Hi Tanweer,
At this stage, there is no English version for this guide, but for personal use in order to understand more about it and its structure, you can try using Google Translate: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=iw&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&...
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On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 8:01 AM, Tanweer Morshed wiki.tanweer@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Michal,
Thanks for the resource. Such a guide is indeed essential for producing quality content in Wikipedia. But the website seems to be in Hebrew only, is there an English version of the guide?
On Monday, September 25, 2017, FULBERT fulbert@fulbert-avebury.com wrote:
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!!
With Incredulity toward Metanarratives,
Jeffrey User:FULBERT fulbert@fulbert-avebury.com javascript:;
On Sep 25, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Michal Lester <mlester@wikimedia.org.il
javascript:;> 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/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/
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