A Malefactor

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A Malefactor

Quality:

A Malefactor - short story by Anton Chekhov. Article “A Malefactor” in English Wikipedia has 26.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 5 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “A Malefactor”, its content was written by 5 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 35 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 115 times in English Wikipedia and cited 161 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #456844 in September 2019
  • Global: #339565 in February 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #1370680 in August 2020
  • Global: #741840 in February 2022

There are 5 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
1German (de)
Der Übeltäter
31.3604
2English (en)
A Malefactor
26.3437
3Armenian (hy)
Չարամիտը (պատմվածք)
23.1328
4Russian (ru)
Злоумышленник (рассказ)
20.6771
5French (fr)
Malveillance (nouvelle)
14.5416
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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 "A Malefactor" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Russian (ru)
Злоумышленник (рассказ)
74 184
2English (en)
A Malefactor
19 894
3French (fr)
Malveillance (nouvelle)
3 234
4German (de)
Der Übeltäter
1 531
5Armenian (hy)
Չարամիտը (պատմվածք)
254
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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 "A Malefactor" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Russian (ru)
Злоумышленник (рассказ)
624
2English (en)
A Malefactor
171
3French (fr)
Malveillance (nouvelle)
10
4German (de)
Der Übeltäter
8
5Armenian (hy)
Չարամիտը (պատմվածք)
5
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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 "A Malefactor" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Russian (ru)
Злоумышленник (рассказ)
16
2French (fr)
Malveillance (nouvelle)
7
3German (de)
Der Übeltäter
5
4English (en)
A Malefactor
5
5Armenian (hy)
Չարամիտը (պատմվածք)
2
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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 "A Malefactor" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Der Übeltäter
0
2English (en)
A Malefactor
0
3French (fr)
Malveillance (nouvelle)
0
4Armenian (hy)
Չարամիտը (պատմվածք)
0
5Russian (ru)
Злоумышленник (рассказ)
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 "A Malefactor" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
A Malefactor
115
2Russian (ru)
Злоумышленник (рассказ)
40
3French (fr)
Malveillance (nouvelle)
3
4German (de)
Der Übeltäter
2
5Armenian (hy)
Չարամիտը (պատմվածք)
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Der Übeltäter
enEnglish
A Malefactor
frFrench
Malveillance (nouvelle)
hyArmenian
Չարամիտը (պատմվածք)
ruRussian
Злоумышленник (рассказ)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#1370680
08.2020
Global:
#741840
02.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#456844
09.2019
Global:
#339565
02.2011

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on A Malefactor from Wikipedia articles about Anton Chekhov bibliography, Funny People, Misery, Wikipedia article and Anton Chekhov. Whereas reading the article about A Malefactor people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Funny People, Anton Chekhov, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Overdoing It and Anton Chekhov bibliography.

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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