Moving the goalposts

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Moving the goalposts

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Moving the goalposts - phrase originating from goal sports, now describing by metaphor a kind of logical fallacy or debate tactic. Article “Moving the goalposts” in Simple English Wikipedia has 31.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 4 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 “Moving the goalposts”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 154 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 50 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 892 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1796 in November 2018
  • Global: #71249 in January 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #5564 in December 2020
  • Global: #231115 in June 2013

There are 6 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)
Moving the goalposts
34.6079
2Simple English (simple)
Moving the goalposts
31.7212
3Arabic (ar)
مغالطة تحريك المرمى
26.0094
4Japanese (ja)
ムービング・ゴールポスト
25.0053
5Romanian (ro)
Mutarea ștachetei
4.9435
6French (fr)
Changer les règles du jeu
2.5203
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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 "Moving the goalposts" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Moving the goalposts
986 537
2Japanese (ja)
ムービング・ゴールポスト
57 346
3Simple English (simple)
Moving the goalposts
21 078
4Romanian (ro)
Mutarea ștachetei
4 501
5Arabic (ar)
مغالطة تحريك المرمى
2 990
6French (fr)
Changer les règles du jeu
614
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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 "Moving the goalposts" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Moving the goalposts
4 659
2Japanese (ja)
ムービング・ゴールポスト
496
3Simple English (simple)
Moving the goalposts
284
4French (fr)
Changer les règles du jeu
80
5Arabic (ar)
مغالطة تحريك المرمى
34
6Romanian (ro)
Mutarea ștachetei
22
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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 "Moving the goalposts" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Moving the goalposts
109
2Japanese (ja)
ムービング・ゴールポスト
29
3Simple English (simple)
Moving the goalposts
7
4French (fr)
Changer les règles du jeu
4
5Arabic (ar)
مغالطة تحريك المرمى
3
6Romanian (ro)
Mutarea ștachetei
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 2025

Language versions of the article "Moving the goalposts" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Moving the goalposts
3
2Japanese (ja)
ムービング・ゴールポスト
1
3Arabic (ar)
مغالطة تحريك المرمى
0
4French (fr)
Changer les règles du jeu
0
5Romanian (ro)
Mutarea ștachetei
0
6Simple English (simple)
Moving the goalposts
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 "Moving the goalposts" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Moving the goalposts
346
2Arabic (ar)
مغالطة تحريك المرمى
297
3Japanese (ja)
ムービング・ゴールポスト
197
4Simple English (simple)
Moving the goalposts
50
5Romanian (ro)
Mutarea ștachetei
2
6French (fr)
Changer les règles du jeu
0
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مغالطة تحريك المرمى
enEnglish
Moving the goalposts
frFrench
Changer les règles du jeu
jaJapanese
ムービング・ゴールポスト
roRomanian
Mutarea ștachetei
simpleSimple English
Moving the goalposts

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#5564
12.2020
Global:
#231115
06.2013

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1796
11.2018
Global:
#71249
01.2025

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Moving the goalposts from Wikipedia articles about List of fallacies, No true Scotsman, AI effect, Mind game and Psychological abuse. Whereas reading the article about Moving the goalposts people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Informal fallacy, Creeping normalcy, Texas sharpshooter fallacy, Motte-and-bailey fallacy and No true Scotsman.

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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