Sticky bead argument

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Sticky bead argument

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Sticky bead argument - thought experiment showing that general relativity predicts gravitational radiation: two beads on a frictionful rod dissipates energy via friction when a gravitational wave passes through it. Article “Sticky bead argument” in English Wikipedia has 29.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 15 references and 9 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Sticky bead argument”, its content was written by 55 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 66 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 44 times in English Wikipedia and cited 92 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #58365 in October 2005
  • Global: #136781 in October 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #121694 in February 2016
  • Global: #218858 in February 2016

There are 4 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)
Sticky bead argument
29.4825
2Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент липкої намистинки
26.7842
3Russian (ru)
Аргумент липкой бусинки
23.6972
4Arabic (ar)
حجة الخرزة اللاصقة
19.2979
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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 "Sticky bead argument" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sticky bead argument
206 270
2Russian (ru)
Аргумент липкой бусинки
2 064
3Arabic (ar)
حجة الخرزة اللاصقة
286
4Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент липкої намистинки
154
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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 "Sticky bead argument" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Sticky bead argument
1 035
2Russian (ru)
Аргумент липкой бусинки
32
3Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент липкої намистинки
12
4Arabic (ar)
حجة الخرزة اللاصقة
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 "Sticky bead argument" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Sticky bead argument
55
2Russian (ru)
Аргумент липкой бусинки
5
3Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент липкої намистинки
5
4Arabic (ar)
حجة الخرزة اللاصقة
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 "Sticky bead argument" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
حجة الخرزة اللاصقة
0
2English (en)
Sticky bead argument
0
3Russian (ru)
Аргумент липкой бусинки
0
4Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент липкої намистинки
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 "Sticky bead argument" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Sticky bead argument
44
2Russian (ru)
Аргумент липкой бусинки
33
3Ukrainian (uk)
Аргумент липкої намистинки
14
4Arabic (ar)
حجة الخرزة اللاصقة
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
حجة الخرزة اللاصقة
enEnglish
Sticky bead argument
ruRussian
Аргумент липкой бусинки
ukUkrainian
Аргумент липкої намистинки

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#121694
02.2016
Global:
#218858
02.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#58365
10.2005
Global:
#136781
10.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Sticky bead argument from Wikipedia articles about Albert Einstein, Gravitational wave, Thought experiment, Richard Feynman and Hermann Bondi. Whereas reading the article about Sticky bead argument people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Dashpot, Richard Feynman, Gravitational wave, Hermann Bondi and Nathan Rosen.

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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