This is Veronica.

我是維羅妮卡

Like millions of people, she reads Wikipedia daily.

和數百萬人一樣，她每天都會閱讀維基百科。

But Veronica wants to do more.

但維羅妮卡想做得更多。

She wants to join the enormous community behind the articles thes air the people who keep everything up to date and neutral.

她想加入這個龐大的社區，在文章的背後，是那些保持一切最新和中立的人。

But how did they do it?

但他們是怎麼做到的呢？

In addition to all the articles, there are numerous other user created pages, including help pages and tutorials.

除了所有的文章，還有許多其他用戶創建的頁面，包括幫助頁面和教程。

Veronica can even find a mentor because the members of the Wikipedia community help each other, so Veronica creates her own user page.

維羅妮卡甚至可以找到一個導師，因為維基百科社區的成員互相幫助，所以維羅妮卡創建了自己的用戶頁。

There she tells the community about her work on Wikipedia and her favorite subject, railroads.

在那裡，她向社區講述了她在維基百科上的工作和她最喜歡的主題--鐵路。

On Wikipedia.

在維基百科上。

She encounters thousands of inquisitive people who not only want to share their knowledge but also talk about it.

她遇到了成千上萬的求知者，他們不僅要分享知識，還要談論知識。

What does she do when there's new, exciting information about a train related topic?

當有新的、令人興奮的火車相關話題的資訊時，她會怎麼做？

Easy, Veronica simply posts the link to the talk page of that Wikipedia article.

很簡單，維羅妮卡只要把鏈接貼到維基百科那篇文章的討論頁就可以了。

Together with other users, she now discusses how to use this new information to make the article even better.

現在，她和其他用戶一起討論如何利用這些新的資訊使文章更加出色。

On the talk page, everyone contributes their own perspective, forming a coherent overall picture of the topic.

在話題頁面上，每個人都貢獻了自己的觀點，形成了一個連貫的整體話題。

Veronica also checks the wiki projects and thematic portals that especially interest her.

維羅妮卡還會查看她特別感興趣的維基項目和專題門戶。

She finds a list of topics that Wikipedia already covers on topics that are not yet covered adequately.

她找到了一份維基百科已經涵蓋的主題清單，上面的主題還沒有充分覆蓋。

But Veronica isn't satisfied yet.

但維羅妮卡還不滿足。

She also wants to discuss things offline.

她還想在線下討論事情。

In most countries, she can participate in regular Wikipedia meet ups and editorial meetings.

在大多數國家，她可以參加定期的維基百科見面會和編輯會議。

Some cities even have a dedicated Wikipedia office, where volunteers meat to edit collaboratively or hold events.

有的城市甚至有專門的維基百科辦公室，志願者肉在那裡合作編輯或舉辦活動。

Of course, Veronica can also work alone, but as a part of Wikipedia, she doesnt just share her knowledge with others.

當然，維羅妮卡也可以單獨工作，但作為維基百科的一員，她不只是與他人分享知識。

She learns plenty of fascinating things herself.

她自己也學到了很多迷人的東西。