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  You don’t have to live in Saudi Arabia to be fluent in Arabic.
context: Saudi Arabia is just rich north korea >
  
  ya so why is any wiki staff there? it's an unhealthy work environment >
  
  Wikipedia is built by a colourful staff of folks that take it very seriously from around the globe. I've just started editing, but I've been so impressed at how fast and professional everyone is. They were likely working on the Arabic version. >
  
  Wikipedia is primarily built by editors (normal people) rather than staff employed by Wikimedia. The staff is primarily about administration, fundraising, and moderating disputes between editors. >
  
  True, that being said, you’d need some staff fluent in Arabic to moderate a dispute about an Arabic article.