Definite article reduction - term used in recent linguistic work to refer to the use of vowel-less forms of the definite article the in Northern dialects of English English,for example in the Yorkshire dialect and accent.DAR is often represented by dialect spelling "t'" or "th'". Article “Definite article reduction” in English Wikipedia has 14.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 5 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.79 points.
Since the creation of article “Definite article reduction”, its content was written by 40 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 40 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.
The article is cited 12 times in English Wikipedia and cited 12 times in all languages.
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There is 1 language version 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, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).
| Best Rank | English: #626702 02.2008 |
Global: #999411 02.2008 |
| Best Rank | English: #199830 04.2017 |
Global: #371990 02.2006 |
On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.
In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.
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$$Quality=1/c∑↙{i=1}↖c nm_i-RS=1/5(11.94+3.2+0+35.71+27.76)-0.79$$
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The results of the calculations may be slightly different because of rounded values of normalized metrics in formulas
