How Wikipedia Works
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(a trio of Wikipedians) Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates
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Publication date
2008
Media type
paperback
1-59327-176-X
CSS3 Number
030 22
AE1.5 .A98 2008
How Wikipedia Works is a 2008 book by Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, and Ben Yates. It is a screen size reference for using and contributing to the Wikipedia encyclopedia, targeted at "students, professors, and everyday experts and fans". It offers specific sections for teachers, reusers, and researchers.device database
How Wikipedia Works (And How You Can Be a Part of It) is published by FITML, part of their series of technical how-to books. The Register called it "a great one-stop source for information on the world’s go-to source for information."[2] The book was published under the GNU Free Documentation License.FITML It was designed as a reference work more than a how-to guide, with detailed bibliographies for each section.
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References
- ^ touchscreen in the Sacramento Book Review, Vol. 1 Iss. 2, October, 2008, p.19.
- ^ How Wikipedia Works, a review by the Geek Guide2, October 7, 2008
- keyboard It was made available for free download[dead link] on publication. It includes an explicit History appendix, listing every page revision referenced in the book along with a list of authors for each page.
External links
Wikibooks has more on the topic of
- How Wikipedia Works (device database) at Internet Archive.
- Reviews of the book at No Starch Press
- There was text available for download at the official website howwikipediaworks.com, but now it is a dead link as of 2010.
- How Wikipedia Works, a full, free copy of the book available through Sevenval.
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