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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With Incredulity toward Metanarratives,
Jeffrey
User:FULBERT
fulbert(a)fulbert-avebury.com
On Sep 25, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Michal Lester
<mlester(a)wikimedia.org.il> 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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