User:Ladsgroup/coverage ranking of Wikipedia languages

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This is a proposal to add a new ranking for Wikipedia wikis in List of Wikipedias to compare them based on their coverage of important topics.

We want to write articles that readers would want to read. If we compare wikis solely based on number of articles, we end up with some large wikis that don't get much reads because the incentive to go up in the ranking is not right.

We can build a ranking that penalizes wikis for missing articles in topics that exist in many languages and order wikis with lowest penalty scores. The scoring works like this:

• Go through all items in Wikidata.
• If the items doesn't have any Wikipedia wiki attached to it. Ignore it.
• If the item has articles in N Wikipedia wikis, penalize each language that doesn't have it by N2 or N3 (to be decided). So if the item exists only in Japanese Wikipedia, penalize all other wikis by 1 but if it exists in 100 languages (i.e. it's an important topic), penalize the rest of wikis by 10,000 each (for N2) or 1,000,000 each (for N3).
• Sum up penalties and order wikis based on lowest number of penalties.

Source code for it can be written like this: phab:P69383.

Of course it's not a perfect solution. It uses number of languages as a proxy for importance and it doesn't take into account how well written those articles are but it's a simple and easy way to get a ranking that's good enough.

For powered by two ranking language code score 1 en 82813799 2 fr 208574777 3 es 251680109 4 ru 283474135 5 de 292659918 6 uk 294065834 7 pt 294161181 8 it 300079520 9 zh 305930926 10 sv 314570551 11 fa 328165428 12 pl 335482985 13 ar 367026306 14 nl 371920332 15 vi 428121253 16 ja 435585970 17 tr 466009248 18 ko 471448386 19 ca 481483757 20 eu 490828021 21 hu 498180119 22 ro 505667389 23 id 529380736 24 no 532113866 25 eo 536047412 26 cs 540875546 27 sr 541621222 28 fi 549459355 29 bg 609379757 30 sh 610011877 31 hy 616044850 32 simple 616949737 33 he 617717931 34 ms 625817557 35 da 631569213 36 sk 637323594 37 be 659208260 38 ur 673264154 39 az 676957285 40 el 682870427 41 gl 689820163 42 ceb 693212997 43 zh-min-nan 694123704 44 et 696075740 45 war 696747159 46 uz 699540047 47 ka 702299655 48 arz 705182515 49 tt 705243262 50 mk 708121593 51 sl 711831515 52 la 714824936 53 th 716651947 54 zh-yue 727983279 55 kk 731256819 56 lv 739535799 57 ast 743954754 58 nn 746543322 59 bn 753161859 60 lt 756326994 61 cy 758051576 62 hr 769646758 63 azb 782871016 64 be-tarask 783421104 65 bs 788447902 66 oc 790634961 67 af 805776144 68 br 805827284 69 sq 819187396 70 ce 825174186 71 ckb 832348357 72 tl 841886275 73 is 842118377 74 hi 846040672 75 ta 848796465 76 sw 860144513 77 lb 865050564 78 an 866391978 79 wuu 870039063 80 ga 873927939 81 mr 875097174 82 fy 879294832 83 tg 880633648 84 ml 883023053 85 ku 884276827 86 sco 889020467 87 jv 895732350 88 pnb 896731388 89 mn 902495109 90 vec 904251437 91 mg 913467461 92 io 914778122 93 lmo 918422938 94 cv 925094970 95 my 926756699 96 ba 928351325 97 ky 945565308 98 xmf 948137908 99 qu 950464426 100 pa 956362588 101 os 958506346 102 diq 959465611 103 cdo 959665967 104 nds 962874023 105 ia 968695289 106 scn 969136608 107 fo 969236005 108 ilo 971890888 109 als 978064587 110 ht 979585259 111 su 988949192 112 sah 993934435 113 ab 994669665 114 pms 994761262 115 te 995857523 116 frr 997450769 117 sa 1004058710 118 bar 1005472630 119 sd 1006098597 120 gd 1006320697 121 rue 1007168938 122 si 1009369605 123 gv 1013097471 124 kn 1013265170 125 vo 1013954583 126 lld 1014004885 127 new 1015196198 128 yo 1015685662 129 gan 1015728806 130 bh 1016317608 131 yi 1017151226 132 am 1017381305 133 or 1018631713 134 lij 1019268787 135 hsb 1019341455 136 se 1022505014 137 bpy 1023036173 138 smn 1024727946 139 ps 1026547267 140 szl 1027730926 141 mhr 1029707323 142 li 1029784193 143 ne 1031300780 144 nap 1033351512 145 tk 1035799338 146 ary 1035828492 147 hak 1036219879 148 bcl 1036620990 149 mzn 1037375038 150 crh 1040467664 151 shn 1045888084 152 ban 1046691052 153 hif 1048287719 154 vep 1048613108 155 bat-smg 1049516150 156 gn 1053488416 157 kw 1053815338 158 vls 1054600070 159 mdf 1055608889 160 eml 1059598967 161 wa 1060346863 162 myv 1060680241 163 hyw 1063304798 164 mt 1063458303 165 zh-classical 1065433521 166 pam 1065491744 167 nds-nl 1065561957 168 min 1065697223 169 ie 1065774236 170 sc 1067658258 171 as 1068020337 172 gu 1068335123 173 mai 1069317597 174 nrm 1070600422 175 frp 1071284916 176 co 1073162024 177 ha 1073844471 178 fiu-vro 1074126272 179 tly 1074611971 180 mrj 1074791110 181 kab 1074835344 182 map-bms 1075129585 183 bxr 1076306659 184 bo 1078609243 185 so 1080166880 186 kv 1080717593 187 udm 1080893501 188 dsb 1080929759 189 ang 1081040981 190 nah 1081311572 191 pap 1082387262 192 olo 1084848530 193 ug 1085270994 194 zea 1086620938 195 mi 1087725378 196 nso 1088116024 197 fur 1088342785 198 avk 1088675471 199 ext 1089880633 200 stq 1090881710 201 av 1092569462 202 csb 1093240943 203 ln 1093289030 204 lo 1093602198 205 krc 1093639460 206 kaa 1094317295 207 sn 1096538485 208 mwl 1096831521 209 km 1098804159 210 lez 1099249013 211 lfn 1099264612 212 bjn 1099311582 213 roa-tara 1100861289 214 za 1101598096 215 pi 1102587106 216 lad 1103310189 217 zu 1104088191 218 gcr 1104438902 219 dv 1108898231 220 gag 1109090589 221 ig 1111111121 222 nov 1111729790 223 jbo 1112066400 224 ay 1112723787 225 pcd 1113680852 226 sat 1113757494 227 inh 1114211660 228 kbp 1114285718 229 ksh 1116233798 230 rw 1116841486 231 nv 1117061437 232 ks 1117966601 233 ace 1118840777 234 wo 1119245956 235 cbk-zam 1119592920 236 tpi 1120073414 237 rm 1120410050 238 arc 1122553522 239 pih 1122826858 240 jam 1122926660 241 xal 1123294319 242 haw 1124591929 243 tum 1126278168 244 roa-rup 1126656248 245 pdc 1127228346 246 fj 1128074247 247 om 1128759837 248 bi 1128806030 249 kbd 1128813052 250 chr 1129407231 251 bug 1129451979 252 zgh 1130257669 253 sm 1130309590 254 anp 1131211949 255 xh 1131528270 256 dty 1132256772 257 mni 1133403031 258 cu 1133678283 259 kg 1134390260 260 gor 1135394087 261 pag 1135780102 262 got 1136561912 263 ltg 1136626660 264 ts 1136714133 265 ny 1138027170 266 ee 1138200556 267 koi 1139062120 268 szy 1139309853 269 dag 1139542158 270 awa 1139671666 271 ss 1139865918 272 tw 1140101739 273 tet 1140706464 274 lbe 1140781746 275 tyv 1140808349 276 ki 1140822338 277 ff 1140867434 278 bm 1141144150 279 pnt 1141202965 280 gom 1141296702 281 rmy 1142225167 282 alt 1142229843 283 blk 1142733420 284 ik 1143508161 285 ti 1143572936 286 pfl 1143611471 287 ty 1144072154 288 srn 1144078594 289 to 1144630959 290 shi 1144709153 291 lg 1144790087 292 kcg 1145856618 293 chy 1146351408 294 ch 1146705506 295 glk 1148578008 296 rn 1148671787 297 mad 1148962376 298 st 1149201326 299 ady 1149263096 300 ami 1149597092 301 iu 1149999300 302 sg 1150024609 303 mnw 1150289025 304 tay 1150291460 305 tcy 1151690248 306 dz 1152164699 307 skr 1152701832 308 tn 1153996007 309 kl 1154135918 310 trv 1154476528 311 din 1154634286 312 ve 1156489966 313 cr 1157233908 314 guw 1157686469 315 bbc 1158373795 316 nqo 1159125167 317 nia 1159605422 318 atj 1160848757 319 guc 1161379334 320 pcm 1163375958 321 gpe 1163678981 322 fon 1163723503 323 gur 1166276837 324 pwn 1166749223 325 fat 1167593860 326 dga 1168713797

For power of three ranking language code score 1 en 951418099 2 fr 2862795559 3 uk 3669341338 4 zh 3801902490 5 es 3829045495 6 pt 3913558135 7 ru 4434364701 8 fa 5138688892 9 sv 5370211493 10 de 6007640754 11 ar 6435307296 12 it 6952331738 13 pl 7750326129 14 ja 7942114520 15 vi 8142443839 16 tr 9037622278 17 ko 9299850572 18 nl 9584179406 19 eu 9709165249 20 ro 9882668661 21 hu 10364596159 22 ca 10561064055 23 eo 11378181158 24 id 11423090954 25 no 11775941456 26 sr 11857952188 27 fi 12419294745 28 cs 12776613048 29 hy 14581310940 30 da 14683470359 31 sh 14727206449 32 bg 14841010923 33 he 15269543457 34 simple 15488372231 35 ms 16041943815 36 sk 16098049134 37 be 16426186734 38 az 17130345535 39 gl 17371204117 40 et 18033979432 41 ka 18123355627 42 ur 18305591518 43 zh-yue 18331780795 44 mk 18589716745 45 sl 18670364501 46 th 18863945909 47 el 19074466875 48 lv 19673034253 49 uz 19768121117 50 la 20285786520 51 zh-min-nan 20733774204 52 ast 20873125246 53 kk 21261659039 54 nn 21407851394 55 cy 21633280746 56 bn 22049071873 57 tt 22177583168 58 war 22424016433 59 lt 22455324670 60 be-tarask 22635179752 61 bs 22967013298 62 af 23788416072 63 oc 24155416215 64 hr 24513445570 65 br 24653561246 66 sq 24945153706 67 ckb 25450432809 68 arz 25797564459 69 is 25966354563 70 tl 26499527105 71 sw 27170786283 72 hi 27741488982 73 azb 27924661924 74 ta 27968887175 75 ceb 28011108869 76 mr 28405029682 77 an 28579129758 78 ga 28603015837 79 lb 29067759610 80 wuu 29084848421 81 tg 29741161956 82 fy 29994577616 83 jv 30028532356 84 ml 31533071811 85 pnb 31600984092 86 ku 32784593555 87 sco 33059708969 88 io 33082511146 89 mn 33358732923 90 my 33490010073 91 cv 33696499920 92 ce 34200322116 93 ba 34797936651 94 qu 34814811038 95 lmo 34868729328 96 mg 34916360157 97 xmf 34970080844 98 vec 35219836435 99 cdo 36405311829 100 ky 36406915366 101 fo 36534965419 102 pa 36625580126 103 os 36634139930 104 nds 37105878683 105 ilo 37302609604 106 diq 37426407135 107 scn 37508391916 108 als 38602468083 109 ia 38657267053 110 ht 39076815621 111 su 39284588874 112 sah 39350861975 113 gd 40459902881 114 rue 40553200916 115 te 40847255745 116 am 41104289191 117 frr 41122215205 118 ab 41465298575 119 sd 41527680791 120 yi 41690362940 121 gv 42206175643 122 kn 42395581460 123 lij 42630335349 124 si 42683393417 125 sa 42705980766 126 se 42954127080 127 bar 43121600976 128 new 43230235848 129 hsb 43291468539 130 bh 43445733114 131 vo 43779612769 132 li 43795066617 133 yo 43889436996 134 szl 44149045104 135 or 44176920577 136 mhr 44220709823 137 tk 44307794232 138 gan 44499611210 139 hak 44540161643 140 ps 44731855723 141 smn 44825042904 142 ary 45187877980 143 hif 45272374805 144 bcl 45304990922 145 bat-smg 45632408950 146 mzn 45782520882 147 crh 45788702436 148 gn 45962744322 149 bpy 46118102453 150 nap 46465579752 151 ban 46884972646 152 pms 47012442070 153 ne 47054020670 154 kw 47464087490 155 vls 47475692810 156 wa 48071630009 157 mdf 48184873343 158 myv 48194750081 159 nds-nl 48489208971 160 vep 48605259322 161 frp 48909393838 162 eml 48955324583 163 fiu-vro 48978815560 164 shn 49084073428 165 pam 49157263508 166 zh-classical 49318849009 167 ie 49336473992 168 sc 49468147316 169 nrm 49569906190 170 bxr 49581632769 171 co 49782368716 172 mt 49820314271 173 kab 49834341480 174 bo 49883804145 175 gu 49893343675 176 hyw 49926030388 177 tly 50136317427 178 mai 50170532359 179 map-bms 50174201355 180 pap 50256667034 181 min 50311572375 182 udm 50339707713 183 as 50770582169 184 ha 51050763291 185 kv 51115036535 186 olo 51167306014 187 so 51220369710 188 zea 51369082096 189 dsb 51373405661 190 ug 51380213820 191 lld 51436531183 192 ang 51528081147 193 ext 51602883367 194 mi 51680167010 195 fur 51841370805 196 mrj 51846709312 197 stq 52101959686 198 ln 52203197590 199 csb 52489898517 200 nah 52575059838 201 sn 52685624485 202 lo 52703880802 203 av 52706877644 204 nso 52716086134 205 kaa 53002771685 206 za 53306983954 207 krc 53374463176 208 lez 53718827487 209 avk 53861006643 210 bjn 54034537966 211 mwl 54040033593 212 lfn 54600903210 213 gcr 54673219792 214 lad 54745099937 215 km 54768925313 216 gag 54897316193 217 dv 55096312159 218 pi 55148989484 219 nov 55169190244 220 zu 55226414631 221 jbo 55278234188 222 ig 55739092057 223 kbp 55945798968 224 rw 56446581224 225 roa-tara 56487950155 226 ay 56553572979 227 cbk-zam 56565086638 228 pcd 56684254046 229 wo 56689347662 230 ksh 56709586384 231 inh 56862619832 232 tpi 56985220422 233 pih 57049207516 234 sat 57113716406 235 ace 57332950865 236 rm 57392851200 237 jam 57583057134 238 ks 57617742105 239 arc 57756231256 240 xal 57867736399 241 haw 57886695561 242 roa-rup 58097818720 243 sm 58288410166 244 bi 58338481016 245 om 58382615635 246 chr 58492312285 247 fj 58758988831 248 nv 58794606803 249 tum 58835272088 250 zgh 58878130269 251 pdc 58880149414 252 anp 59209471917 253 kbd 59238720480 254 xh 59377829980 255 dty 59428164762 256 kg 59449064264 257 ts 59712622961 258 cu 59762220859 259 pag 59890569146 260 got 59898353032 261 ee 59970711026 262 ltg 59983124900 263 mni 59988779339 264 ss 60117041010 265 gor 60413518227 266 ny 60522423990 267 ff 60562705762 268 tet 60621144662 269 pnt 60676376599 270 bm 60802020960 271 tw 60831368703 272 szy 60841385663 273 awa 60864754738 274 ki 60912207946 275 koi 60981358414 276 rmy 61023199541 277 gom 61270637304 278 lbe 61296477436 279 to 61303088473 280 dag 61471443684 281 ti 61558516664 282 lg 61573858345 283 srn 61671273274 284 ty 61693711002 285 ch 61746930426 286 shi 61766234455 287 ik 61782299319 288 tyv 61809629395 289 alt 61944331767 290 bug 61959006815 291 chy 62012507502 292 pfl 62013887129 293 blk 62030469846 294 kcg 62195909836 295 ady 62220053592 296 st 62384522666 297 sg 62395811763 298 ami 62462858436 299 mad 62469625546 300 rn 62535982897 301 tay 62638549420 302 iu 62679521528 303 glk 62839928732 304 dz 62870648825 305 trv 63415938114 306 skr 63637093074 307 tcy 63654358834 308 tn 63686947603 309 kl 63758667144 310 mnw 63764427509 311 din 63860586108 312 ve 64031567274 313 cr 64378901052 314 bbc 64548629165 315 nqo 64723601677 316 guw 64897991247 317 nia 64925911482 318 guc 65337758954 319 atj 65385323215 320 gpe 65687717895 321 pcm 65776378588 322 fon 65929081951 323 gur 66277014203 324 pwn 66440703493 325 fat 66631554344 326 dga 66821430583

Many tools can be used here:

• List of articles every Wikipedia should have
• List of articles every Wikipedia should have/Expanded
• https://whattodo.toolforge.org/ important articles per topic

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