Semitic languages
Branch of the Afroasiatic languages
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| 2025 |
Arabic Wikipedia
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) published a report finding evidence of biased and extremist content on Arabic Wikipedia, particularly in the Hamas article.
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| 2024 |
Hebrew Wikipedia
Historian Shira Klein compared the coverage of the Gaza war on English and Hebrew Wikipedia, noting potential distortions.
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| 2023 |
Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia
Zuzanna Nabulssi-Masełbas conducted a scholarly study titled 'Egyptian Linguistic Separatism: A Study in Wikipedia Masry', investigating how Wikipedia Masry advocates for Egyptian Arabic as a distinct language from Modern Standard Arabic, highlighting linguistic and nationalist perspectives.
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| 2023 |
Hebrew Wikipedia
Haaretz journalist Omer Benjakob commented on the potential pro-Israeli bias of Hebrew Wikipedia.
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| December 2022 |
Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia
The Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia was ranked as the third most visited language Wikipedia in Egypt, with 2 million page views, following the Arabic Wikipedia (43 million) and the English Wikipedia (18 million).
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| April 2022 |
Arabic Wikipedia
The European Union's East StratCom Task Force found that four pro-Russian disinformation news outlets were referenced in 70 articles of the Arabic Wikipedia.
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| August 3 2021 |
Hebrew Wikipedia
The 300,000th article was written on Hebrew Wikipedia.
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| July 2020 |
Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia
The Moroccan Wikipedia was approved and created, becoming the second Wikipedia written in a localized Arabic dialect after the Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia.
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| July 28 2020 |
Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia
Wikipedia Masry became the eighteenth Wikipedia to have more than one million articles, marking a significant milestone in its development.
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| June 2020 |
Arabic Wikipedia
Arabic Wikipedia was criticized for deleting the article about Sarah Hegazi, with LGBT activists accusing the platform of bias against the LGBT community.
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| September 15 2019 |
Hebrew Wikipedia
The 250,000th article was written on Hebrew Wikipedia.
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| 2016 | Syriac language instruction began in public schools in the Jazira Region during the 2016/17 academic year. |
| December 28 2016 |
Hebrew Wikipedia
The 200,000th article was written on Hebrew Wikipedia.
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| November 26 2014 |
Arabic Wikipedia
Alexa Internet reported that Arabic Wikipedia was the 10th most visited language version of Wikipedia, attracting approximately 1.8% of total Wikipedia visitors.
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| August 29 2013 |
Hebrew Wikipedia
The 150,000th article was written on Hebrew Wikipedia.
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| 2010 |
Arabic Wikipedia
Tarek Al Kaziri from Radio Netherlands Worldwide noted that the Arabic Wikipedia reflects the broader Arabic reality, with low participation potentially limiting article review and development.
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| January 10 2010 |
Hebrew Wikipedia
The 100,000th article was written on Hebrew Wikipedia.
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