\u201cTo write every day is good advice, but, to publish every day is even better. This book shows how your casual scholarship and the Wikipedia community work together so that you can be read tomorrow.\u201d
\n\u2014Ward Cunningham, creator of the wiki<\/p>\n
\u201cThis wonderful book resolves Wikipedia\u2019s paradox: Anyone can edit it, but to make your edits stick, you need to know what you are doing. Editing Wikipedia means navigating a minefield of implicit norms, tacit knowledge, secret lore, sug gested policies and enforceable regulations.\u201d
\n\u2014Barry Wellman, director of Netlab, University of Toronto<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Wikipedia has grown, its processes, policies, systems, and tools have become inscrutable to many existing and would-be editors. How Wikipedia Works provides an accessible window onto these processes and thoughtful tour through the maze of Wikipedia policy pages. It\u2019s the thoughtful, comprehensive, and freely licensed manual that I\u2019ve been waiting years for. Wikipedia would be much improved if every Wikipedia editor, new and old, were given a copy.\u201d
\n\u2014Benjamin Mako-Hill, free software activist, hacker, and scholar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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