The Possibility of Evil

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The Possibility of Evil

Quality:

The Possibility of Evil - 1965 short story by Shirley Jackson. Article “The Possibility of Evil” in English Wikipedia has 16.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 6 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 “The Possibility of Evil”, its content was written by 91 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 95 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 30 times in English Wikipedia and cited 54 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #19769 in September 2012
  • Global: #89630 in October 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #141533 in September 2008
  • Global: #226234 in September 2008

There are 2 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)
The Possibility of Evil
16.2884
2French (fr)
La Possibilité du mal
11.3043
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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 "The Possibility of Evil" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Possibility of Evil
335 517
2French (fr)
La Possibilité du mal
580
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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 "The Possibility of Evil" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Possibility of Evil
1 079
2French (fr)
La Possibilité du mal
23
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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 "The Possibility of Evil" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Possibility of Evil
91
2French (fr)
La Possibilité du mal
4
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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 "The Possibility of Evil" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Possibility of Evil
0
2French (fr)
La Possibilité du mal
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 "The Possibility of Evil" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
The Possibility of Evil
30
2French (fr)
La Possibilité du mal
24
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
The Possibility of Evil
frFrench
La Possibilité du mal

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#141533
09.2008
Global:
#226234
09.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#19769
09.2012
Global:
#89630
10.2009

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on The Possibility of Evil from Wikipedia articles about The Lottery, Shirley Jackson, Just an Ordinary Day, Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story and Louisa, Please Come Home. Whereas reading the article about The Possibility of Evil people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Poison words, Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, We Have Always Lived in the Castle and The Haunting of Hill House.

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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