Wikipedia: The Missing Manual
by John Broughton

This errata page lists errors outstanding in the most recent printing.

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This page was updated July 18, 2008.

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
	?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification



Confirmed errors:

(xviii) 2nd paragraph, under "Part 3";
remove "that" from "each topic has a logic that makes it easy to understand once you've worked with (that) 
it..."

(xviii)5th paragraph;
missing an "r" in the word "learning" -- "Appendix C, Lea_ning More, provides good starting points..."

(50) 2nd paragraph;
The policy name has been changed from "Wikipedia:User account policy" to "Wikipedia:Username policy". And where the text says "type WP:UN into the search box", it should say "type WP:U into the search box". 

{78} Third item in the bulleted list;
The page "Wikipedia:Articles requested for more than two years", no longer exists. The line should be struck.

[107] Last paragraph in the sidebar (workaround workshop);
Wikipedia software changed in April 2008; some wording needs to be adjusted. The last sentence in the paragraph should now read:

"But it may be worthwhile to monitor important images: If an editor changes an image by uploading a new one (page 271), which can be vandalism, the change will show up on your watchlist report if you've put the image page on your watchlist."

(130) 2nd paragraph;
For gender consistency, since the first sentence says "her ways", the rest of the paragraph should be changed:

* Instead of "they did", say "she did"
* Instead of "his ways", say "her ways"

Also, in the third line of the paragraph, there is a typo: "aren't like to" should be "aren't likely to"

(258) Note;
The Wikipedia page name has changed, as has the preferred shortcut: it is now:

Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigational templates (shortcut: WP:CLN)

(326) Step 2;
"Figure 17-3 is an example" should be "Figure 17-2 is an example"

(337) 1st paragraph;
The guideline cited in the first sentence has changed, as has the preferred shortcut; it is now:

Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigational templates (shortcut: WP:CLN)

{388} "Skin" section (bottom of page);
In both of the paragraphs, "seven" should be changed to "eight". Also, given that the first sentence of the second paragraph is totally redundant, please consider striking it entirely.

[389] Figure 20-6 and the first full sentence below it;
In figure 20-6, the wording should be "plus seven other choices", and the list of choices should read "... Cologne Blue, Modern, MySkin, ... "

The sentence that starts "Figure 20-6" should read "Figure 20-6 shows the eight different skins that you can choose from.

Figure 20-6 needs to be reshot.

[419] Section titled "Help";
"(page 448)" should be "(pages 447-449)"

(442) "Images" section;
The words "even articles uploaded" should be "even images uploaded"

(446) Caption of Figure B-20;
The reference to "Figure C-14" should be "Figure B-19"

(464) In the topic "help";
There are two entries for "Help: Contents page"; the second, which includes the shortcut "(WP:HELP)" is the correct one; it should be changed to end "419, 447" and the other entry (for page 419) should be deleted.

(472) Left column, part of the "shortcuts" topic that begins on page 470;
The entries "biographies of living people" and "requested articles" are already included in the topic, but in the correctly place (ordered by the shortcut, such as WP:RA, not by the name of the shortcut). These two entries are therefore both duplicates and in the wrong place.

By contrast, the entry "user scripts (WP:SCRIPTS) should be moved to a different place in the topic after it is reworded as "(WP:SCRIPTS) user scripts"