Wikipedia – The Missing Manual

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Wikipedia: The Missing Manual

Author	John Broughton
Language	English
Series	The Missing Manuals
Subject	Wikipedia
Genre	how-to
Publisher	O'Reilly Media
Publication date	2008
Publication place	United States
Media type	paperback
ISBN	0-596-51516-2
OCLC	191883897
LC Class	TK5105.8882.W54 B76 2008

Wikipedia: The Missing Manual is a 2008 book by John Broughton. It is a how-to guide that explains the process of contributing to the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. ^{[1] [2]}

"For anyone who is interested in becoming part of the noble experiment, this book is an excellent introduction," wrote reviewer Robert Slade. ^[3] Wikipedia: The Missing Manual is part of O'Reilly Media's Missing Manual series, ^[4] which was created by David Pogue, technology columnist for The New York Times and Scientific American .

Release

On January 26, 2009, O'Reilly announced that the content of the book was being released under a free license compatible with Wikipedia and that it would be available for editing in the Help area of Wikipedia. ^[5]

Spin-off

The book has a spin-off, Wikipedia Reader's Guide: The Missing Manual, consisting of Appendix B (slightly expanded) and Chapter 1 from the book.

Publications

• John Broughton (2008). Wikipedia: The Missing Manual. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ISBN   978-0-596-51516-4.
• John Broughton (2008). Wikipedia Reader's Guide: The Missing Manual. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ISBN   978-0-596-52174-5.

See also

• Help: Wikipedia: The Missing Manual: Text as incorporated into Wikipedia's help pages
• How Wikipedia Works
• Bibliography of Wikipedia
• State Library of Queensland's Exploring Wikipedia Content Creation Training Manual at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. Baker, Nicholson (March 20, 2008). "The Charms of Wikipedia". The New York Review of Books . Vol. 55, no. 4. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
2. Baker, Nicholson (2008-04-10). "How I fell in love with Wikipedia [1]". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-03-05.
3. "Wikipedia: The Missing Manual", BKWKPDMM.RVW, a review by Robert Slade, The Internet Review Project, 2008
4. "O'Reilly Missing Manual series". Archived from the original on 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
5. "Wikipedia: The Missing Manual Posted on Wikipedia--O'Reilly Media Alert: Edit the Book on Wikipedia" (Press release). O'Reilly Media. January 26, 2009. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014.

External links

• Media related to The Missing Manual at Wikimedia Commons
• Wikipedia: The Missing Manual at O'Reilly Media.
• "Book release news: Learning to Write and Edit the Wikipedia Way". Archived from the original on 2012-06-10.