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Wikimedia Levant’s members celebrate 18th anniversary of Wikipedia Arabia
By Joy Mazahreh - Jul 13,2021 - Last updated at Jul 13,2021
Members and volunteers of Wikimedia Levant pose for a group photo (Photo by Amjad Ghsoun)
AMMAN After more than six months of virtual meetings due to the pandemic, the members and volunteers of Wikimedia Levant gathered to celebrate the 18th anniversary of Wikipedia Arabia.
In this small ceremony, the members celebrated more than 120,000 edited words, 500 articles and 100 pictures the team had uploaded to the Arabic version of the online encyclopedia.
The members also celebrated their development of eight feature articles on various topics and their improvements to lists on the platform, such as the World Heritage List on sites in Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.