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Arabic Wikipedia

Summary

Arabic Wikipedia is a Wikipedia language edition[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of wikipedia_language_edition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (265 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Arabic Wikipedia received the Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Arabic Language[3].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as Wikipedia language edition[4].
  • Arabic Wikipedia is owned by Wikimedia Foundation[5].
  • Arabic Wikipedia is operated by Wikimedia Foundation[6].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported[7].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's copyright license is recorded as GNU Free Documentation License[8].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's writing system is recorded as Arabic alphabet[9].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's Commons category is recorded as Arabic Wikipedia[10].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's language of work or name is recorded as Modern Standard Arabic[11].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's Wikimedia language code is recorded as ar[12].
  • July 9, 2003 marks the founding of Arabic Wikipedia[13].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's official website is recorded as https://ar.wikipedia.org/[14].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Arabic Wikipedia[15].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's email address is recorded as mailto:[email protected][16].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's product or material produced is recorded as online encyclopedia[17].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'ويكيبيديا العربية'}[18].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الموسوعة الحرة التي يستطيع الجميع تحريرها'}[19].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's IRC channel URL is recorded as irc://irc.libera.chat/#wikipedia-ar[20].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's number of registered users/contributors is recorded as {'amount': '+1184662'}[21].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's number of registered users/contributors is recorded as {'amount': '+1395156'}[22].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's number of registered users/contributors is recorded as {'amount': '+1405795'}[23].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's number of registered users/contributors is recorded as {'amount': '+1543563'}[24].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's different from is recorded as Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia[25].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's different from is recorded as Moroccan Arabic Wikipedia[26].
  • Arabic Wikipedia's house publication is recorded as The Signpost[27].

Body

Founding

July 9, 2003 marks the founding of Arabic Wikipedia[13].

Identity

Arabic Wikipedia's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'ويكيبيديا العربية'}[18].

Operations

Arabic Wikipedia is operated by Wikimedia Foundation[6].

Ownership

Arabic Wikipedia is owned by Wikimedia Foundation[5]. Its product or material produced is recorded as online encyclopedia[17].

Recognition

Arabic Wikipedia received the Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Arabic Language[3].

Why It Matters

Arabic Wikipedia ranks in the top 8% of wikipedia_language_edition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (265 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Arabic Wikipedia receive?

Honors received include Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Arabic Language[3].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . arabicaward.ae. arabicaward.ae. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ar.wikipedia.org. ar.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikistats.wmflabs.org. Retrieved . wikistats.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product or material produced → online encyclopedia
    Language of work or name → Modern Standard Arabic
    Product → —
    Award received → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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