Editing Hebrew Wikipedia

{{short description|Hebrew-language edition of Wikipedia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox website
| name = {{Wiki favicon}} Hebrew Wikipedia
| screenshot = Hebrew wikipedia main page 2022.png
| screenshot_size = 240px
| logo = Wikipedia-logo-v2-he.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| caption = Main Page of the Hebrew Wikipedia in 2022
| url = [http://he.wikipedia.org/ he.wikipedia.org]
| commercial = No
| location = 
| type = [[Internet encyclopedia project]]
| language = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]
| registration = Optional
| owner = [[Wikimedia Foundation]]
| author =
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2003|07|8}}
| content_license = {{nobr|[[Creative Commons licenses|Creative Commons Attribution/<br/>Share-Alike]] 4.0}} (most text also dual-licensed under [[GFDL]])<br/>Media licensing varies
}}

'''Hebrew Wikipedia''' ({{langx|he|ויקיפדיה העברית}}, {{IPA|he|vikiˈpedja ha(ʔ)ivˈʁit|IPA}}) is the [[Modern Hebrew|Hebrew language]] edition of [[Wikipedia]]. This edition was started on 8 July 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2001-May/000116.html|title=Wikipedia-l new language wikis|date=11 May 2001 }}</ref> and contains {{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|he|N}} articles as of {{date}}.

==History==
[[File:150000HebWiki.png|thumb|Hebrew Wikipedia logo marking 150,000 articles]]

===Timeline ===
*'''8 July 2003''': The Hebrew edition of Wikipedia was launched.
* '''25 October 2003''': The 1,000th article was written.
* '''22 July 2004''': The first meeting of Hebrew Wikipedians took place in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]].
* '''10 September 2004''': The 10,000th article was written.
* '''20 September 2004''': The [[:he:דגל קזחסטן|Hebrew version]] of the [[Flag of Kazakhstan]] article became the one millionth article created in all Wikipedias.
* '''24 December 2006''': The 50,000th article was written.
* '''10 January 2010''': The 100,000th article was written.
* '''29 August 2013''': The 150,000th article was written.
* '''28 December 2016''': The 200,000th article was written.
*'''15 September 2019''': The 250,000th article was written.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/412989|title=הערך ה-250,000 בויקיפדיה העברית|date=15 September 2019|website=[[Arutz Sheva]]|language=he}}</ref>
* '''3 August 2021''': The 300,000th article was written.
[[File:5YearsHeWP02.png|thumb|Hebrew Wikipedia's 5th birthday logo]] 
Hebrew Wikipedia features several organized article writing projects, among them Wikitort - an academic project to write original articles about [[tort law]],<ref>[[:he:ויקיפדיה:פרויקט WIKITORT]]</ref> PhysiWiki - a project to write and improve articles about [[Physics]] with the cooperation of [[Weizmann Institute of Science]],<ref>[[:he:ויקיפדיה:מיזמי ויקיפדיה/פיזיוויקי]]</ref> and ongoing academic projects.<ref>[[:he:ויקיפדיה:עבודות ויקידמיות]]</ref> Another major topic is [[Jewish history]] and the [[History of Israel]]. In 2006, the Elef Millim project<ref>[[:meta:Elef Millim project]]</ref> ({{langx|en|Thousand Words/Thousand Miles project}}) was launched to provide Wikipedia with free images. Groups of Wikipedians meet for field trips around the country to take pictures of Israeli sites. 
 
[[Hebrew spelling]] is a matter of debate. Since the standards published by the [[Academy of the Hebrew Language]] are not always meticulously followed in common usage,  the Hebrew Wikipedia community decides on problematic cases of spelling through discussion and polls to ensure  consistency. When technically possible, spelling decisions are periodically enforced using automatic replacement by a [[Internet bot|bot]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Shai | first=David | title=Wikipedia's good bots fixing Hebrew language entries | website=ynetnews | date=21 April 2019 | url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5495954,00.html | access-date=24 October 2019}}</ref>

Hebrew Wikipedia's requirements for [[Wikipedia:Notability|notability]] standards are relatively strict.<ref name=":2">[[:he:ויקיפדיה:מה ויקיפדיה איננה]]</ref>

Hebrew Wikipedia organizes yearly competitions, sometimes with the assistance of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]], as well as social gatherings and picnics.

''[[Haaretz]]'' journalist Omer Benjakob said in 2023 in relation to the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]] that "Unlike many Wikipedias in languages with a global span, like English, Spanish or Arabic, Hebrew Wikipedia resembles its Polish or Hungarian counterparts in being more of an "Israeli Wikipedia." It can be seen as having an implicit pro-Israeli bias."<ref name="Haaretz November 2023">{{cite news |last1=Benjakob |first1=Omer |title=Netanyahu vs. Israeli Security Chiefs: Wikipedia Is New Front in Gaza War Blame Game |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-11-17/ty-article/.premium/blame-games-and-edit-wars-as-wikipedia-gets-pulled-into-the-israel-gaza-conflict/0000018b-dc57-d423-affb-fff77b460000 |access-date=19 November 2023 |work=[[Haaretz]] |date=17 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Historian {{ill|Shira Klein|simple}}, comparing coverage of the [[Gaza war]] on English and Hebrew Wikipedia in 2024, said that "where the distortions lie, are in the Hebrew Wikipedia."<ref>{{cite AV media
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==2010 Knesset meeting==
On the occasion of the 100,000 articles milestone, the Science and Technology Committee of the [[Knesset]] (Israeli parliament) invited Wikipedia contributors and users to the 2 February 2010 morning meeting, to join in a debate about Wikipedia and other [[open-source software|open-source]] resources. Some Wikipedia contributors at the meeting criticized "the lack of government cooperation with their efforts to compile a free online Hebrew-language encyclopedia," as well as sharing complaints from Wikipedia editors abroad that since the [[Israel Defense Forces]] does not release photos for [[copyleft|free redistribution]] on the Internet, the sole source of available pictures for entries such as the [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War]] and the [[2006 Lebanon War]] are the [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]].<ref>{{cite news
| author =Rebecca Anna Stoil| title =Is Wikipedia good for the Jews?| url = http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=167613| publisher = [[Jerusalem Post]]| date = 2 February 2010}}</ref>

==Hamichlol==
{{main|Hamichlol}}
Hamichlol ({{langx|he|המכלול}} "The Entirety") is a mirror of the Hebrew Wikipedia. It contains articles copied from the Hebrew Wikipedia which are edited to be acceptable to [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] readers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Benjakob |first1=Omer |title=Without Women or Evolution: 'Ultra-Orthodox Wikipedia' Is Literally Rewriting History |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-03-01/ty-article/.premium/ultra-orthodox-wikipedia-is-literally-rewriting-history |access-date=18 March 2025 |work=[[Haaretz]] |date=1 March 2018}}</ref>

== Statistics ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" align="center"
|+ Hebrew Wikipedia statistics
|-
! Number of user accounts !! Number of articles !! Number of files !! Number of active users !! Number of administrators
|-
| {{NUMBEROF|USERS|he|N}} || {{NUMBEROF|ARTICLES|he|N}} || {{NUMBEROF|FILES|he|N}} || {{NUMBEROF|ACTIVEUSERS|he|N}} || {{NUMBEROF|ADMINS|he}}
|}
As of January 2024, the Hebrew Wikipedia ranks among the best language editions in retention of new editors, while also having one of the highest edit revert rates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikimedia projects comparison [public] |date=January 2024 |publisher=Wikimedia |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1a-UBqsYtJl6gpauJyanx0nyxuPqRvhzJRN817XpkuS8/edit?gid=1319953949#gid=1319953949&range=N1}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Wikimedia Israel]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{InterWiki|code=he}}
* {{in lang|he}} [https://he.wikipedia.org Hebrew Wikipedia]
*{{cite web | last=Spiro | first=Amy | title=What did Israelis look up on Wikipedia in 2018? | website=The Jerusalem Post | date=7 January 2019 | url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/What-did-Israelis-look-up-on-Wikipedia-in-2018-576589 | access-date=24 October 2019}}
*{{cite web | title=After uploading 28,000 historical images, Wikimedia signs deal with National Library of Israel | website=haaretz.com | date=26 February 2019 | url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-after-uploading-28-000-historical-images-wikimedia-signs-deal-with-national-library-1.6976376 | access-date=24 October 2019}}
*{{cite web | title=Israel-edit-a-thon at Wikipedia Germany| website=i24NEWS | url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/128026-161018-israel-edit-a-thon-at-wikipedia-germany | access-date=24 October 2019}}
*{{cite web | last=Kalman | first=Aaron | title=Wikipedians most likely to war over 'Israel,' 'God' | website=The Times of Israel | date=3 June 2013 | url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/wikipedians-most-likely-to-war-over-israel-god/ | access-date=24 October 2019}}
*Benjakob, Omer. [https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-21/ty-article/.premium/israeli-pm-netanyahus-son-asks-to-be-removed-from-wikipedia-in-rare-request/0000018e-ffbf-dc66-a39f-ffbfe8440000 Israeli PM Netanyahu's Son Asks to Be Removed From Wikipedia in Rare Request]. ''[[Haaretz]]'', 21 April 2024. Archived at [[archive.today]]. [https://archive.today/20240421125503/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-21/ty-article/.premium/israeli-pm-netanyahus-son-asks-to-be-removed-from-wikipedia-in-rare-request/0000018e-ffbf-dc66-a39f-ffbfe8440000 Israeli PM Netanyahu's Son Asks to Be Removed From Wikipedia in Rare Request]

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