Blind men and an elephant

Blind men and an elephant - parable from the ancient Indian subcontinent, in which several blind men feel and try to conceptualize an elephant. This book is the 886^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books and the 689^th most popular book in English Wikipedia. Article "Blind men and an elephant" in English Wikipedia has 72 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 45 references and 18 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 "Blind men and an elephant", its content was written by 256 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 550 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Blind men and an elephant is on the 689^th place in local ranking of books in English Wikipedia and on the 886^th place in global ranking of books in all the time.

The article is cited 91 times in English Wikipedia and cited 219 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #29426 in February 2016
• Global: #20390 in August 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #34966 in March 2009
• Global: #31687 in July 2012

There are 21 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Blind men and an elephant		72.0284
2	Portuguese (pt) Os Cegos e o Elefante		54.1313
3	Italian (it) I ciechi e l'elefante		43.59
4	Spanish (es) Los ciegos y el elefante		40.9352
5	German (de) Die blinden Männer und der Elefant		39.116
6	Japanese (ja) 群盲象を評す		34.7626
7	Tamil (ta) குருடர் தடவிய யானை		34.0258
8	Hebrew (he) העיוורים והפיל		33.9663
9	Chinese (zh) 盲人摸象		33.7727
10	Hindi (hi) अंधे आदमी और एक हाथी		30.851

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Blind men and an elephant" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Blind men and an elephant		3 382 931
2	Japanese (ja) 群盲象を評す		322 179
3	Spanish (es) Los ciegos y el elefante		313 359
4	German (de) Die blinden Männer und der Elefant		274 123
5	Russian (ru) Слепые и слон		204 510
6	Chinese (zh) 盲人摸象		140 854
7	Persian (fa) فیل و کوران		65 650
8	Portuguese (pt) Os Cegos e o Elefante		61 134
9	Vietnamese (vi) Thầy bói xem voi		51 623
10	French (fr) Les Aveugles et l'Éléphant		26 145

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Blind men and an elephant" in July 2024

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Blind men and an elephant		19 667
2	Japanese (ja) 群盲象を評す		2 138
3	Chinese (zh) 盲人摸象		1 499
4	Spanish (es) Los ciegos y el elefante		1 204
5	Russian (ru) Слепые и слон		933
6	Portuguese (pt) Os Cegos e o Elefante		617
7	Vietnamese (vi) Thầy bói xem voi		428
8	Italian (it) I ciechi e l'elefante		378
9	German (de) Die blinden Männer und der Elefant		348
10	French (fr) Les Aveugles et l'Éléphant		334

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Blind men and an elephant" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Blind men and an elephant		256
2	German (de) Die blinden Männer und der Elefant		82
3	Spanish (es) Los ciegos y el elefante		32
4	Chinese (zh) 盲人摸象		23
5	Japanese (ja) 群盲象を評す		20
6	Italian (it) I ciechi e l'elefante		16
7	Hebrew (he) העיוורים והפיל		14
8	Russian (ru) Слепые и слон		14
9	Persian (fa) فیل و کوران		12
10	French (fr) Les Aveugles et l'Éléphant		12

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Blind men and an elephant" with the highest AI in July 2024

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Los ciegos y el elefante		1
2	Arabic (ar) رجال عميان وفيل		0
3	Catalan (ca) Els cecs i l'elefant		0
4	German (de) Die blinden Männer und der Elefant		0
5	English (en) Blind men and an elephant		0
6	Esperanto (eo) Blinduloj kaj elefanto		0
7	Persian (fa) فیل و کوران		0
8	Finnish (fi) Sokeat miehet ja elefantti		0
9	French (fr) Les Aveugles et l'Éléphant		0
10	Hebrew (he) העיוורים והפיל		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Blind men and an elephant" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Blind men and an elephant		91
2	Japanese (ja) 群盲象を評す		20
3	Chinese (zh) 盲人摸象		19
4	French (fr) Les Aveugles et l'Éléphant		11
5	Hebrew (he) העיוורים והפיל		11
6	Spanish (es) Los ciegos y el elefante		10
7	Russian (ru) Слепые и слон		9
8	Persian (fa) فیل و کوران		7
9	Ukrainian (uk) Сліпці і слон		6
10	Vietnamese (vi) Thầy bói xem voi		6

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic رجال عميان وفيل
ca	Catalan Els cecs i l'elefant
de	German Die blinden Männer und der Elefant
en	English Blind men and an elephant
eo	Esperanto Blinduloj kaj elefanto
es	Spanish Los ciegos y el elefante
fa	Persian فیل و کوران
fi	Finnish Sokeat miehet ja elefantti
fr	French Les Aveugles et l'Éléphant
he	Hebrew העיוורים והפיל
hi	Hindi अंधे आदमी और एक हाथी
id	Indonesian Orang-orang buta dan seekor gajah
it	Italian I ciechi e l'elefante
ja	Japanese 群盲象を評す
pt	Portuguese Os Cegos e o Elefante
ru	Russian Слепые и слон
simple	Simple English Blind men and an elephant
ta	Tamil குருடர் தடவிய யானை
uk	Ukrainian Сліпці і слон
vi	Vietnamese Thầy bói xem voi
zh	Chinese 盲人摸象

Best Rank

English: #34966 03.2009

Global: #31687 07.2012

Best Rank

English: #29426 02.2016

Global: #20390 08.2011

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