Gun (cellular automaton)

Gun - cellular automaton pattern that periodically produces gliders or spaceships. Article “Gun (cellular automaton)” in English Wikipedia has 23.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 1 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Gun (cellular automaton)”, its content was written by 46 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 97 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 49 times in English Wikipedia and cited 210 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #58132 in February 2006
• Global: #132881 in February 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #113072 in March 2010
• Global: #170360 in March 2010

There are 7 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Spanish (es) Cañón (autómata celular)		25.0495
2	English (en) Gun (cellular automaton)		23.6449
3	Ukrainian (uk) Гармата (конфігурація клітинного автомата)		23.1103
4	Russian (ru) Ружьё (конфигурация клеточного автомата)		21.1791
5	Japanese (ja) グライダー銃		8.7515
6	French (fr) Canon (automate cellulaire)		7.5781
7	Polish (pl) Działa (automaty komórkowe)		6.6087

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Gun (cellular automaton)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Gun (cellular automaton)		492 761
2	Japanese (ja) グライダー銃		83 436
3	French (fr) Canon (automate cellulaire)		54 923
4	Russian (ru) Ружьё (конфигурация клеточного автомата)		39 462
5	Polish (pl) Działa (automaty komórkowe)		13 504
6	Spanish (es) Cañón (autómata celular)		3 906
7	Ukrainian (uk) Гармата (конфігурація клітинного автомата)		98

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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 "Gun (cellular automaton)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Gun (cellular automaton)		2 021
2	Japanese (ja) グライダー銃		314
3	Russian (ru) Ружьё (конфигурация клеточного автомата)		289
4	French (fr) Canon (automate cellulaire)		266
5	Spanish (es) Cañón (autómata celular)		37
6	Polish (pl) Działa (automaty komórkowe)		20
7	Ukrainian (uk) Гармата (конфігурація клітинного автомата)		12

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

Language versions of the article "Gun (cellular automaton)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Gun (cellular automaton)		46
2	French (fr) Canon (automate cellulaire)		16
3	Polish (pl) Działa (automaty komórkowe)		13
4	Japanese (ja) グライダー銃		12
5	Russian (ru) Ружьё (конфигурация клеточного автомата)		7
6	Spanish (es) Cañón (autómata celular)		2
7	Ukrainian (uk) Гармата (конфігурація клітинного автомата)		1

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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 "Gun (cellular automaton)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Gun (cellular automaton)		0
2	Spanish (es) Cañón (autómata celular)		0
3	French (fr) Canon (automate cellulaire)		0
4	Japanese (ja) グライダー銃		0
5	Polish (pl) Działa (automaty komórkowe)		0
6	Russian (ru) Ружьё (конфигурация клеточного автомата)		0
7	Ukrainian (uk) Гармата (конфігурація клітинного автомата)		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 "Gun (cellular automaton)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Gun (cellular automaton)		49
2	Japanese (ja) グライダー銃		49
3	Russian (ru) Ружьё (конфигурация клеточного автомата)		41
4	Ukrainian (uk) Гармата (конфігурація клітинного автомата)		38
5	French (fr) Canon (automate cellulaire)		25
6	Spanish (es) Cañón (autómata celular)		6
7	Polish (pl) Działa (automaty komórkowe)		2

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#	Language	Value
en	English Gun (cellular automaton)
es	Spanish Cañón (autómata celular)
fr	French Canon (automate cellulaire)
ja	Japanese グライダー銃
pl	Polish Działa (automaty komórkowe)
ru	Russian Ружьё (конфигурация клеточного автомата)
uk	Ukrainian Гармата (конфігурація клітинного автомата)

Best Rank

English: #113072 03.2010

Global: #170360 03.2010

Best Rank

English: #58132 02.2006

Global: #132881 02.2006

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