Sams Teach Yourself Wikipedia in 10 Minutes | 208 pages | Sams; 1 edition (October 8, 2009) | 0672331233 | PDF |
Sams Teach Yourself Wikipedia in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to know to take advantage of the Wikipedia encyclopedia–and all of Wikipedia’s incredible resources.
Tips point out shortcuts and solutions. Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls. Notes provide additional information . Plain English explains new terms and definitions. 10 minutes is all you need to learn how to:
* Navigate the Wikipedia site and discover its latest capabilities
* Use Wikipedia for fast, efficient research
* Verify Wikipedia information and check references
* Edit, correct, improve, and discuss existing Wikipedia articles
* Write new Wikipedia articles, and add images and media to them
* Find word definitions in Wiktionary and quotations in Wikiquote
* Download Wikimedia Commons photos you can freely reuse
* Read and edit free textbooks with Wikibooks
* Link to Wikipedia content on your own website
* Participate in the Wikipedia community
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Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. Anyone with internet access can make changes to Wikipedia articles. Since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown rapidly into one of the largest reference web sites, attracting around 65 million visitors monthly as of 2009, placing it among the top ten English-language sites on the web. Sams Teach Yourself Wikipedia in 10 Minutes shows how to use the Wikipedia site for research, how to get the most out of Wikipedia content, how to edit and correct existing content, and how to write new Wikipedia articles. Sams Teach Yourself Wikipedia in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you learn everything you need to know to quickly and easily use Wikipedia. Step-by-step instructions walk readers through the most common questions, issues, and tasks... "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts... "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid problems. Sams Teach Yourself Wikipedia in 10 Minutes will provide beginner and experienced users with fast at a glance tips pointing out helpful shortcuts and solutions, cautions to help avoid common Wikipedia pitfalls, and is written in a clear easy to understand format.
Table of Contents
1. How Wikis Work
2. Navigating the Wikipedia Site
3. Searching for Information
4. Reading a Wikipedia Article
5. Verifying Information and Checking References
6. Going Beyond an Article
7. Tracking Changes to an Article
8. Discussing an Article
9. Correcting an Existing Article
10. Adding Information to an Article
11. Contributing a New Article
12. Incorporating Pictures and Other Media to Your Article
13. Finding Pictures in the Wikimedia Commons
14. Looking Up Words in the Wiktionary
15. Finding Quotable Quotations with Wikiquote
16. Getting the Latest News with Wikinews
17. Reading and Editing Textbooks with Wikibooks
18. Linking to Wikipedia Content on Your Own Website
19. Using Wikipedia for Research and School Papers
20. Participating in the Wikipedia Community
Michael Miller is a popular writer and commentator on technology and digital lifestyle topics. He has authored more than 75 non-fiction books, which have collectively sold more than 1 million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His best-selling books include Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics, Tricks of the eBay Masters, How Home Theater and HDTV Work, and Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource.
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