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How about a screencast to introduce WikiProject Screencast?

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Screencasts: You've seen plenty of them. There are screencasts describing software tools, demonstrating how to build web pages, explaining how to fill out forms.

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Screen captures of a few screencasts (not specific to Wikimedia)

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Screencasting is a new medium: there are numerous tools, with numerous strengths and weaknesses; and there are many different creative approaches

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Screen shots of a few tools -- tricky to think how to do this while minimizing copyright/trademark concerns

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Those unfamiliar with Wikipedia -- whether their interest is in reading or contributing -- have many questions.

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Screen shots of Yahoo! Answers, Help talk pages

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We have lots of text documentation…
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Several policy pages
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…but as the saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words."

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not sure…

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How many words is a screencast worth?

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10,000? 1,000,000,000,000??!

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WikiProject Screencast: join us. Help us make Wikipedia the online encyclopedia that anyone can truly edit!