[WikiEN-l] Re: recipes

[KNOTT, T]

Wikibooks are jointly edited. You don't get a book each, thank god.(what
would be the point of that!) The whole point of wikibooks is the style
is different. A wikibook instructs the reader as well as inform them.
This means we have exercises with answers, advice on how to tackle
topics, subjects broken down into individual lessons etc. That's why I
think recipes are better off in the wikibooks cookbook. 

Theresa

-----Original Message-----
From: Poor, Edmund W [mailto:Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com] 
Sent: 27 February 2004 14:53
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: RE: [WikiEN-l] Re: recipes

There's nothing wrong with having a recipe for filet mignon in the
[[filet mignon]] article, or for [[scramble eggs]], etc.

"How to" articles can be neutral and informative.

It's only if we can't manage recipes due to edit wars that we would have
to resort to WikiBooks. Suppose Anthere wants to use lots of butter in
all her recipes, but Daniel (mav) prefers vegetable oil. To prevent a
fight, we could link to Anthere's Guide to French Cuisine and Daniel's
Healthfood Cookbook at Wikibooks.

I oppose deleting material from the Wikipedia, just because it fits an
identifiable category. The only "fork" I've seen so far that makes sense
to me is the dictionaries. There's a clear distinction between "defining
a word" and "writing about a subject". But there's nothing wrong with
describing the process of stirring eggs so the yolk breaks and mixes the
white -- unless you're a segregationist! ;-)

Ed Poor
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