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On 2 December 2014, the French-language Wikipedia encyclopedia became the 3rd<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias_by_edits_per_article|title=List of Wikipedias by edits per article|work=wikimedia.org}}</ref> linguistic edition by number of registered users since its creation, overtaking for the first time the German edition, with {{formatnum:2022504}} registered users,<ref>[[:fr:Spécial:Statistiques]]</ref><ref>[[:de:Spezial:Statistik]]</ref> behind the English ({{formatnum:23300456}})<ref>[[Special:Statistics]]</ref> and Spanish ({{formatnum:3401493}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Especial:Estad%C3%ADsticas&action=raw|title=Estadísticas|work=es.wikipedia.org}}</ref> language editions.
On 2 December 2014, the French-language Wikipedia encyclopedia became the 3rd<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias_by_edits_per_article|title=List of Wikipedias by edits per article|work=wikimedia.org}}</ref> linguistic edition by number of registered users since its creation, overtaking for the first time the German edition, with {{formatnum:2022504}} registered users,<ref>[[:fr:Spécial:Statistiques]]</ref><ref>[[:de:Spezial:Statistik]]</ref> behind the English ({{formatnum:23300456}})<ref>[[Special:Statistics]]</ref> and Spanish ({{formatnum:3401493}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Especial:Estad%C3%ADsticas&action=raw|title=Estadísticas|work=es.wikipedia.org}}</ref> language editions.

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According to a 2013 study by [[Taha Yasseri]] et al., from [[Oxford Internet Institute]], [[Ségolène Royal]] ([[:fr:Ségolène Royal|FR]]) and [[unidentified flying object]] ([[:fr:objet volant non identifié|objet volant non identifié]]) were the most controversial articles on the French Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite arXiv|author1=Taha Yasseri |author2=Anselm Spoerri |author3=Mark Graham |author4=János Kertész <!-- |url = https://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-most-controversial-wikipedia-articles-2013-7?IR=T --> |title=The most controversial topics in Wikipedia: A multilingual and geographical analysis|date=8 July 2013|eprint=1305.5566v2|class=physics.soc-ph <!-- |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103001329/https://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-most-controversial-wikipedia-articles-2013-7?IR=T |archive-date=3 January 2019--> }}</ref>


== Statistics ==
== Statistics ==
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For the majority of the external links referenced in the articles, a program running on French Wikipedia automatically generates a [[link label|link titled]] ''<nowiki>[archive]</nowiki>'', which is the union of two parts: the first one starts with ''<nowiki>http://archive.kiwix.com/cache/?url=</nowiki>'',<ref>a fixed string that links to the [http://archive.wikiwix.com|website of ''wikiwi.com'']</ref> and the second is derived from the referenced URL.<ref>e.g. in the article of the President [[François Mitterrand]], [[w:fr:François Mitterrand#Notes et références|reference n. 1]] contains the link ''<nowiki>http://www.mitterrand.org/Lieux-de-recueillement-et-de.html</nowiki>'', for which the French Wikipedia has generated the link ''<nowiki>http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20200814221716/http://www.mitterrand.org/Lieux-de-recueillement-et-de.html</nowiki>''.</ref> This feature has been created for the long-term [[digital preservation#Strategies|digital preservation]] of the external references (so that the archive stays accessible even if the original reference is deleted).
For the majority of the external links referenced in the articles, a program running on French Wikipedia automatically generates a [[link label|link titled]] ''<nowiki>[archive]</nowiki>'', which is the union of two parts: the first one starts with ''<nowiki>http://archive.kiwix.com/cache/?url=</nowiki>'',<ref>a fixed string that links to the [http://archive.wikiwix.com|website of ''wikiwi.com'']</ref> and the second is derived from the referenced URL.<ref>e.g. in the article of the President [[François Mitterrand]], [[w:fr:François Mitterrand#Notes et références|reference n. 1]] contains the link ''<nowiki>http://www.mitterrand.org/Lieux-de-recueillement-et-de.html</nowiki>'', for which the French Wikipedia has generated the link ''<nowiki>http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20200814221716/http://www.mitterrand.org/Lieux-de-recueillement-et-de.html</nowiki>''.</ref> This feature has been created for the long-term [[digital preservation#Strategies|digital preservation]] of the external references (so that the archive stays accessible even if the original reference is deleted).

== Study ==
{{Further|Academic studies about Wikipedia}}
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According to a 2013 study by [[Taha Yasseri]] et al., from [[Oxford Internet Institute]], [[Ségolène Royal]] ([[:fr:Ségolène Royal|FR]]) and [[unidentified flying object]] ([[:fr:objet volant non identifié|objet volant non identifié]]) were the most controversial articles on the French Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite arXiv |eprint=1305.5566v2 |class=physics.soc-ph <!-- |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103001329/https://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-most-controversial-wikipedia-articles-2013-7?IR=T |archive-date=3 January 2019--> |author1=Taha Yasseri |author2=Anselm Spoerri |title=The most controversial topics in Wikipedia: A multilingual and geographical analysis |date=8 July 2013 |author3=Mark Graham |author4=János Kertész <!-- |url = https://www.businessinsider.com/the-worlds-most-controversial-wikipedia-articles-2013-7?IR=T -->}}</ref>

== Differences from other Wikipedias ==
== Differences from other Wikipedias ==
An important difference with the [[English Wikipedia]] is that like the [[Spanish Wikipedia]], or the [[Portuguese Wikipedia]] in the past, [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Prise_de_d%C3%A9cision/Interdiction_du_fair_use following a community vote in 2006] the French Wikipedia does not accept any images posted under [[fair use]], with the only exception being [[logo]]s. As of 2023, this exact ban is still in effect.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipédia:Exceptions au droit d'auteur |url=https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikip%C3%A9dia:Exceptions_au_droit_d%27auteur&oldid=184874240 |publisher=[[French Wikipedia]] |access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref>
An important difference with the [[English Wikipedia]] is that like the [[Spanish Wikipedia]], or the [[Portuguese Wikipedia]] in the past, [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Prise_de_d%C3%A9cision/Interdiction_du_fair_use following a community vote in 2006] the French Wikipedia does not accept any images posted under [[fair use]], with the only exception being [[logo]]s. As of 2023, this exact ban is still in effect.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipédia:Exceptions au droit d'auteur |url=https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikip%C3%A9dia:Exceptions_au_droit_d%27auteur&oldid=184874240 |publisher=[[French Wikipedia]] |access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref>
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* {{Section link|Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station|Controversy over Wikipedia article}}
* [[Pierre-sur-Haute_military_radio_station#Controversy_over_Wikipedia_article]]
== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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French Wikipedia
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Main page of the French Wikipedia
Main Page of the French Wikipedia in March 2021
Type of site
Online encyclopedia
Available inFrench
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
URLfr.wikipedia.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Launched23 March 2001; 23 years ago (2001-03-23)

The French Wikipedia (French: Wikipédia en français) is the French-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. This edition was started on 23 March 2001, two months after the official creation of Wikipedia.[1] It has 2,645,039 articles as of 3 November 2024, making it the fourth-largest Wikipedia overall, after the English-, Cebuano-, Swedish- and German-language editions, and is the largest Wikipedia edition in a Romance language. It has the third-most edits, and ranks 6th in terms of depth among Wikipedias. It was also the third edition, after the English Wikipedia and German Wikipedia, to exceed 1 million articles: this occurred on 23 September 2010.[1] In April 2016, the project had 4657 active editors who made at least five edits in that month.

In 2008, the French encyclopaedia Quid cancelled its 2008 edition, citing falling sales on competition from the French edition of Wikipedia.[2]

As of November 2024, there are 5,041,000 users, 144 admins and 72,389 files on the French Wikipedia.[3]

On 2 December 2014, the French-language Wikipedia encyclopedia became the 3rd[4] linguistic edition by number of registered users since its creation, overtaking for the first time the German edition, with 2,022,504 registered users,[5][6] behind the English (23,300,456)[7] and Spanish (3,401,493)[8] language editions.

Statistics

The countries in which the French Wikipedia is the most popular language version of Wikipedia are shown in dark blue.
Page views by country over time on the French Wikipedia

The audience measurement company Médiamétrie questioned a sample of 8,500 users residing in France with access to Internet at home or at their place of work. Médiamétrie found that in June 2007, French Wikipedia had: 7,910,000 unique visitors that visited the site at least once during the month of June 2007 (compared to 4,355,000 unique visitors in June 2006); 2.7 visits per visitor during the period (2.0 visits in June 2006); had held the 12th position (21st in 2006) in "the Top 30 most visited sites in France, excluding Internet applications", according to the criterion of the number of unique visitors and 12th position in "the Top 30 most visited sites in France, including Internet applications", like eMule or Real Networks (22nd position in June 2006).

By August 2011, French Wikipedia was the 7th most visited site in France, with nearly 16 million unique visitors a month (according to Médiamétrie). In April 2012, it had 20 million unique visitors per month, or 2.4 million per day[9] with over 700 million page views.[10]

For the majority of the external links referenced in the articles, a program running on French Wikipedia automatically generates a link titled [archive], which is the union of two parts: the first one starts with http://archive.kiwix.com/cache/?url=,[11] and the second is derived from the referenced URL.[12] This feature has been created for the long-term digital preservation of the external references (so that the archive stays accessible even if the original reference is deleted).

Study

Further information: Academic studies about Wikipedia

According to a 2013 study by Taha Yasseri et al., from Oxford Internet Institute, Ségolène Royal (FR) and unidentified flying object (objet volant non identifié) were the most controversial articles on the French Wikipedia.[13]

Differences from other Wikipedias

An important difference with the English Wikipedia is that like the Spanish Wikipedia, or the Portuguese Wikipedia in the past, following a community vote in 2006 the French Wikipedia does not accept any images posted under fair use, with the only exception being logos. As of 2023, this exact ban is still in effect.[14]

Another important difference is that while Wikipedia administrators are elected for an indefinite period, anybody can start a formal "motion of no confidence" contesting their status,[15] with the community thereby invited to vote for or against removing their privileges. This also exists on the Spanish[16] and Portuguese Wikipedia,[17] but not on the English Wikipedia.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Wikipédia en français dépasse le million d'articles". ZDNet France.
  2. ^ Litchfield, John. "France's favourite encyclopaedia falls victim to Wikipedia." The Independent. Wednesday 20 February 2008. Retrieved on 26 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Wikipedia Statistics - Tables - French". wikimedia.org.
  4. ^ "List of Wikipedias by edits per article". wikimedia.org.
  5. ^ fr:Spécial:Statistiques
  6. ^ de:Spezial:Statistik
  7. ^ Special:Statistics
  8. ^ "Estadísticas". es.wikipedia.org.
  9. ^ "Wikipédia dépasse 20 millions de visiteurs/mois en France (Médiamétrie)". ZDNet. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  10. ^ "French Wikipedia at a glance". stats.wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012.
  11. ^ a fixed string that links to the of wikiwi.com
  12. ^ e.g. in the article of the President François Mitterrand, reference n. 1 contains the link http://www.mitterrand.org/Lieux-de-recueillement-et-de.html, for which the French Wikipedia has generated the link http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20200814221716/http://www.mitterrand.org/Lieux-de-recueillement-et-de.html.
  13. ^ Taha Yasseri; Anselm Spoerri; Mark Graham; János Kertész (8 July 2013). "The most controversial topics in Wikipedia: A multilingual and geographical analysis". arXiv:1305.5566v2 [physics.soc-ph].
  14. ^ "Wikipédia:Exceptions au droit d'auteur". French Wikipedia. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Wikipédia:Contestation du statut d'administrateur". French Wikipedia. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  16. ^ "Wikipedia:Revalidación de bibliotecarios". Spanish Wikipedia. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Wikipédia:Administradores/Pedidos de remoção". Portuguese Wikipedia. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
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