আরবি উইকিপিডিয়া
This page is a descriptive article on the Arabic Wikipedia, feel free to add any comment.
Many of the answers here are courtesy of Isam Bayazidi
Facts
Started: Although the home page of Arabic Wikipedia says it started in July 2003, it did not really start until February 2004. Elian sent an email to Arabeyes Mailing List (Arabeyes). You can read the email.
Areas of strength
- TK
Areas of weakness
Who is the competition (print, online)?
- TK
- Arab-ency.com
Prominent milestones/events
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What has its impact been?
- TK
সুবিধাসমূহ
ভাষার কোন বৈশিষ্ট্যগুলি চ্যালেঞ্জিং?
- আরবি ডান থেকে বাম দিকে পড়া হয় এবং আরবি উইকিপিডিয়ায় মূলত আরবি ইন্টারফেসও ছিল না। ইসাম বায়াজিদি অন্যদের পাশাপাশি ইন্টারফেসটি অনুবাদ করতে স্বেচ্ছায় এগিয়ে আসেন। রেফারেন্স
- Finding translation for the names creatures like Clarkia Amonea and Pithovirus
সমাজ সম্পর্কে বাইরের পাঠককে কী অবাক করবে?
- TK
What are some unique practices/characteristics?
- TK
Who were the earliest participants, who started it?
- Isam Bayazidi
Other prominent Wikipedians?
- Meno25
- Ciphers
Statistics
First test made by Toira on 25/02/07
Using alt-shift-x (to display a random page) 20 times I got:
- 13 articles with decent content [65%], of wich 04 are about arab personalities.
- 3 stubs. [15%]
- 4 date articles, half of them have some content. [20%]
Second test made by SegeWiki on 6/01/11
Viewing a random article 20 times I got:
- 3 one-lined stubs (15%)
- 10 stubs (50%)
- 1 good date article (5%)
- 4 weak articles, not stubs (20%)
- 2 fair articles (10%)
Third test made by Rich Farmbrough on 2012-01-31
(Note this only reflects the distribution of articles, see some of my research for more details.) Viewing a random article 20 times I got:
- 3 one-lined stubs (15%)
- 13 stubs (65%)
- 1 good date article (5%)
- 2 weak articles, not stubs (10%)
- 1 fair articles (5%)