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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, 2026).

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 206 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 462 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #816 in December 2013
  • Global: #25628 in August 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #10761 in June 2015
  • Global: #48245 in April 2013

There are 10 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, 2026 (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
43.3933
2Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
36.526
3German (de)
Schwarzstart
30.3431
4Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
27.7719
5Dutch (nl)
Black start
23.9063
6Czech (cs)
Start ze tmy
14.9893
7Swedish (sv)
Dödnätsstart
13.4531
8Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
13.0553
9Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
11.2267
10Simple English (simple)
Black start
0.3357
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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
872 199
2German (de)
Schwarzstart
308 396
3Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
47 786
4Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
15 047
5Dutch (nl)
Black start
14 545
6Simple English (simple)
Black start
2 839
7Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
2 538
8Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
1 905
9Swedish (sv)
Dödnätsstart
1 035
10Czech (cs)
Start ze tmy
250
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Black start" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Black start
2 362
2German (de)
Schwarzstart
711
3Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
63
4Dutch (nl)
Black start
55
5Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
23
6Swedish (sv)
Dödnätsstart
23
7Czech (cs)
Start ze tmy
17
8Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
14
9Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
13
10Simple English (simple)
Black start
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 "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
85
2German (de)
Schwarzstart
63
3Dutch (nl)
Black start
25
4Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
11
5Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
9
6Simple English (simple)
Black start
4
7Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
3
8Czech (cs)
Start ze tmy
2
9Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
2
10Swedish (sv)
Dödnätsstart
2
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Black start" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Czech (cs)
Start ze tmy
0
2German (de)
Schwarzstart
0
3English (en)
Black start
0
4Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
0
5Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
0
6Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
0
7Dutch (nl)
Black start
0
8Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
0
9Simple English (simple)
Black start
0
10Swedish (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
283
2Persian (fa)
بلک استارت
101
3German (de)
Schwarzstart
57
4Dutch (nl)
Black start
6
5Spanish (es)
Arranque autógeno
4
6Czech (cs)
Start ze tmy
3
7Swedish (sv)
Dödnätsstart
3
8Indonesian (id)
Asut gelap
2
9Simple English (simple)
Black start
2
10Portuguese (pt)
Arranque autónomo
1
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
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Popularity in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
Start ze tmy
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:
#10761
06.2015
Global:
#48245
04.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#816
12.2013
Global:
#25628
08.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

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 Reciprocating diesel engine. Whereas reading the article about Black start people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Northeast blackout of 2003, 2025 Iberian Peninsula blackout, Bootstrapping, Synchroscope and Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

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 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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