Handkerchief code

Quality:

Handkerchief code - use of color-coded handkerchiefs or bandanas in the gay and BDSM communities. Article “Handkerchief code” in English Wikipedia has 36.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 13 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2026 the article “Handkerchief code” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Handkerchief code”, its content was written by 273 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 537 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 632 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1307 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #481 in October 2002
• Global: #1400 in October 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #4201 in July 2022
• Global: #6941 in July 2022

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	German (de) Hanky Code		55.3607
2	Chinese (zh) 手帕准则		45.9299
3	English (en) Handkerchief code		36.9034
4	Spanish (es) Código de pañuelos		32.1742
5	Catalan (ca) Codi de mocadors		31.8172
6	Hebrew (he) קוד המטפחת		27.6879
7	Ukrainian (uk) Ханкі-код		26.1668
8	Italian (it) Codice Hanky		19.8913
9	Arabic (ar) شيفرة المنديل		17.4967
10	Czech (cs) Hanky code		16.2666

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Handkerchief code		9 177 572
2	German (de) Hanky Code		1 458 431
3	Spanish (es) Código de pañuelos		693 614
4	Russian (ru) Ханки-код		634 280
5	French (fr) Code foulard		218 685
6	Dutch (nl) Hanky code		154 663
7	Italian (it) Codice Hanky		99 902
8	Chinese (zh) 手帕准则		86 043
9	Persian (fa) دستمال رمزدار		79 548
10	Czech (cs) Hanky code		61 252

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Handkerchief code		39 632
2	German (de) Hanky Code		4 934
3	French (fr) Code foulard		3 572
4	Russian (ru) Ханки-код		3 209
5	Spanish (es) Código de pañuelos		1 684
6	Dutch (nl) Hanky code		925
7	Persian (fa) دستمال رمزدار		687
8	Italian (it) Codice Hanky		650
9	Chinese (zh) 手帕准则		433
10	Czech (cs) Hanky code		214

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Handkerchief code		273
2	German (de) Hanky Code		103
3	Russian (ru) Ханки-код		24
4	Czech (cs) Hanky code		19
5	Spanish (es) Código de pañuelos		19
6	French (fr) Code foulard		17
7	Chinese (zh) 手帕准则		16
8	Danish (da) Tørklædekode		13
9	Italian (it) Codice Hanky		12
10	Dutch (nl) Hanky code		11

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) شيفرة المنديل		1
2	English (en) Handkerchief code		1
3	Catalan (ca) Codi de mocadors		0
4	Czech (cs) Hanky code		0
5	Danish (da) Tørklædekode		0
6	German (de) Hanky Code		0
7	Greek (el) Κώδικας του μαντιλιού		0
8	Spanish (es) Código de pañuelos		0
9	Persian (fa) دستمال رمزدار		0
10	French (fr) Code foulard		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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