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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828326603321

Autore

Ayers Phoebe

Titolo

How Wikipedia works : and how you can be a part of it / / Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, and Ben Yates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : No Starch Press, c2008

ISBN

1-59327-227-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (540 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

MatthewsCharles <1954->

YatesBen

Disciplina

030.285

Soggetti

User-generated content

Electronic encyclopedias

Social media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What's in Wikipedia? -- The world gets a free encyclopedia -- Finding Wikipedia's content -- Understanding and evaluating an article -- Basic editing -- Good writing and research -- Cleanup, projects, and processes -- Make and mend Wikipedia's web -- image, templates, and special characters -- The life cycle of an article -- Becoming a Wikipedian -- Community and communication -- Policy and your input -- Dispute, blocks, and bans -- 200 languages and counting -- Wikimedia commons and other sister projects -- The foundation and project coordination.

Sommario/riassunto

Wikipedia is made up of people just like you: students, professors, and everyday experts and fans. With about 10,000 articles added to Wikipedia each week, there are plenty of opportunities to join this global community. How Wikipedia Works explains how you can make the Web's go-to source for information even better. You'll learn the skills required to use and contribute to the world's largest reference work-like what constitutes good writing and research and how to work with images and templates. Instead of wondering where to begin, the question will be "How far will you go?"