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1 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,460 All of you would most likely know Wikipedia, 2 00:00:09,460 --> 00:00:12,640 the sixth most visited webpage in the world, 3 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,160 an encyclopedia available to everyone for free, 4 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:16,497 and under the free licence. 5 00:00:16,620 --> 00:00:19,560 It is available in more than 250 languages, 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,940 English, French, Spanish, Russian... 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,620 ... as well as in Hungarian or Finnish,... 8 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,020 Quechua, Swahili and also in Czech. 9 00:00:29,153 --> 00:00:31,153 Wikipedia is unique also for a fact, 10 00:00:31,153 --> 00:00:32,674 that it is a community project. 11 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,140 In many years the volunteers have created various concepts, 12 00:00:36,374 --> 00:00:38,374 that made Wikipedia what it is now. 13 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,100 And I would like to explain some of them. 14 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:46,020 Wikipedia is free encyclopedia, which means that anyone can edit. 15 00:00:46,380 --> 00:00:49,180 Anyone can add any content. 16 00:00:49,434 --> 00:00:51,434 However, not "just any" content, 17 00:00:51,434 --> 00:00:53,216 as the field of Wikipedia is defined. 18 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,740 As a community project, 19 00:00:55,793 --> 00:00:57,793 it requires a certain level of collaboration, 20 00:00:57,793 --> 00:00:58,976 but it is not a democracy, 21 00:00:58,976 --> 00:01:00,793 nor bureaucracy, 22 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,720 or a complex project that should bring various rules or regulations. 23 00:01:04,860 --> 00:01:09,180 It is also not a place for advertisements and ads are very often removed. 24 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:13,340 Wikipedia is popular and various subjects would like to place their ads there. 25 00:01:13,340 --> 00:01:15,235 It is also uncensored, 26 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,000 not being controlled by any government or organization. 27 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,420 Wikipedia is here for all of us. 28 00:01:21,140 --> 00:01:25,080 The Wikipedia community created various policies, 29 00:01:25,180 --> 00:01:29,540 and guidelines, that define or help 30 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:32,560 how to cooperate so we can write a good encyclopedia 31 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:37,160 and also recommendations that can give us an advice, 32 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:39,760 or an explanation what is acceptable 33 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,420 and what is not; what shouldn't be on Wikipedia. 34 00:01:44,420 --> 00:01:45,978 but these are not that hard to cope with. 35 00:01:46,015 --> 00:01:48,015 Neutral Point of View mean, 36 00:01:48,260 --> 00:01:50,880 that all views of the subject of the article are represented, 37 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,340 The texts are thus not biased, 38 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,700 nor favoring political views. 39 00:01:56,700 --> 00:01:58,653 It is one of the core principles of Wikipedia. 40 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,960 NPOV stands for Neutral Point of View, 41 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,060 and it is exactly what makes Wikipedia what it is, 42 00:02:05,220 --> 00:02:07,380 why people all around the world can trust Wikipedia. 43 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:19,160 COPYVIO. This abbreviation comes from English "Copyright violation", 44 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:22,780 Wikipedia is available under the Creative commons licence, 45 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,060 a licence, that allows the content to be shared, 46 00:02:27,060 --> 00:02:28,054 used and re-used, 47 00:02:28,234 --> 00:02:30,234 freely, without unnecessary limitations. 48 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:32,880 If you meet the Copyvio abbreviation, 49 00:02:32,980 --> 00:02:35,100 this means that you see a text that is protected by copright, 50 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:36,754 or used to be, 51 00:02:36,848 --> 00:02:38,848 and which is being removed, 52 00:02:38,848 --> 00:02:39,714 or was removed. 53 00:02:40,020 --> 00:02:42,900 Given the fact that the amount of these policies is rather large, 54 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:45,880 one should be mentioned as well, 55 00:02:46,114 --> 00:02:48,114 This one is a crucial one: 56 00:02:48,260 --> 00:02:50,660 "Ignore all rules". 57 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,340 In case that you can see that all policies or guidelines 58 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:55,219 block you from contributing to Wikipedia, 59 00:02:55,698 --> 00:02:57,698 you can say, that all the guidelines, 60 00:02:57,739 --> 00:02:59,739 or recommendations are not that important after all. 61 00:02:59,940 --> 00:03:02,560 Having the project working, and having 62 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,441 the content created is what matters. 63 00:03:04,740 --> 00:03:07,040 So in case there is a policy that makes it hard for you to write articles, 64 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:09,920 Wikipedia guidelines are not the Constitution, 65 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,520 or Geneva convention or any other strict document. 66 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:17,800 These policies and guidelines should serve 67 00:03:18,340 --> 00:03:22,000 in a way so that every user should have 68 00:03:22,096 --> 00:03:24,096 a possibility to contribute to Wikipedia. 69 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,720 Despite all this, it is not that complicate to edit Wikipedia. 70 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,960 Many people do that, they like it, 71 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,302 it is fun, 72 00:03:32,302 --> 00:03:34,134 and you can do it. 73 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:36,640 Your first article can be about almost anything, 74 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,400 anything that has an encyclopedic value, 75 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:39,654 or is notable. 76 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,580 And one more thing that should be added in the end, 77 00:03:42,715 --> 00:03:44,715 Be bold!