Wikipédia

Wikipédia is the French-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia produced by volunteers and operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. Launched in 2001, it has grown into one of the largest French-language reference sites on the internet, covering topics from science and history to culture and current events.

As with other editions of Wikipedia, Wikipédia is written collaboratively by volunteers who create and edit articles. Content is released under a free license, enabling reuse with attribution, and follows core editorial principles such as neutral point of view, verifiability, and no original research.

The project is community-driven rather than overseen by a formal editorial board. Editors, administrators, and users discuss changes on talk pages, rely on citations to reliable sources, and use discretionary tools to combat vandalism and resolve disputes.

Access is free to anyone with internet access. Wikipédia is available on desktop and mobile devices through web interfaces and apps; it is interconnected with other Wikimedia projects via interlanguage links, allowing readers to switch to other languages.

While widely used as a reference, Wikipédia is not a primary source or a substitute for specialized scholarly literature. Articles are continuously updated, and quality varies with topic and edit history.