Launching the first arabic Wikipedia in the name of TAGIPEDIA

Press release

Published April 9th, 2012 - 11:06 GMT

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Jordanian businessman

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization intends to create an Arabic Wikipedia in the name of TAGIPEDIA comprising 250,000 Arabic entries. TAGIPEDIA is expected to be announced within next September.

The Jordanian businessman, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, told Arabian Business that TAGIPEDIA will be available free of charge to the general public. However, no one is allowed to add any information unless verified and monitored to ensure it is useful, harmless and inoffensive.

He also described Wikipedia as a great project, however, he stated that it includes inaccurate information about the Arabs.

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh attributed such defects to the lack of Arabic content invested in this project compared to the demographic magnitude in the Arab world, our culture, our language and the considerable Arabic content".

Moreover, he described certain information in "Wikipedia" about the Arab region as “inaccurate and incorrect", stressing that such information expresses personal perspectives.

He added that "we have realized that the only solution for this problem is by creating an Arabic Cyclopedia, which we have started working on more than a year and a half ago", clarifying that "the Arabic content in Wikipedia consists of 165,000 contents".

Abu-Ghazaleh stated that: "we have gathered 250,000 Arabic information entries into the Arabic Wikipedia TAGIPEDIA, what is more, all the information is verified, reviewed and proved free of any non-useful materials.”

He continued: "We have included all facts into TAGIPEDIA as is in all Arabic fields and referred to relevant sources and we aspire to reach half million data entries. TAGIPEDIA will be announced prior to the end of the current year or even before, perhaps within next September.”

He also added: "We endeavor not to include any data unless it is complete to serve the purpose of making TAGIPEDIA a reference for all students and researchers abroad". Abu-Ghazaleh also indicated that TAGIPEDIA is an information repository that is totally different from Wikipedia.

It is well known that Talal Abu-Ghazaleh is the Chairman and Founder of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization, the largest Arab group of companies for professional services in the fields of accounting, management consulting, technology transfer, training, education, Intellectual Property, legal services, information technology, recruitment, translation, distribution and publishing.

Background Information

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization

The Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global) is the largest global group of professional service firms in the fields of Accounting , External Audit, Internal Audit, Corporate Governance, Taxation, Educational Consultancy, Economic and Strategic Studies, Management Advisory Services, Professional and Technical Training, Technology Transfer Project Management, Real Estate Management, Investors and Business Advisory Services, Human Resources and Recruitment Services, E-Government, E-Commerce, E-Education, IT and Security Audit, Web Design, Professional Interpretation and Translation, Website Arabization, Domain Names Registration, ICT Strategic Planning, ERP Consulting Services, IT and Internet Skills Training and Examinations, Intellectual Property News Agency, IP Business and Asset Valuation and Branding Services, IP Registration and Protection, Intellectual Property Renewals, IPR Protection and Management, Legal Services, and Public Offering.