[WikiEN-l] Positives to publicity

[FT2]

I'd be all up for writing a wikibook introduction to Wikipedia. Anyone else
interested? :)

FT2

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Keegan Paul <kgnpaul at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:25 PM, <WJhonson at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Just imagine how many Terabytes of data are hiden under the iceberg tip
> > that is what the casual reader sees.  I have yet to see any paper about
> > say,
> > "The Twisty Turny Biography of Lincoln Evolves Over Six Years"....
> >
> > Will Johnson
> >
> >
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> This is what I consider to be the exact point for starting this thread.
>  People truly do have no clue about how to edit or the community and how it
> functions.  Actually, I don't think the functionality of the community can
> be described.
> Folks are amazed to be told that they can edit willy nilly, make an account
> and all that.  For all our popularity worldwide the vast majority of the
> consumers have no idea (I realize I'm preaching to the choir) until these
> news stories invoke interest.  So, what to do about it?  How to not bite?
>  This that and the other are great questions to mull over.  I have no
> answers myself, Wikipedia just kind of happens.
>
> ~Keegan
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