Shiv (weapon)

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Shiv (weapon)

Quality:

Shiv - improvised knife-like weapon. Article “Shiv (weapon)” in English Wikipedia has 27.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 7 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Shiv (weapon)”, its content was written by 220 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 314 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 391 times in English Wikipedia and cited 563 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #14387 in July 2004
  • Global: #43279 in August 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #32648 in May 2019
  • Global: #34134 in October 2022

There are 7 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
1German (de)
Shiv (Waffe)
31.4349
2English (en)
Shiv (weapon)
27.6171
3Russian (ru)
Заточка (оружие)
25.5933
4Kazakh (kk)
Қайрау, шарықтау
21.4197
5Portuguese (pt)
Estoque (arma)
3.0574
6Dutch (nl)
Shank
1.8719
7French (fr)
Surin (arme)
1.2607
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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 "Shiv (weapon)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shiv (weapon)
2 917 892
2Russian (ru)
Заточка (оружие)
245 547
3Dutch (nl)
Shank
168 017
4French (fr)
Surin (arme)
149 597
5Portuguese (pt)
Estoque (arma)
20 999
6German (de)
Shiv (Waffe)
6 958
7Kazakh (kk)
Қайрау, шарықтау
2 205
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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 "Shiv (weapon)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shiv (weapon)
11 913
2Russian (ru)
Заточка (оружие)
830
3French (fr)
Surin (arme)
640
4Dutch (nl)
Shank
333
5German (de)
Shiv (Waffe)
265
6Portuguese (pt)
Estoque (arma)
65
7Kazakh (kk)
Қайрау, шарықтау
9
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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 "Shiv (weapon)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shiv (weapon)
220
2Russian (ru)
Заточка (оружие)
37
3French (fr)
Surin (arme)
18
4Dutch (nl)
Shank
16
5German (de)
Shiv (Waffe)
15
6Portuguese (pt)
Estoque (arma)
6
7Kazakh (kk)
Қайрау, шарықтау
2
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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 "Shiv (weapon)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Shiv (Waffe)
0
2English (en)
Shiv (weapon)
0
3French (fr)
Surin (arme)
0
4Kazakh (kk)
Қайрау, шарықтау
0
5Dutch (nl)
Shank
0
6Portuguese (pt)
Estoque (arma)
0
7Russian (ru)
Заточка (оружие)
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 "Shiv (weapon)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Shiv (weapon)
391
2Russian (ru)
Заточка (оружие)
143
3French (fr)
Surin (arme)
14
4Portuguese (pt)
Estoque (arma)
7
5Dutch (nl)
Shank
5
6German (de)
Shiv (Waffe)
2
7Kazakh (kk)
Қайрау, шарықтау
1
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Scores

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Popularity in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Shiv (Waffe)
enEnglish
Shiv (weapon)
frFrench
Surin (arme)
kkKazakh
Қайрау, шарықтау
nlDutch
Shank
ptPortuguese
Estoque (arma)
ruRussian
Заточка (оружие)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#32648
05.2019
Global:
#34134
10.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#14387
07.2004
Global:
#43279
08.2023

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Shiv from Wikipedia articles about Whitey Bulger, Joker: Folie à Deux, Derek Chauvin, Roch Thériault and Jeffrey Dahmer. Whereas reading the article about Shiv people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Billy Hill, Cant, Prison gang, Navaja and Prison slang.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

nl: Shank

News from 10 March 2026

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 Iran war, Mojtaba Khamenei, Deaths in 2026, Ali Khamenei, War Machine (upcoming film), Enhypen, Jennifer Runyon, Pete Hegseth, 2026 World Baseball Classic, Iran.

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