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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.

Problem statement

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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.

Proposed solution

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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.

Result

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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
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184 bo 1078609243
185 so 1080166880
186 kv 1080717593
187 udm 1080893501
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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
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209 km 1098804159
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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
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249 kbd 1128813052
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251 bug 1129451979
252 zgh 1130257669
253 sm 1130309590
254 anp 1131211949
255 xh 1131528270
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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
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187 so 51220369710
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189 dsb 51373405661
190 ug 51380213820
191 lld 51436531183
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193 ext 51602883367
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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
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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
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293 blk 62030469846
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295 ady 62220053592
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298 ami 62462858436
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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

How can I improve my wiki's ranking?

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