Plain language

Quality:

Plain language - writing designed to ensure the reader understands as quickly, easily, and completely as possible. Article "Plain language" in English Wikipedia has 60 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 62 references and 16 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. However, the most popular language version of this article is German.

Since the creation of article "Plain language", its content was written by 151 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 364 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 66 times in English Wikipedia and cited 186 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #5651 in August 2003
  • Global: #11532 in March 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #134374 in February 2022
  • Global: #179944 in February 2022

There are 16 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 August 1, 2024 (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)
Plain language
59.9594
2German (de)
Einfache Sprache
47.4399
3Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Klarspråk
37.1662
4Esperanto (eo)
Facila Lingvo
34.1635
5Japanese (ja)
プレインランゲージ
32.7011
6Hebrew (he)
פישוט לשוני
28.1771
7Tamil (ta)
எளிய மொழி
25.151
8Swedish (sv)
Klarspråk
23.4539
9Russian (ru)
Простой язык
21.8603
10Catalan (ca)
Llenguatge planer
21.0364
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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 "Plain language" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Plain language
436 004
2Spanish (es)
Lenguaje claro
222 039
3German (de)
Einfache Sprache
151 854
4Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem simples
73 274
5Swedish (sv)
Klarspråk
20 026
6Norwegian (no)
Klarspråk
8 071
7Catalan (ca)
Llenguatge planer
6 092
8Russian (ru)
Простой язык
5 945
9Thai (th)
ภาษาเรียบง่าย
4 529
10Hebrew (he)
פישוט לשוני
4 239
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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 July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Plain language" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Einfache Sprache
2 461
2English (en)
Plain language
1 733
3Spanish (es)
Lenguaje claro
354
4Russian (ru)
Простой язык
165
5Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem simples
149
6Japanese (ja)
プレインランゲージ
107
7Swedish (sv)
Klarspråk
45
8Thai (th)
ภาษาเรียบง่าย
31
9Norwegian (no)
Klarspråk
19
10Tamil (ta)
எளிய மொழி
18
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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 "Plain language" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Plain language
151
2German (de)
Einfache Sprache
60
3Spanish (es)
Lenguaje claro
31
4Norwegian (no)
Klarspråk
22
5Portuguese (pt)
Linguagem simples
16
6Swedish (sv)
Klarspråk
15
7Hebrew (he)
פישוט לשוני
14
8Esperanto (eo)
Facila Lingvo
11
9Catalan (ca)
Llenguatge planer
9
10Japanese (ja)
プレインランゲージ
8
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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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "Plain language" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Einfache Sprache
1
2Catalan (ca)
Llenguatge planer
0
3English (en)
Plain language
0
4Esperanto (eo)
Facila Lingvo
0
5Spanish (es)
Lenguaje claro
0
6Basque (eu)
Hizkera argia eta erraza
0
7Persian (fa)
زبان واضح
0
8Hebrew (he)
פישוט לשוני
0
9Japanese (ja)
プレインランゲージ
0
10Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Klarspråk
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 "Plain language" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Plain language
66
2German (de)
Einfache Sprache
32
3Spanish (es)
Lenguaje claro
18
4Catalan (ca)
Llenguatge planer
17
5Swedish (sv)
Klarspråk
11
6Norwegian (no)
Klarspråk
8
7Esperanto (eo)
Facila Lingvo
7
8Persian (fa)
زبان واضح
7
9Hebrew (he)
פישוט לשוני
6
10Japanese (ja)
プレインランゲージ
6
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
Llenguatge planer
deGerman
Einfache Sprache
enEnglish
Plain language
eoEsperanto
Facila Lingvo
esSpanish
Lenguaje claro
euBasque
Hizkera argia eta erraza
faPersian
زبان واضح
heHebrew
פישוט לשוני
jaJapanese
プレインランゲージ
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Klarspråk
noNorwegian
Klarspråk
ptPortuguese
Linguagem simples
ruRussian
Простой язык
svSwedish
Klarspråk
taTamil
எளிய மொழி
thThai
ภาษาเรียบง่าย

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#134374
02.2022
Global:
#179944
02.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#5651
08.2003
Global:
#11532
03.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Plain language from Wikipedia articles about Leichte Sprache, Plain English, Verbosity, Pseudocode and Shall and will. Whereas reading the article about Plain language people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Leichte Sprache, Plain English, Verbosity, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Laconic phrase.

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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