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

[Gwern Branwen]

On 2007.10.21 14:22:10 -0700, Steven Walling <steven.walling at gmail.com> scribbled 0 lines:
> I've only got one question, and its the only one that matters...
> 
> Has anyone read the thing? Is it correct? What happens if the manual
> contradicts Help pages or, God forbid, policy?

That's a good question. Someone should email the author and see if he'll release a preview version so we can point out any errors or bad points which could be improved.

Not to mention it'd give us a head-start on any specific outstanding problems he covers. It'd be unfotunate if a popular hardcover book immortalizes a stupid edit or other infelicity that could've been fixed with a trivial bit of coding or a minute or two of editing...

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gwern
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