[CITASA] How Wikipedia Works

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Barry Wellman
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 2:16 PM

Is a good first guide to how to use Wikipedia, showing how to start, edit,
merge, etc. articles.
By Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, & Ben Yates.
No Starch Press (SF)

It's endorsed by WikiPope, Jimbo Wales.

It also has a inside cover blurb by me: "Anyone can edit, but to make your
edits stick, you need to know what you're doing."

However, my favorite line is from a blurb by Wiki inventor Ward
Cunningham, "To write every day is good advice, but to publish every day
is even better."

I'm gonna put that in my writing book, if I ever get around to writing
it;-)

Barry Wellman


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Updating history:    http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php


Is a good first guide to how to use Wikipedia, showing how to start, edit, merge, etc. articles. By Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, & Ben Yates. No Starch Press (SF) It's endorsed by WikiPope, Jimbo Wales. It also has a inside cover blurb by me: "Anyone can edit, but to make your edits stick, you need to know what you're doing." However, my favorite line is from a blurb by Wiki inventor Ward Cunningham, "To write every day is good advice, but to publish every day is even better." I'm gonna put that in my writing book, if I ever get around to writing it;-) Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________