User talk:Aburizal

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Good luck! -- Herby talk thyme 10:45, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Naming
OK - I was not aware that Islam was a namespace in its own right. I'll run than past more experienced folk. Thanks and genuinely welcome -- Herby talk thyme 10:45, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * It does not have a namespace. The only project with a full namespace right now is the Cookbook (though Wikijunior has a pseudo-namespace). Your book should be in the main namespace, following normal conventions. -- SB_Johnny | talk 11:20, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi All, please read my reasoning here. But, on top of that, I fully support efforts to enforce policy. Aburizal 11:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Ah I see... I agree with your resaoning there... Islam should probably just be a bookshelf page with a list of all the books on the subject... I'll work on that this evening. If I could suggest a title, maybe "The Islamic Way of Life"? -- SB_Johnny | talk 12:07, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Bookshelf for Islam? May be a good idea, as long as there is another religion has already a bookshelf.


 * The title you suggested is truly grammatically correct. But, unfortunately being grammatically correct is not the major purpose of the title. The main purpose for this particular book are:
 * 1. Short, familiar and descriptive
 * 2. Strong relation with another book "Islam:Law of Nature"


 * How about "Islamic Way of Life" and "Islamic Law of Nature"?
 * The runner-up are "Koranic Way of Life" and "Koranic Law of Nature".


 * I have made similar mistake with Islam:Way of Life:Keywords, please rename it to "Whatever we chose above/Keywords"
 * Aburizal 12:26, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * They all look good... however you want to do it (you're the author, not me). We can move the other one to the regular naming policy.
 * As for other religions having pseufo-bookshelves: I don't see any, but there should be. The book Christianity, for example, should probably be broken into different books for the many sects of Christianity. Books on Hinduism and Buddhism would have the same issues, since they also have radically differing sects. The thing is we haven't had all that many books on religion yet, because it's hard to find people who are both interested in contributing and willing or able to write NPOV books on the subject (which is understandable, of course). But, wikibooks is still young, and I have no doubt that this section will be more developed over time. -- SB_Johnny | talk 12:46, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

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