Separation of church and state

Quality:

Separation of church and state - principle to separate religious and civil institutions. Article "Separation of church and state" in English Wikipedia has 85.4 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 179 references and 44 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In July 2024 the article "Separation of church and state" was edited by 5 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 13 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Separation of church and state", its content was written by 977 registered users of English Wikipedia (6444^th place) and edited by 2275 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3888 times in English Wikipedia (6266^th place) and cited 11327 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #255 in August 2003
• Global: #1655 in August 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #2856 in October 2010
• Global: #6330 in October 2010

There are 37 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	English (en) Separation of church and state		85.4292
2	Finnish (fi) Kirkon ja valtion ero		78.7334
3	Japanese (ja) 政教分離原則		74.7
4	Greek (el) Χωρισμός Κράτους και Εκκλησίας		72.6391
5	German (de) Trennung zwischen Staat und religiösen Institutionen		72.066
6	Hebrew (he) הפרדת הדת מהמדינה		58.3676
7	Polish (pl) Rozdział Kościoła od państwa		53.7444
8	Spanish (es) Separación Iglesia-Estado		39.481
9	Persian (fa) جدایی دین از دولت		38.201
10	Catalan (ca) Separació entre l'Església i l'Estat		33.9159

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Separation of church and state		7 693 101
2	Spanish (es) Separación Iglesia-Estado		1 710 683
3	Japanese (ja) 政教分離原則		1 666 971
4	German (de) Trennung zwischen Staat und religiösen Institutionen		1 080 433
5	Portuguese (pt) Separação Igreja-Estado		400 728
6	Dutch (nl) Scheiding van kerk en staat		378 096
7	Persian (fa) جدایی دین از دولت		351 717
8	Russian (ru) Отделение церкви от государства		225 895
9	Chinese (zh) 政教分离		211 116
10	Polish (pl) Rozdział Kościoła od państwa		191 315

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Separation of church and state		31 869
2	Japanese (ja) 政教分離原則		4 972
3	Spanish (es) Separación Iglesia-Estado		3 250
4	German (de) Trennung zwischen Staat und religiösen Institutionen		2 995
5	Persian (fa) جدایی دین از دولت		2 101
6	Dutch (nl) Scheiding van kerk en staat		1 130
7	Chinese (zh) 政教分离		1 108
8	Russian (ru) Отделение церкви от государства		815
9	Portuguese (pt) Separação Igreja-Estado		799
10	Hebrew (he) הפרדת הדת מהמדינה		746

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Separation of church and state		977
2	German (de) Trennung zwischen Staat und religiösen Institutionen		258
3	Japanese (ja) 政教分離原則		204
4	Hebrew (he) הפרדת הדת מהמדינה		150
5	Spanish (es) Separación Iglesia-Estado		120
6	Dutch (nl) Scheiding van kerk en staat		112
7	Persian (fa) جدایی دین از دولت		58
8	Polish (pl) Rozdział Kościoła od państwa		55
9	Italian (it) Separazione tra Stato e Chiesa		42
10	Chinese (zh) 政教分离		42

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Separation of church and state		5
2	German (de) Trennung zwischen Staat und religiösen Institutionen		3
3	Japanese (ja) 政教分離原則		2
4	Finnish (fi) Kirkon ja valtion ero		1
5	Hebrew (he) הפרדת הדת מהמדינה		1
6	Russian (ru) Отделение церкви от государства		1
7	Arabic (ar) الفصل بين الكنيسة والدولة		0
8	Catalan (ca) Separació entre l'Església i l'Estat		0
9	Greek (el) Χωρισμός Κράτους και Εκκλησίας		0
10	Esperanto (eo) Apartigo de eklezio kaj ŝtato		0

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

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