Tag: Wikipedia

Wikis: How Community Documentation Works

Wikipedia has been around for quite a while; an exceptionally useful resource that I think most of us use on a regular basis. The website was founded in January 2001, which was around the same time as similar website ideas, such as H2G2, or the ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’. Whilst H2G2 still exists today, it’s Wikipedia that we really talk about when we think about community documentation.

Wikipedia has been around for quite a while; an exceptionally useful resource that I think most of us use on a regular basis. The website was founded in January 2001, which was around the same time as similar website ideas, such as H2G2, or the ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’. Whilst H2G2 still exists today, it’s Wikipedia that we really talk about when we think about community documentation.

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Community Projects and Software

Software and programming is an amazing feat of engineering. Everyone should be proud of what they’ve contributed, no matter how big or small their part in the process is. From some video game software, through to a much larger full scale operating system, software and communities have been a thing since, well, always. Programmers may typically be associated as unsocial folk, but they are amongst the most social and co-operative people I’ve met. Not everyone may feel the same, but I thought I’d talk briefly today about community projects and how they make such a difference to everyone who’s ever used a computer.

Software and programming is an amazing feat of engineering. Everyone should be proud of what they’ve contributed, no matter how big or small their part in the process is. From some video game software, through to a much larger full scale operating system, software and communities have been a thing since, well, always. Programmers may typically be associated as unsocial folk, but they are amongst the most social and co-operative people I’ve met. Not everyone may feel the same, but I thought I’d talk briefly today about community projects and how they make such a difference to everyone who’s ever used a computer.

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