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Independent sources

Quality:

Independent sources - in journalism, two or more sources which attest to a given piece of information. Article “Independent sources” in Simple English Wikipedia has 16.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 2 sections.

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 “Independent sources”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 35 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1971 in March 2023
  • Global: #263531 in October 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #43012 in June 2025
  • Global: #919596 in July 2012

There are 5 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)
Independent sources
18.5454
2Simple English (simple)
Independent sources
16.8769
3Arabic (ar)
مصادر مستقلة
13.3885
4Portuguese (pt)
Fontes independentes
5.8805
5Persian (fa)
منبع مستقل
2.8921
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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 "Independent sources" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Independent sources
65 747
2Portuguese (pt)
Fontes independentes
22 394
3Arabic (ar)
مصادر مستقلة
2 677
4Simple English (simple)
Independent sources
1 977
5Persian (fa)
منبع مستقل
839
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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 "Independent sources" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Independent sources
434
2Simple English (simple)
Independent sources
213
3Portuguese (pt)
Fontes independentes
16
4Arabic (ar)
مصادر مستقلة
12
5Persian (fa)
منبع مستقل
9
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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 "Independent sources" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Independent sources
23
2Portuguese (pt)
Fontes independentes
5
3Simple English (simple)
Independent sources
4
4Arabic (ar)
مصادر مستقلة
2
5Persian (fa)
منبع مستقل
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 "Independent sources" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Independent sources
1
2Arabic (ar)
مصادر مستقلة
0
3Persian (fa)
منبع مستقل
0
4Portuguese (pt)
Fontes independentes
0
5Simple English (simple)
Independent sources
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 "Independent sources" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Independent sources
9
2Arabic (ar)
مصادر مستقلة
2
3Persian (fa)
منبع مستقل
2
4Portuguese (pt)
Fontes independentes
1
5Simple English (simple)
Independent sources
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مصادر مستقلة
enEnglish
Independent sources
faPersian
منبع مستقل
ptPortuguese
Fontes independentes
simpleSimple English
Independent sources

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#43012
06.2025
Global:
#919596
07.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1971
03.2023
Global:
#263531
10.2013

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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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About WikiRank

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