Arabic Wikipedia
Arabic-language edition of Wikipedia
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The Arabic Wikipedia (Arabic: وِيكِيبِيدْيَا الْعَرَبِيَّةُ) is the Arabic language version of Wikipedia. It started in September 2001.[2]
 The logo of Arabic Wikipedia, a globe with puzzle pieces featuring several glyphs from various writing systems. Due to the Israel–Gaza war, the pieces are in the colours of the flag of Palestine | |
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Native name | وِيكِيبِيدْيَا الْعَرَبِيَّةُ |
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia project |
| Available in | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Arab wiki community |
| URL | ar |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 9 July 2003[1] |
It was the 23rd largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, but grew to 17th largest edition.[3][4]
As of June 2022, it had over 1,100,000 articles, over 7,700,000 pages, over 2,260,000 registered users and over 49,000 files.[5]
References
change- ↑ Ahmad, Abdullah (September 2013). "Arabic Wikipedia: Why it lags behind". Asfar e-Journal. London, UK. ISSN 2055-7957. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ↑ "HomePage from the Internet Archive". Archived from the original on 18 November 2001. Retrieved 18 November 2001.
- ↑ Wikimedia list of Wikipedias and their statistics.. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ↑ List of Wikipedias by number of articles
- ↑ ar:Staticstics