Leading lights

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Leading lights

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Leading lights - light beacons used for watercraft navigation in a shallow or dangerous channel or as position fixing. Article “Leading lights” in English Wikipedia has 38.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 5 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.01 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Leading lights”, its content was written by 53 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 173 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 431 times in English Wikipedia and cited 930 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #56376 in February 2008
  • Global: #42442 in May 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #471177 in July 2008
  • Global: #463847 in July 2023

There are 8 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)
Leading lights
38.2502
2Dutch (nl)
Lichtenlijn (navigatie)
17.9456
3Swedish (sv)
Ensfyr
12.7967
4Estonian (et)
Siht (meresõit)
8.4154
5Finnish (fi)
Linjaloisto
7.652
6French (fr)
Feu directionnel
7.1823
7Polish (pl)
Nabieżnik
5.6064
8German (de)
Richtfeuer
5.4973
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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 "Leading lights" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Leading lights
192 887
2German (de)
Richtfeuer
104 973
3Polish (pl)
Nabieżnik
53 984
4Dutch (nl)
Lichtenlijn (navigatie)
25 459
5French (fr)
Feu directionnel
16 269
6Swedish (sv)
Ensfyr
16 057
7Estonian (et)
Siht (meresõit)
6 358
8Finnish (fi)
Linjaloisto
2 423
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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 "Leading lights" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Leading lights
1 240
2German (de)
Richtfeuer
481
3Polish (pl)
Nabieżnik
204
4Dutch (nl)
Lichtenlijn (navigatie)
100
5Estonian (et)
Siht (meresõit)
70
6Swedish (sv)
Ensfyr
59
7French (fr)
Feu directionnel
36
8Finnish (fi)
Linjaloisto
33
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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 "Leading lights" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Leading lights
53
2German (de)
Richtfeuer
42
3French (fr)
Feu directionnel
22
4Dutch (nl)
Lichtenlijn (navigatie)
19
5Polish (pl)
Nabieżnik
17
6Swedish (sv)
Ensfyr
9
7Estonian (et)
Siht (meresõit)
8
8Finnish (fi)
Linjaloisto
3
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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 "Leading lights" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Richtfeuer
0
2English (en)
Leading lights
0
3Estonian (et)
Siht (meresõit)
0
4Finnish (fi)
Linjaloisto
0
5French (fr)
Feu directionnel
0
6Dutch (nl)
Lichtenlijn (navigatie)
0
7Polish (pl)
Nabieżnik
0
8Swedish (sv)
Ensfyr
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 "Leading lights" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Leading lights
431
2French (fr)
Feu directionnel
161
3German (de)
Richtfeuer
149
4Estonian (et)
Siht (meresõit)
94
5Dutch (nl)
Lichtenlijn (navigatie)
68
6Swedish (sv)
Ensfyr
13
7Polish (pl)
Nabieżnik
10
8Finnish (fi)
Linjaloisto
4
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Richtfeuer
enEnglish
Leading lights
etEstonian
Siht (meresõit)
fiFinnish
Linjaloisto
frFrench
Feu directionnel
nlDutch
Lichtenlijn (navigatie)
plPolish
Nabieżnik
svSwedish
Ensfyr

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#471177
07.2008
Global:
#463847
07.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#56376
02.2008
Global:
#42442
05.2003

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Leading lights from Wikipedia articles about Sector light, Lighthouse, Ship traffic signals, Wikipedia article and Precision approach path indicator. Whereas reading the article about Leading lights people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Sector light, Wikipedia article, Ship traffic signals, Moiré pattern and Daymark.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

sv: Ensfyr

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