How Wikipedia Works

2008 how-to reference book
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How Wikipedia Works

Summary

How Wikipedia Works is a version, edition or translation[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (version_edition_or_translation category, ranking #94 of 326).[2]

Key Facts

  • How Wikipedia Works authored Phoebe Ayers[3].
  • How Wikipedia Works authored Charles Matthews[4].
  • How Wikipedia Works authored Ben Yates[5].
  • How Wikipedia Works's image is recorded as Hww-cover.jpg[6].
  • How Wikipedia Works's instance of is recorded as version, edition or translation[7].
  • How Wikipedia Works's publisher is recorded as No Starch Press[8].
  • How Wikipedia Works's genre is recorded as non-fiction[9].
  • How Wikipedia Works's genre is recorded as user guide[10].
  • How Wikipedia Works's ISBN-13 is recorded as 978-1-59327-176-3[11].
  • How Wikipedia Works's OCLC number is recorded as 185698411[12].
  • How Wikipedia Works's Commons category is recorded as How Wikipedia Works[13].
  • How Wikipedia Works's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • How Wikipedia Works's distribution format is recorded as printed book[15].
  • How Wikipedia Works's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • How Wikipedia Works's publication date is recorded as +2008-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • How Wikipedia Works's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06_w70p[18].
  • How Wikipedia Works's Open Library ID is recorded as OL21812405M[19].
  • How Wikipedia Works's Internet Archive ID is recorded as howwikipediawork00ayer_0[20].
  • How Wikipedia Works's official website is recorded as http://www.howwikipediaworks.net/[21].
  • How Wikipedia Works's main subject is recorded as Wikipedia[22].
  • How Wikipedia Works's ISBN-10 is recorded as 1-59327-176-X[23].
  • How Wikipedia Works's Library of Congress item ID is recorded as 2008023350[24].
  • How Wikipedia Works's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'How Wikipedia Works'}[25].
  • How Wikipedia Works's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cómo funciona Wikipedia'}[26].
  • How Wikipedia Works's Goodreads version/edition ID is recorded as 2467393[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Authored works include Phoebe Ayers[3], a librarian[28], b. 2000[29], of United States[30]; Charles Matthews[4], a mathematician[31], b. 1954[32]; and Ben Yates[5]. How Wikipedia Works's publisher is recorded as No Starch Press[8].

Publication

How Wikipedia Works's publication date is recorded as +2008-00-00T00:00:00Z[17]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Genres include non-fiction[9] and user guide[10].

Subject and Themes

How Wikipedia Works's main subject is recorded as Wikipedia[22].

Why It Matters

How Wikipedia Works draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (version_edition_or_translation category, ranking #94 of 326).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . OCLC, Inc.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . OCLC, Inc.. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . OCLC, Inc.. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Open Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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