Vicious circle principle - Principle prohibiting the defining of objects using properties dependent on said object. Article “Vicious circle principle” in English Wikipedia has 6.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 3 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.22 points.
Since the creation of article “Vicious circle principle”, its content was written by 28 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 28 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.
The article is cited 9 times in English Wikipedia and cited 9 times in all languages.
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There is 1 language version 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).
| Best Rank | English: #884847 07.2010 |
Global: #1375497 07.2010 |
| Best Rank | English: #201361 10.2009 |
Global: #468926 10.2009 |
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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 98th Academy Awards, Michael B. Jordan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jessie Buckley, Sinners (2025 film), Amy Madigan, Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Maya Rudolph, Sean Penn, Academy Awards.
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$$Quality=1/c∑↙{i=1}↖c nm_i-RS=1/5(10.85+0.81+0+21.43+7.7)-1.22$$
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