I've invested a little time and energy on updating the cataloging and categorization schemes on Wikibooks recently. I've updated the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress pages to use automatic page categorization, instead of relying on manual entry. This is, of course, just a small measure but one of many steps forward that need to be made at Wikibooks.
We are all open to ideas, of course, about how we can organize things better (and, by extension, make wikibooks better). What we really need is the man power to apply the necessary templates and categories to our existing books, and to help with adding these to new books as they are created. Once we have everything current organized, it will be trivial to add new books to the system as they are created. At that point we can move on to the next task, whatever that may be.
--Andrew Whitworth
From: "Karl Wick" karlwick@gmail.com Reply-To: Wikimedia textbook discussion textbook-l@lists.wikimedia.org To: "Wikimedia textbook discussion" textbook-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Textbook-l] Cataloging Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:13:40 -0700
Cataloging for Wikibooks should not be a problem, because of the dynamic nature of its structure. We can have multiple cataloging methods living together in harmony, so each person can have multiple options for how to find books.
Karl
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