Lebanon hostage crisis

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Lebanon hostage crisis

Quality:

Lebanon hostage crisis - kidnapping in Lebanon of 104 foreign hostages between 1982 and 1992. Article “Lebanon hostage crisis” in English Wikipedia has 88.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 155 references and 22 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 “Lebanon hostage crisis” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Lebanon hostage crisis”, its content was written by 124 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 221 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 92 times in English Wikipedia and cited 189 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #47810 in November 2011
  • Global: #70273 in May 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #69243 in November 2015
  • Global: #122304 in November 2015

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)
Lebanon hostage crisis
88.5714
2Arabic (ar)
أزمة الرهائن في لبنان
55.541
3French (fr)
Affaire des otages du Liban
26.7947
4Portuguese (pt)
Crise de reféns no Líbano
25.3966
5Swedish (sv)
Gisslankrisen i Libanon
25.1672
6Chinese (zh)
黎巴嫩人质危机
24.4828
7Persian (fa)
بحران گروگان‌گیری لبنان
22.3293
8Dutch (nl)
Libanese gijzelaarskwestie
5.8811
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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 "Lebanon hostage crisis" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lebanon hostage crisis
919 932
2French (fr)
Affaire des otages du Liban
278 734
3Persian (fa)
بحران گروگان‌گیری لبنان
42 722
4Arabic (ar)
أزمة الرهائن في لبنان
19 336
5Dutch (nl)
Libanese gijzelaarskwestie
8 681
6Swedish (sv)
Gisslankrisen i Libanon
2 421
7Portuguese (pt)
Crise de reféns no Líbano
752
8Chinese (zh)
黎巴嫩人质危机
614
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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 "Lebanon hostage crisis" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lebanon hostage crisis
5 254
2French (fr)
Affaire des otages du Liban
1 698
3Persian (fa)
بحران گروگان‌گیری لبنان
326
4Arabic (ar)
أزمة الرهائن في لبنان
87
5Chinese (zh)
黎巴嫩人质危机
34
6Dutch (nl)
Libanese gijzelaarskwestie
25
7Portuguese (pt)
Crise de reféns no Líbano
23
8Swedish (sv)
Gisslankrisen i Libanon
2
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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 "Lebanon hostage crisis" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Lebanon hostage crisis
124
2French (fr)
Affaire des otages du Liban
63
3Dutch (nl)
Libanese gijzelaarskwestie
13
4Persian (fa)
بحران گروگان‌گیری لبنان
7
5Arabic (ar)
أزمة الرهائن في لبنان
6
6Portuguese (pt)
Crise de reféns no Líbano
4
7Swedish (sv)
Gisslankrisen i Libanon
3
8Chinese (zh)
黎巴嫩人质危机
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 "Lebanon hostage crisis" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Lebanon hostage crisis
1
2Arabic (ar)
أزمة الرهائن في لبنان
0
3Persian (fa)
بحران گروگان‌گیری لبنان
0
4French (fr)
Affaire des otages du Liban
0
5Dutch (nl)
Libanese gijzelaarskwestie
0
6Portuguese (pt)
Crise de reféns no Líbano
0
7Swedish (sv)
Gisslankrisen i Libanon
0
8Chinese (zh)
黎巴嫩人质危机
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 "Lebanon hostage crisis" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Lebanon hostage crisis
92
2French (fr)
Affaire des otages du Liban
62
3Persian (fa)
بحران گروگان‌گیری لبنان
12
4Dutch (nl)
Libanese gijzelaarskwestie
12
5Arabic (ar)
أزمة الرهائن في لبنان
8
6Portuguese (pt)
Crise de reféns no Líbano
2
7Chinese (zh)
黎巴嫩人质危机
1
8Swedish (sv)
Gisslankrisen i Libanon
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أزمة الرهائن في لبنان
enEnglish
Lebanon hostage crisis
faPersian
بحران گروگان‌گیری لبنان
frFrench
Affaire des otages du Liban
nlDutch
Libanese gijzelaarskwestie
ptPortuguese
Crise de reféns no Líbano
svSwedish
Gisslankrisen i Libanon
zhChinese
黎巴嫩人质危机

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#69243
11.2015
Global:
#122304
11.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#47810
11.2011
Global:
#70273
05.2014

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Lebanon hostage crisis from Wikipedia articles about Iran–Contra affair, John McCarthy, Oliver North, Jean-Paul Kauffmann and Subhi al-Tufayli. Whereas reading the article about Lebanon hostage crisis people most often go to Wikipedia articles on William Francis Buckley, Michel Seurat, Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese Civil War and 1983 Beirut barracks bombing.

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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