХА

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#183067
06.2024
Global:
#314001
06.2024

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#34275
01.2025
Global:
#135179
01.2025

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on 1979 NHL expansion from Wikipedia articles about National Hockey League, Edmonton Oilers, Arizona Coyotes, Hartford Whalers and World Hockey Association. Whereas reading the article about 1979 NHL expansion people most often go to Wikipedia articles on World Hockey Association, 1979–80 Hartford Whalers season, 1979–80 Quebec Nordiques season, 1978–79 WHA season and 1979–80 Winnipeg Jets season.

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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