User:Bluewind

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I live in Prague, the Czech Republic, located in the Central Europe, the member state of European Union, NATO, OECD and Schengen Agreement. I am interested in history and geography. I got an intermediate level of knowledge of English language.


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I wish the Wikipedians were always

polite to each other

assummig good faith

avoiding personal attacks

countering systemic bias


I was invited by ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 20:25, 20 February 2007 (UTC) to become the member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Czech Republic


I have following articles placed on my Watchlist:

Prague - my home

Prague uprising - major military event in Prague history

Ruzyně International Airport - Prague’s main airport

Czech resistance to Nazi occupation

Edvard Beneš - 2nd President of Czechoslovakia

František Moravec - Czechoslovak military intelligence officer - stub started by me

Czech Cubism - avant-garde art movement - stub started by me

Czechoslovak border fortifications - built 1935-1938 against Nazi Germany

Czechoslovak Legions - volunteer forces during World War I

Olinda Landfill - stub started by me

I support the Metrication in the United States by adding International System of Units (aka Metric system or SI) in Wikipedia articles where

United States customary units are presented exclusively.

Monaco, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands and Pitcairn Islands.


The fundamental principles by which Wikipedia operates have been summarized by editors in the form of five "pillars":

Blue pillar (1: Encyclopedia) Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It incorporates elements of general and specialized encyclopedias, almanacs, and gazetteers. Wikipedia is not a soapbox, an advertising platform, a vanity press, an experiment in anarchy or democracy, an indiscriminate collection of information, or a web directory. It is not a dictionary, newspaper, or a collection of source documents; that kind of content should be contributed instead to the Wikimedia sister projects.
 
Green pillar (2: NPOV) Wikipedia has a neutral point of view. We strive for articles that advocate no single point of view. Sometimes this requires representing multiple points of view, presenting each point of view accurately and in context, and not presenting any point of view as "the truth" or "the best view". All articles must strive for verifiable accuracy: unreferenced material may be removed, so please provide references. Editors' personal experiences, interpretations, or opinions do not belong here. That means citing verifiable, authoritative sources, especially on controversial topics and when the subject is a living person. When conflict arises over neutrality, discuss details on the talk page, and follow dispute resolution.
 
Yellow pillar (3: Free) Wikipedia is free content that anyone can edit and distribute. Respect copyright laws. Since all your contributions are freely licensed to the public, no editor owns any article; all of your contributions can and will be mercilessly edited and redistributed.
 
Orange pillar (4: Code of conduct and etiquette) Wikipedians should interact in a respectful and civil manner. Respect and be polite to your fellow Wikipedians, even when you disagree. Apply Wikipedia etiquette, and avoid personal attacks. Find consensus, avoid edit wars, and remember that there are 6,819,492 articles on the English Wikipedia to work on and discuss. Act in good faith, never disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point, and assume good faith on the part of others. Be open and welcoming.
 
Red pillar (5: Ignore all rules) Wikipedia does not have firm rules besides the five general principles presented here. Be bold in updating articles and do not worry about making mistakes. Your efforts do not need to be perfect; prior versions are saved, so no damage is irreparable.