Mercy rule

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Mercy rule

Quality:

Mercy rule - rule that ends a sports event due to an insurmountable lead. Article “Mercy rule” in English Wikipedia has 38.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 23 references and 12 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 “Mercy rule” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Mercy rule”, its content was written by 141 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 241 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 413 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1020 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #223 in February 2002
  • Global: #295 in February 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #19727 in September 2015
  • Global: #28622 in August 2015

There are 7 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)
Mercy rule
38.6542
2Japanese (ja)
コールドゲーム
21.7748
3Portuguese (pt)
Regra de misericórdia
16.4249
4Chinese (zh)
提前結束比賽
14.2485
5Polish (pl)
Zasada litości
10.869
6Korean (ko)
콜드게임
3.5562
7Spanish (es)
Regla de misericordia
2.6432
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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 "Mercy rule" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Mercy rule
1 584 993
2Japanese (ja)
コールドゲーム
1 353 652
3Chinese (zh)
提前結束比賽
146 314
4Korean (ko)
콜드게임
84 695
5Spanish (es)
Regla de misericordia
31 948
6Portuguese (pt)
Regra de misericórdia
5 466
7Polish (pl)
Zasada litości
2 209
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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 "Mercy rule" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Mercy rule
6 977
2Japanese (ja)
コールドゲーム
4 157
3Korean (ko)
콜드게임
3 702
4Chinese (zh)
提前結束比賽
1 312
5Spanish (es)
Regla de misericordia
296
6Portuguese (pt)
Regra de misericórdia
40
7Polish (pl)
Zasada litości
25
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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 "Mercy rule" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Mercy rule
141
2Japanese (ja)
コールドゲーム
72
3Chinese (zh)
提前結束比賽
14
4Korean (ko)
콜드게임
5
5Spanish (es)
Regla de misericordia
4
6Portuguese (pt)
Regra de misericórdia
3
7Polish (pl)
Zasada litości
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 "Mercy rule" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Mercy rule
3
2Spanish (es)
Regla de misericordia
0
3Japanese (ja)
コールドゲーム
0
4Korean (ko)
콜드게임
0
5Polish (pl)
Zasada litości
0
6Portuguese (pt)
Regra de misericórdia
0
7Chinese (zh)
提前結束比賽
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 "Mercy rule" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
コールドゲーム
480
2English (en)
Mercy rule
413
3Chinese (zh)
提前結束比賽
74
4Korean (ko)
콜드게임
38
5Spanish (es)
Regla de misericordia
8
6Portuguese (pt)
Regra de misericórdia
5
7Polish (pl)
Zasada litości
2
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Scores

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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Mercy rule
esSpanish
Regla de misericordia
jaJapanese
コールドゲーム
koKorean
콜드게임
plPolish
Zasada litości
ptPortuguese
Regra de misericórdia
zhChinese
提前結束比賽

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#19727
09.2015
Global:
#28622
08.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#223
02.2002
Global:
#295
02.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Mercy rule from Wikipedia articles about Garbage time, Running up the score, Technical fall, Clayton Kershaw and Japanese High School Baseball Championship. Whereas reading the article about Mercy rule people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Running up the score, Running out the clock, Suspended game, Goalball and Walk-off home run.

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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