On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:43 AM, Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
Threat not a promise: newish book, anyone read? I see the Signpost are [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Review desk|looking for a reviewer]]. I did try to get a publisher interested in "Teach Yourself Wikipedia" in early 2006. Do we know Michael Miller, the author? I must say "Participate in the Wikipedia community" sounds great as a bullet point, if all you need is the right 60 seconds of instruction.
What useful information can you get across in sixty seconds? "Please don't cry?"
60 seconds? The book title say "10 minutes"? The key point is really that it is a moving target. You need to learn how to keep up-to-date with how to edit Wikipedia. But how long do people think it takes to get to the stage where you know enough to be able to keep up with things? If you go inactive, how long does it take to fall behind the curve and need to re-learn things? And how much time needs to be invested in terms of activity levels to keep up with things (i.e. minimum activity level required)? And does it vary depending what sort of activities you get involved in?
Carcharoth