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

Author/creator Ayers, Phoebe
Other author Matthews, Charles, 1954-
Other author Yates, Ben.
Format Book
Publication InfoSan Francisco : No Starch Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxxiv, 507 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008023350
ISBN9781593271763
ISBN159327176X

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks AE1.5 .A98 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold