User:Mozzy66/Birdwood 2012
What is it?
[edit]- Do you use Wikipedia at home?
- Do your parents use it?
- Who thinks it is pretty good/bad?
How old is it?
[edit]How old are you?
How big is it?
[edit]International!
How good is it?
[edit]- references
- books are good! And articles, etc.
- vandalism
- my watchlist
- rules
- Museums are helping too..
People use it (everybody) in everyday work:
- Journalists
- Doctors
- Programmers
Knowing how to use W well, is a good guide to knowing how to use other online resource. E.g. Stack Overflow.
Why do people help with to it?
[edit]- Fun
- Frustration at gaps
- A worthwhile volunteer activity
- Keep the mind sharp
- work with other people with similar interests and passions
- Spanish art - before I helped, t looked like this: [1]
- organisation: Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice_board
Pages to look at:
[edit]- Antarctica - through to Mawson aust. Bio external link
- 2012 Summer Olympics
- Commodore
- Mary Donaldson
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Starcraft
- Hannah Montana copyright of images issue
- Adelaide very minor artcles
- Birdwood
- let us improve it!
- Link to G F Angas. George Fife Angas
- Better range of photos
Things Wikipedia is not the best at
[edit]- personal info
- very local data
- howto instruction
- medical
- latest news (good for background)
- timetables, weather, inflation/unemployment rates
- going really deep into a subject
- unencyclopedic topics
Wikipedia is the most reliable, general first port of call, for if you want to find information on the Internet.
Wikipedia is your friend