Reference desk

Quality:

Reference librarian - public service counter in a library. Article "Reference desk" in English Wikipedia has 29.8 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 13 references and 9 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Reference desk", its content was written by 147 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 260 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 167 times in English Wikipedia and cited 324 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #95 in June 2001
  • Global: #120 in June 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #119774 in June 2013
  • Global: #147907 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 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)
Reference desk
29.8071
2Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
18.9066
3Japanese (ja)
レファレンスサービス
17.1417
4Korean (ko)
레퍼런스 데스크
15.8602
5Czech (cs)
Referenční služby
13.8802
6Malay (ms)
Meja rujukan perpustakaan
11.2273
7Chinese (zh)
參考服務
9.1493
8Hungarian (hu)
Olvasószolgálat
8.5323
9Thai (th)
ปุจฉาวิสัชนา
3.4396
10German (de)
Auskunftsbibliothekar
1.6396
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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
593 483
2Japanese (ja)
レファレンスサービス
398 259
3Thai (th)
ปุจฉาวิสัชนา
69 242
4Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
58 851
5Chinese (zh)
參考服務
15 923
6German (de)
Auskunftsbibliothekar
11 550
7Czech (cs)
Referenční služby
9 322
8Hungarian (hu)
Olvasószolgálat
5 653
9Malay (ms)
Meja rujukan perpustakaan
3 887
10Korean (ko)
레퍼런스 데스크
17
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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 "Reference desk" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Reference desk
1 845
2Japanese (ja)
レファレンスサービス
989
3Thai (th)
ปุจฉาวิสัชนา
290
4Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
153
5Chinese (zh)
參考服務
63
6German (de)
Auskunftsbibliothekar
16
7Hungarian (hu)
Olvasószolgálat
12
8Czech (cs)
Referenční služby
10
9Malay (ms)
Meja rujukan perpustakaan
7
10Korean (ko)
레퍼런스 데스크
3
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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
147
2Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
32
3Japanese (ja)
レファレンスサービス
24
4German (de)
Auskunftsbibliothekar
21
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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "Reference desk" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
3
2Czech (cs)
Referenční služby
0
3German (de)
Auskunftsbibliothekar
0
4English (en)
Reference desk
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
167
2Japanese (ja)
レファレンスサービス
114
3Chinese (zh)
參考服務
23
4Spanish (es)
Servicio de referencia
6
5Thai (th)
ปุจฉาวิสัชนา
5
6Czech (cs)
Referenční služby
4
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:
Popularity in July 2024:
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Popularity in all years:
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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:
#119774
06.2013
Global:
#147907
07.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#95
06.2001
Global:
#120
06.2001

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

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

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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