Caning

Caning - Caning is a form of corporal punishment consisting of a number of hits strikes with a single cane usually made of rattan, generally applied to the offender's buttocks or hands.. Article “Caning” in English Wikipedia has 72 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 65 references and 11 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.79 points.

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

In June 2025 the article “Caning” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 10 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Caning”, its content was written by 214 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 496 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 365 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1189 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5210 in December 2003
• Global: #16508 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #8867 in June 2012
• Global: #19828 in June 2012

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) Caning		71.9953
2	Portuguese (pt) Castigo com cana		54.2476
3	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		49.0439
4	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		36.3532
5	Malay (ms) Hukuman sebat		31.1763
6	Italian (it) Bastonatura		30.1147
7	French (fr) Coup de canne		27.7562
8	Simple English (simple) Caning		26.2115
9	Slovak (sk) Palicovanie		23.3422
10	Finnish (fi) Kepitys		18.8677

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

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Caning		4 190 631
2	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		515 278
3	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		370 560
4	Persian (fa) چوب‌زنی		316 398
5	Italian (it) Bastonatura		121 131
6	Russian (ru) Трость (орудие наказания)		95 221
7	Vietnamese (vi) Roi mây		67 479
8	Korean (ko) 매질 (체벌)		59 840
9	French (fr) Coup de canne		45 922
10	Indonesian (id) Hukuman pukulan rotan		39 804

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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 "Caning" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Caning		15 462
2	Persian (fa) چوب‌زنی		3 842
3	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		3 547
4	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		1 606
5	Russian (ru) Трость (орудие наказания)		851
6	Vietnamese (vi) Roi mây		635
7	Italian (it) Bastonatura		505
8	French (fr) Coup de canne		290
9	Korean (ko) 매질 (체벌)		160
10	Finnish (fi) Kepitys		63

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Caning		214
2	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		79
3	Korean (ko) 매질 (체벌)		39
4	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		33
5	Italian (it) Bastonatura		28
6	French (fr) Coup de canne		23
7	Russian (ru) Трость (орудие наказания)		19
8	Indonesian (id) Hukuman pukulan rotan		15
9	Persian (fa) چوب‌زنی		13
10	Vietnamese (vi) Roi mây		9

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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 "Caning" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Caning		4
2	Korean (ko) 매질 (체벌)		2
3	French (fr) Coup de canne		1
4	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		1
5	Vietnamese (vi) Roi mây		1
6	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		1
7	Catalan (ca) Colp amb bastó		0
8	Persian (fa) چوب‌زنی		0
9	Finnish (fi) Kepitys		0
10	Indonesian (id) Hukuman pukulan rotan		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 "Caning" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Caning		365
2	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		339
3	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		131
4	French (fr) Coup de canne		68
5	Persian (fa) چوب‌زنی		65
6	Russian (ru) Трость (орудие наказания)		62
7	Korean (ko) 매질 (체벌)		53
8	Italian (it) Bastonatura		44
9	Malay (ms) Hukuman sebat		17
10	Catalan (ca) Colp amb bastó		13

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Colp amb bastó
en	English Caning
fa	Persian چوب‌زنی
fi	Finnish Kepitys
fr	French Coup de canne
id	Indonesian Hukuman pukulan rotan
it	Italian Bastonatura
ja	Japanese 笞罪
ko	Korean 매질 (체벌)
ms	Malay Hukuman sebat
pt	Portuguese Castigo com cana
ru	Russian Трость (орудие наказания)
simple	Simple English Caning
sk	Slovak Palicovanie
vi	Vietnamese Roi mây
zh	Chinese 鞭笞

Best Rank

English: #8867 06.2012

Global: #19828 06.2012

Best Rank

English: #5210 12.2003

Global: #16508 12.2003

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