"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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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 On the other hand, if it's a guide to policy and process, my concern is that it'll go out of date very quickly - for example, if it directs the reader to WP:RA, and we decide to scrap that page, said reader may be just a leetle bit annoyed.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@ntlworld.com charles.r.matthews@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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