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Wikipedia was born in year 2001 with the aim to create

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the biggest open-content encyclopedia of the history.

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Wikipedia is written by many contributing volounteers.

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Everyone can contribute. Let's see how.

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Almost all the pages of Wikipedia show a tag on the top

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saying "modifica" (edit); it allows to do

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exactly what it says: to edit the page that you are reading.

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Wikipedia hasn't any editorial staff. Every user

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can access the content of all the pages of the encyclopedia

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and edit them, even without the need to register.

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The text formatting obeys to few special rules,

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but it's a rather simple language, easy to learn.

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By saving the modification, you accept to release

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your contribution under a free license.

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Everyone will be free to read, use and modify the text,

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even for commercial purpose, under the condition to credit the article's authors

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and to release all the derivative works under the same license.

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It's also important to remember that every user, even if not registered,

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is the sole responsible for their contributions.

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Once saved, the modification is immediately visible for everyone!

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Wikipedia is not a messy collection of information,

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but an encyclopedia, that is a systematic collection of the human knowledge.

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On Wikipedia in fact, things such as

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vocabulary definitions or original researches must not be published.

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Every page has its own history, that reports

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all the versions of the page since its creation.

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Other than the time, the date and the summary of each modification,

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the software records also who did it.

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In case of a non-registered user, the IP address

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from which the modification came is recorded.

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The history allows also to compare

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two different versions, in oder to highlight their differences.

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Nothing gets really lost on Wikipedia; that's why for your first writing attempts

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you'd better use the test page, called "sandbox",

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that can be modified freely.

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In case of need, a registered user can also create

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a personal sandbox under their user page.

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For generating a new page, just create a link to it,

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or click on an already existing "red link".

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It's anyway better to verify in advance

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whether the page already exists.

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In order to guarantee a good functioning of the project,

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the community developed some "guidelines" that all the users

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are invited to follow and to enforce.

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One of the main standards of Wikipedia

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is the organization of the content by a model.

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Let's see the general structure of an article.

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The initial section has to resume the main topics of the article

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with a quick and simple language.

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The article is developed in sections (or paragraphs),

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whose index is automatically generated.

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On Wikipedia, you can insert images, pictures

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and videos too, but it's absolutely necessary to verify

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that the material you want to upload is freely usable,

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that is, released under a free license!

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All the informaton that an article contains must be

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reliable and verifiable, that's why it's necessary

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always to cite the sources from which it's from;

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such sources must be widely recognized and acknowledged.

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At the end of each article, after the text,

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there are some "technical" sections,

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that link further and deeper about the topic.

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For some thematic projects, there are conventional rules

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and specific guidelines to help when writing an article.

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An imperative principle of Wikipedia

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is the neutral point of view.

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Artciles must not contain personal opinions and judgements,

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but have to explain all the main points of view

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in an equilibrate and proportionate way, without prejudice.

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Every Wikipedia article has its own discussion page aside,

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where the users can discuss

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and find a version as much adequate and widely agreed as possible.

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Unlike the article page, here the opinions

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have to be signed, but always consider that Wikipedia

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is not a place for expressing personal or partial points of view.

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When users have the need

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to address many people at the same time,

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for a problem of general interest, or about a specific topic,

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they can use the "Bar" (Village pump) or the appropriate thematic project's bar.

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Every registered user has their own personal page,

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in which they can give some information about themselves.

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This page too has a corresponding discussion page,

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which is used like a personal mailbox.

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Expert users can be asked for a technical help,

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for example, at the information desk ("Sportello Informazioni").

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About the content, you can ask the Oracle ("l'Oracolo").

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In case of evident misuse or acts of vandalism,

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some registered users, called "administrators",

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can intervene and perform specific operations,

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such as blocking a user, or deleting or blocking a page.

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The administrators are volunteers who gained

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the trust of the community and have been appointed by an election.

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They excute critical technical operations and guarantee

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the respect of the project guidelines,

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but they are not responsible for Wikipedia.

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Wikipedia is operated by the Wikimedia Foundation,

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a non-profit foundation based in San Francisco,

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that provides the resources for developing the project.

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The foundation, created in 2003, relies on

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donations by public and private entities,

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and especially by many, many small donations coming from individuals.

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In order to remain absolutely independent and to involve

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many volunteer editors, Wikipedia chose not to display any advertisement.

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In the meantime several volunteer associations were founded across the world

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that locally promote Wikipedia and its sister projects.

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In Italy, since 2005 there has been Wikimedia Italia,

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that, alongside the Wikimedia Foundation projects, promotes other initiatives

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related to the diffusion of free culture and free knowledge.

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Press, firms and schools can address Wikimedia Italia

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in order to have more information in Italian about Wikipedia.
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Many volunteers for free accumulate, sort and
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organise into structures the shared knowledge of our time
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to make it freely available. What about you?
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Be bold! Wikipedia is open to everybody!

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