[Foundation-l] "How Wikipedia Works" published

Fri Sep 19 20:43:13 UTC 2008

I haven't read more than the contents as yet, but it seems to be a good
read. I will order it as soon as I get my "royalties" for my own book about
Wikipedia... (http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A5_fungerar_Wikipedia)

Good luck with your future sales!

Best wishes,

Lennart

2008/9/19 Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu>

> Congratulations!
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:06 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > It's the season for books about Wikipedia!
> >
> > I am very pleased to announce that "How Wikipedia Works", by myself
> > (Phoebe Ayers), Charles Matthews, and Ben Yates has now been published
> > by No Starch Press.
> >
> > You can view a table of contents and find more information here:
> > http://nostarch.com/wikipedia.htm
> >
> > We cover the background of Wikipedia and the motivations and core
> > values behind the project, how to edit existing articles and develop
> > new ones, policies and guidelines for content and editing, how the
> > editing community works, and how to get involved in the community.
> >
> > Although we focus on the English-language Wikipedia, we also cover the
> > wider world of other language Wikipedias, the Wikimedia Foundation,
> > and Wikipedia's sister projects. We hope the book will be useful both
> > as a reference for current contributors and as a comprehensive
> > introduction to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects for newbies.
> >
> > The book is licensed under the GFDL, and an online version will be
> > forthcoming shortly. Any printed copies purchased will help support
> > traditional publishers using free licenses successfully, and 5% of the
> > authors' royalties will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation.
> >
> > We very much look forward to the community's feedback! For now, you
> > can leave comments on the wiki here:
> > http://wiki.phoebeayers.info
> > or email or leave a talk page message for any of us.
> >
> > Many thanks to everyone who helped us out with this, particularly the
> > folks at No Starch press who were very supportive of developing a
> > free-content work; Benjamin Mako Hill, who provided technical and
> > licensing support; and SJ Klein, who helped develop the book.
> >
> > best,
> > Phoebe ([[en:user:phoebe]])
> >
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Lennart Guldbrandsson, chair of Wikimedia Sverige and press contact for
Swedish Wikipedia // ordförande för Wikimedia Sverige och presskontakt för
svenskspråkiga Wikipedia