Argument from ignorance

Argument from ignorance - logical fallacy that, since proposition has not yet been proven false, it must be true. Article "Argument from ignorance" in English Wikipedia has 32.4 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 9 references and 11 sections.

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

In July 2024 the article "Argument from ignorance" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Argument from ignorance", its content was written by 370 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 863 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 508 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2322 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #511 in September 2003
• Global: #784 in December 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #36310 in October 2009
• Global: #50637 in October 2009

There are 31 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 August 1, 2024 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Slovak (sk) Argument z neznalosti		39.5291
2	Indonesian (id) Argumen dari ketidaktahuan		38.1559
3	English (en) Argument from ignorance		32.3509
4	Simple English (simple) Argument from ignorance		30.1626
5	Thai (th) การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยความไม่รู้		27.2036
6	Spanish (es) Argumento ad ignorantiam		26.6011
7	French (fr) Appel à l'ignorance		24.9851
8	Croatian (hr) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		24.1059
9	Arabic (ar) احتكام إلى الجهل		22.6322
10	Turkish (tr) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		22.0963

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Argument from ignorance" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Argument from ignorance		2 665 116
2	Spanish (es) Argumento ad ignorantiam		1 099 767
3	Polish (pl) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		206 051
4	Portuguese (pt) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		126 952
5	German (de) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		117 391
6	Russian (ru) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		105 600
7	Japanese (ja) 無知に訴える論証		98 374
8	Chinese (zh) 訴諸無知		86 504
9	Italian (it) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		68 690
10	French (fr) Appel à l'ignorance		62 375

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Argument from ignorance" in July 2024

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Argument from ignorance		6 447
2	Spanish (es) Argumento ad ignorantiam		3 784
3	Russian (ru) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		532
4	German (de) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		522
5	Polish (pl) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		513
6	Japanese (ja) 無知に訴える論証		471
7	Arabic (ar) احتكام إلى الجهل		348
8	French (fr) Appel à l'ignorance		336
9	Portuguese (pt) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		318
10	Chinese (zh) 訴諸無知		295

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Argument from ignorance" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Argument from ignorance		370
2	Spanish (es) Argumento ad ignorantiam		67
3	German (de) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		47
4	Italian (it) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		38
5	French (fr) Appel à l'ignorance		31
6	Portuguese (pt) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		29
7	Polish (pl) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		27
8	Hungarian (hu) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		24
9	Chinese (zh) 訴諸無知		23
10	Finnish (fi) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		22

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Argument from ignorance" with the highest AI in July 2024

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Argument from ignorance		2
2	Arabic (ar) احتكام إلى الجهل		0
3	Bulgarian (bg) Аргумент от незнание		0
4	Catalan (ca) Argument ad ignorantiam		0
5	German (de) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		0
6	Greek (el) Προσφυγή στην άγνοια		0
7	Spanish (es) Argumento ad ignorantiam		0
8	Basque (eu) Ad ignorantiam argudioa		0
9	Persian (fa) توسل به نادانی		0
10	Finnish (fi) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Argument from ignorance" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Appel à l'ignorance		600
2	English (en) Argument from ignorance		508
3	Portuguese (pt) Argumentum ad ignorantiam		274
4	Chinese (zh) 訴諸無知		213
5	Arabic (ar) احتكام إلى الجهل		171
6	Spanish (es) Argumento ad ignorantiam		98
7	Persian (fa) توسل به نادانی		69
8	Ukrainian (uk) Argumentum ad Ignorantiam		48
9	Japanese (ja) 無知に訴える論証		44
10	Thai (th) การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยความไม่รู้		35

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic احتكام إلى الجهل
bg	Bulgarian Аргумент от незнание
ca	Catalan Argument ad ignorantiam
de	German Argumentum ad ignorantiam
el	Greek Προσφυγή στην άγνοια
en	English Argument from ignorance
es	Spanish Argumento ad ignorantiam
eu	Basque Ad ignorantiam argudioa
fa	Persian توسل به نادانی
fi	Finnish Argumentum ad ignorantiam
fr	French Appel à l'ignorance
hr	Croatian Argumentum ad ignorantiam
hu	Hungarian Argumentum ad ignorantiam
id	Indonesian Argumen dari ketidaktahuan
it	Italian Argumentum ad ignorantiam
ja	Japanese 無知に訴える論証
ko	Korean 무지에 호소하는 논증
lt	Lithuanian Argumentas iš nežinojimo
nl	Dutch Argumentum ad ignorantiam
pl	Polish Argumentum ad ignorantiam
pt	Portuguese Argumentum ad ignorantiam
ro	Romanian Argumentul ignoranței
ru	Russian Argumentum ad ignorantiam
simple	Simple English Argument from ignorance
sk	Slovak Argument z neznalosti
sr	Serbian Аргумент из незнања
th	Thai การให้เหตุผลโดยอาศัยความไม่รู้
tr	Turkish Argumentum ad ignorantiam
uk	Ukrainian Argumentum ad Ignorantiam
vi	Vietnamese Lập luận từ sự thiếu hiểu biết
zh	Chinese 訴諸無知

Best Rank

English: #36310 10.2009

Global: #50637 10.2009

Best Rank

English: #511 09.2003

Global: #784 12.2001

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