Lesser of two evils principle

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Lesser of two evils principle

Quality:

Lesser of two evils principle - guiding principle for a moral dilemma. Article "Lesser of two evils principle" in English Wikipedia has 33.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 21 references and 5 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 "Lesser of two evils principle", its content was written by 168 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 214 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 114 times in English Wikipedia and cited 210 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #5416 in September 2003
  • Global: #13604 in September 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #76334 in November 2016
  • Global: #140229 in November 2016

There are 9 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
1Spanish (es)
Mal menor
43.7368
2English (en)
Lesser of two evils principle
33.2442
3Indonesian (id)
Prinsip lesser of two evils
27.1871
4Esperanto (eo)
Minora malbono
23.7031
5Russian (ru)
Меньшее зло
22.2885
6Turkish (tr)
Kötünün iyisi
15.9606
7Persian (fa)
انتخاب میان بد و بدتر
15.6663
8Arabic (ar)
قاعدة أهون الشرين
15.4808
9Korean (ko)
차악
1.1322
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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 "Lesser of two evils principle" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lesser of two evils principle
892 915
2Russian (ru)
Меньшее зло
93 989
3Spanish (es)
Mal menor
86 242
4Persian (fa)
انتخاب میان بد و بدتر
18 053
5Arabic (ar)
قاعدة أهون الشرين
10 793
6Korean (ko)
차악
7 863
7Turkish (tr)
Kötünün iyisi
1 732
8Indonesian (id)
Prinsip lesser of two evils
343
9Esperanto (eo)
Minora malbono
171
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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 "Lesser of two evils principle" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Lesser of two evils principle
3 374
2Russian (ru)
Меньшее зло
450
3Spanish (es)
Mal menor
298
4Korean (ko)
차악
120
5Arabic (ar)
قاعدة أهون الشرين
94
6Persian (fa)
انتخاب میان بد و بدتر
59
7Indonesian (id)
Prinsip lesser of two evils
53
8Turkish (tr)
Kötünün iyisi
17
9Esperanto (eo)
Minora malbono
6
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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 "Lesser of two evils principle" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Lesser of two evils principle
168
2Spanish (es)
Mal menor
13
3Russian (ru)
Меньшее зло
10
4Persian (fa)
انتخاب میان بد و بدتر
9
5Arabic (ar)
قاعدة أهون الشرين
4
6Korean (ko)
차악
4
7Esperanto (eo)
Minora malbono
2
8Indonesian (id)
Prinsip lesser of two evils
2
9Turkish (tr)
Kötünün iyisi
2
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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 "Lesser of two evils principle" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Spanish (es)
Mal menor
1
2Korean (ko)
차악
1
3Arabic (ar)
قاعدة أهون الشرين
0
4English (en)
Lesser of two evils principle
0
5Esperanto (eo)
Minora malbono
0
6Persian (fa)
انتخاب میان بد و بدتر
0
7Indonesian (id)
Prinsip lesser of two evils
0
8Russian (ru)
Меньшее зло
0
9Turkish (tr)
Kötünün iyisi
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 "Lesser of two evils principle" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Lesser of two evils principle
114
2Spanish (es)
Mal menor
31
3Persian (fa)
انتخاب میان بد و بدتر
22
4Indonesian (id)
Prinsip lesser of two evils
13
5Arabic (ar)
قاعدة أهون الشرين
11
6Russian (ru)
Меньшее зло
11
7Esperanto (eo)
Minora malbono
3
8Korean (ko)
차악
3
9Turkish (tr)
Kötünün iyisi
2
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
قاعدة أهون الشرين
enEnglish
Lesser of two evils principle
eoEsperanto
Minora malbono
esSpanish
Mal menor
faPersian
انتخاب میان بد و بدتر
idIndonesian
Prinsip lesser of two evils
koKorean
차악
ruRussian
Меньшее зло
trTurkish
Kötünün iyisi

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#76334
11.2016
Global:
#140229
11.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#5416
09.2003
Global:
#13604
09.2003

Local AI rank history

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):

ko: 차악

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