User talk:Joconco22

Hello Joconoco, welcome to wikibooks! Let me qualify my previous statement, it's not that there are few engineers here on wikibooks, its that the engineers that we do have tend not to write about engineering here. That is understandable, because when you get home from a long day of engineering work, the last thing you want to do in your free time is more engineering. Also, there has been some rumblings around the site that we would like to increase our membership. Personally, I would like to lay the foundations for a large number of engineering books, and then invite students and professions from around the nation to come browse, and possible contribute to them. This is a pipe dream, perhaps, but a dream none the less.

Wikibooks is very forgiving, and at the same time there is plenty that you can do before you are an "expert" at it. Some books, such as Semiconductors are small, and very much "in progress", while other books, such as Control Systems are large and elaborate. even if you have a long learning curve, there is plenty you can contribute before you are a complete wiki-wizard.

To answer your final question, there is no specific process or any authorizations that you need to start your own book. However, I do recommend that you put plenty of forethought into it before you break any ground. The first thing you want to do is find a clear and concise title for your work, History of Chemical Engineering would likely do well for the book you described. I would avoid super-long titles such as "A history of Chemical Engineering with a focus on the impact on society", or something like that. Once you have a good title in mind, go to that page, and just start writing. If you want to have more pages in your book, you could create links to them like "History of Chemical Engineering/Page 1", or "History of Chemical Engineering/Introduction".

Beyond those basics, if you need any help at all, please let me know. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 02:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)