Inside Wikipedia

In Inside Wikipedia, Paul Thomas brings an experienced Wikipedian's knowledge in newcomer-friendly prose to explain how to join the community of contributors. His discussion of 'critical editing' in the context of Wikipedia's biases is a particularly welcome addition to the corpus of publications about Wikipedia.--LiAnna Davis, LiAnna Davis, Chief Programs Officer, Wiki Education Expert and accessible. Thomas brings his decade-plus experience of collaborating on Wikipedia to print with this new book. Thomas takes the reader inside the online encyclopedia, revealing its history and culture, and showing the reader not only how to contribute but how to be a good contributor---in short, how to become a Wikipedian.--Joseph Reagle, Northeastern University, Author of Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia This book should be titled Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Wikipedia (*But Were Afraid to Ask) - as it provides a very comprehensive, yet super accessible summary of what Wikipedia is, how it works, and how one can contribute. If you're not editing Wikipedia yet, it is a must-read. If you do, get the book anyway, and spread the good word!--Dariusz Jemielniak, Professor and Chair of MINDS (Management in Networked and Digital Societies) Department at Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland, author of Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia and Collaborative Society, and Faculty Associate at Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University