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Paris was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones Date Process Result February 21, 2005 Featured article candidate Not promoted April 12, 2006 Good article nominee Listed July 5, 2006 Peer review Reviewed March 25, 2007 Peer review Reviewed September 19, 2007 Good article reassessment Delisted July 7, 2013 Good article nominee Listed November 5, 2014 Good article reassessment Delisted April 5, 2017 Good article nominee Listed September 23, 2025 Good article reassessment Delisted A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 25, 2004. Current status: Delisted good article

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This article has been mentioned by a media organization: Eric Albert (14 October 2014). "Sur Wikipédia, une nouvelle bataille de Paris fait rage: Le 25 septembre, face aux esprits qui s'échauffaient, Wikipédia a gelé l'article anglais sur Paris. On ne peut y apporter de modifications. La querelle se concentre sur la photo placée en tête de l'article. Dans la version française, la tour Eiffel avec la Défense en arrière-plan apparaît; dans l'anglaise, c'est un photomontage de sites touristiques (la pyramide du Louvre, l'arc de Triomphe, la cathédrale Notre-Dame en arrière-plan…)". Le Monde. Section sizes Section size for Paris (64 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 8,168 8,168 379 379 Etymology 1,858 1,858 196 196 History 56 34,338 0 2,532 Origins 3,130 3,130 381 381 High and Late Middle Ages to Louis XIV 6,925 6,925 364 364 18th and 19th centuries 6,222 6,222 632 632 20th and 21st centuries 18,005 18,005 1,155 1,155 Geography 2,356 7,456 191 387 Climate 5,100 5,100 196 196 Administration 53 18,268 0 1,199 City government 5,401 5,401 369 369 Métropole du Grand Paris 3,481 3,481 197 197 Regional government 1,202 1,202 98 98 National government 5,244 5,244 319 319 Police force 2,887 2,887 216 216 Cityscape 235 12,900 0 984 Urbanism and architecture 3,369 3,369 268 268 Housing 3,052 3,052 259 259 Suburbs 6,244 6,244 457 457 Demographics 7,933 16,426 454 851 Migration 3,967 3,967 182 182 Religion 4,526 4,526 215 215 Economy 13,132 23,098 728 1,432 Employment and income 4,748 4,748 424 424 Tourism 5,218 5,218 280 280 Culture 39 41,862 0 3,634 Painting and sculpture 2,856 2,856 361 361 Museums 3,524 3,524 391 391 Theatre 3,023 3,023 358 358 Literature 4,700 4,700 404 404 Music 6,903 6,903 574 574 Cinema 3,105 3,105 180 180 Restaurants and cuisine 3,815 3,815 458 458 Fashion 2,895 2,895 155 155 Photography 1,729 1,729 183 183 Media 4,981 4,981 220 220 Holidays and festivals 1,041 1,041 144 144 Libraries 3,251 3,251 206 206 Sports 10,511 10,511 472 472 Infrastructure 19 30,276 0 1,913 Transport 5,389 14,646 177 827 Walking 1,576 1,576 60 60 Railways 2,097 2,097 206 206 Air 3,712 3,712 173 173 Motorways 640 640 59 59 Waterways 447 447 57 57 Cycling 785 785 95 95 Electricity 1,645 1,645 88 88 Water and sanitation 3,021 3,021 172 172 Parks and gardens 2,191 2,191 193 193 Cemeteries 2,603 2,603 208 208 Education 4,189 4,189 275 275 Healthcare 1,962 1,962 150 150 International relations 28 4,984 0 73 International organisations 580 580 55 55 Twin towns – sister cities 3,225 3,225 10 10 Other relationships 1,151 1,151 8 8 See also 342 342 0 0 Notes 24 24 0 0 References 15 45,141 0 0 Citations 653 653 0 0 Sources 44,473 44,473 0 0 Further reading 1,344 1,344 0 0 External links 1,040 1,040 0 0 Total 258,036 258,036 14,052 14,052

It has been a little bit since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed the following:

• There are lots of uncited statements, including entire paragraphs.
• At over 14,000 words, some sections of this article are too detailed, making the article WP:TOOBIG. Can some of this information be spun out, summarised more effectively, or trimmed?

Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 17:57, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that most of the sections already have spinout articles, so what needs to happen is checking everything here is on the subarticles, and trimming. CMD (talk) 03:57, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• @Chipmunkdavis: Are you or any other editor interested in making the appropriate edits? If not, would you like to bring this to GAR to get more attention and perhaps someone will want to fix it there? Of course, there is no obligation for either. Z1720 (talk) 15:42, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Unfortunately I think tackling the edits carefully would require more time than I have in the next few months, but I can help with a GAR. That said, I'd wait another week or so. CMD (talk) 16:17, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Now at Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Paris/1. CMD (talk) 03:06, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think the Culture and Infrastructure sections need to be split out, as the article is too long and these two sections are much longer than in similar articles, like Boston. @ThePromenader, Z1720, Chipmunkdavis, and Tim riley: Alpha Beta Delta Lambda (talk) 18:02, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There already is a Culture of Paris article that was split from this page in 2009, but strangely it isn't linked here. Not sure what the history is. CMD (talk) 00:50, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's just that I didn't see it. That article has questionable sourcing though. I think the culture section still needs to be split out to somewhere. Alpha Beta Delta Lambda (talk) 07:55, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This article has the classic issue of not actually saying anything about the city's culture as a whole, due to having only subtopics. The main article doesn't have much to draw off either. CMD (talk) 11:22, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Might there be more culture (and infrastructure) in Paris than Boston? Johnbod (talk) 02:56, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's probably right. Alpha Beta Delta Lambda (talk) 07:49, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Johnbod. However, since Paris has a lot more notable information, it is more likely to have notable daughter articles (like Culture of Paris) where information from the Paris article can be moved to. Therefore, I think these sections should be shorter with a hatnote linking to the daughter article where interested readers can get more detailed information. Z1720 (talk) 14:05, 27 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The culture part should be exported to Culture of Paris and then cut down. The infrastructure page can be created and then split out to Infrastructure of Paris. I believe there has been consensus for a month now, and we do the request as no opposition has arisen. Thanks, 🇪🇭🇵🇸🇸🇩 Easternsahara 🇪🇭🇵🇸🇸🇩 15:51, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree 2600:8806:9101:F400:AD8C:6974:89D8:772 (talk) 12:37, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see Tpbradbury copied content from Paris#Culture to Culture of Paris in November, but a split was not completed correctly. There should not be two pages that are copy-paste duplicates of each other. Can you or someone else please perform the appropriate WP:PROPERSPLIT steps, namely using summary style at the main article? Otherwise I will revert/redirect the subarticle since such duplication is not appropriate. But honestly, I think this is all pretty appropriate information to keep in the main article rather than split. There are already split subarticles representing Art in Paris, List of museums in Paris, Writers in Paris, Music in Paris, French cuisine, Fashion in Paris, Libraries in Paris, and others, so this main article is already using summary style. Culture of France also already exists and covers a lot of similar information]] So it's not helpful to cut off this section any further and create additional redundancy. Reywas92^Talk 18:35, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If such duplication is not appropriate, the remedial action should be to cut it here rather than at the more dedicated page. Further, no additional redundancy was created, Culture of Paris has existed since 2009. CMD (talk) 21:30, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• A split just dilutes the main article, so let's keep this as is. Paris is culture, as well as history and much more. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:24, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The administrative area of Paris of meaningfulness. Paris is the most populated urban area in Western Europe and that information should be given.

List of largest cities Parisiense (talk) 09:58, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why is there a note at the start of the lede telling readers how to pronounce Paris, in English and in French? Despite being a note, it still looks to be unnecessary clutter. MOS:LEADPRON gives clear guidance not to do this. Its pronunciation in English is as obvious as it can be, and it's pronunciation in French is of minimal relevance to this English article. I'm asking this question because the pronunciation guide in this article was mentioned in another talk page discussion I was involved in.Roger 8 Roger (talk) 02:05, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]