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 73.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 65 references and 12 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.85 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.

Since the creation of article “Caning”, its content was written by 221 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 518 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 364 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1208 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5200 in December 2003
• Global: #16535 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #8929 in June 2012
• Global: #20073 in July 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, 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) Caning		73.0762
2	Portuguese (pt) Castigo com cana		53.9046
3	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		49.7079
4	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		35.9411
5	Italian (it) Bastonatura		32.4901
6	Malay (ms) Hukuman sebat		31.01
7	French (fr) Coup de canne		27.6594
8	Simple English (simple) Caning		27.2515
9	Slovak (sk) Palicovanie		24.7638
10	Finnish (fi) Kepitys		18.8744

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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		4 397 210
2	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		549 689
3	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		388 137
4	Persian (fa) چوب‌زنی		370 119
5	Italian (it) Bastonatura		126 890
6	Russian (ru) Трость (орудие наказания)		105 247
7	Vietnamese (vi) Roi mây		74 360
8	Korean (ko) 매질 (체벌)		62 738
9	French (fr) Coup de canne		49 276
10	Indonesian (id) Hukuman pukulan rotan		40 189

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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 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Caning		12 514
2	Persian (fa) چوب‌زنی		9 838
3	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		2 873
4	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		1 429
5	Korean (ko) 매질 (체벌)		1 041
6	Russian (ru) Трость (орудие наказания)		820
7	Vietnamese (vi) Roi mây		608
8	Italian (it) Bastonatura		439
9	French (fr) Coup de canne		244
10	Malay (ms) Hukuman sebat		56

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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		221
2	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		84
3	Korean (ko) 매질 (체벌)		39
4	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		34
5	Italian (it) Bastonatura		31
6	French (fr) Coup de canne		24
7	Russian (ru) Трость (орудие наказания)		20
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 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		1
2	Catalan (ca) Colp amb bastó		0
3	English (en) Caning		0
4	Persian (fa) چوب‌زنی		0
5	Finnish (fi) Kepitys		0
6	French (fr) Coup de canne		0
7	Indonesian (id) Hukuman pukulan rotan		0
8	Italian (it) Bastonatura		0
9	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		0
10	Korean (ko) 매질 (체벌)		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		364
2	Chinese (zh) 鞭笞		352
3	Japanese (ja) 笞罪		129
4	French (fr) Coup de canne		69
5	Korean (ko) 매질 (체벌)		66
6	Persian (fa) چوب‌زنی		64
7	Russian (ru) Трость (орудие наказания)		60
8	Italian (it) Bastonatura		46
9	Malay (ms) Hukuman sebat		15
10	Indonesian (id) Hukuman pukulan rotan		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: #8929 06.2012

Global: #20073 07.2012

Best Rank

English: #5200 12.2003

Global: #16535 12.2003

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