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Pricking

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Pricking - ordeal in which the body of a suspect witch was pricked with pins to try to identify a Devil's mark. Article “Pricking” in English Wikipedia has 24 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 4 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.26 points.

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

Since the creation of article “Pricking”, its content was written by 20 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 59 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 153 times in English Wikipedia and cited 163 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #226119 in May 2013
  • Global: #29872 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #473545 in September 2019
  • Global: #292425 in April 2008

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
1Spanish (es)
Pinchazo de bruja
27.2661
2English (en)
Pricking
23.9506
3German (de)
Nadelprobe
15.6082
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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 "Pricking" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1German (de)
Nadelprobe
282 570
2English (en)
Pricking
184 214
3Spanish (es)
Pinchazo de bruja
335
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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 "Pricking" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Pricking
891
2German (de)
Nadelprobe
368
3Spanish (es)
Pinchazo de bruja
46
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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 "Pricking" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Nadelprobe
36
2English (en)
Pricking
20
3Spanish (es)
Pinchazo de bruja
3
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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 "Pricking" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Nadelprobe
0
2English (en)
Pricking
0
3Spanish (es)
Pinchazo de bruja
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 "Pricking" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Pricking
153
2German (de)
Nadelprobe
9
3Spanish (es)
Pinchazo de bruja
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Nadelprobe
enEnglish
Pricking
esSpanish
Pinchazo de bruja

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#473545
09.2019
Global:
#292425
04.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#226119
05.2013
Global:
#29872
12.2003

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Pricking from Wikipedia articles about Matthew Hopkins/Philip Wittebane, Witch hunt, Witches mark, John Kincaid and Pubic hair removal. Whereas reading the article about Pricking people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Witches mark, Witch hunt, Torture, Leprosy and Witch Wood.

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: 98th Academy Awards, Michael B. Jordan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jessie Buckley, Sinners (2025 film), Amy Madigan, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Maya Rudolph, Sean Penn, Academy Awards.

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