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This presentation offers a longitudinal and intersectional analysis of biographical visibility on the French Wikipedia front page between 2014 and 2024. Rather than treating the front page as a neutral entry point, the study approaches it as a powerful interface that allocates attention and shapes symbolic recognition in the Francophone knowledge ecosystem. The research analyses 4,606 biographical entries featured over a ten-year period. Findings reveal a strong gender imbalance: men account for 84.35% of featured biographies, while women represent only 15.50%. Gender-diverse identities are almost absent, with trans women accounting for 0.07%, non-binary people for 0.04%, and other gender identities for 0.04%. The study also examines how gender intersects with historical period, geography, occupation, language, ethnicity and religion. Featured biographies are concentrated in the Contemporary Age and dominated by France, Europe and North America, while African countries and communities remain marginally represented despite their central role in the French-speaking world. Occupational visibility is also unequal, privileging professions associated with political power, cultural authority and public exposure. The session argues that interface-level curation, metadata structures and editorial routines jointly shape whose lives become publicly visible, and discusses strategies for more equitable front-page governance.
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