An orientation page should not be too difficult to create, especially if we know the target audience (librarians, or other specialists in organization). We have written a very helpful FAQ page for Wikipedians who migrate to our project, and I see no reason why we could not have another specialized FAQ page for other migrating volunteers.
What kinds of people are you looking to bring in? Where are you going to look, and who are you going to talk to? What can I do to help?
--Andrew Whitworth
From: Cary Bass cbass@wikimedia.org Reply-To: Wikimedia textbook discussion textbook-l@lists.wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia textbook discussion textbook-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Textbook-l] Cataloging Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:47:55 -0400
I remember a discussion recently regarding the difficulty in cataloging Wikibooks. That the Dewey Decimal System is copyrighted and we cannot therefore use it.
I'd like to make an attempt at bringing in volunteers with a skill in organizing and cataloging to contribute to the discussions and help put some organization into Wikibooks, more people with a focus on the community rather than individual projects.
I've been looking for a way to get people encouraged to help out Wikibooks and this seems like a pretty good in. What I'd need from you is a page to orient people into this process, as well as Wikibooks as a whole.
Ideas?
-Cary
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