Memory hole

Memory hole - mechanism for the alteration or disappearance of inconvenient or embarrassing documents, photographs, transcripts or other records. Article “Memory hole” in English Wikipedia has 20.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 10 references and 4 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.06 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 “Memory hole”, its content was written by 126 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 192 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 249 times in English Wikipedia and cited 532 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7128 in September 2004
• Global: #30754 in September 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #72589 in February 2010
• Global: #121305 in February 2010

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, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Memory hole		20.1973
2	Portuguese (pt) Buraco da memória		16.2714
3	Arabic (ar) ثقب الذاكرة		15.3959
4	Korean (ko) 메모리 홀		14.6172
5	Turkish (tr) Memory hole		12.2454
6	French (fr) Trou de mémoire (1984)		9.5019
7	Italian (it) Buco della memoria		7.467
8	Chinese (zh) 忘怀洞		6.9545

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Memory hole" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Memory hole		1 281 623
2	Chinese (zh) 忘怀洞		69 858
3	Italian (it) Buco della memoria		15 143
4	Arabic (ar) ثقب الذاكرة		12 037
5	Portuguese (pt) Buraco da memória		6 634
6	Turkish (tr) Memory hole		646
7	French (fr) Trou de mémoire (1984)		284
8	Korean (ko) 메모리 홀		166

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Memory hole" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Memory hole		2 149
2	Chinese (zh) 忘怀洞		265
3	Italian (it) Buco della memoria		59
4	French (fr) Trou de mémoire (1984)		25
5	Portuguese (pt) Buraco da memória		21
6	Turkish (tr) Memory hole		9
7	Korean (ko) 메모리 홀		8
8	Arabic (ar) ثقب الذاكرة		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Memory hole" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Memory hole		126
2	Chinese (zh) 忘怀洞		22
3	Italian (it) Buco della memoria		17
4	Arabic (ar) ثقب الذاكرة		14
5	French (fr) Trou de mémoire (1984)		6
6	Portuguese (pt) Buraco da memória		5
7	Turkish (tr) Memory hole		2
8	Korean (ko) 메모리 홀		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Memory hole" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) ثقب الذاكرة		0
2	English (en) Memory hole		0
3	French (fr) Trou de mémoire (1984)		0
4	Italian (it) Buco della memoria		0
5	Korean (ko) 메모리 홀		0
6	Portuguese (pt) Buraco da memória		0
7	Turkish (tr) Memory hole		0
8	Chinese (zh) 忘怀洞		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Memory hole" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Memory hole		249
2	Chinese (zh) 忘怀洞		124
3	Arabic (ar) ثقب الذاكرة		52
4	Italian (it) Buco della memoria		34
5	Korean (ko) 메모리 홀		30
6	French (fr) Trou de mémoire (1984)		29
7	Portuguese (pt) Buraco da memória		14
8	Turkish (tr) Memory hole		0

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ثقب الذاكرة
en	English Memory hole
fr	French Trou de mémoire (1984)
it	Italian Buco della memoria
ko	Korean 메모리 홀
pt	Portuguese Buraco da memória
tr	Turkish Memory hole
zh	Chinese 忘怀洞

Best Rank

English: #72589 02.2010

Global: #121305 02.2010

Best Rank

English: #7128 09.2004

Global: #30754 09.2004

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