أحمد

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ar-N هذا المستخدم لغته الأم هي العربية. en-3 This user has advanced knowledge of English. de-1 Dieser Benutzer beherrscht Deutsch auf grundlegendem Niveau. es-1 Este usuario tiene un conocimiento básico del español.
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My name is Ahmad, pronounced as / ʔħmad / .

My handle in Wikipedia is in Arabic script because I‌ created my account to be part of the community of Arabic Wikipedia.

I first saw Wikipedia in 2001 probably via Slashdot. Naturally I was fascinated. I began to regularly contribute to both the English and Arabic editions of Wikipedia since 2003. Around the time I started blogging.

I'm a proponent of free culture and open knowledge, and interested to learn about, and use the tools and techniques of linked data. I've been using free software exclusively since 2006

Currently, I focus on working with groups of people who are interested in specific domains of knowledge to develop communities around wikis where knowledge in those fields are curated, organised, produced and made freely available, in Arabic.

I build wikis utilising Semantic Mediawiki, and an overhauled Arabic localisation of MW and several of its extensions that I maintain.

There's a list of countries I‌ visited, and those I'd like to visit, as well as an assortment of userboxes.

To do

• Upload photos from my collection to Commons.
• Make some progress in a couple of MW extensions: Extension:CBxHandler and mw:Extension:WARC

I‌ can vocalise [but not necessarily understand]

This user is interested in linguistics.

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əThis user has an intermediate understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

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ع‎This user has a native-like understanding of the Arabic script.

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ΩThis user has an advanced understanding of the Greek alphabet.

ϯThis user can read the Coptic script.

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שThis user has an intermediate understanding of the Hebrew script.

𐤀This user can read the Phoenician script.

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This user has a basic understanding of the Elder Futhark.

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ДThis user has a basic understanding of the Cyrillic script.

Speakers Know Best

This user recognizes that grammar comes from humans, not from the heavens. Trust native speakers.

Non nobis solum

WebCiteThis user believes in archiving sources to prevent link rot.