Arabic Wikipedia
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The Arabic Wikipedia (Arabic: وِيكِيبِيدْيَا الْعَرَبِيَّةُ) is the Arabic language version of Wikipedia. It started in September 2001.[2]
| File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-ar-PalestineFlag.svg 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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| Available in | Arabic |
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| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| Created by | Arab wiki community |
| Website | 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]
Arabic Wikipedia Media
- Wikipedia-logo-v2-ar-PalestineFlag.svg
Wikipedia-logo-v2-ar-PalestineFlag
- Edit-this-page-large-ar.png
"Edit" button on Arabic Wikipedia screenshot, old background in 2008
- Arab Wikipedians meeting.jpg
Arab Wikipedians meeting at Wikimania in Hong Kong to discuss possibilities of founding Wikimedia Arab World chapter.
The countries in which the Arabic Wikipedia is the most popular language version of Wikipedia are shown in teal.
Page views on the Arabic Wikipedia, breakdown by country over time.
References
- ↑ 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
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