Wikipedia – The Missing Manual

The correct title of this article is Wikipedia: The Missing Manual. The substitution of the colon is due to technical restrictions.

Wikipedia: The Missing Manual
AuthorJohn Broughton
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Missing Manuals
SubjectWikipedia
GenreHow to
PublisherO'Reilly Media
Publication date2008
Publication placeUnited States
Media typepaperback
ISBN0-596-51516-2
OCLC191883897
LC ClassTK5105.8882.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 Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia.

Wikipedia: The Missing Manual is part of O'Reilly Media's Missing Manual series.

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. The book was released as part of O'Reilly Media's Missing Manual series which was created by David Pogue, technology columnist for The New York Times and Scientific American.

Spin-off

The book has a spin-off, Wikipedia Reader's Guide: The Missing Manual, consisting of an expanded version of Appendix B and Chapter 1 from the book.[citation needed]

Reception

"For anyone who is interested in becoming part of the noble experiment, this book is an excellent introduction," wrote reviewer Robert Slade.

Publications

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "O'Reilly Missing Manual series". Archived from the original on March 14, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Wikipedia: The Missing Manual", BKWKPDMM.RVW, a review by Robert Slade, The Internet Review Project, 2008

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