Wikimedia portal

Also known as Wikipedia portal, WMF Portal, portal

pages on a Wikimedia wiki intended to serve as "Main Pages" for specific areas of knowledge or information, or for specific audiences and activities. Use with P31 'instance of' for them

AI overview

A Wikimedia portal is a special landing page on Wikimedia websites (like Wikipedia) designed to serve as an entry point for a specific topic, subject area, or type of user. These portals help organize information and guide people to relevant content by acting as customized "main pages" focused on particular areas of knowledge or activities.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

In the Vinony graph

It is catalogued under the topic Portals.

Vinony links it to 80 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: Wikimedia project policies and guidelines page

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topic's main category: Category:Portals
Commons category: Wikipedia portals
topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Portals

via Wikidata · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

Portals serve as enhanced "main pages" for specific broad subjects. Portals are meant primarily for readers, while encouraging them to become editors of Wikipedia by providing links to project spaces. Portals are created for encyclopedic topics only and not for article maintenance categories.

Where to find portals

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wikimedia portal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.