[Gendergap] How to use Wiki videos

[Lennart Guldbrandsson]

Thanks for the ideas.

About wikimeetups: everybody else is waiting for you to announce one. Once you do, they will come.

About the culture: I think Steven Walling's presentation is one of the most succinct:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEkF5o6KPNI

Good luck with the editing.

Best wishes,

Lennart

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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:04:15 -0600
From: carissawodehouse at gmail.com
To: gendergap at lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] How to use Wiki videos

Hi,
Yep I do find both of those videos too basic (http://www.howcast.com/videos/317521-How-To-Edit-a-Wikipedia-Article and http://www.commoncraft.com/wikipedia-video). I get the nuts and bolts of how to click around, I know basic html when I see it, and I remember neutral tone and proper citations from college and time in publishing (but gotta love a video on the internet that explains that you need an internet connection). The Howcast referenced the Wiki:Cite page, which I then find confusing because I don't get when to use each citation method. 


A Strunk & White version of the rules is what I need! There's so many women in publishing, that could be a good group to target for women on Wiki involvement, as someone said before. I just need to know how wiki editing is similar and different from AP Style, for example.


I would also be interested in a video that explains the community, which is both one of the primary barriers and primary motivations I have for participating. I didn't know about barnstars and awards, for example. Then I eventually found this Editor Assistance page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_assistance) which looks like something handy-- I didn't know there was a place to ask for help. Then, what are user talk, user boxes, who gives awards, who are some key figures (Jimbo, etc), what is the user/editor/moderator relationship, and what are some things that can happen once I start editing and interacting. That's what a video would be handy for. It all feels like trying to get into Lost in the last season-- all these time tunnels and smoke monsters that I couldn't trace to their original form if I tried.


Sadly, I see no meet ups in Portland or Mexico City, yet...



Thanks,
Carissa



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