First Boer War

First Boer War - military conflict in South Africa (1880–1881). This event is the 1376^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 382^nd most popular event in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “First Boer War” in Simple English Wikipedia has 11.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 2 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.61 points.

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 “First Boer War”, its content was written by 13 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1139 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

First Boer War is on the 382^nd place in local ranking of events in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 1376^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 11 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2723 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #836 in October 2023
• Global: #11040 in May 2010

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #8746 in June 2015
• Global: #44249 in January 2008

There are 39 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) First Boer War		52.768
2	Catalan (ca) Primera Guerra Bòer		44.8371
3	Serbo-Croatian (sh) Prvi burski rat		38.1562
4	Polish (pl) I wojna burska		32.4201
5	Tamil (ta) முதல் பூவர் போர்		28.2862
6	Serbian (sr) Први бурски рат		26.3524
7	Spanish (es) Primera guerra bóer		26.1954
8	Slovenian (sl) Prva burska vojna		25.974
9	Malay (ms) Perang Boer Pertama		23.4222
10	French (fr) Première guerre des Boers		23.0386

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

The most popular language versions of the article "First Boer War" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) First Boer War		3 265 294
2	German (de) Erster Burenkrieg		405 926
3	Russian (ru) Первая англо-бурская война		352 882
4	French (fr) Première guerre des Boers		204 252
5	Dutch (nl) Eerste Boerenoorlog		158 436
6	Chinese (zh) 第一次布尔战争		155 909
7	Polish (pl) I wojna burska		118 912
8	Portuguese (pt) Primeira Guerra dos Bôeres		115 834
9	Spanish (es) Primera guerra bóer		108 539
10	Italian (it) Prima guerra boera		86 369

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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 "First Boer War" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) First Boer War		14 723
2	Russian (ru) Первая англо-бурская война		1 902
3	Chinese (zh) 第一次布尔战争		1 127
4	German (de) Erster Burenkrieg		952
5	French (fr) Première guerre des Boers		896
6	Spanish (es) Primera guerra bóer		415
7	Simple English (simple) First Boer War		409
8	Dutch (nl) Eerste Boerenoorlog		378
9	Italian (it) Prima guerra boera		290
10	Polish (pl) I wojna burska		266

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) First Boer War		356
2	German (de) Erster Burenkrieg		90
3	Dutch (nl) Eerste Boerenoorlog		74
4	French (fr) Première guerre des Boers		71
5	Russian (ru) Первая англо-бурская война		71
6	Italian (it) Prima guerra boera		40
7	Hungarian (hu) Első búr háború		34
8	Norwegian (no) Transvaalkrigen		32
9	Danish (da) Første boerkrig		31
10	Portuguese (pt) Primeira Guerra dos Bôeres		29

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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 "First Boer War" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) First Boer War		3
2	Bulgarian (bg) Първа англо-бурска война		1
3	Serbian (sr) Први бурски рат		1
4	Arabic (ar) حرب البوير الأولى		0
5	Azerbaijani (az) Birinci Bur müharibəsi		0
6	Catalan (ca) Primera Guerra Bòer		0
7	Czech (cs) První búrská válka		0
8	Danish (da) Første boerkrig		0
9	German (de) Erster Burenkrieg		0
10	Greek (el) Πρώτος Πόλεμος των Μπόερς		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 "First Boer War" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) First Boer War		754
2	Russian (ru) Первая англо-бурская война		378
3	Ukrainian (uk) Перша англо-бурська війна		230
4	French (fr) Première guerre des Boers		183
5	Arabic (ar) حرب البوير الأولى		147
6	Dutch (nl) Eerste Boerenoorlog		119
7	German (de) Erster Burenkrieg		97
8	Hungarian (hu) Első búr háború		89
9	Portuguese (pt) Primeira Guerra dos Bôeres		76
10	Italian (it) Prima guerra boera		75

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic حرب البوير الأولى
az	Azerbaijani Birinci Bur müharibəsi
bg	Bulgarian Първа англо-бурска война
ca	Catalan Primera Guerra Bòer
cs	Czech První búrská válka
da	Danish Første boerkrig
de	German Erster Burenkrieg
el	Greek Πρώτος Πόλεμος των Μπόερς
en	English First Boer War
es	Spanish Primera guerra bóer
et	Estonian Esimene buuri sõda
eu	Basque Lehenengo Boer Gerra
fa	Persian نخستین جنگ بوئر
fi	Finnish Ensimmäinen buurisota
fr	French Première guerre des Boers
he	Hebrew מלחמת הבורים הראשונה
hu	Hungarian Első búr háború
id	Indonesian Perang Boer Pertama
it	Italian Prima guerra boera
ka	Georgian ბურების პირველი ომი
ko	Korean 제1차 보어 전쟁
ms	Malay Perang Boer Pertama
nl	Dutch Eerste Boerenoorlog
no	Norwegian Transvaalkrigen
pl	Polish I wojna burska
pt	Portuguese Primeira Guerra dos Bôeres
ro	Romanian Primul Război al Burilor
ru	Russian Первая англо-бурская война
sh	Serbo-Croatian Prvi burski rat
simple	Simple English First Boer War
sk	Slovak Prvá búrska vojna
sl	Slovenian Prva burska vojna
sr	Serbian Први бурски рат
sv	Swedish Första boerkriget
ta	Tamil முதல் பூவர் போர்
tr	Turkish I. Boer Savaşı
uk	Ukrainian Перша англо-бурська війна
vi	Vietnamese Chiến tranh Boer đầu tiên
zh	Chinese 第一次布尔战争

Best Rank

Simple English: #8746 06.2015

Global: #44249 01.2008

Best Rank

Simple English: #836 10.2023

Global: #11040 05.2010

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