Tarring and feathering

Quality:

Tarring and feathering - form of public torture and humiliation. Article “Tarring and feathering” in English Wikipedia has 98.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 165 references and 18 sections.

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 “Tarring and feathering” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Tarring and feathering”, its content was written by 411 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 644 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 228 times in English Wikipedia and cited 387 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1244 in June 2003
• Global: #4466 in June 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #8887 in March 2008
• Global: #17155 in March 2008

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) Tarring and feathering		98.2368
2	Portuguese (pt) Alcatrão e penas		32.434
3	Japanese (ja) タール羽の刑		32.1992
4	Chinese (zh) 涂柏油和粘羽毛		20.6389
5	French (fr) Punition du goudron et des plumes		20.4364
6	Arabic (ar) قطران وترييش		18.5022
7	Turkish (tr) Katran ve tüye bulama		16.6839
8	Dutch (nl) Pek en veren		15.1792
9	Russian (ru) Вымазывание в смоле и перьях		15.0107
10	Swedish (sv) Tjära och fjädrar		14.6763

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Tarring and feathering		5 053 352
2	German (de) Teeren und Federn		586 872
3	French (fr) Punition du goudron et des plumes		325 290
4	Dutch (nl) Pek en veren		97 315
5	Russian (ru) Вымазывание в смоле и перьях		80 299
6	Spanish (es) Emplumar		70 218
7	Chinese (zh) 涂柏油和粘羽毛		49 416
8	Swedish (sv) Tjära och fjädrar		44 993
9	Japanese (ja) タール羽の刑		22 162
10	Finnish (fi) Rangaistus tervalla ja höyhenillä		21 800

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) Tarring and feathering		41 681
2	German (de) Teeren und Federn		3 129
3	French (fr) Punition du goudron et des plumes		1 737
4	Japanese (ja) タール羽の刑		1 023
5	Russian (ru) Вымазывание в смоле и перьях		474
6	Chinese (zh) 涂柏油和粘羽毛		392
7	Dutch (nl) Pek en veren		359
8	Spanish (es) Emplumar		297
9	Persian (fa) قیری و پردار کردن		176
10	Portuguese (pt) Alcatrão e penas		162

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Tarring and feathering		411
2	French (fr) Punition du goudron et des plumes		59
3	German (de) Teeren und Federn		55
4	Hebrew (he) זפת ונוצות		24
5	Dutch (nl) Pek en veren		21
6	Russian (ru) Вымазывание в смоле и перьях		17
7	Spanish (es) Emplumar		11
8	Swedish (sv) Tjära och fjädrar		10
9	Chinese (zh) 涂柏油和粘羽毛		8
10	Portuguese (pt) Alcatrão e penas		7

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	English (en) Tarring and feathering		3
2	Arabic (ar) قطران وترييش		0
3	Danish (da) Tjære og fjer		0
4	German (de) Teeren und Federn		0
5	Spanish (es) Emplumar		0
6	Persian (fa) قیری و پردار کردن		0
7	Finnish (fi) Rangaistus tervalla ja höyhenillä		0
8	French (fr) Punition du goudron et des plumes		0
9	Hebrew (he) זפת ונוצות		0
10	Japanese (ja) タール羽の刑		0

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

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