Wikipedia Days @ Rootspace
(There are over 2.8 million Wikipedia articles in English, and Arabic doesn't even rank in the top 25 languages on Wikipedia.)
Join us for this MONTHLY (4th Tuesday) event for a training & content creation workshop, adding a Lebanese/Arab perspective to the English, and translating/adding content to the Arabic...
Let's have some fun with this! Anyone want to help prepare a presentation/discussion? Existing Wikipedia editors, want to share with us your perspective and experience? Please contact us to arrange... .
Some interesting links...
http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Arab_world
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/a-wikipedian-challenge-convinci...
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/16/syria-wikipedia-in-arabic-unblo...
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Arab_world
http://saudijeans.blogspot.com/2006/08/arabic-wikipedia-day.html
Check the Wikepedia Home Page of the Arabic version:
http://ar.wikepedia.org/