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 <kgnp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:25 PM, <wjhon...@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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > 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 > -- > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l