Baton (law enforcement)

Quality:

Baton - club of less than arm's length. Article “Baton (law enforcement)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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

In June 2026 the article “Baton (law enforcement)” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Baton (law enforcement)”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 989 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2799 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #9185 in February 2026
• Global: #2938 in October 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #74806 in February 2026
• Global: #2168 in February 2017

There are 34 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) Baton (law enforcement)		61.4152
2	Portuguese (pt) Bastão policial		36.7828
3	Serbian (sr) Пендрек		34.2368
4	Korean (ko) 경찰봉		33.5453
5	German (de) Schlagstock		31.2513
6	Chinese (zh) 警棍		30.8364
7	French (fr) Matraque		29.8289
8	Dutch (nl) Wapenstok		26.5966
9	Japanese (ja) 警棒		25.2398
10	Estonian (et) Kumminui		24.1726

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

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Baton (law enforcement)		7 083 190
2	Japanese (ja) 警棒		679 547
3	Russian (ru) Полицейская дубинка		564 805
4	German (de) Schlagstock		479 958
5	Italian (it) Manganello		358 407
6	Persian (fa) باتون		267 849
7	Polish (pl) Pałka policyjna		209 811
8	Chinese (zh) 警棍		201 118
9	Spanish (es) Porra (arma)		161 867
10	French (fr) Matraque		151 542

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) Baton (law enforcement)		18 956
2	Japanese (ja) 警棒		1 236
3	Persian (fa) باتون		1 203
4	Russian (ru) Полицейская дубинка		1 172
5	Italian (it) Manganello		1 098
6	German (de) Schlagstock		883
7	Spanish (es) Porra (arma)		668
8	Chinese (zh) 警棍		637
9	French (fr) Matraque		424
10	Polish (pl) Pałka policyjna		345

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Baton (law enforcement)		324
2	German (de) Schlagstock		85
3	Korean (ko) 경찰봉		73
4	Italian (it) Manganello		58
5	Japanese (ja) 警棒		47
6	Russian (ru) Полицейская дубинка		45
7	Persian (fa) باتون		43
8	Swedish (sv) Batong		36
9	French (fr) Matraque		35
10	Dutch (nl) Wapenstok		33

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) Baton (law enforcement)		2
2	Simple English (simple) Baton (law enforcement)		1
3	Slovak (sk) Obušok		1
4	Arabic (ar) هراوة (سلاح قانوني)		0
5	Belarusian (be) Паліцэйская дубінка		0
6	Czech (cs) Obušek		0
7	Danish (da) Politistav		0
8	German (de) Schlagstock		0
9	Greek (el) Γκλομπ		0
10	Spanish (es) Porra (arma)		0

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

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