[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly, Dec 2007)

[Erik Moeller]

On 10/21/07, Oskar Sigvardsson <oskarsigvardsson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sorry, but "missing manual"? We have excellent help pages that
> will guide a newbie through everything from just starting to writing
> featured articles to resolving the most entrenched disputes.
> [[Help:Tutorial]] is an excellent place to start.

We have help pages, but with all due respect to the people who wrote
them, they are not "excellent".  Compare our tutorial to the one
created by WikiEducator:

http://wikieducator.org/Help:Contents

That one contains audio messages and screencasts, and is pedagogically
structured with objectives, activities, and assessments. When I
organize wiki workshops, I usually point people to this as a
reference, rather than our own internal help.


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