Hebrew Wikipedia

The Roaring Lion 2014 awarded by the Israel Public Relations Associations

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 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 free redistribution on the Internet, the sole source of available pictures for entries such as the Gaza War and the 2006 Lebanon War are the Palestinians.[7]

In July 2006, Hebrew Wikipedia had one of the highest number of bytes per article, and the highest of all editions on Wikipedia with over 20,000 articles.[8]

Whereas the English Wikipedia requires a general consensus for deleting articles (hence deletion discussion is not considered to be a voting process), the Hebrew Wikipedia has adopted a policy of deletion upon a 55% majority, with no minimum number of votes.[9] In these votes, only registered users with one month seniority and at least 100 edits in the article, image, category or template namespaces in the past 90 days can vote.

As of December 2020, with more than 30,000,000 edits and 3,200 active users, Hebrew Wikipedia had an abnormally high amount of edits and active users (in comparation with its 284,400 articles on various topics at the time and the number of Hebrew speakers in the world), in comparation with other Wikipedias with similar number of articles.[10] The number of active users grows in a steady pace year to year. The average number of articles per day is also significantly higher. It has an article depth of 258.

Compared to English Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia is more conservative with respect to content.[11]

The inclusion criteria are detailed under the "principles and guidelines" page.[12] Some examples:

• Articles on porn movies will be deleted unless they became cultural symbols.[13]
• Articles on porn stars will be deleted unless they have other notable aspects in their lives.
• A book has to meet one of these four criteria: published by a known publisher, sold 10,000 copies, won a prize, or received good reviews.[14]
• Writers have to write at least two books to be notable as writers.[15]
• Singers and bands must have an album to their credit.[16]
• Articles on student films are deleted unless they win first prize in a film festival or were screened in mainstream cinemas.[17]

List articles are rare. In particular, lists of TV series episodes are not accepted, even as part of the articles on the series.

Other controversial topics are articles of about small schools and minor educational institutions.[18]

Hamichlol (Hebrew: 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 Jewish readers.

• Wikimedia Israel

Hebrew edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• (in Hebrew) Hebrew Wikipedia
• Spiro, Amy (7 January 2019). "What did Israelis look up on Wikipedia in 2018?". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
• "After uploading 28,000 historical images, Wikimedia signs deal with National Library of Israel". haaretz.com. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
• "Israel-edit-a-thon at Wikipedia Germany". i24NEWS. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
• Kalman, Aaron (3 June 2013). "Wikipedians most likely to war over 'Israel,' 'God'". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 24 October 2019.