Balestriere

Arbalist - historical profession, person who shoots a crossbow. Article “Balestriere” in Italian Wikipedia has 7.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Italian) language version.

Since the creation of article “Balestriere”, its content was written by 27 registered users of Italian Wikipedia and edited by 116 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 84 times in Italian Wikipedia and cited 534 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Italian): #6110 in November 2006
• Global: #100351 in May 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Italian): #124886 in January 2008
• Global: #347641 in January 2009

There are 8 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Arbalist (crossbowman)		33.1561
2	Greek (el) Βαλλιστροφόρος		31.7555
3	Catalan (ca) Ballester (unitat militar)		26.7602
4	Persian (fa) کماندار صلیبی		24.5451
5	Portuguese (pt) Besteiro		18.5413
6	French (fr) Arbalétrier (histoire militaire)		13.4116
7	Polish (pl) Kusznik		9.8864
8	Italian (it) Balestriere		7.5206

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Balestriere" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Arbalist (crossbowman)		361 258
2	Polish (pl) Kusznik		69 139
3	French (fr) Arbalétrier (histoire militaire)		68 617
4	Portuguese (pt) Besteiro		52 469
5	Italian (it) Balestriere		36 408
6	Catalan (ca) Ballester (unitat militar)		3 801
7	Persian (fa) کماندار صلیبی		792
8	Greek (el) Βαλλιστροφόρος		104

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Balestriere" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Arbalist (crossbowman)		1 180
2	French (fr) Arbalétrier (histoire militaire)		260
3	Portuguese (pt) Besteiro		116
4	Italian (it) Balestriere		108
5	Polish (pl) Kusznik		87
6	Persian (fa) کماندار صلیبی		36
7	Catalan (ca) Ballester (unitat militar)		15
8	Greek (el) Βαλλιστροφόρος		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Balestriere" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Arbalétrier (histoire militaire)		37
2	Italian (it) Balestriere		27
3	English (en) Arbalist (crossbowman)		19
4	Polish (pl) Kusznik		16
5	Catalan (ca) Ballester (unitat militar)		8
6	Portuguese (pt) Besteiro		6
7	Greek (el) Βαλλιστροφόρος		2
8	Persian (fa) کماندار صلیبی		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Balestriere" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Ballester (unitat militar)		0
2	Greek (el) Βαλλιστροφόρος		0
3	English (en) Arbalist (crossbowman)		0
4	Persian (fa) کماندار صلیبی		0
5	French (fr) Arbalétrier (histoire militaire)		0
6	Italian (it) Balestriere		0
7	Polish (pl) Kusznik		0
8	Portuguese (pt) Besteiro		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Balestriere" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Arbalétrier (histoire militaire)		166
2	Polish (pl) Kusznik		99
3	Italian (it) Balestriere		84
4	English (en) Arbalist (crossbowman)		80
5	Catalan (ca) Ballester (unitat militar)		54
6	Portuguese (pt) Besteiro		48
7	Persian (fa) کماندار صلیبی		2
8	Greek (el) Βαλλιστροφόρος		1

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Ballester (unitat militar)
el	Greek Βαλλιστροφόρος
en	English Arbalist (crossbowman)
fa	Persian کماندار صلیبی
fr	French Arbalétrier (histoire militaire)
it	Italian Balestriere
pl	Polish Kusznik
pt	Portuguese Besteiro

Best Rank

Italian: #124886 01.2008

Global: #347641 01.2009

Best Rank

Italian: #6110 11.2006

Global: #100351 05.2013

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