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Reference desk

Quality:

Library reference service - public service counter in a library. Article “Reference desk” in English Wikipedia has 30.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 14 references and 9 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.6 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.

In June 2025 the article “Reference desk” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Reference desk”, its content was written by 149 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 266 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 166 times in English Wikipedia and cited 349 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #150 in June 2001
  • Global: #175 in June 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #119613 in June 2013
  • Global: #147740 in July 2009

There are 10 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)
Reference desk
30.3985
2German (de)
Auskunftsbibliothekar
22.5625
3Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
18.561
4Japanese (ja)
レファレンスサービス
17.3023
5Korean (ko)
레퍼런스 데스크
15.7185
6Czech (cs)
Referenční služby
13.8436
7Malay (ms)
Meja rujukan perpustakaan
11.7752
8Chinese (zh)
參考服務
9.1315
9Hungarian (hu)
Olvasószolgálat
8.5221
10Thai (th)
ปุจฉาวิสัชนา
3.3919
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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 "Reference desk" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Reference desk
607 667
2Japanese (ja)
レファレンスサービス
406 332
3Thai (th)
ปุจฉาวิสัชนา
71 103
4Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
59 887
5Chinese (zh)
參考服務
16 776
6German (de)
Auskunftsbibliothekar
11 723
7Czech (cs)
Referenční služby
9 882
8Hungarian (hu)
Olvasószolgálat
5 844
9Malay (ms)
Meja rujukan perpustakaan
3 976
10Korean (ko)
레퍼런스 데스크
170
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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 "Reference desk" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Reference desk
1 558
2Japanese (ja)
レファレンスサービス
557
3Thai (th)
ปุจฉาวิสัชนา
115
4Chinese (zh)
參考服務
95
5Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
47
6German (de)
Auskunftsbibliothekar
18
7Korean (ko)
레퍼런스 데스크
17
8Hungarian (hu)
Olvasószolgálat
14
9Czech (cs)
Referenční služby
11
10Malay (ms)
Meja rujukan perpustakaan
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 "Reference desk" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Reference desk
149
2Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
32
3Japanese (ja)
レファレンスサービス
27
4German (de)
Auskunftsbibliothekar
22
5Czech (cs)
Referenční služby
10
6Chinese (zh)
參考服務
9
7Hungarian (hu)
Olvasószolgálat
8
8Malay (ms)
Meja rujukan perpustakaan
4
9Thai (th)
ปุจฉาวิสัชนา
4
10Korean (ko)
레퍼런스 데스크
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 "Reference desk" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Reference desk
1
2Czech (cs)
Referenční služby
0
3German (de)
Auskunftsbibliothekar
0
4Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
0
5Hungarian (hu)
Olvasószolgálat
0
6Japanese (ja)
レファレンスサービス
0
7Korean (ko)
레퍼런스 데스크
0
8Malay (ms)
Meja rujukan perpustakaan
0
9Thai (th)
ปุจฉาวิสัชนา
0
10Chinese (zh)
參考服務
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 "Reference desk" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Reference desk
166
2Japanese (ja)
レファレンスサービス
135
3Chinese (zh)
參考服務
25
4Czech (cs)
Referenční služby
7
5Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
6
6Thai (th)
ปุจฉาวิสัชนา
5
7German (de)
Auskunftsbibliothekar
3
8Hungarian (hu)
Olvasószolgálat
1
9Korean (ko)
레퍼런스 데스크
1
10Malay (ms)
Meja rujukan perpustakaan
0
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
Referenční služby
deGerman
Auskunftsbibliothekar
enEnglish
Reference desk
esSpanish
Servicio de referencia
huHungarian
Olvasószolgálat
jaJapanese
レファレンスサービス
koKorean
레퍼런스 데스크
msMalay
Meja rujukan perpustakaan
thThai
ปุจฉาวิสัชนา
zhChinese
參考服務

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#119613
06.2013
Global:
#147740
07.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#150
06.2001
Global:
#175
06.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Library reference service from Wikipedia articles about Reference work, Reference, Reference, Library circulation and Wikipedia article. Whereas reading the article about Library reference service people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Library, Reference interview, Librarian, Collaborative Reference Database and Ballard Carnegie Library.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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