What is Arabic Wikipedia?
{{use dmy dates}} {{expand Arabic}} {{Infobox website | name = {{Wiki favicon}} Arabic Wikipedia | logo = [[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-ar-PalestineFlag.svg]] | logocaption = The [[logo of wikipedia|logo]] of Arabic Wikipedia, a globe with puzzle pieces featuring several [[glyphs]] from various writing systems. Due to the [[Israel–Hamas war|Israel–Gaza war]], the pieces are in the colours of the [[flag of Palestine]] | screenshot = [[File:Arabic Wikipedia 20160105.png|250px|center|]] | url = {{URL|https://ar.wikipedia.org/}} | commercial = No | location = [[Miami, Florida]] | launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2003|07|09}}<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ahmad|first1=Abdullah|title=Arabic Wikipedia: Why it lags behind|journal=Asfar e-Journal|date=September 2013|url=http://www.asfar.org.uk/arabic-wikipedia-why-it-lags-behind/|access-date=23 December 2014|location=London, UK|issn=2055-7957|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225215948/http://www.asfar.org.uk/arabic-wikipedia-why-it-lags-behind/|url-status=live}}</ref> | type = [[Internet encyclopedia project]] | language = [[Arabic language|Arabic]] | registration = Optional | owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]] | author = Arab wiki community |native_name=وِيكِيبِيدْيَا الْعَرَبِيَّةُ|native_name_lang=ar}} The '''Arabic Wikipedia''' ({{lang-ar|وِيكِيبِيدْيَا الْعَرَبِيَّةُ}}) is the [[Arabic language]] version of [[Wikipedia]]. It started in September 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ar.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?HomePage |title=HomePage from the Internet Archive |access-date=2001-11-18 |archive-date=2001-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011118054300/http://ar.wikipedia.com/wiki.cgi?HomePage |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the 23rd largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, but grew to 17th largest edition.<ref>[[meta:List of Wikipedias|Wikimedia list of Wikipedias and their statistics.]]. Retrieved 25 October 2015.</ref><ref>[[m:List of Wikipedias#100 00