Argument from silence

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Argument from silence

Quality:

Argument from silence - argument based on the absence of statements in historical documents, rather than their presence. Article "Argument from silence" in English Wikipedia has 57 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 47 references and 7 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Argument from silence", its content was written by 127 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 296 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 197 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1011 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #2250 in May 2003
  • Global: #6469 in May 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #112610 in August 2017
  • Global: #166046 in August 2017

There are 20 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 August 1, 2024 (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)
Argument from silence
57.0263
2Portuguese (pt)
Argumentum ex silentio
41.5874
3Thai (th)
การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยการไม่พูดถึง
37.2108
4Arabic (ar)
الحجة من السكوت
34.1943
5Korean (ko)
묵증
25.6563
6Indonesian (id)
Argumen dari kesunyian
25.4916
7Ukrainian (uk)
Argumentum ex silentio
24.6695
8German (de)
Argumentum e silentio
24.6539
9Lithuanian (lt)
Argumentas iš tylėjimo
23.3997
10Persian (fa)
مغالطه توسل به سکوت
19.9742
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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 "Argument from silence" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Argument from silence
438 722
2Spanish (es)
Argumento a silentio
280 805
3French (fr)
Argumentum a silentio
36 010
4Italian (it)
Argomento del silenzio
31 914
5Chinese (zh)
默證
22 776
6Finnish (fi)
Argumentum ex silentio
19 173
7Portuguese (pt)
Argumentum ex silentio
18 122
8German (de)
Argumentum e silentio
9 351
9Hebrew (he)
אקס סילנטיו
7 432
10Catalan (ca)
Argument per silenci
5 607
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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 July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Argument from silence" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Argument from silence
2 070
2Spanish (es)
Argumento a silentio
1 739
3French (fr)
Argumentum a silentio
260
4German (de)
Argumentum e silentio
177
5Chinese (zh)
默證
97
6Italian (it)
Argomento del silenzio
79
7Finnish (fi)
Argumentum ex silentio
72
8Portuguese (pt)
Argumentum ex silentio
72
9Arabic (ar)
الحجة من السكوت
30
10Hebrew (he)
אקס סילנטיו
18
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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 "Argument from silence" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Argument from silence
127
2French (fr)
Argumentum a silentio
33
3Spanish (es)
Argumento a silentio
31
4Italian (it)
Argomento del silenzio
19
5Hebrew (he)
אקס סילנטיו
14
6Finnish (fi)
Argumentum ex silentio
10
7German (de)
Argumentum e silentio
9
8Lithuanian (lt)
Argumentas iš tylėjimo
8
9Chinese (zh)
默證
8
10Catalan (ca)
Argument per silenci
7
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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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "Argument from silence" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
الحجة من السكوت
0
2Catalan (ca)
Argument per silenci
0
3German (de)
Argumentum e silentio
0
4English (en)
Argument from silence
0
5Spanish (es)
Argumento a silentio
0
6Basque (eu)
A silentio argudioa
0
7Persian (fa)
مغالطه توسل به سکوت
0
8Finnish (fi)
Argumentum ex silentio
0
9French (fr)
Argumentum a silentio
0
10Hebrew (he)
אקס סילנטיו
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 "Argument from silence" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Argument from silence
197
2Chinese (zh)
默證
191
3Arabic (ar)
الحجة من السكوت
148
4Ukrainian (uk)
Argumentum ex silentio
130
5Spanish (es)
Argumento a silentio
71
6French (fr)
Argumentum a silentio
67
7Hebrew (he)
אקס סילנטיו
44
8Persian (fa)
مغالطه توسل به سکوت
35
9Catalan (ca)
Argument per silenci
30
10Thai (th)
การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยการไม่พูดถึง
30
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الحجة من السكوت
caCatalan
Argument per silenci
deGerman
Argumentum e silentio
enEnglish
Argument from silence
esSpanish
Argumento a silentio
euBasque
A silentio argudioa
faPersian
مغالطه توسل به سکوت
fiFinnish
Argumentum ex silentio
frFrench
Argumentum a silentio
heHebrew
אקס סילנטיו
idIndonesian
Argumen dari kesunyian
itItalian
Argomento del silenzio
koKorean
묵증
ltLithuanian
Argumentas iš tylėjimo
ptPortuguese
Argumentum ex silentio
skSlovak
Argumentum ex silentio
srSerbian
Аргумент из тишине
thThai
การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยการไม่พูดถึง
ukUkrainian
Argumentum ex silentio
zhChinese
默證

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#112610
08.2017
Global:
#166046
08.2017

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#2250
05.2003
Global:
#6469
05.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Argument from silence from Wikipedia articles about Fallacy, Ad hominem, Straw man argument, Christ myth theory and Argument from authority. Whereas reading the article about Argument from silence people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Appeal to tradition, Argument from ignorance, Abductive reasoning, Argumentum ad baculum and Fallacy.

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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ko: 묵증

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