187 records matched your query       

Author:

Thomas, Paul A. (Paul Anthony), author.

Title:

Inside Wikipedia : how it works and how you can be an editor / Paul A. Thomas.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

vii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Wikipedia--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Wikipedia.
Authorship--Collaboration.
Electronic encyclopedias.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The history of Wikipedia -- The wiki-ethos : what to know before you edit -- Getting started : making your first edits -- Growing as an editor : to wikitext and beyond -- Concrete ways to make Wikipedia a better resource -- Becoming a critical editor : countering bias -- A short glossary of wiki-slang.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1538163217
9781538163214

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1301904061

LCCN:

2022014021

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)