Sure, I've seen those. Is it user-friendly enough? Probably not. Would any
non-Wikipedian know where to find them? Not a chance...
I live in DC, work in social media, and most of my associates are tech-savvy
professionals who look at Wikipedia and think "that's way too hard for me."
I like that video on the Bookshelf page, which reminds me a lot of
CommonCraft's "Twitter in Plain
English<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o>"
but they already usually know that. Where to begin making edits in an
informed manner, that's another story.
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Bod Notbod <bodnotbod(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 1:57 AM, William Beutler
<williambeutler(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've had the notion to pitch a "Complete
Idiot's Guide to Wikipedia" to
someone (actually tried, once; got a friendly note from an agent that it
"wasn't for [him]"). I do think there is one to be written, whether I get
to
it or someone else does...
Have you seen this? Have a look at the PDF:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf
And there's plenty more proposed publications that need input for the
same series:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Overview_of_Deliverables_(Bookshelf)
Project home page:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf_Project
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