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Dispositif

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Dispositif - term used by the French intellectual Michel Foucault, generally to refer to the various institutional, physical, and administrative mechanisms and knowledge structures which enhance and maintain the exercise of power within the social body. Article “Dispositif” in English Wikipedia has 23.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 11 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in French Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article “Dispositif” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Dispositif”, its content was written by 28 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 134 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 66 times in English Wikipedia and cited 117 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #142969 in October 2016
  • Global: #70880 in January 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #198443 in May 2012
  • Global: #134429 in January 2011

There are 6 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
1French (fr)
Dispositif (philosophie)
24.4103
2German (de)
Dispositiv
23.7916
3English (en)
Dispositif
23.5169
4Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
20.4197
5Italian (it)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
17.3308
6Danish (da)
Anordning (Foucault)
2.1869
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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 "Dispositif" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Dispositiv
999 403
2English (en)
Dispositif
346 963
3French (fr)
Dispositif (philosophie)
75 414
4Italian (it)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
49 499
5Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
8 438
6Danish (da)
Anordning (Foucault)
5 743
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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 "Dispositif" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Dispositif
1 591
2German (de)
Dispositiv
1 370
3French (fr)
Dispositif (philosophie)
309
4Italian (it)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
221
5Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
132
6Danish (da)
Anordning (Foucault)
14
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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 "Dispositif" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Dispositiv
61
2English (en)
Dispositif
28
3French (fr)
Dispositif (philosophie)
17
4Italian (it)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
13
5Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
10
6Danish (da)
Anordning (Foucault)
5
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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 "Dispositif" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Dispositif
1
2Danish (da)
Anordning (Foucault)
0
3German (de)
Dispositiv
0
4French (fr)
Dispositif (philosophie)
0
5Italian (it)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
0
6Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
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 "Dispositif" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Dispositif
66
2German (de)
Dispositiv
31
3French (fr)
Dispositif (philosophie)
8
4Portuguese (pt)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
5
5Danish (da)
Anordning (Foucault)
4
6Italian (it)
Dispositivo (filosofia)
3
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
daDanish
Anordning (Foucault)
deGerman
Dispositiv
enEnglish
Dispositif
frFrench
Dispositif (philosophie)
itItalian
Dispositivo (filosofia)
ptPortuguese
Dispositivo (filosofia)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#198443
05.2012
Global:
#134429
01.2011

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#142969
10.2016
Global:
#70880
01.2023

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Dispositif from Wikipedia articles about Michel Foucault, Governmentality, Episteme, Georges Canguilhem and Eurasia. Whereas reading the article about Dispositif people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Michel Foucault, Wikipedia article, A priori, Apparatus theory and Gesamtkunstwerk.

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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