Hostage diplomacy

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Hostage diplomacy

Quality:

Hostage diplomacy - taking hostages for diplomatic purposes. Article “Hostage diplomacy” in English Wikipedia has 53.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 56 references and 12 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Hostage diplomacy” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 8 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Hostage diplomacy”, its content was written by 51 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 90 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 181 times in English Wikipedia and cited 293 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #30363 in April 2025
  • Global: #30888 in August 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #195900 in September 2021
  • Global: #126007 in September 2021

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Hostage diplomacy
53.6189
2German (de)
Geiseldiplomatie
50.7134
3Korean (ko)
인질 외교
43.9386
4Azerbaijani (az)
Girov diplomatiyası
35.4087
5Chinese (zh)
人質外交
34.763
6Serbian (sr)
Талачка дипломатија
31.8275
7Russian (ru)
Дипломатия заложников
23.9358
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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 "Hostage diplomacy" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Hostage diplomacy
106 711
2Chinese (zh)
人質外交
40 551
3Russian (ru)
Дипломатия заложников
13 050
4German (de)
Geiseldiplomatie
486
5Azerbaijani (az)
Girov diplomatiyası
342
6Serbian (sr)
Талачка дипломатија
119
7Korean (ko)
인질 외교
4
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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 "Hostage diplomacy" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Hostage diplomacy
1 681
2Chinese (zh)
人質外交
321
3Russian (ru)
Дипломатия заложников
76
4German (de)
Geiseldiplomatie
39
5Azerbaijani (az)
Girov diplomatiyası
13
6Serbian (sr)
Талачка дипломатија
8
7Korean (ko)
인질 외교
4
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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 "Hostage diplomacy" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Hostage diplomacy
51
2German (de)
Geiseldiplomatie
13
3Chinese (zh)
人質外交
13
4Azerbaijani (az)
Girov diplomatiyası
5
5Russian (ru)
Дипломатия заложников
5
6Serbian (sr)
Талачка дипломатија
2
7Korean (ko)
인질 외교
1
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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 "Hostage diplomacy" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Hostage diplomacy
4
2Korean (ko)
인질 외교
3
3German (de)
Geiseldiplomatie
1
4Azerbaijani (az)
Girov diplomatiyası
0
5Russian (ru)
Дипломатия заложников
0
6Serbian (sr)
Талачка дипломатија
0
7Chinese (zh)
人質外交
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 "Hostage diplomacy" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Hostage diplomacy
181
2Chinese (zh)
人質外交
79
3Azerbaijani (az)
Girov diplomatiyası
29
4Russian (ru)
Дипломатия заложников
3
5Serbian (sr)
Талачка дипломатија
1
6German (de)
Geiseldiplomatie
0
7Korean (ko)
인질 외교
0
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in all years:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
azAzerbaijani
Girov diplomatiyası
deGerman
Geiseldiplomatie
enEnglish
Hostage diplomacy
koKorean
인질 외교
ruRussian
Дипломатия заложников
srSerbian
Талачка дипломатија
zhChinese
人質外交

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#195900
09.2021
Global:
#126007
09.2021

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#30363
04.2025
Global:
#30888
08.2022

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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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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