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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,490 2 00:00:07,490 --> 00:00:12,540 People in Hong Kong they do not really understand how it works, 3 00:00:12,540 --> 00:00:14,200 like for Wikipedia. 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:20,146 They think that website just exists online-- like just exists. 5 00:00:20,146 --> 00:00:23,430 And they don't know they can edit it on Wikipedia. 6 00:00:23,430 --> 00:00:25,446 They just read the information they need. 7 00:00:25,446 --> 00:00:30,140 At first, I didn't know that Wikipedia is free to edit. 8 00:00:30,140 --> 00:00:33,160 And soon after registering, I began 9 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:36,690 creating articles about different theaters and theater themes. 10 00:00:36,690 --> 00:00:39,674 I first did edit Wikipedia as a student, 11 00:00:39,674 --> 00:00:41,340 although, I didn't even use my username. 12 00:00:41,340 --> 00:00:43,240 I worked with another student. 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,730 And I was in college. 14 00:00:45,730 --> 00:00:49,010 One of my instructors really felt 15 00:00:49,010 --> 00:00:51,740 that women-- Native-American writers-- that we were studying 16 00:00:51,740 --> 00:00:53,040 were underrepresented. 17 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:54,360 So we had the option to edit. 18 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,820 Back when I was a second-year student-- 19 00:00:57,820 --> 00:01:01,830 at the faculty of languages-- I had a professor. 20 00:01:01,830 --> 00:01:03,820 Her name was Radwa Kotait. 21 00:01:03,820 --> 00:01:05,540 And she was teaching me translation. 22 00:01:05,540 --> 00:01:08,440 And she told us about the program, 23 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:12,330 and that we get the chance to practice translation. 24 00:01:12,330 --> 00:01:15,820 And I myself, I was a little of a nerd, 25 00:01:15,820 --> 00:01:19,200 so I didn't really get the time to join 26 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,120 any activity outside studying. 27 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,670 So when I heard about this activity, 28 00:01:24,670 --> 00:01:28,730 I really liked it, because it gave me the opportunity 29 00:01:28,730 --> 00:01:32,420 to practice translation and have fun at the same time. 30 00:01:32,420 --> 00:01:36,980 In 2010, I was like surfing through the Internet looking 31 00:01:36,980 --> 00:01:42,540 for a particular topic-- a particular cuisine in India, 32 00:01:42,540 --> 00:01:47,450 but there was no article about that particular dish. 33 00:01:47,450 --> 00:01:50,470 So I thought, why not go ahead and create an article myself. 34 00:01:50,470 --> 00:01:52,680 Do you remember your first article? 35 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:53,180 Yeah. 36 00:01:53,180 --> 00:01:56,170 It was-- do you know what lichen is? 37 00:01:56,170 --> 00:02:01,040 Lichen is a sort of a fungus or an allergy at the same time. 38 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,960 So that was the first article that I wrote. 39 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:07,890 And I later turned it into a very long article 40 00:02:07,890 --> 00:02:11,300 with many books cited and all the details in. 41 00:02:11,300 --> 00:02:11,800 Wow! 42 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:13,430 That's so cool. 43 00:02:13,430 --> 00:02:17,700 It's quite cool, but also a bit nerdy. 44 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:27,280 I took a illegal cab and I was deceived by the taxi driver. 45 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,350 And I got really angry. 46 00:02:29,350 --> 00:02:36,490 And I just figured out there is no documentation on Wikipedia. 47 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:40,750 And then I just tried to collect all the references and all 48 00:02:40,750 --> 00:02:49,720 the legal documents on why you cannot use this kind of taxi. 49 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:57,020 In 2011, Wikimania, which is our global conference, 50 00:02:57,020 --> 00:02:59,380 was in Israel in Haifa. 51 00:02:59,380 --> 00:03:02,360 And a good friend of mine, who was a Wikipedian, 52 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,270 suggested that I come. 53 00:03:04,270 --> 00:03:10,500 And I was already part of the global open-access, 54 00:03:10,500 --> 00:03:12,480 open-knowledge movement. 55 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,560 And I came to the conference and I heard lectures 56 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,320 about GLAM-Wiki and Wiki in education. 57 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,030 And that was it; I was hooked. 58 00:03:21,030 --> 00:03:30,696