Overall quality score: 18.7 out of 100 for the article “Exploding whale” on Simple English Wikipedia. The overall result is poor, with substantial room for improvement in the measured features. The considered article was last modified on 26 July 2026 at 14:52:48 UTC.

The text is relatively brief compared with the Featured Article benchmark, resulting in a very poor length rating. There are relatively few major section headings, giving this measure a very poor rating. No images large enough to qualify for the image measure were found, resulting in a very poor image score.

The reference count is rated very poor. Although the total number of citations is limited, their density relative to the amount of text is very good.

The considered version of the Wikipedia article also contains quality-flaw templates, identified in English as “Copy edit” and “Cite check”. These editorial notices flag issues that need attention. The detected flaws reduce the overall quality score by 2.08 points.