William MacDonald (serial killer)

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William MacDonald (serial killer)

Quality:

William MacDonald - British-born Australian serial killer (1924–2015). Article “William MacDonald (serial killer)” in English Wikipedia has 49.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 44 references and 15 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.62 points.

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 “William MacDonald (serial killer)” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “William MacDonald (serial killer)”, its content was written by 124 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 162 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 17 times in English Wikipedia and cited 24 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #3949 in May 2015
  • Global: #13896 in May 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #50043 in May 2015
  • Global: #96348 in May 2015

There are 4 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)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
49.7249
2French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
15.9472
3Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
13.3587
4Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
9.1322
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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 "William MacDonald (serial killer)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
406 913
2French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
42 818
3Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
1 898
4Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
1 563
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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 "William MacDonald (serial killer)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
1 922
2Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
141
3French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
111
4Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
12
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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 "William MacDonald (serial killer)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
124
2French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
31
3Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
6
4Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
1
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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 "William MacDonald (serial killer)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
2
2Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
0
3French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
0
4Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
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 "William MacDonald (serial killer)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
17
2Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
3
3Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
2
4French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
2
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
enEnglish
William MacDonald (serial killer)
frFrench
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
simpleSimple English
William MacDonald (serial killer)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#50043
05.2015
Global:
#96348
05.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#3949
05.2015
Global:
#13896
05.2015

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on William MacDonald from Wikipedia articles about List of serial killers by country, Allen Ginsberg, List of Australian criminals, Cessnock Correctional Centre and List of serial killers by number of victims. Whereas reading the article about William MacDonald people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Institutionalisation, List of serial killers by country, Facial composite, Cycle of violence and The Domain.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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