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List:       intlwiki-l
Subject:    Re: [Intlwiki-l] Wikibooks
From:       Toby Bartels <toby+wikipedia () math ! ucr ! edu>
Date:       2003-08-31 21:14:11
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Tarquin wrote:

>Toby Bartels wrote:

>>I should also say what the future ought (IMO) to bring:
>>* Wikibooks is project.
>>** English Wikibooks is a project.
>>*** Karl Wick's OChem book is a project.
>>*** ...
>>** French Wikibooks is a project.
>>** ...

>To my mind, we have a surplus level of "*" here. Each book is a discrete
>thing -- unlike "projects" on the Wikipedias, which are just a fancy way
>of saying "style guide and discussion area for a particular topic area"

Even though WikiProjects and indivdual book projecs
appear at the same level in my hierarchy,
I don't mean to imply any deeper analogy between them.

>Why not:
>* Wikibooks is project.
>** Karl Wick's OChem book is a project. (in english)
>** ...
>** Fou barre book is a project (in French)
>** ...

IMO, because of all the supporting material --
the help pages, the FAQ, the policy pages, and so forth.
But you're right that this isn't perfectly analogous either.
Mav's URL scheme may help reinforce this too.


-- Toby
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