Comments on: How to Use & Edit Wikipedia (New Media Monday) http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2008/10/how-to-use-and-edit-wikipedia/ An unusual perspective on religion, politics and life. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:25:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2008/10/how-to-use-and-edit-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Craig Sun, 19 Oct 2008 07:10:37 +0000 http://www.ThomasUmstattd.com/?p=397#comment-789 I'm thrilled to hear that ARC is using deki wiki. Two web sites that might be useful to you are http://deki-examples.wik.is/ (Examples of Deki Wiki code) and http://earlybirddebate.wik.is/Example_Wiki (An example of how I am using Deki Wiki for the iCom wiki). Currently the example wiki only covers extemp and our lessons tree structure, but I plan to keep expanding it to demonstrate how other areas are handled. I’m thrilled to hear that ARC is using deki wiki. Two web sites that might be useful to you are http://deki-examples.wik.is/ (Examples of Deki Wiki code) and http://earlybirddebate.wik.is/Example_Wiki (An example of how I am using Deki Wiki for the iCom wiki). Currently the example wiki only covers extemp and our lessons tree structure, but I plan to keep expanding it to demonstrate how other areas are handled.

]]> By: Susie Richardson http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2008/10/how-to-use-and-edit-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Susie Richardson Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:45:28 +0000 http://www.ThomasUmstattd.com/?p=397#comment-786 Hello Thomas, This is not related to your blog of Oct. 6th. But I do have a new technologies question. I need an online master calendar that can be accessed by various branches (directors) of our ministry. Do you know of any? Thanks in advance, Mrs. "R" Hello Thomas,
This is not related to your blog of Oct. 6th. But I do have a new technologies question. I need an online master calendar that can be accessed by various branches (directors) of our ministry. Do you know of any?
Thanks in advance, Mrs. “R”

]]> By: Sarah Carr http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2008/10/how-to-use-and-edit-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-781 Sarah Carr Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:07:12 +0000 http://www.ThomasUmstattd.com/?p=397#comment-781 Thanks for the mention of MindTouch! We're very glad to see you chose Deki and look forward to hearing more about your experience in the future. Keep up the great writing. Cheers! Thanks for the mention of MindTouch! We’re very glad to see you chose Deki and look forward to hearing more about your experience in the future. Keep up the great writing. Cheers!

]]> By: Thomas http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2008/10/how-to-use-and-edit-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Thomas Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:36:30 +0000 http://www.ThomasUmstattd.com/?p=397#comment-780 The academic community is very threatened by wikipeida. It removes them as a filter between people and information. Overall I think wikipedia is quiet accurate albeit not that authoritative. The best way to use wikipeida for research is to use is as a portal to more credible information. A good wikipedia page will be well referenced and filled with hyper links to studies and additional research. I use Wikipedia to get the big picture. @Aaron Thanks for your reply. I can't way for that new functionality over at MindTouch! The academic community is very threatened by wikipeida. It removes them as a filter between people and information. Overall I think wikipedia is quiet accurate albeit not that authoritative. The best way to use wikipeida for research is to use is as a portal to more credible information. A good wikipedia page will be well referenced and filled with hyper links to studies and additional research.

I use Wikipedia to get the big picture.

@Aaron Thanks for your reply. I can’t way for that new functionality over at MindTouch!

]]> By: Brianna http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2008/10/how-to-use-and-edit-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-779 Brianna Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:30:04 +0000 http://www.ThomasUmstattd.com/?p=397#comment-779 Thomas, I'm curious to know what you think about the credibility of Wikkipedia. The college I go to frowns on using wikkipedia for research and some professors will not even count it as an outside resource because of the "lack of credibility". Just curious as to what your opinion is on that matter Thomas, I’m curious to know what you think about the credibility of Wikkipedia. The college I go to frowns on using wikkipedia for research and some professors will not even count it as an outside resource because of the “lack of credibility”. Just curious as to what your opinion is on that matter

]]> By: Aaron Fulkerson http://www.thomasumstattd.com/2008/10/how-to-use-and-edit-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Aaron Fulkerson Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:40:32 +0000 http://www.ThomasUmstattd.com/?p=397#comment-777 You can create todo functionality with RSS feeds. You'll be happy to hear that MindTouch Deki is getting a whole new message bus that will enable real todo (likely in the next release) with notifications to SMS, IM, email, whatever... :-) You can create todo functionality with RSS feeds. You’ll be happy to hear that MindTouch Deki is getting a whole new message bus that will enable real todo (likely in the next release) with notifications to SMS, IM, email, whatever… :-)

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