French-language edition of Wikipedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The French Wikipedia, the free Wikipedia (French: Wikipédia Francophone or Wikipédia en français) is the French language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Wikipédia. It started in March 2001. It is the largest Wikipedia in a Romance language. It was the third largest Wikipedia after the English language and German language editions, but dropped to sixth.[1]
Type of site | Online encyclopedia project |
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Available in | French |
Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
Created by | French wiki community |
URL | fr.wikipedia.org |
Commercial | No |
As of October 2024, it has about 2,644,000 articles.[2]
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