Introduction

Rarity: Common

The most frequent rarity: most Wikipedia articles become Commons.

Rarity follows how well known the article is: its views on the French and English Wikipedia over a year, and the number of languages it exists in.

At a glance

Class

Notion

Domain

Science and technology

In collections

Nobody has pulled it yet.

What Wikipedia says

In an essay, article, or book, an introduction (also known as a prolegomenon) is a beginning section which states the purpose and goals of the following writing. This is generally followed by the body and conclusion.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Introduction (writing)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: John McCrae and Ernest Clegg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.