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Well-known or popular subjects on Wikipedia are often represented in many different languages, as shown by the language bar on the left side of such articles. Below are merely examples, not an all-inclusive ranking, of Wikipedia articles covered on at least 100 of the 353 Wikipedia sites that exist as of December 2024.
This page lists articles that exist in many other languages but not on English Wikipedia. Articles contained in many other languages of Wikipedia usually are important. Therefore, they should be started immediately. When the articles are started, please first add the hyperlink in other languages of Wikipedia, then delete the link in this page ...
Interlanguage links are links from a Wikipedia article in one language to a corresponding page in another language. These links are accessible through the language dropdown menu, which appears as: XX languages, in the upper right corner of the page when using the default Vector 2022 skin.
Many articles have versions in other languages; if so the available languages are listed in the navigation area on the left of the desktop view. Sometimes these are translations, but frequently they are independently written, and many English articles were initially translated from other language Wikipedias.
The title of an article should generally use the version of the name of the subject that is most common in the English language, as you would find it in reliable sources (for example other encyclopedias and reference works, scholarly journals, and major news sources). This makes it easy to find, and easy to compare information with other sources.
The Wikipedia community is committed to including any and all languages for which there are Wikipedians willing to do the work. We are aware that many of the world's 6,500 languages are not well-represented on computers or the web, and we are committed to working with language speakers and computing organizations to support as many languages as possible.
The guidelines for article titles for languages are at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (languages). In short, most language articles should be titled XXX language. Reasons for this recommendation: Ambiguity. While some language have special forms that refer unambiguously to the language, English is inherently ambiguous about language names.
Most popular edition of Wikipedia by country. In grayed-out countries, the "national-language" edition is usually the most popular, but there are exceptions: for example, Afghanistan has Persian Wikipedia as the most popular (there is no Dari Wikipedia).