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Why the Whales Came

Quality:

Why the Whales Came - 1985 novel by Michael Morpurgo. Article “Why the Whales Came” in English Wikipedia has 27.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 9 references and 8 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 “Why the Whales Came”, its content was written by 59 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 62 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 41 times in English Wikipedia and cited 42 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #29800 in October 2009
  • Global: #113917 in October 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #457572 in February 2009
  • Global: #742552 in February 2009

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)
Why the Whales Came
27.6484
2Armenian (hy)
Ինչո՞ւ են եկել կետերը
13.0806
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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 "Why the Whales Came" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Why the Whales Came
179 876
2Armenian (hy)
Ինչո՞ւ են եկել կետերը
110
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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 "Why the Whales Came" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Why the Whales Came
783
2Armenian (hy)
Ինչո՞ւ են եկել կետերը
6
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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 "Why the Whales Came" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Why the Whales Came
59
2Armenian (hy)
Ինչո՞ւ են եկել կետերը
3
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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 "Why the Whales Came" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Why the Whales Came
0
2Armenian (hy)
Ինչո՞ւ են եկել կետերը
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 "Why the Whales Came" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Why the Whales Came
41
2Armenian (hy)
Ինչո՞ւ են եկել կետերը
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Why the Whales Came
hyArmenian
Ինչո՞ւ են եկել կետերը

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#457572
02.2009
Global:
#742552
02.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#29800
10.2009
Global:
#113917
10.2009

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Why the Whales Came from Wikipedia articles about Michael Morpurgo, When the Whales Came, Samson, Tresco and Bryher. Whereas reading the article about Why the Whales Came people most often go to Wikipedia articles on When the Whales Came, Michael Morpurgo, Bryher, Isles of Scilly and Samson.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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