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By this time, the Catalan -or Valencian- language edition of Wikipedia (http://ca.wikipedia.org/), has already surpassed the mark of 20,000 entries, and continues to grow. Wikipedia is part of a world-wide effort aimed to developedevelop an encyclopedia of quality, for general usage and for free distribution (see www.wikipedia.org), through a network of freely participating volunteers from all over the world. The Wikipedia contents are under the terms of the [[GFDL]] license; this means that everybody can use the articles freely, they can be copied, edited and distributed, provided two requirements are met: that any source might be mentioned, and that terms of use may follow the same license (GFDL) or a compatible one.

The ''Viquipèdia'' (Wikipedia in Catalan) was born in March [[2001]], and was the second version to come after the original Wikipedia, in English. During this time it has established its place among the twenty largest Wikipedia languages regardingin onterms of number of articles. On [[16 de novembre|November 16th]] [[2004]], it reached the 10,000 entries milestone and, in a year, the ''Viquipèdia'' has doubled theits number of articles, reaching the current figure of 20,000. Not justonly this:that; the overall quality of the articles has also increased (for instance, the medium size of entries and the number of times they have been edited), the Main Page has been redesigned, its Tavern has a new look, aseveral bunch of ''Viquiprojectes'' (WikiProjects) to improve certain areas of knowledge have been installed, a «this fortnight article» tag has been launched, etc. But there is still a lot to do: ''Viquiportals'' will be released as a new waysway to understand the world of ''Viquipèdia''; newer ''Viquiprojectes'' and entries will be created that shall help in making Wikipedia in Catalan one of the great references of knowledgement in this language.

Everyone can contribute to Wikipedia: any person with an Internet connection can write new entries or edit those already existing. You can help the project by creating or editing entries in the subjects you are interested in: Have you checked out if there are any entries on your village or region, your profession or your interests? It is not necessary to be an expert to contribute to Wikipedia: any constructive contribution is welcome, even if it's is only an orthographicspelling correction! You can create totally new entries, or you can adapt them from other sources, provided you respect the author's copyright. If you wish to contribute to the ''Viquipèdia'', you can go to the following page to learn how it works: http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquipèdia:Ajuda (Help page).