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1 online resource (xxiv, 507 pages) : illustrations |
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Handbook |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
| Subject |
Wikipedia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia / Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
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Wikipedia |
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Wikipedia |
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User-generated content.
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Electronic encyclopedias.
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Social media.
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Contenu créé par l'utilisateur. |
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Encyclopédies électroniques. |
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Médias sociaux. |
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social media. |
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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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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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| Added Author |
Matthews, Charles, 1954-
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Yates, Ben.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ayers, Phoebe. How Wikipedia works. San Francisco : No Starch Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008023350 |
| ISBN |
9781593272272 (electronic bk.) |
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1593272278 (electronic bk.) |
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9781593271763 (electronic bk.) |
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159327176X (electronic bk.) |
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9781593271763 |
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