On 11/17/05, Sam Korn <smoddy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/17/05, Alfio Puglisi
<alfio.puglisi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Why not simply moving them to some other place
instead of outright
deleting? This is a waste.
Some other place such as...
Well, I don't know, but since they are being deleted because of a
policy that, I understand, is stil debated, it shouldn't be difficult
to find some temporary storage.
Alfio
My big beef about this issue is that the decision was completely
arbitrary, and that some of the books that Jimbo wants to remove were in
some ways compatable with Wikibooks policy before his change.
Also, I preceive a conflict of interest here between Wikicities and
Wikimedia projects, where at least the impression that Jimbo is trying
to increase content on Wikicities at the expense of Wikibooks,
particularly with the Jokebook. I understand that he wants to keep a
more educational mission to the project, and that is fine. The lack of
details about why he is trying to remove these books is also difficult
to make future judgements on similar kinds of book projects on Wikibooks
as well.
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Robert Scott Horning