Bastonade

Foot whipping - method of corporal punishment which consists of hitting the soles of a person's bare feet. Article “Bastonade” in German Wikipedia has 44.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 27 references and 10 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (German) language version.

Since the creation of article “Bastonade”, its content was written by 84 registered users of German Wikipedia and edited by 550 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 36 times in German Wikipedia and cited 315 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (German): #876 in July 2013
• Global: #16380 in July 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (German): #11359 in January 2020
• Global: #55488 in February 2008

There are 17 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, 2026 (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) Foot whipping		50.4617
2	Russian (ru) Фалака		47.8894
3	German (de) Bastonade		44.9224
4	Catalan (ca) Falaka		30.6657
5	Ukrainian (uk) Фалака		24.429
6	Czech (cs) Bičování chodidel		19.9302
7	Spanish (es) Falanga		18.5723
8	Azerbaijani (az) Fələqqə		16.0283
9	Swedish (sv) Falaka		13.9722
10	Indonesian (id) Cambuk kaki		12.2758

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Foot whipping		2 336 403
2	German (de) Bastonade		801 099
3	Russian (ru) Фалака		274 930
4	Persian (fa) فلک		259 004
5	Polish (pl) Falaka		177 076
6	Italian (it) Bastinado		118 118
7	Greek (el) Φάλαγγας		100 208
8	Arabic (ar) ضرب الفلقة		91 753
9	Turkish (tr) Falaka		90 047
10	Spanish (es) Falanga		75 402

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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 "Bastonade" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Foot whipping		8 970
2	Persian (fa) فلک		2 585
3	German (de) Bastonade		1 968
4	Russian (ru) Фалака		916
5	Turkish (tr) Falaka		481
6	Polish (pl) Falaka		373
7	Italian (it) Bastinado		372
8	Spanish (es) Falanga		251
9	Chinese (zh) 足底鞭笞		224
10	Greek (el) Φάλαγγας		156

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Foot whipping		236
2	German (de) Bastonade		84
3	Persian (fa) فلک		45
4	Turkish (tr) Falaka		34
5	Italian (it) Bastinado		31
6	Russian (ru) Фалака		25
7	Arabic (ar) ضرب الفلقة		20
8	Polish (pl) Falaka		19
9	Swedish (sv) Falaka		14
10	Greek (el) Φάλαγγας		13

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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 "Bastonade" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Persian (fa) فلک		1
2	Arabic (ar) ضرب الفلقة		0
3	Azerbaijani (az) Fələqqə		0
4	Catalan (ca) Falaka		0
5	Czech (cs) Bičování chodidel		0
6	German (de) Bastonade		0
7	Greek (el) Φάλαγγας		0
8	English (en) Foot whipping		0
9	Spanish (es) Falanga		0
10	Indonesian (id) Cambuk kaki		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 "Bastonade" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Foot whipping		149
2	German (de) Bastonade		36
3	Persian (fa) فلک		23
4	Greek (el) Φάλαγγας		18
5	Turkish (tr) Falaka		17
6	Russian (ru) Фалака		16
7	Arabic (ar) ضرب الفلقة		13
8	Spanish (es) Falanga		10
9	Italian (it) Bastinado		9
10	Swedish (sv) Falaka		6

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ضرب الفلقة
az	Azerbaijani Fələqqə
ca	Catalan Falaka
cs	Czech Bičování chodidel
de	German Bastonade
el	Greek Φάλαγγας
en	English Foot whipping
es	Spanish Falanga
fa	Persian فلک
id	Indonesian Cambuk kaki
it	Italian Bastinado
pl	Polish Falaka
ru	Russian Фалака
sv	Swedish Falaka
tr	Turkish Falaka
uk	Ukrainian Фалака
zh	Chinese 足底鞭笞

Best Rank

German: #11359 01.2020

Global: #55488 02.2008

Best Rank

German: #876 07.2013

Global: #16380 07.2013

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