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19th19 November, 2005: '''Wikipedia in Catalan reaches 20,000 entries.'''
ByAs thisof today, 19 November time2005, 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 aimedwhose objective is to develop 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,. theyThey 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 Wikipedia project is actually international and multilingual: there are more than 110 editions in different languages which work autonomouslyindependent of each other. Globally, they account for nearly 2,.5 millions of articles.
The ''Viquipèdia'' (Wikipedia in Catalan) was born in March [[2001]], and was the second version to comebe created after the original Wikipedia,English in Englishwikipedia. DuringSince this timethen, it has established its place amongamongst the twenty largest Wikipedia languages in terms of total 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 its number of articles, reaching the current figure of 20,000. Not only 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 have also increased),. theThe Main Page has been redesigned, its Tavern has a new look, several ''Viquiprojectes'' (WikiProjects) to improve certain areas of knowledge have been installed, a «this fortnight articlecontribution» tag has been launched, etc. ButHowever, there is still a lotmuch to do: ''Viquiportals'' will be released as a new way to understand the world of ''Viquipèdia''; newer ''Viquiprojectes'' and entries will be created that shallwill help in making Wikipedia in Catalan one of the greatgreatest referencesreference resource of knowledgementknowledge in this language.
All this has been possible thanks tothrough the noticeable increase of contributors this year: in the last months itthe "Viquipèdia" has had an average of 314 wikipedians contributing actively, but many more are still needed! Many «important» entries remain yet to be done, and many of those that already exist are far from reaching the required standards of quality that one would demand. However, ''Viquipèdia'' is already a useful encyclopedia that can be used in many ways at home, inat schools or at work.
EveryoneEverybody can contribute toin 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 the topics of your interestsinterest? It is not necessary to be an expert in order to contribute toin Wikipedia: any constructive contribution is welcome, even if it is only ana spelling 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).
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