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Opening sentence

Quality:

Opening sentence - first sentence of a literary work. Article “Opening sentence” in English Wikipedia has 21.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in Hebrew Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Opening sentence”, its content was written by 26 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 44 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 18 times in English Wikipedia and cited 36 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #131496 in November 2019
  • Global: #150093 in December 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #373737 in December 2009
  • Global: #603945 in December 2009

There are 3 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
1Hebrew (he)
משפט פתיחה
27.342
2English (en)
Opening sentence
21.8469
3Arabic (ar)
جملة استفتاحية
5.9753
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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 "Opening sentence" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Opening sentence
177 293
2Hebrew (he)
משפט פתיחה
24 749
3Arabic (ar)
جملة استفتاحية
4 952
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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 "Opening sentence" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Opening sentence
1 352
2Hebrew (he)
משפט פתיחה
51
3Arabic (ar)
جملة استفتاحية
27
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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 "Opening sentence" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Opening sentence
26
2Hebrew (he)
משפט פתיחה
13
3Arabic (ar)
جملة استفتاحية
5
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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 "Opening sentence" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
جملة استفتاحية
0
2English (en)
Opening sentence
0
3Hebrew (he)
משפט פתיחה
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 "Opening sentence" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Opening sentence
18
2Hebrew (he)
משפט פתיחה
16
3Arabic (ar)
جملة استفتاحية
2
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
جملة استفتاحية
enEnglish
Opening sentence
heHebrew
משפט פתיחה

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#373737
12.2009
Global:
#603945
12.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#131496
11.2019
Global:
#150093
12.2018

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Opening sentence from Wikipedia articles about Moby-Dick, Rebecca, Incipit, Narrative hook and Bulwer–Lytton Fiction Contest. Whereas reading the article about Opening sentence people most often go to Wikipedia articles on It was a dark and stormy night, A Tale of Two Cities, Bulwer–Lytton Fiction Contest, Yes and Narrative hook.

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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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Ali Khamenei, 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran, Neil Sedaka, Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran–Israel conflict, Supreme Leader of Iran, Scream 7, Elimination Chamber (2026), World War III.

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