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Wicked problem

Quality:

Wicked problem - problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize. Article “Wicked problem” in English Wikipedia has 50.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 41 references and 17 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 “Wicked problem”, its content was written by 186 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 286 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 383 times in English Wikipedia and cited 594 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #7104 in November 2004
  • Global: #27847 in December 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #46652 in March 2020
  • Global: #90831 in March 2020

There are 17 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)
Wicked problem
50.2315
2Persian (fa)
مشکل بدذات
43.1889
3Russian (ru)
Коварная проблема
40.4114
4German (de)
Komplexes Problem
37.4754
5Hebrew (he)
בעיה סוררת
35.1913
6Finnish (fi)
Viheliäinen ongelma
29.0747
7Chinese (zh)
棘手問題
27.294
8Dutch (nl)
Ongestructureerd probleem
26.1965
9Spanish (es)
Problema retorcido
26.1811
10Estonian (et)
Nurjatu probleem
24.1422
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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 "Wicked problem" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Wicked problem
2 186 623
2German (de)
Komplexes Problem
43 488
3Spanish (es)
Problema retorcido
42 253
4Dutch (nl)
Ongestructureerd probleem
21 633
5Portuguese (pt)
Wicked problem
21 471
6Chinese (zh)
棘手問題
18 624
7Hebrew (he)
בעיה סוררת
10 825
8Ukrainian (uk)
Злісна проблема
4 484
9Arabic (ar)
مشكلة معقدة
3 144
10Persian (fa)
مشکل بدذات
2 396
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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 "Wicked problem" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Wicked problem
7 242
2German (de)
Komplexes Problem
175
3Spanish (es)
Problema retorcido
149
4Chinese (zh)
棘手問題
109
5Dutch (nl)
Ongestructureerd probleem
106
6Japanese (ja)
厄介な問題
89
7Russian (ru)
Коварная проблема
68
8French (fr)
Problème pernicieux
62
9Portuguese (pt)
Wicked problem
53
10Finnish (fi)
Viheliäinen ongelma
38
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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 "Wicked problem" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Wicked problem
186
2Hebrew (he)
בעיה סוררת
24
3German (de)
Komplexes Problem
22
4Spanish (es)
Problema retorcido
16
5Persian (fa)
مشکل بدذات
8
6Dutch (nl)
Ongestructureerd probleem
5
7Russian (ru)
Коварная проблема
4
8Ukrainian (uk)
Злісна проблема
4
9Arabic (ar)
مشكلة معقدة
3
10Japanese (ja)
厄介な問題
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 "Wicked problem" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
مشكلة معقدة
0
2German (de)
Komplexes Problem
0
3English (en)
Wicked problem
0
4Spanish (es)
Problema retorcido
0
5Estonian (et)
Nurjatu probleem
0
6Persian (fa)
مشکل بدذات
0
7Finnish (fi)
Viheliäinen ongelma
0
8French (fr)
Problème pernicieux
0
9Hebrew (he)
בעיה סוררת
0
10Armenian (hy)
Կեղտոտ հիմնախնդիր
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 "Wicked problem" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Wicked problem
383
2Arabic (ar)
مشكلة معقدة
149
3German (de)
Komplexes Problem
16
4Chinese (zh)
棘手問題
11
5Persian (fa)
مشکل بدذات
9
6Spanish (es)
Problema retorcido
5
7Dutch (nl)
Ongestructureerd probleem
5
8Finnish (fi)
Viheliäinen ongelma
3
9Hebrew (he)
בעיה סוררת
3
10Ukrainian (uk)
Злісна проблема
3
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مشكلة معقدة
deGerman
Komplexes Problem
enEnglish
Wicked problem
esSpanish
Problema retorcido
etEstonian
Nurjatu probleem
faPersian
مشکل بدذات
fiFinnish
Viheliäinen ongelma
frFrench
Problème pernicieux
heHebrew
בעיה סוררת
hyArmenian
Կեղտոտ հիմնախնդիր
jaJapanese
厄介な問題
nlDutch
Ongestructureerd probleem
plPolish
Problem złośliwy
ptPortuguese
Wicked problem
ruRussian
Коварная проблема
ukUkrainian
Злісна проблема
zhChinese
棘手問題

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#46652
03.2020
Global:
#90831
03.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#7104
11.2004
Global:
#27847
12.2004

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Wicked problem from Wikipedia articles about Gordian knot, Design thinking, Tar-Baby, Complex question and Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. Whereas reading the article about Wicked problem people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Stopping time, Ludic fallacy, Issue-based information system, Catch-22 and Horst Rittel.

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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