Operation Desert Strike

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Operation Desert Strike

Quality:

Cruise missile strikes on Iraq - 1996 military operation. Article “Operation Desert Strike” in German Wikipedia has 12.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 5 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (German) language version.

Since the creation of article “Operation Desert Strike”, its content was written by 21 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 176 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 26 times in German Wikipedia and cited 562 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (German): #41722 in July 2019
  • Global: #84497 in April 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (German): #142945 in September 2009
  • Global: #288183 in April 2017

There are 8 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)
1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq
30.0818
2Chinese (zh)
沙漠襲擊行動
18.0199
3Portuguese (pt)
Bombardeio do Iraque (1996)
17.4877
4French (fr)
Opération Desert Strike
13.787
5Russian (ru)
Операция «Удар в пустыне»
12.3978
6German (de)
Operation Desert Strike
12.3947
7Arabic (ar)
ضربات صواريخ كروز على العراق (1996)
7.062
8Dutch (nl)
Operatie Desert Strike
6.8965
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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 "Operation Desert Strike" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq
321 847
2Russian (ru)
Операция «Удар в пустыне»
63 986
3German (de)
Operation Desert Strike
54 433
4French (fr)
Opération Desert Strike
20 881
5Arabic (ar)
ضربات صواريخ كروز على العراق (1996)
20 514
6Chinese (zh)
沙漠襲擊行動
10 220
7Portuguese (pt)
Bombardeio do Iraque (1996)
8 690
8Dutch (nl)
Operatie Desert Strike
5 953
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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 "Operation Desert Strike" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq
1 919
2Russian (ru)
Операция «Удар в пустыне»
369
3German (de)
Operation Desert Strike
258
4Arabic (ar)
ضربات صواريخ كروز على العراق (1996)
177
5Chinese (zh)
沙漠襲擊行動
143
6French (fr)
Opération Desert Strike
100
7Portuguese (pt)
Bombardeio do Iraque (1996)
60
8Dutch (nl)
Operatie Desert Strike
6
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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 "Operation Desert Strike" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq
91
2German (de)
Operation Desert Strike
21
3Russian (ru)
Операция «Удар в пустыне»
17
4French (fr)
Opération Desert Strike
16
5Dutch (nl)
Operatie Desert Strike
13
6Arabic (ar)
ضربات صواريخ كروز على العراق (1996)
8
7Portuguese (pt)
Bombardeio do Iraque (1996)
6
8Chinese (zh)
沙漠襲擊行動
4
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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 "Operation Desert Strike" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
ضربات صواريخ كروز على العراق (1996)
0
2German (de)
Operation Desert Strike
0
3English (en)
1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq
0
4French (fr)
Opération Desert Strike
0
5Dutch (nl)
Operatie Desert Strike
0
6Portuguese (pt)
Bombardeio do Iraque (1996)
0
7Russian (ru)
Операция «Удар в пустыне»
0
8Chinese (zh)
沙漠襲擊行動
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 "Operation Desert Strike" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq
308
2Chinese (zh)
沙漠襲擊行動
68
3Russian (ru)
Операция «Удар в пустыне»
61
4Portuguese (pt)
Bombardeio do Iraque (1996)
52
5French (fr)
Opération Desert Strike
28
6German (de)
Operation Desert Strike
26
7Arabic (ar)
ضربات صواريخ كروز على العراق (1996)
14
8Dutch (nl)
Operatie Desert Strike
5
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
ضربات صواريخ كروز على العراق (1996)
deGerman
Operation Desert Strike
enEnglish
1996 cruise missile strikes on Iraq
frFrench
Opération Desert Strike
nlDutch
Operatie Desert Strike
ptPortuguese
Bombardeio do Iraque (1996)
ruRussian
Операция «Удар в пустыне»
zhChinese
沙漠襲擊行動

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank German:
#142945
09.2009
Global:
#288183
04.2017

AI rank trends

Best Rank German:
#41722
07.2019
Global:
#84497
04.2024

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Cruise missile strikes on Iraq from Wikipedia articles about Operation Desert Fox, USS Carl Vinson, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Iraqi no-fly zones conflict and 1993 cruise missile strikes on Iraq. Whereas reading the article about Cruise missile strikes on Iraq people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Iraqi Kurdish Civil War, Operation Desert Fox, February 2001 airstrike in Iraq, Operation Southern Watch and Iraqi no-fly zones conflict.

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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