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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Jeffrey
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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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