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Class 42

Quality:

British Rail Class 42 - class of 38 B′B′ 2270hp diesel-hydraulic locomotives, all named after warships. Article “Class 42” in Dutch Wikipedia has 29 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 12 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Class 42”, its content was written by 6 registered users of Dutch Wikipedia and edited by 132 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 61 times in Dutch Wikipedia and cited 365 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Dutch): #11643 in December 2023
  • Global: #112796 in March 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Dutch): #303305 in August 2023
  • Global: #423119 in August 2010

There are 3 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)
British Rail Class 42
63.7006
2Dutch (nl)
Class 42
28.9534
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 42
5.2347
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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 "Class 42" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
British Rail Class 42
625 975
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 42
5 565
3Dutch (nl)
Class 42
369
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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 "Class 42" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
British Rail Class 42
3 599
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 42
47
3Dutch (nl)
Class 42
15
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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 "Class 42" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 42
118
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 42
8
3Dutch (nl)
Class 42
6
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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 "Class 42" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 42
1
2Dutch (nl)
Class 42
0
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 42
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 "Class 42" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 42
179
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 42
125
3Dutch (nl)
Class 42
61
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
British Rail Class 42
nlDutch
Class 42
simpleSimple English
British Rail Class 42

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Dutch:
#303305
08.2023
Global:
#423119
08.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank Dutch:
#11643
12.2023
Global:
#112796
03.2021

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on British Rail Class 42 from Wikipedia articles about List of Thomas & Friends characters, List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes, British Rail Class 52, British Rail Class 43 and British Rail Class 41. Whereas reading the article about British Rail Class 42 people most often go to Wikipedia articles on British Rail Class 43, DB Class V 200.0, List of Thomas & Friends film characters, British Rail Class 52 and British Rail Class 22.

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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