Targeted killing

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Targeted killing

Quality:

Targeted killing - form of assassination carried by governments against their perceived enemies. Article “Targeted killing” in Simple English Wikipedia has 59.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 15 references and 7 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Targeted killing”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 614 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 7 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1027 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3247 in October 2024
  • Global: #1347 in April 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #26297 in September 2024
  • Global: #22299 in November 2014

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
1Chinese (zh)
定点清除
95.8816
2Spanish (es)
Asesinato selectivo
84.8322
3English (en)
Targeted killing
84.249
4German (de)
Gezielte Tötung
64.1652
5Simple English (simple)
Targeted killing
59.4423
6Indonesian (id)
Pembunuhan yang ditargetkan
57.6441
7Russian (ru)
Целевые убийства
47.8424
8Armenian (hy)
Նպատակային սպանություններ
47.1611
9Malay (ms)
Pembunuhan bersasar
41.7044
10Italian (it)
Omicidio mirato
30.6602
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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 "Targeted killing" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Targeted killing
1 608 099
2German (de)
Gezielte Tötung
303 138
3Spanish (es)
Asesinato selectivo
98 384
4Russian (ru)
Целевые убийства
36 433
5Polish (pl)
Selektywna eliminacja
26 308
6Italian (it)
Omicidio mirato
24 865
7French (fr)
Assassinat ciblé
22 894
8Persian (fa)
قتل هدفمند
17 720
9Chinese (zh)
定点清除
10 923
10Arabic (ar)
قتل مستهدف
6 742
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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 "Targeted killing" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Targeted killing
15 901
2German (de)
Gezielte Tötung
1 029
3Italian (it)
Omicidio mirato
844
4Persian (fa)
قتل هدفمند
584
5Chinese (zh)
定点清除
563
6Arabic (ar)
قتل مستهدف
434
7Spanish (es)
Asesinato selectivo
413
8Russian (ru)
Целевые убийства
309
9French (fr)
Assassinat ciblé
195
10Portuguese (pt)
Assassinato seletivo
123
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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 "Targeted killing" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Targeted killing
280
2German (de)
Gezielte Tötung
158
3Spanish (es)
Asesinato selectivo
43
4French (fr)
Assassinat ciblé
25
5Russian (ru)
Целевые убийства
23
6Italian (it)
Omicidio mirato
18
7Persian (fa)
قتل هدفمند
13
8Arabic (ar)
قتل مستهدف
7
9Czech (cs)
Cílené zabíjení
7
10Polish (pl)
Selektywna eliminacja
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 "Targeted killing" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Targeted killing
7
2Chinese (zh)
定点清除
2
3Persian (fa)
قتل هدفمند
1
4Malay (ms)
Pembunuhan bersasar
1
5Urdu (ur)
تہدّفی قتل
1
6Arabic (ar)
قتل مستهدف
0
7Czech (cs)
Cílené zabíjení
0
8German (de)
Gezielte Tötung
0
9Spanish (es)
Asesinato selectivo
0
10French (fr)
Assassinat ciblé
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 "Targeted killing" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Targeted killing
339
2German (de)
Gezielte Tötung
147
3Urdu (ur)
تہدّفی قتل
117
4Persian (fa)
قتل هدفمند
99
5Spanish (es)
Asesinato selectivo
98
6Italian (it)
Omicidio mirato
43
7Arabic (ar)
قتل مستهدف
37
8French (fr)
Assassinat ciblé
37
9Portuguese (pt)
Assassinato seletivo
25
10Chinese (zh)
定点清除
24
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
قتل مستهدف
csCzech
Cílené zabíjení
deGerman
Gezielte Tötung
enEnglish
Targeted killing
esSpanish
Asesinato selectivo
faPersian
قتل هدفمند
frFrench
Assassinat ciblé
hrCroatian
Ciljano ubijanje
hyArmenian
Նպատակային սպանություններ
idIndonesian
Pembunuhan yang ditargetkan
itItalian
Omicidio mirato
msMalay
Pembunuhan bersasar
plPolish
Selektywna eliminacja
ptPortuguese
Assassinato seletivo
ruRussian
Целевые убийства
shSerbo-Croatian
Ciljano ubijanje
simpleSimple English
Targeted killing
urUrdu
تہدّفی قتل
zhChinese
定点清除

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#26297
09.2024
Global:
#22299
11.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3247
10.2024
Global:
#1347
04.2004

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Targeted killing from Wikipedia articles about Hassan Nasrallah, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Osama bin Laden, Dawood Ibrahim and Assassination. Whereas reading the article about Targeted killing people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Anwar al-Awlaqi, Ayman al-Zawahiri, MQ-9 Reaper, Assassination and List of assassinations by the United States.

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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