Wikibooks:Featured books/Nominations/Addition/Transport Economics

This is a graduate level Transportation Economics class text. I am the primary author. dml (talk) 04:06, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * A quick look at the book (it's impossible for me to understand a word of it given my age), I believe that the book could benefit from a navigational device such as navigate. This will make the book easier to navigate when it is read online. Also, I think the reference format is a little inconsistent. Otherwise, it looks fine. Good luck with the book! Kayau ( talk &#124; email &#124; contribs ) 10:50, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Not so sure about this. The book looks like it contains some original research. see Transportation Economics/Revenue/The Choice Between Taxes and Tolls. Recent Runes (talk) 18:48, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * REFLIST was added, it is citing research, not original research, thanks for noting it. dml (talk) 18:16, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I guess that's OK then, as the research is already published in reputable journals. Recent Runes (talk) 21:13, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Generally the book looks to have a high quality and level of completeness, and to be suitable for featured status. Personally, I like to see a print version of the whole book too, and perhaps the text in some of the economic charts could be bigger, but these need not be a bar to featured status I think. Recent Runes (talk) 21:13, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * . I believe the book is good to go, except I think the book would still benefit from a navigational device. I also support making a print version as well as a PDF version. Kayau ( talk &#124; email &#124; contribs ) 10:39, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I am new and just finding my way here. Is this process all that exists so far, for reviewing a book?  I am looking for something like the copyediting-upon-request and peer-review-upon-request services offered in Wikipedia.  Are there equivalents here?  About this transportation book, I notice some copyediting needed, e.g. in the Transportation Economics/Revenue/The Choice Between Taxes and Tolls section mentioned above. There is mention both of "this section" and "this paper", perhaps reflecting incomplete adaption of the chapter from the author's article that is the source. --Doncram (talk) 15:14, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, those kind of procedures aren't used here, though pages can be labelled as needing attention from an expert with or requests for help can be made on the WB:Reading room/Projects page. Probably the best option is to fix any obvious issues yourself or leave a message on the book's talk pages. It is quite common for books to be featured while they are still under construction, anyway. Recent Runes (talk) 19:08, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * "this paper" -> "this section" 128.101.119.3 (talk) 17:56, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

One difficulty I find is the that the navigation breaks down. Starting with the transition from Transportation Economics/Agents to the next page on Planning, several of the pages are shared with the Fundamentals of Transportation, which is also of high quality worked on by some of the same authors, etc. But it would be nice to find a way to repair this. Two possibilities that exist that I can think of Maybe someone else has a more clever idea then these two. Thenub314 (talk) 17:50, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Fork (that is directly copying) the pages from Fundamentals of Transportation into Transportation Economics and continue adding navigation templates of the style already added.
 * 2) Try the generally discouraged practice of placing the core material (excluding category templates, etc.) that is the same for both books into a template page that then get's transcluded into both books, with appropriate navigation & category templates included after the transclusion. One problem with this idea is that if someone decides to take that page of the book in a new direction they may be inadvertently changing the other book in some less than appropriate way.


 * Fixing the navigation by making not-own pages linked to explicitly under ==Related Wikibooks == dml (discuss • contribs) 19:45, 4 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Some minor typos/punctuation tidbits here-and-yonder, but overall, solid work.--Buddpaul (discuss • contribs) 03:46, 28 July 2012 (UTC)