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Inside Wikipedia: How It Works and How You Can Be an Editor

Paul A. Thomas

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Description:Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites on the Internet, regularly bringing in millions of readers a day. But how exactly does a huge site like this work? What are its strengths? What are its weaknesses? Who edits the site? And perhaps most importantly how can you, the reader, help make the site better?In this book, Paul A. Thomas—a seasoned Wikipedia contributor who has accrued almost 60,000 edits since he started editing in 2007—breaks down the history of the free encyclopedia and explains the process of becoming an editor.Chapters The History of WikipediaThe What to Know Before You EditGetting Making Your First EditsGrowing as an To Wikitext and BeyondConcrete Ways to Make Wikipedia a Better ResourceBecoming a Critical Countering BiasA Short Glossary of Wiki-SlangAfter reading Inside Wikipedia, you will be ready to contribute to the largest, most comprehensive knowledge base the world has ever seen. What will you write about?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Inside Wikipedia: How It Works and How You Can Be an Editor. To get started finding Inside Wikipedia: How It Works and How You Can Be an Editor, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 179

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ISBN: 1538163225

Description: Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites on the Internet, regularly bringing in millions of readers a day. But how exactly does a huge site like this work? What are its strengths? What are its weaknesses? Who edits the site? And perhaps most importantly how can you, the reader, help make the site better?In this book, Paul A. Thomas—a seasoned Wikipedia contributor who has accrued almost 60,000 edits since he started editing in 2007—breaks down the history of the free encyclopedia and explains the process of becoming an editor.Chapters The History of WikipediaThe What to Know Before You EditGetting Making Your First EditsGrowing as an To Wikitext and BeyondConcrete Ways to Make Wikipedia a Better ResourceBecoming a Critical Countering BiasA Short Glossary of Wiki-SlangAfter reading Inside Wikipedia, you will be ready to contribute to the largest, most comprehensive knowledge base the world has ever seen. What will you write about?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Inside Wikipedia: How It Works and How You Can Be an Editor. To get started finding Inside Wikipedia: How It Works and How You Can Be an Editor, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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