Column (formation)

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Column (formation)

Quality:

Column - formation of soldiers marching together. Article “Column (formation)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 5.3 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 “Column (formation)”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 228 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1162 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #14524 in August 2022
  • Global: #59854 in May 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #27509 in June 2024
  • Global: #136760 in March 2022

There are 19 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)
Column (formation)
34.0239
2Russian (ru)
Колонна (построение)
27.6621
3Italian (it)
Colonna (militare)
26.3599
4Turkish (tr)
Askerî kolon
22.3342
5Romanian (ro)
Coloană (militară)
20.107
6Portuguese (pt)
Coluna (militar)
10.2656
7Kazakh (kk)
Лек (Колонна)
10.1806
8Ukrainian (uk)
Колона (шикування)
7.3875
9Simple English (simple)
Column (formation)
5.2531
10Thai (th)
แถวตอน
5.226
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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 "Column (formation)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Column (formation)
595 808
2Spanish (es)
Columna (militar)
215 707
3Russian (ru)
Колонна (построение)
189 974
4German (de)
Kolonnentaktik
154 728
5Japanese (ja)
縦隊
44 848
6French (fr)
Colonne (formation)
39 615
7Chinese (zh)
纵队
29 296
8Ukrainian (uk)
Колона (шикування)
28 898
9Portuguese (pt)
Coluna (militar)
24 309
10Dutch (nl)
Colonne (slagorde)
20 069
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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 "Column (formation)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Column (formation)
2 361
2Russian (ru)
Колонна (построение)
442
3Chinese (zh)
纵队
430
4German (de)
Kolonnentaktik
364
5Spanish (es)
Columna (militar)
268
6French (fr)
Colonne (formation)
209
7Japanese (ja)
縦隊
92
8Italian (it)
Colonna (militare)
77
9Ukrainian (uk)
Колона (шикування)
76
10Thai (th)
แถวตอน
59
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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 "Column (formation)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Column (formation)
51
2German (de)
Kolonnentaktik
30
3Dutch (nl)
Colonne (slagorde)
26
4French (fr)
Colonne (formation)
24
5Russian (ru)
Колонна (построение)
18
6Spanish (es)
Columna (militar)
12
7Chinese (zh)
纵队
11
8Ukrainian (uk)
Колона (шикування)
9
9Italian (it)
Colonna (militare)
8
10Japanese (ja)
縦隊
8
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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 "Column (formation)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Kolonnentaktik
0
2English (en)
Column (formation)
0
3Spanish (es)
Columna (militar)
0
4Estonian (et)
Kolonn
0
5Finnish (fi)
Kolonnataktiikka
0
6French (fr)
Colonne (formation)
0
7Hebrew (he)
שדרה (טקטיקה)
0
8Italian (it)
Colonna (militare)
0
9Japanese (ja)
縦隊
0
10Kazakh (kk)
Лек (Колонна)
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 "Column (formation)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Column (formation)
232
2Italian (it)
Colonna (militare)
157
3Dutch (nl)
Colonne (slagorde)
123
4Russian (ru)
Колонна (построение)
121
5Ukrainian (uk)
Колона (шикування)
119
6Spanish (es)
Columna (militar)
96
7Portuguese (pt)
Coluna (militar)
95
8French (fr)
Colonne (formation)
92
9Chinese (zh)
纵队
32
10German (de)
Kolonnentaktik
27
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Scores

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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Kolonnentaktik
enEnglish
Column (formation)
esSpanish
Columna (militar)
etEstonian
Kolonn
fiFinnish
Kolonnataktiikka
frFrench
Colonne (formation)
heHebrew
שדרה (טקטיקה)
itItalian
Colonna (militare)
jaJapanese
縦隊
kkKazakh
Лек (Колонна)
nlDutch
Colonne (slagorde)
ptPortuguese
Coluna (militar)
roRomanian
Coloană (militară)
ruRussian
Колонна (построение)
simpleSimple English
Column (formation)
thThai
แถวตอน
trTurkish
Askerî kolon
ukUkrainian
Колона (шикування)
zhChinese
纵队

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#27509
06.2024
Global:
#136760
03.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#14524
08.2022
Global:
#59854
05.2009

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Column from Wikipedia articles about Tactical formation, Line, Napoleonic tactics, Fifth column and Infantry square. Whereas reading the article about Column people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Line, Infantry square, Human wave attack, Ground Forces of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution and File.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

ja: 縦隊
zh: 纵队
et: Kolonn

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