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An actual ranking of the most common sites would likely require analysis by a computer program. Note that the numbers in this table (if current) will be 1 higher than the number shown at the top of the corresponding Wikipedia article, since that number only counts other languages, excluding English.
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.
Includes informative, relevant media content — including maps, portraits, artwork, photographs, audio tracks (recorded voice, speeches...), video tracks (films, animations...) and audiovisual media — that add to a reader's interest or understanding of the text, but not so much as to detract from it.
For help showing snippets of text in another language in a Wikipedia article, see: Template:lang-x; Template:Language with name/for; For help linking a word or phrase to an article in Wikipedia in another language, see Help:Interlanguage links. For help showing which languages you understand on your personal Wikipedia user page, see Template ...
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.
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.
The content translation tool assists users in translating existing Wikipedia articles from one language to another. Users select an article in any language, then select another language, and the interface provides machine translation which the human user can then use as inspiration to make readable text in another language. Users should be ...
By default, English Wikipedia articles state explicitly to the browser that they are written wholly in English. Text in a language other than English should be tagged as such, typically with a template like {} (or one of its derivatives). This wraps the text in an IETF language tag, which specifies the language and script. For example: