Metal theft

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Metal theft

Quality:

Metal theft - theft of items for the scrap value of their constituent metals. Article “Metal theft” in English Wikipedia has 81.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 79 references and 24 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 4.27 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 “Metal theft”, its content was written by 132 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 229 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 82 times in English Wikipedia and cited 203 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4233 in July 2016
  • Global: #12023 in June 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #175175 in May 2018
  • Global: #293434 in May 2018

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)
Metal theft
81.0606
2German (de)
Metalldiebstahl
49.0548
3Dutch (nl)
Koperdiefstal
37.34
4Portuguese (pt)
Furto de metal
24.7599
5Ukrainian (uk)
Крадіжки кольорових та чорних металів
23.3671
6Japanese (ja)
金属窃盗
22.529
7Chinese (zh)
金属盗窃
15.4288
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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 "Metal theft" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Metal theft
371 842
2Dutch (nl)
Koperdiefstal
42 638
3German (de)
Metalldiebstahl
24 057
4Japanese (ja)
金属窃盗
3 080
5Ukrainian (uk)
Крадіжки кольорових та чорних металів
1 297
6Portuguese (pt)
Furto de metal
1 025
7Chinese (zh)
金属盗窃
947
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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 "Metal theft" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Metal theft
1 654
2German (de)
Metalldiebstahl
134
3Chinese (zh)
金属盗窃
100
4Dutch (nl)
Koperdiefstal
88
5Japanese (ja)
金属窃盗
70
6Portuguese (pt)
Furto de metal
31
7Ukrainian (uk)
Крадіжки кольорових та чорних металів
5
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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 "Metal theft" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Metal theft
132
2German (de)
Metalldiebstahl
44
3Dutch (nl)
Koperdiefstal
30
4Ukrainian (uk)
Крадіжки кольорових та чорних металів
11
5Japanese (ja)
金属窃盗
6
6Portuguese (pt)
Furto de metal
5
7Chinese (zh)
金属盗窃
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 "Metal theft" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Japanese (ja)
金属窃盗
1
2German (de)
Metalldiebstahl
0
3English (en)
Metal theft
0
4Dutch (nl)
Koperdiefstal
0
5Portuguese (pt)
Furto de metal
0
6Ukrainian (uk)
Крадіжки кольорових та чорних металів
0
7Chinese (zh)
金属盗窃
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 "Metal theft" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Metalldiebstahl
85
2English (en)
Metal theft
82
3Dutch (nl)
Koperdiefstal
12
4Ukrainian (uk)
Крадіжки кольорових та чорних металів
9
5Chinese (zh)
金属盗窃
7
6Portuguese (pt)
Furto de metal
5
7Japanese (ja)
金属窃盗
3
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
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
Metalldiebstahl
enEnglish
Metal theft
jaJapanese
金属窃盗
nlDutch
Koperdiefstal
ptPortuguese
Furto de metal
ukUkrainian
Крадіжки кольорових та чорних металів
zhChinese
金属盗窃

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#175175
05.2018
Global:
#293434
05.2018

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4233
07.2016
Global:
#12023
06.2015

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Metal theft from Wikipedia articles about Detroiters, Organized crime, Penny debate in the United States, Copper and Discrimination of Henan people. Whereas reading the article about Metal theft people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Manhole cover, Scrap, Gold laundering, Traffic sign theft and Greshams law.

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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