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{{Company
|name=Vikidia
|logo=Vikidia_logo_HD.png
|logoCaption=Vikidia's logo
|type=Private
|industry= online encyclopedia
|founded=November 17, 2006 in Décines
|founder=Mathias Damour
|hqCity=Décines
|hqCountry=[[France]]
|owner=[[Mathias Damour]]
|website=https://www.vikidia.org/
}}
'''Vikidia''' is a [[wiki]]-based [[collaborative]] [[online encyclopedia]] for 8 to 13-year-old children. It exists in eleven languages: [[English]], [[French]], [[Spanish]], [[Italian]], [[Russian]], [[Catalan]], [[Basque]], [[Sicilian]], [[Greek]], [[Armenia]]n, [[:oc:Acuèlh|Occitan]] and [[German]].

Vikidia runs on [[wiki]] software called [[MediaWiki]].

== History ==
Vikidia was founded by [[Mathias Damour]] on November 17, 2006. A few days later, on November 17, it was made public in French.

== Language editions ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Language!! Date founded !! {{Info|Number of Articles|As of September 8th, 2019}}
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| [[:fr:|French]] || [[November]] 17, 2006 || 36640<ref>[//fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Spécial:Statistiques?uselang=en French Vikidia statistics]</ref>
|-
| [[:es:|Spanish]] || [[May]] 10, 2008 || 5332<ref>[//es.vikidia.org/wiki/Especial:Estad%C3%ADsticas?uselang=en Spanish Vikidia statistics]</ref>
|-
| [[:it:|Italian]] || [[December]] 18, 2011 || 9346<ref>[//it.vikidia.org/wiki/Speciale:Statistiche?uselang=en Italian Vikidia statistics]</ref>
|-
| [[:ru:|Russian]] || [[November]] 22, 2012 || 249<ref>[//ru.vikidia.org/wiki/Служебная:Статистика?uselang=en Russian Vikidia statistics]</ref>
|-
| [[Main Page|English]] || [[December]] 19, 2013 || {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
|-
| [[:ca:|Catalan]] || [[February]] 3, 2015 || 503<ref>[//ca.vikidia.org/wiki/Especial:Estad%C3%ADstiques?uselang=en Catalan Vikidia statistics]</ref>
|-
| [[:eu:|Basque]] || [[June]] 3, 2015 || 1405<ref>[//eu.vikidia.org/wiki/Berezi:Estatistikak?uselang=en Basque Vikidia statistics]</ref>
|-
| [[:scn:|Sicilian]] || [[June]] 20, 2015 || 367<ref>[//scn.vikidia.org/wiki/Spiciali:Statistiche?uselang=en Sicilian Vikidia statistics]</ref>
|-
| [[:de:|German]] || [[July]] 22, 2017 || 678<ref>[//de.vikidia.org/wiki/Vikidia:Hauptseite?uselang=en German Vikidia statistics]</ref>
|-
| [[:hy:|Armenian]]|| [[November]] 3, 2018 || 1053<ref>[//hy.vikidia.org/wiki/Գլխավոր_էջ?uselang=en Armenian Vikidia statistics]</ref>
|-
| [[:el:|Greek]]|| [[March]] 6, 2019 || 48<ref>[//el.vikidia.org/wiki/Αρχική_σελίδα?uselang=en Greek Vikidia statistics]</ref>
|-
| [[:pt:|Portuguese]]|| [[February]] 22, 2021 || 3030<ref>[//pt.vikidia.org/wiki/Especial:Estatísticas?uselang=en Portuguese Vikidia statistics]</ref>
|-
|}

== Related pages ==
* [[WikiKids]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Vikidia2014.png|Vikidia in 2014
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== References ==
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