Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 507 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: Content -- What's in Wikipedia? -- The world gets a free encyclopedia -- Finding Wikipedia's content -- Understanding and evaluating an article -- Part II: Editing -- 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 -- Part III: Community -- Becoming a Wikipedian -- Community and communication -- Policy and your input -- Dispute, blocks, and bans -- Part IV: Other projects -- 200 languages and counting -- Wikimedia commons and other sister projects -- The foundation and project coordination -- Appendix A: Reusing Wikipedia content -- Appendix B: Wikipedia for teachers -- Appendix C: Edit summaries jargon -- Appendix D: Glossary -- Appendix E: History (list of Wikipedia pages referenced in this work) -- GNU free documentation license |
Summary |
"In How Wikipedia Works, 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."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
SUBJECT |
Wikipedia gnd |
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Wikipedia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Wikipedia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008072801
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Wikipedia / Handbooks, manuals, etc. blmlsh |
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Wikipedia fast |
Subject |
User-generated content.
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Electronic encyclopedias.
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Social media.
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social media.
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REFERENCE -- Almanacs.
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REFERENCE -- Curiosities & Wonders.
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REFERENCE -- Encyclopedias.
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REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers.
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Electronic encyclopedias.
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User-generated content.
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Social media.
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Electronic encyclopedias
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Social media
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User-generated content
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Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia.
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Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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manuals (instructional materials)
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Matthews, Charles, 1954-
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Yates, Ben
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LC no. |
2008023350 |
ISBN |
9781593272272 |
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1593272278 |
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9781593271763 |
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159327176X |
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