Idiot defense - legal defence where a defendant claims innocence by virtue of having been ignorant of facts of which the defendant would normally be expected to be aware. Article “Idiot defense” in English Wikipedia has 23.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 10 sections.
Since the creation of article “Idiot defense”, its content was written by 56 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 56 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.
The article is cited 3 times in English Wikipedia and cited 3 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, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).
| Best Rank | English: #201965 02.2009 |
Global: #325253 02.2009 |
| Best Rank | English: #17171 05.2005 |
Global: #54967 05.2005 |
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