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Original face

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Original face - term in Zen Buddhism, originating from the Platform Sutra: “When you're not thinking of anything good and anything bad, at that moment, what is your original face?”. Article “Original face” in English Wikipedia has 41.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 18 references and 11 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 “Original face” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Original face”, its content was written by 28 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 68 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in English Wikipedia and cited 12 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #65651 in December 2004
  • Global: #55762 in December 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #510022 in August 2013
  • Global: #823181 in August 2013

There are 4 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)
Original face
41.6858
2German (de)
Ursprüngliches Gesicht
37.3346
3Russian (ru)
Первоначальное лицо
8.0262
4Bulgarian (bg)
Първоначално лице
1.5188
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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 "Original face" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Original face
154 152
2Russian (ru)
Первоначальное лицо
20 287
3German (de)
Ursprüngliches Gesicht
4 495
4Bulgarian (bg)
Първоначално лице
1 151
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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 "Original face" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Original face
934
2Russian (ru)
Первоначальное лицо
74
3German (de)
Ursprüngliches Gesicht
34
4Bulgarian (bg)
Първоначално лице
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 "Original face" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Original face
28
2German (de)
Ursprüngliches Gesicht
26
3Russian (ru)
Первоначальное лицо
10
4Bulgarian (bg)
Първоначално лице
4
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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 "Original face" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Original face
1
2Bulgarian (bg)
Първоначално лице
0
3German (de)
Ursprüngliches Gesicht
0
4Russian (ru)
Первоначальное лицо
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 "Original face" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Original face
6
2Russian (ru)
Первоначальное лицо
3
3German (de)
Ursprüngliches Gesicht
2
4Bulgarian (bg)
Първоначално лице
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
bgBulgarian
Първоначално лице
deGerman
Ursprüngliches Gesicht
enEnglish
Original face
ruRussian
Первоначальное лицо

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#510022
08.2013
Global:
#823181
08.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#65651
12.2004
Global:
#55762
12.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Original face from Wikipedia articles about Kōan, Hua Tou, Turning the light around, Ensō and Who is the master that sees and hears?. Whereas reading the article about Original face people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Who is the master that sees and hears?, Ensō, Five Ranks, Buddha-nature and Kōan.

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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