My only concern with the book idea is that it really has to go one of
two ways - either a guide to doing shiny stuff in WML, or a guide to
Wikipedia policy and process. Now, if it is just a guide to WML, it's
obviously not going to help a caller wondering why they haven't got a
Wikipedia article on them. On the other hand, if it's a guide to
policy and process, my concern is that it'll go out of date very
quickly - for example, if it directs the reader to WP:RA, and we
decide to scrap that page, said reader may be just a leetle bit
annoyed. Having said which, it seems a pretty good idea overall.
On 28/09/06, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com
<charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
"David Gerard" wrote
Ideas please?
It's now a little while, and I have other concerns, but I thought _last_ year that a
'how to edit Wikipedia' book would be an excellent idea. (I went as far as getting
a proposal turned down by a publisher.)
Still relevant in 2006? Scenario is non-Webbish person (middle aged, middle class) wants
a book on how to interact with Wikipedia, with a specific end in view. About as
interesting as 'spreadsheets for dummies' type literature, but actually
comprehensive as a reference, and _not_ just a bunch of hypertext looking like overgrown
rhododendrons.
This at least is one type of answer to DG's phone call issue (I can't tell you it
all in five minutes but I can recommend a book); and an admission that however simple the
theory, the practice has become demanding.
Charles
Charles
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