Wikipedia - The Missing Manual torrent

Wikipedia - The Missing Manual
Wikipedia The Missing Manual
English | PDF | 502 pages | 7MB

Want to be part of the largest group-writing project in human history? Learn how to contribute to Wikipedia, the user-generated online

reference for the 21st century. Considered more popular than eBay, Microsoft.com, and Amazon.com, Wikipedia generates approximately 30,000

requests per second, or about 2.5 billion per day. It's become the first point of reference for people the world over who need a fact

fast.If you want to jump on board and add to the content, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual is your first-class ticket. Wikipedia has more than

6 million entries in 250 languages, over 2 million articles in the English language alone. Each one is written and edited by an ever-

changing cast of volunteer editors. You can be one of them.
With the tips in this book, you'll quickly learn how to get more out of -- and put more into -- this valuable online resource.Wikipedia: The

Missing Manual gives you practical advice on creating articles and collaborating with fellow editors, improving existing articles, and

working with the Wikipedia community to review new articles, mediate disputes, and maintain the site. Up to the challenge? This one-of-a-

kind book includes:Basic editing techniques, including the right and wrong ways to editPinpoint advice about which types of articles do and

do not belong on WikipediaTips on using Wikipedia page histories and reversing inaccurate editsWays to learn from other editors and

communicate with them via the site's talk pagesTricks for using templates and timesaving automated editing toolsTools for fighting spam and

vandalismGuidance on adding citations, links, and images to your articlesYou also learn about other Wikimedia services, such as Wikinews,

Wikiquote, and Wikibooks. Wikipedia depends on people just like you to help the site grow and maintain the highest quality. With Wikipedia:

The Missing Manual, you get all the tools you need to be part of the crew.