William MacDonald (serial killer)

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William MacDonald (serial killer)

Quality:

William MacDonald - British-born Australian serial killer (1924–2015). Article “William MacDonald (serial killer)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 8.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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 “William MacDonald (serial killer)”, its content was written by 6 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 169 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 24 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #670 in May 2015
  • Global: #13918 in May 2015

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #22164 in May 2015
  • Global: #99125 in May 2015

There are 4 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, 2026 (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)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
49.5098
2French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
15.8574
3Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
12.4499
4Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
8.8962
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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 "William MacDonald (serial killer)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
438 808
2French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
4 155
3Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
2 079
4Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
1 693
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "William MacDonald (serial killer)" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
2 424
2French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
56
3Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
29
4Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
0
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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 "William MacDonald (serial killer)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
129
2French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
33
3Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
6
4Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
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 2026

Language versions of the article "William MacDonald (serial killer)" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
1
2English (en)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
1
3French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
1
4Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
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 "William MacDonald (serial killer)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
18
2Simple English (simple)
William MacDonald (serial killer)
3
3French (fr)
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
2
4Arabic (ar)
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
1
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
ويليام ماكدونالد (قاتل متسلسل)
enEnglish
William MacDonald (serial killer)
frFrench
William MacDonald (tueur en série)
simpleSimple English
William MacDonald (serial killer)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#22164
05.2015
Global:
#99125
05.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#670
05.2015
Global:
#13918
05.2015

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on William MacDonald from Wikipedia articles about List of serial killers by country, Allen Ginsberg, Cessnock Correctional Centre, List of serial killers by number of victims and List of Australian criminals. Whereas reading the article about William MacDonald people most often go to Wikipedia articles on List of serial killers by country, Institutionalisation, Facial composite, The Domain and Cycle of violence.

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

The WikiRank project is intended for automatic relative evaluation of the articles in the various language versions of Wikipedia. At the moment the service allows to compare over 50 million Wikipedia articles in 55 languages. Quality scores of articles are based on Wikipedia dumps from July, 2026. When calculating current popularity and AI of articles data from June 2026 was taken into account. For historical values of popularity and AI WikiRank used data from 2001 to 2026... More information