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Superior orders

Quality:

Superior orders - plea in a court of law that a person should not be held guilty for actions which were ordered by a superior officer. Article “Superior orders” in English Wikipedia has 66.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 53 references and 11 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.

In June 2025 the article “Superior orders” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Superior orders”, its content was written by 223 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 346 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 389 times in English Wikipedia and cited 792 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #29364 in July 2004
  • Global: #51831 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #29036 in June 2020
  • Global: #58235 in June 2020

There are 11 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)
Superior orders
66.1253
2Hebrew (he)
פקודה בלתי חוקית בעליל
49.4849
3German (de)
Handeln auf Befehl
40.4363
4Arabic (ar)
أوامر عليا
35.0777
5Russian (ru)
Исполнение приказа или распоряжения
26.5388
6Spanish (es)
Defensa Núremberg
26.2973
7Chinese (zh)
奉上级命令
23.2297
8Thai (th)
คำสั่งผู้บังคับบัญชา
23.1527
9Persian (fa)
اوامر مافوق
21.3815
10French (fr)
Défense fondée sur l'obéissance aux ordres des supérieurs
20.7709
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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 "Superior orders" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Superior orders
1 884 522
2Russian (ru)
Исполнение приказа или распоряжения
188 600
3Hebrew (he)
פקודה בלתי חוקית בעליל
180 107
4Spanish (es)
Defensa Núremberg
50 385
5German (de)
Handeln auf Befehl
24 127
6French (fr)
Défense fondée sur l'obéissance aux ordres des supérieurs
7 876
7Portuguese (pt)
Defesa de Nuremberg
2 933
8Chinese (zh)
奉上级命令
2 023
9Persian (fa)
اوامر مافوق
1 010
10Thai (th)
คำสั่งผู้บังคับบัญชา
509
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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 "Superior orders" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Superior orders
18 077
2Hebrew (he)
פקודה בלתי חוקית בעליל
438
3German (de)
Handeln auf Befehl
383
4Russian (ru)
Исполнение приказа или распоряжения
322
5French (fr)
Défense fondée sur l'obéissance aux ordres des supérieurs
191
6Chinese (zh)
奉上级命令
189
7Spanish (es)
Defensa Núremberg
109
8Portuguese (pt)
Defesa de Nuremberg
85
9Arabic (ar)
أوامر عليا
27
10Thai (th)
คำสั่งผู้บังคับบัญชา
18
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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 "Superior orders" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Superior orders
223
2Hebrew (he)
פקודה בלתי חוקית בעליל
68
3German (de)
Handeln auf Befehl
19
4Russian (ru)
Исполнение приказа или распоряжения
14
5Spanish (es)
Defensa Núremberg
10
6Arabic (ar)
أوامر عليا
3
7French (fr)
Défense fondée sur l'obéissance aux ordres des supérieurs
2
8Portuguese (pt)
Defesa de Nuremberg
2
9Thai (th)
คำสั่งผู้บังคับบัญชา
2
10Chinese (zh)
奉上级命令
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 "Superior orders" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Superior orders
3
2Hebrew (he)
פקודה בלתי חוקית בעליל
1
3Arabic (ar)
أوامر عليا
0
4German (de)
Handeln auf Befehl
0
5Spanish (es)
Defensa Núremberg
0
6Persian (fa)
اوامر مافوق
0
7French (fr)
Défense fondée sur l'obéissance aux ordres des supérieurs
0
8Portuguese (pt)
Defesa de Nuremberg
0
9Russian (ru)
Исполнение приказа или распоряжения
0
10Thai (th)
คำสั่งผู้บังคับบัญชา
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 "Superior orders" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Superior orders
389
2Russian (ru)
Исполнение приказа или распоряжения
103
3Arabic (ar)
أوامر عليا
73
4Persian (fa)
اوامر مافوق
54
5French (fr)
Défense fondée sur l'obéissance aux ordres des supérieurs
50
6Hebrew (he)
פקודה בלתי חוקית בעליל
45
7German (de)
Handeln auf Befehl
44
8Spanish (es)
Defensa Núremberg
17
9Chinese (zh)
奉上级命令
10
10Portuguese (pt)
Defesa de Nuremberg
4
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أوامر عليا
deGerman
Handeln auf Befehl
enEnglish
Superior orders
esSpanish
Defensa Núremberg
faPersian
اوامر مافوق
frFrench
Défense fondée sur l'obéissance aux ordres des supérieurs
heHebrew
פקודה בלתי חוקית בעליל
ptPortuguese
Defesa de Nuremberg
ruRussian
Исполнение приказа или распоряжения
thThai
คำสั่งผู้บังคับบัญชา
zhChinese
奉上级命令

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#29036
06.2020
Global:
#58235
06.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#29364
07.2004
Global:
#51831
03.2004

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Superior orders from Wikipedia articles about Adolf Eichmann, Josef Mengele, My Lai Massacre, The Milgram experiment and Eichmann in Jerusalem. Whereas reading the article about Superior orders people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Nuremberg trials, Bosco Ntaganda, Command responsibility, Vadim Shishimarin and Peter von Hagenbach.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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