[Textbook-l] Rewrite of Wikibooks:What is Wikibooks

Sun Jun 18 16:40:09 UTC 2006

John Pozniak wrote:

>I have for a long time espoused the idea that once a book reaches a certain size, it should be given more and more autonomy. This includes creating its own policies, its own manual of style, its own naming conventions, and even overall control on its own content.
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>John (gentgeen)
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I generally agree with this sentiment, and have been particularly 
annoyed when a VfD was posted about a particular module, such as recipes 
from the Cookbook or the "What is gravity" module of Wikijunior Solar 
System.  I have never seen these modules properly resolved in the VfD 
forum, and instead is mainly is a place to roll the fight out and aire 
dirty laundry.  More akin to a barroom brawl that runs onto the street 
and into neighboring businesses.  It is never pretty, and the feelings 
are usually so charged and divided by the time it gets to the VfD page 
that the issue doesn't really get resolved.  A plea for a neutral 
moderator to come into the discussion might be in order from time to 
time, but in that case a direct plea to an admin would be more 
reasonable, or a quick note on the Staff Lounge.

-- 
Robert Scott Horning