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French Wikipedia

Summary

French Wikipedia is a Wikipedia language edition[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of wikipedia_language_edition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • French Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as Wikipedia language edition[3].
  • French Wikipedia is owned by Wikimedia Foundation[4].
  • French Wikipedia is operated by Wikimedia Foundation[5].
  • French Wikipedia's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported[6].
  • French Wikipedia's copyright license is recorded as GNU Free Documentation License[7].
  • French Wikipedia's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • French Wikipedia's Commons category is recorded as French Wikipedia[9].
  • French Wikipedia's language of work or name is recorded as French[10].
  • French Wikipedia's Wikimedia language code is recorded as fr[11].
  • French Wikipedia's review score is recorded as 3/5 (Average)[12].
  • March 23, 2001 marks the founding of French Wikipedia[13].
  • French Wikipedia's official website is recorded as https://fr.wikipedia.org/[14].
  • French Wikipedia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:French Wikipedia[15].
  • French Wikipedia's product or material produced is recorded as online encyclopedia[16].
  • French Wikipedia's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Wikipédia en français'}[17].
  • French Wikipedia's IRC channel URL is recorded as irc://irc.freenode.net/#wikipedia-fr[18].
  • French Wikipedia's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Wikipédia'}[19].
  • French Wikipedia's number of registered users/contributors is recorded as {'amount': '+2187335'}[20].
  • French Wikipedia's number of registered users/contributors is recorded as {'amount': '+15375'}[21].
  • French Wikipedia's number of registered users/contributors is recorded as {'amount': '+2421469'}[22].
  • French Wikipedia's different from is recorded as Wikimedia France[23].
  • French Wikipedia's number of records is recorded as {'amount': '+2209001'}[24].
  • French Wikipedia's number of records is recorded as {'amount': '+2743215'}[25].
  • French Wikipedia's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[26].
  • French Wikipedia's API endpoint URL is recorded as https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/api.php[27].

Body

Founding

March 23, 2001 marks the founding of French Wikipedia[13].

Identity

French Wikipedia's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Wikipédia en français'}[17].

Operations

French Wikipedia is operated by Wikimedia Foundation[5].

Ownership

French Wikipedia is owned by Wikimedia Foundation[4]. Its product or material produced is recorded as online encyclopedia[16].

Why It Matters

French Wikipedia ranks in the top 6% of wikipedia_language_edition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Tholzheim · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → Wikimedia Foundation
    Topic's main category → Category:French Wikipedia
    License → —
    Instance of → Wikipedia language edition
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8168]]: Q1788630, adds FactGrid ID"
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