Hi Tanweer,
At this stage, there is no English version for this guide, but for personal
use in order to understand more about it and its structure, you can try
using Google Translate:
Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment!
On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 8:01 AM, Tanweer Morshed <wiki.tanweer(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Michal,
Thanks for the resource. Such a guide is indeed essential for producing
quality content in Wikipedia. But the website seems to be in Hebrew only,
is there an English version of the guide?
On Monday, September 25, 2017, FULBERT <fulbert(a)fulbert-avebury.com>
wrote:
This looks great; I can only wish it were in
English!!
Perhaps it is and I missed a link for it? Sounds like a useful resource!!
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On Sep 25, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Michal Lester
<mlester(a)wikimedia.org.il
<javascript:;>> wrote:
Hi all,
I’m excited to share with you our new interactive tool *teaching
encyclopedic writing*[1]. Encyclopedic writing differs from other kinds
of
> writing, such as academic, journalistic, or creative writing. In order
to
learn how
to contribute substantial content to Wikipedia, it is not
enough
> to learn the technicalities of using Wikipedia's interface, as taught
by
the
interactive educational software[2]. The Encyclopedic Writing Guide
was
born of a need to instruct participants in our
Educational projects, as
well as the general public, on the principles of encyclopedic writing,
and
> specifically those of Wikipedia. The guide is aimed at teaching the
rules
> and "best practices" that apply at
various stages of contributing
content
to
Wikipedia: from choosing a topic for an article, to finding sources,
to
structuring the article, and finally, the
required writing style. The
guide
> thus teaches how to asses the encyclopedic importance of a topic, how
to
> find independent and reliable sources on
that topic, how to structure
the
> information according to Wikipedia's
article format, and how to produce
> neutral and succinct writing.
>
> The guide is built as a website. Users are invited to choose between
two
tracks: a
track for expanding existing articles and a track for writing
new
> ones. In both tracks, each of the four stages is presented on a
different
page,
where the related information, tips, examples and practical tools
are
concentrated. The information is presented in a
basic concise form, and
the
users are invited to open links and pop-ups to
obtain more information
and
practical examples.
Editing Wikipedia is not just a technical skill. While learning how to
use
Wikipedia's interface is necessary, it is not
sufficient in order to
learn
how to contribute substantial content to the
platform. The Encyclopedic
Writing Guide is the first tool of its kind teaching how to create
encyclopedic content.
Best,
*Michal Lester,*
*Executive DirectorWikimedia Israel*
[1]
https://guide.wikimedia.org.il/
[2]
http://www.wikimedia.org.il/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%94/
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