[Foundation-l] Cleaning up Wikibooks (was Re: Incubator Wiki for New Wikimedia Projects)

Thu Nov 17 20:52:11 UTC 2005

On 11/17/05, Robert Scott Horning <robert_horning at netzero.net> wrote:

> A huge issue that has recently erupted on Wikibooks is resulting from a
> thread started by of all people Jimbo in the Staff Lounge:
>
> "In the next 24 to 48 hours, I will delete a variety of pages from
> Wikibooks which are a clear and simple violation of our charter.
> Jokebook <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Jokebook>, Getting a date
> <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Getting_a_date>, Naturism
> <http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Naturism&action=edit> are all
> not textbooks and need to be moved to another site. There may be
> more.--Jimbo Wales <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:Jimbo_Wales>
> 17:27, 13 November 2005 (UTC)"

Why not simply moving them to some other place instead of outright
deleting? This is a waste.

Alfio