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 Englishhttp://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@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 1:57 AM, William Beutler williambeutler@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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