Strategy of tension

Strategy of tension - policy wherein governments or groups within a government allow or encourage extremist groups to perform attacks, e.g. allegedly in Italy during 1968–1982, when far-left and far-right groups performed bombings. Article “Strategy of tension” in English Wikipedia has 37.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 24 references and 5 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Strategy of tension” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Strategy of tension”, its content was written by 213 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 708 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 270 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1152 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5228 in November 2011
• Global: #16262 in April 2017

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #125478 in March 2008
• Global: #64999 in May 2012

There are 13 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Italian (it) Strategia della tensione		62.5968
2	English (en) Strategy of tension		37.3333
3	French (fr) Stratégie de la tension		35.293
4	Greek (el) Στρατηγική της έντασης		30.4323
5	German (de) Strategie der Spannung		30.2199
6	Indonesian (id) Strategi ketegangan		29.9549
7	Persian (fa) استراتژی تنش		25.1497
8	Arabic (ar) استراتيجية التوتر		19.7074
9	Bulgarian (bg) Стратегия на напрежение		15.7257
10	Spanish (es) Estrategia de la tensión		13.3745

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Strategy of tension" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Italian (it) Strategia della tensione		1 199 231
2	English (en) Strategy of tension		731 036
3	German (de) Strategie der Spannung		251 329
4	French (fr) Stratégie de la tension		136 992
5	Spanish (es) Estrategia de la tensión		94 273
6	Portuguese (pt) Estratégia da tensão		29 803
7	Turkish (tr) Gerginlik stratejisi		23 373
8	Arabic (ar) استراتيجية التوتر		4 507
9	Bulgarian (bg) Стратегия на напрежение		3 189
10	Norwegian (no) Spenningskapende strategi		3 135

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Strategy of tension" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Strategy of tension		4 448
2	Italian (it) Strategia della tensione		4 305
3	French (fr) Stratégie de la tension		466
4	German (de) Strategie der Spannung		447
5	Spanish (es) Estrategia de la tensión		289
6	Turkish (tr) Gerginlik stratejisi		144
7	Portuguese (pt) Estratégia da tensão		76
8	Arabic (ar) استراتيجية التوتر		33
9	Greek (el) Στρατηγική της έντασης		30
10	Persian (fa) استراتژی تنش		28

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Strategy of tension" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Strategy of tension		213
2	Italian (it) Strategia della tensione		199
3	German (de) Strategie der Spannung		123
4	French (fr) Stratégie de la tension		83
5	Spanish (es) Estrategia de la tensión		23
6	Turkish (tr) Gerginlik stratejisi		20
7	Norwegian (no) Spenningskapende strategi		15
8	Portuguese (pt) Estratégia da tensão		13
9	Bulgarian (bg) Стратегия на напрежение		6
10	Arabic (ar) استراتيجية التوتر		5

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Strategy of tension" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Strategy of tension		2
2	French (fr) Stratégie de la tension		1
3	Arabic (ar) استراتيجية التوتر		0
4	Bulgarian (bg) Стратегия на напрежение		0
5	German (de) Strategie der Spannung		0
6	Greek (el) Στρατηγική της έντασης		0
7	Spanish (es) Estrategia de la tensión		0
8	Persian (fa) استراتژی تنش		0
9	Indonesian (id) Strategi ketegangan		0
10	Italian (it) Strategia della tensione		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Strategy of tension" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Italian (it) Strategia della tensione		561
2	English (en) Strategy of tension		270
3	French (fr) Stratégie de la tension		183
4	Spanish (es) Estrategia de la tensión		46
5	Portuguese (pt) Estratégia da tensão		24
6	Indonesian (id) Strategi ketegangan		23
7	Greek (el) Στρατηγική της έντασης		12
8	Turkish (tr) Gerginlik stratejisi		10
9	Bulgarian (bg) Стратегия на напрежение		9
10	German (de) Strategie der Spannung		8

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic استراتيجية التوتر
bg	Bulgarian Стратегия на напрежение
de	German Strategie der Spannung
el	Greek Στρατηγική της έντασης
en	English Strategy of tension
es	Spanish Estrategia de la tensión
fa	Persian استراتژی تنش
fr	French Stratégie de la tension
id	Indonesian Strategi ketegangan
it	Italian Strategia della tensione
no	Norwegian Spenningskapende strategi
pt	Portuguese Estratégia da tensão
tr	Turkish Gerginlik stratejisi

Best Rank

English: #125478 03.2008

Global: #64999 05.2012

Best Rank

English: #5228 11.2011

Global: #16262 04.2017

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