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Source text - text (sometimes oral) from which information or ideas are derived. In translation, a source text is the original text that is to be translated into another language. Article "Source text" in English Wikipedia has 29.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 15 references and 7 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article "Source text" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Source text", its content was written by 110 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 224 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 128 times in English Wikipedia and cited 510 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #24663 in January 2016
• Global: #31576 in September 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #144156 in April 2010
• Global: #180722 in September 2010

There are 16 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Source text		29.8452
2	Ukrainian (uk) Джерело інформаційного матеріалу		26.2872
3	Greek (el) Κείμενο πηγή		24.1572
4	Korean (ko) 원시 텍스트		23.0783
5	Polish (pl) Tekst źródłowy		22.0913
6	Russian (ru) Исходный текст		22.0144
7	Chinese (zh) 源文本		19.8575
8	Simple English (simple) Source text		19.5098
9	Italian (it) Testo di partenza		19.2167
10	Japanese (ja) 原文		15.1321

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Source text" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Source text		416 422
2	Indonesian (id) Naskah sumber		121 468
3	Portuguese (pt) Texto fonte		47 689
4	Italian (it) Testo di partenza		46 753
5	Ukrainian (uk) Джерело інформаційного матеріалу		41 706
6	Swedish (sv) Källmaterial		41 432
7	Japanese (ja) 原文		36 846
8	Greek (el) Κείμενο πηγή		24 750
9	Russian (ru) Исходный текст		23 932
10	Chinese (zh) 源文本		16 064

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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 "Source text" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Source text		2 369
2	Japanese (ja) 原文		152
3	Chinese (zh) 源文本		111
4	Russian (ru) Исходный текст		88
5	Simple English (simple) Source text		67
6	Italian (it) Testo di partenza		64
7	Ukrainian (uk) Джерело інформаційного матеріалу		59
8	Greek (el) Κείμενο πηγή		53
9	Polish (pl) Tekst źródłowy		43
10	Portuguese (pt) Texto fonte		42

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Source text		110
2	Italian (it) Testo di partenza		25
3	Swedish (sv) Källmaterial		16
4	Dutch (nl) Brontekst (vertaalkunde)		13
5	Portuguese (pt) Texto fonte		11
6	Ukrainian (uk) Джерело інформаційного матеріалу		9
7	Japanese (ja) 原文		6
8	Polish (pl) Tekst źródłowy		6
9	Russian (ru) Исходный текст		6
10	Esperanto (eo) Teksta fonto		5

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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 "Source text" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Source text		2
2	Greek (el) Κείμενο πηγή		0
3	Esperanto (eo) Teksta fonto		0
4	Estonian (et) Lähtetekst		0
5	Indonesian (id) Naskah sumber		0
6	Italian (it) Testo di partenza		0
7	Japanese (ja) 原文		0
8	Korean (ko) 원시 텍스트		0
9	Dutch (nl) Brontekst (vertaalkunde)		0
10	Polish (pl) Tekst źródłowy		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 "Source text" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Swedish (sv) Källmaterial		132
2	English (en) Source text		128
3	Italian (it) Testo di partenza		73
4	Japanese (ja) 原文		55
5	Russian (ru) Исходный текст		24
6	Ukrainian (uk) Джерело інформаційного матеріалу		21
7	Chinese (zh) 源文本		17
8	Dutch (nl) Brontekst (vertaalkunde)		14
9	Greek (el) Κείμενο πηγή		12
10	Simple English (simple) Source text		12

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#	Language	Value
el	Greek Κείμενο πηγή
en	English Source text
eo	Esperanto Teksta fonto
et	Estonian Lähtetekst
id	Indonesian Naskah sumber
it	Italian Testo di partenza
ja	Japanese 原文
ko	Korean 원시 텍스트
nl	Dutch Brontekst (vertaalkunde)
pl	Polish Tekst źródłowy
pt	Portuguese Texto fonte
ru	Russian Исходный текст
simple	Simple English Source text
sv	Swedish Källmaterial
uk	Ukrainian Джерело інформаційного матеріалу
zh	Chinese 源文本

Best Rank

English: #144156 04.2010

Global: #180722 09.2010

Best Rank

English: #24663 01.2016

Global: #31576 09.2004

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