User talk:Steve11235

Hello and welcome. Please read What is Wikibooks - this isn't Wikipedia and we do not have articles so I'm not clear if the page you created belongs here. Also, I see you have copied content from Wikipedia - this is a copyright violation. Should you be intending to turn this work into a textbook, then please request an import at WB:RFI rather than copy / pasting material. Thanks QU TalkQu 19:29, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

First, I created this content and originally placed it on Wikipedia. Wikipedia insisted it is "original research" or some such and deleted it. I am the creator of the content, and I am looking for a home for it. Also, I did not import the content from anywhere. The content came from a text file on my PC. I formatted the text using Wiki Wiki conventions. I appreciate your concerns; I hope this addresses them.

Having read the description of a book, I think this content fits the definition. If there is an issue, please provide more details.

I have browsed through the documentation, but I am unclear as to how to specify a Subject. It fits under Computing:Internet:Web Development; Web developers needs this background information in order to use graphics tools.

Steve11235 (discuss • contribs) 13:23, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Subjects are things like "Science" - a broad subject area such as you would find in a book shop. We don't add books into lots of "categories" in the way Wikipedia treats articles. So, you need to choose the subject that best fits the book rather than add it to lots of them. I'm not convinced re. the scope comment. I agree it is "educational" but a textbook is rarely one page long. Per your comment, it would make sense as a chapter in a book about graphics tools but it doesn't work as a stand alone book - there just isn't enough content. Unless you plan on writing a book on graphics tools, it would probably be sensible to incorporate it into an existing book on that subject (if there is one). QU TalkQu 13:43, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Maybe in this book Web Development? I've added the page to the Subject:Web development for now. QU TalkQu 13:47, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * One more thing. By adding the book to the Subject, as above, it is automatically included in Category:Web development/all books and Category:Computing/all books. It then appears on the "bookshelf" Subject:Web development in freshly started books (because I tagged it with set to 0%) which is used as the main navigation aid by readers. QU TalkQu 13:51, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for helping me out with the Subject. Web Development is where I wanted it, I just didn't know how to get it there.

As far as what constitutes a book, I understand what you are saying, but, looking under the Web Development subject, I'm seeing a lot of page-length entries. I did see a book on Color Theory, but the comment was that it needed to broken down, and it was only a page long. I think that book and mine could be combined as chapters; however, I have no desire to write a about tools. My content deals with practical theory of how these models work, which is independent of particular tools or places, such as Web pages or CSS, where they are used. Perhaps someone will undertake a book on graphics design, and that would be an ideal place for my content as a chapter, but that is far beyond the scope of my knowledge. Allowing chapters to accumulate might spur someone on to take on that task...

Steve11235 (discuss • contribs) 14:14, 8 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Fair enough, I understand. You are right that there are lots of other "one page books" here; occasionally someone will draw them together. Maybe it'll happen to yours one day, maybe not. Either way it is good to have new content here, so thanks for putting it together. QU TalkQu 17:21, 8 August 2012 (UTC)