Marikana massacre

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Marikana massacre

Quality:

Marikana miners' strike - 2012 killing of striking miners by police in Wonderkop, North West, South Africa. Article “Marikana massacre” in Simple English Wikipedia has 23 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 8 references and 1 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 “Marikana massacre”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 471 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 745 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3177 in June 2021
  • Global: #556 in August 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #24035 in August 2021
  • Global: #14527 in August 2012

There are 20 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)
Marikana massacre
100
2Ukrainian (uk)
Різанина в Марікані
78.1111
3German (de)
Südafrikanischer Bergarbeiterstreik 2012
70.8922
4Russian (ru)
Бойня в Марикане
47.1852
5French (fr)
Grève des mineurs à Marikana
37.2311
6Croatian (hr)
Pokolj u Marikani
30.593
7Swedish (sv)
Massakern i Marikana
27.037
8Catalan (ca)
Massacre de Marikana
26.5941
9Spanish (es)
Masacre de Marikana
25.7854
10Hindi (hi)
मारिकाना के खनिकों की हड़ताल
25.5744
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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 "Marikana massacre" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Marikana massacre
1 515 707
2German (de)
Südafrikanischer Bergarbeiterstreik 2012
111 861
3French (fr)
Grève des mineurs à Marikana
42 665
4Japanese (ja)
マリカナ鉱山における労使対立
18 117
5Spanish (es)
Masacre de Marikana
15 505
6Russian (ru)
Бойня в Марикане
6 784
7Chinese (zh)
马里卡纳矿工罢工
6 604
8Italian (it)
Massacro di Marikana
4 102
9Swedish (sv)
Massakern i Marikana
3 455
10Korean (ko)
마리카나 광산 파업
3 252
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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 "Marikana massacre" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Marikana massacre
3 768
2German (de)
Südafrikanischer Bergarbeiterstreik 2012
138
3French (fr)
Grève des mineurs à Marikana
131
4Spanish (es)
Masacre de Marikana
115
5Russian (ru)
Бойня в Марикане
87
6Simple English (simple)
Marikana massacre
80
7Japanese (ja)
マリカナ鉱山における労使対立
46
8Turkish (tr)
Marikana katliamı
35
9Chinese (zh)
马里卡纳矿工罢工
32
10Ukrainian (uk)
Різанина в Марікані
29
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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 "Marikana massacre" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Marikana massacre
245
2German (de)
Südafrikanischer Bergarbeiterstreik 2012
66
3French (fr)
Grève des mineurs à Marikana
51
4Italian (it)
Massacro di Marikana
16
5Ukrainian (uk)
Різанина в Марікані
13
6Spanish (es)
Masacre de Marikana
12
7Hindi (hi)
मारिकाना के खनिकों की हड़ताल
8
8Japanese (ja)
マリカナ鉱山における労使対立
8
9Vietnamese (vi)
Thợ mỏ đình công tại Marikana
8
10Esperanto (eo)
Mineja striko de Marikana
7
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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 "Marikana massacre" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Massacre de Marikana
0
2German (de)
Südafrikanischer Bergarbeiterstreik 2012
0
3English (en)
Marikana massacre
0
4Esperanto (eo)
Mineja striko de Marikana
0
5Spanish (es)
Masacre de Marikana
0
6Basque (eu)
Marikanako sarraskia
0
7French (fr)
Grève des mineurs à Marikana
0
8Hindi (hi)
मारिकाना के खनिकों की हड़ताल
0
9Croatian (hr)
Pokolj u Marikani
0
10Italian (it)
Massacro di Marikana
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 "Marikana massacre" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Marikana massacre
660
2German (de)
Südafrikanischer Bergarbeiterstreik 2012
26
3French (fr)
Grève des mineurs à Marikana
18
4Spanish (es)
Masacre de Marikana
11
5Russian (ru)
Бойня в Марикане
7
6Japanese (ja)
マリカナ鉱山における労使対立
6
7Norwegian (no)
Marikana-massakren
3
8Korean (ko)
마리카나 광산 파업
2
9Simple English (simple)
Marikana massacre
2
10Turkish (tr)
Marikana katliamı
2
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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
caCatalan
Massacre de Marikana
deGerman
Südafrikanischer Bergarbeiterstreik 2012
enEnglish
Marikana massacre
eoEsperanto
Mineja striko de Marikana
esSpanish
Masacre de Marikana
euBasque
Marikanako sarraskia
frFrench
Grève des mineurs à Marikana
hiHindi
मारिकाना के खनिकों की हड़ताल
hrCroatian
Pokolj u Marikani
itItalian
Massacro di Marikana
jaJapanese
マリカナ鉱山における労使対立
koKorean
마리카나 광산 파업
noNorwegian
Marikana-massakren
ruRussian
Бойня в Марикане
simpleSimple English
Marikana massacre
svSwedish
Massakern i Marikana
trTurkish
Marikana katliamı
ukUkrainian
Різанина в Марікані
viVietnamese
Thợ mỏ đình công tại Marikana
zhChinese
马里卡纳矿工罢工

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#24035
08.2021
Global:
#14527
08.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3177
06.2021
Global:
#556
08.2012

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

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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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