Overview

Sams Teach Yourself Wikipedia in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through the 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you need to know to take advantage of the Wikipedia encyclopedia–and all of Wikipedia’s incredible resources.   Tips point out shortcuts and solutions   Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls   Notes provide additional information   Plain English explains new terms and definitions   10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…   Navigate the Wikipedia site and discover its latest capabilities Use Wikipedia for fast, efficient research Verify Wikipedia information and check references Edit, correct, improve, and discuss existing Wikipedia articles Write new Wikipedia articles, and add images and media to them Find word definitions in Wiktionary and quotations in Wikiquote Download Wikimedia Commons photos you can freely reuse Read and edit free textbooks with Wikibooks Link to Wikipedia content on your own website Participate in the Wikipedia community

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Author:   Michael Miller
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Sams Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 20.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 14.80cm
Weight:   0.234kg
ISBN:  

9780672331237

ISBN 10:   0672331233
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   08 October 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 What You Need to Know Before You Use This Book 1 About the Sams Teach Yourself in 10 Minutes Series 1 Special Sidebars 2 1 Getting to Know Wikipedia 3 Welcome to the World of Wikis 3 How Wikis Work 3 Wiki History 4 Wikipedia: The World’s Largest Encyclopedia 5 How Wikipedia Works 5 Issues with Wikipedia 7 Accuracy 7 Depth of Coverage 8 Beyond the Issues 8 Other Wikipedia Sites 8 Summary 10 2 Navigating the Wikipedia Site 11 Welcome to Wikipedia’s Main Page 11 Navigating Wikipedia 14 Featured Content 15 Topic Portals 16 Browsing by Category 17 Using the A-to-Z Index 18 Timelines 19 Outlines 19 Glossaries 20 Wikipedia in Different Languages 21 Summary 23 3 Searching for Information 25 Conducting a Search 25 Viewing Search Results 26 Searching from Search 26 Searching from Go 27 Conducting an Advanced Search 28 Searching Other Sites 30 Fine-Tuning Your Search 30 Wildcards and Fuzzy Queries 30 Exact Phrases 31 Boolean Searches 31 Intitle Queries 32 Summary 32 4 Reading a Wikipedia Article 33 Behind the Articles 33 The Main Article 34 Finding Additional Information 37 Footnotes and References 38 Discussions and History 39 Summary 39 5 Verifying Information and Checking References 41 How Accurate Is an Article? 41 Referencing Sources 42 Verifying Information 44 Summary 45 6 Going Beyond an Article 47 Reading Related Articles 47 Viewing Related Web Pages 49 Summary 50 7 Tracking Changes to an Article 51 Viewing an Article’s History 51 Examining the History Tab 52 Comparing Revisions 53 Filtering the Revision History 54 Searching an Article’s History 55 Keeping Track of New Changes 56 Viewing the Watch List 56 Viewing History via RSS Feed 57 Summary 58 8 Discussing an Article 59 Viewing a Talk Page 59 Entering a Discussion 61 Responding to an Existing Topic 61 Entering a New Topic 62 What’s Allowed–and What’s Not 63 Summary 63 9 Editing an Existing Article 65 All About Editing 65 Making Your Edits 66 Understanding the Wiki Markup Language 68 Article Links 68 Category Page Links 69 External Links 69 Book Sources Link 70 Image and Sound Links 71 Headings 72 Citation References 73 Text Formatting 74 Variables 74 Categorizing an Article 75 Comments 75 Table of Contents 75 Citing Sources 76 Summary 77 10 Contributing a New Article 79 Is the Topic Available? 79 Creating the Article 80 Structuring the Article 81 Summary 82 Table of Contents 82 Sections and Section Headings 82 Images 83 Citations 83 Appendixes 84 Tips for Writing a New Article 84 Summary 85 11 Incorporating Pictures and Other Media in Your Article 87 Uploading Pictures and Other Media Files 87 Image Formats 89 Adding Images to Your Article 89 Basic Images 89 Aligning the Image 90 Creating a Photo Gallery 91 Inserting Audio Files 92 Inserting Video Files 93 Summary 93 12 Finding Pictures in the Wikimedia Commons 95 Understanding the Commons 95 Copyright and Licensing 96 Finding Media in the Commons 97 Browsing for Media 98 Searching for Media 99 Viewing Media Files 99 Downloading Files for Your Own Use 101 Using Files in Wikipedia Articles 101 Uploading Files to the Commons 102 Image Files 102 Audio and Video Files 103 Making the Upload 103 Describing Your File 105 Summary 105 13 Asking Questions at the Reference Desk 107 Understanding the Reference Desk 107 Asking a Question 109 Responding to a Question 111 Summary 112 14 Looking Up Words in the Wiktionary 113 Understanding the Wiktionary 113 Browsing the Wiktionary 115 Searching the Wiktionary 116 Understanding a Wiktionary Entry 116 Contributing to the Wiktionary 119 Creating New Entries 119 Editing Existing Entries 120 Summary 121 15 Finding Quotable Quotations with Wikiquote 123 Getting to Know Wikiquote 123 Looking Up Quotes 124 Browsing for Quotes 124 Searching for Quotes 125 Viewing a Quote Page 126 Creating and Editing Quotes 128 Editing Existing Quotes 128 Creating New Entries 129 Summary 130 16 Getting the Latest News with Wikinews 131 Understanding Wikinews 131 Reading Wikinews Articles 132 Sharing a Wikinews Article 133 Writing and Editing Wikinews Articles 135 Writing a New Article 135 Editing an Existing Article 137 Summary 138 17 Reading and Editing Books Online 139 Understanding Online Collaborative Books 139 Using Wikibooks 140 Browsing and Reading Wikibooks 140 Printing a Wikibook 143 Editing a Wikibook 144 Starting a New Book 145 Using Wikijunior 146 Using Wikisource 148 Using Wikiversity 150 Summary 151 18 Linking to Wikipedia Content on Your Own Website 153 Why Link to Wikipedia? 153 Creating a Link 154 Summary 155 19 Using Wikipedia for Research and School Papers 157 Trusting Wikipedia–or Not 157 Using Wikipedia as a Starting Point 158 Researching Citations 159 Researching Additional Sources 159 Researching an Article’s History 160 Referencing Wikipedia–or Not 161 Wikipedia: Not a Primary Source 161 Citing Wikipedia 162 Summary 162 20 Participating in the Wikipedia Community 163 About the Wikipedia Community 163 Welcome to the Community Portal 164 Discussing Things at the Village Pump 165 Other Ways to Communicate 166 Discussion Pages 167 User Pages 167 Mailing Lists 168 Getting Help with Wikipedia 168 Summary 169 21 Using Wikipedia on Your iPhone 171 Wikipedia on Safari 171 Wikipedia Applications 173 Wiki Mobile 173 Wikipanion 174 Summary 175 Index 177  

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Michael Miller has written more than 90 nonfiction books over the past two decades. His best-selling titles include Sams Teach Yourself YouTube in 10 Minutes, Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics, Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource, and Speed It Up! A Non- Technical Guide for Speeding Up Slow Computers. He has established a reputation for practical advice, technical accuracy, and an unerring empathy for the needs of his readers. For more information about Mr. Miller and his writing, visit his website at www.molehillgroup.com or email him at wiki10@molehillgroup.com.

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