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Black start

Quality:

Black start - restoring of electric power station without external electric power. Article “Black start” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Since the creation of article “Black start”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 194 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 456 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #815 in December 2013
  • Global: #25619 in August 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #10738 in June 2015
  • Global: #47806 in April 2013

There are 9 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)
Black start
43.0707
2Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
35.5028
3German (de)
Schwarzstart
31.1183
4Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
28.5571
5Dutch (nl)
Black start
24.0315
6Swedish (sv)
Dödnätsstart
13.6793
7Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
13.2191
8Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
11.3149
9Simple English (simple)
Black start
0.3397
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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 "Black start" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Black start
840 641
2German (de)
Schwarzstart
296 812
3Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
32 712
4Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
14 704
5Dutch (nl)
Black start
13 537
6Simple English (simple)
Black start
2 836
7Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
2 366
8Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
1 539
9Swedish (sv)
Dödnätsstart
654
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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 "Black start" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Black start
3 987
2German (de)
Schwarzstart
1 129
3Simple English (simple)
Black start
218
4Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
203
5Dutch (nl)
Black start
95
6Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
61
7Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
35
8Swedish (sv)
Dödnätsstart
26
9Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
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 "Black start" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Black start
80
2German (de)
Schwarzstart
60
3Dutch (nl)
Black start
25
4Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
11
5Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
9
6Simple English (simple)
Black start
4
7Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
2
8Swedish (sv)
Dödnätsstart
2
9Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
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 "Black start" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Black start
1
2German (de)
Schwarzstart
0
3Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
0
4Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
0
5Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
0
6Dutch (nl)
Black start
0
7Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
0
8Simple English (simple)
Black start
0
9Swedish (sv)
Dödnätsstart
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 "Black start" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Black start
278
2Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
102
3German (de)
Schwarzstart
56
4Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
8
5Dutch (nl)
Black start
5
6Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
2
7Simple English (simple)
Black start
2
8Swedish (sv)
Dödnätsstart
2
9Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
1
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
Simple English:
Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Global:
Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Schwarzstart
enEnglish
Black start
esSpanish
Arranque autógeno
faPersian
بلک استارت
idIndonesian
Asut gelap
nlDutch
Black start
ptPortuguese
Arranque autónomo
simpleSimple English
Black start
svSwedish
Dödnätsstart

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#10738
06.2015
Global:
#47806
04.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#815
12.2013
Global:
#25619
08.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Black start from Wikipedia articles about 2025 Iberian Peninsula blackout, Brownout, 2021 Texas power crisis, Cruachan Power Station and Power outage. Whereas reading the article about Black start people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Bootstrapping, Northeast blackout of 2003, Synchroscope, Synchronverter and Power outage.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Black start

News from 28 January 2026

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In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, Pornhub, XXXTentacion, XVideos, List of people who have walked on the Moon, Manon Bannerman, Ajit Pawar, List of U.S. states, List of sex positions.

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