Wikibooks:Reading room/Administrative Assistance/Archives/2011/November

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Transwiki:assert.h to C Programming/C Reference/assert.h: the first one has been imported from Wikipedia and is more complete. 1exec1 (discuss • contribs) 17:32, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for your work on the C book. If I can do anything else for you, please ask. --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 17:38, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. 1exec1 (discuss • contribs) 17:51, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Transwiki:stdlib.h to C Programming/C Reference/stdlib.h: the same. 1exec1 (discuss • contribs) 17:51, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ Did you want the page histories merged as well? --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 18:05, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * For me it's OK already. Though there might be some issues with copyright/attribution, since history maintains the list of authors. 1exec1 (discuss • contribs) 18:10, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Transwiki:string.h to C Programming/C Reference/string.h: another one. 1exec1 (discuss • contribs) 18:10, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ and history merged on that one. I will merge the histories of the other in a bit.  History merges require temporary deletion, so don't be alarmed when the pages disappear for a minute. --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 18:14, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * All is good. Histories have been merged. --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 18:15, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Transwiki:wchar.h to C Programming/C Reference/wchar.h: this also. 1exec1 (discuss • contribs) 18:17, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 18:24, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Transwiki:wctype.h to C Programming/C Reference/wctype.h: this also. 1exec1 (discuss • contribs) 18:17, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 18:24, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

C Programming/C Reference/ctype.d to C Programming/C Reference/ctype.h: this also (already moved because of a typo) 1exec1 (discuss • contribs) 18:17, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Not usre what you want done here. Please clarify. --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 21:51, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Transwiki:math.h to C Programming/C Reference/math.h: this also. 1exec1 (discuss • contribs) 18:17, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 21:51, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Transwiki:stddef.h to C Programming/C Reference/stddef.h: this also. 1exec1 (discuss • contribs) 18:17, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 21:51, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Append Transwiki:C file input/output to C Programming/C Reference/stdio.h with preserved history. 1exec1 (discuss • contribs) 18:17, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 21:51, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * You'll have to do the append yourself though. The history is there now. --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 21:52, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

C Programming/POSIX Reference/ to C Programming/POSIX Reference. Ruud Koot (discuss • contribs) 21:48, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Not sure what you want done here either. --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 22:08, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Talk:German/Appendices/Alphabet to Talk:German/Grammar/Alphabet and Pronunciation: the latter is empty and may be overwritten/deleted; I just moved the corresponding page; --Feeela (discuss • contribs) 22:08, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Jomegat (discuss • contribs) 22:21, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Importing from another language Wikibook
OK so Iknow how to import from another English wiki but what about other language versions of Wikibooks? I know it can be done because the German and Romanian Wikibooks have both imported the Wikijunior Europe book that I created. I would like to import Wikijunior Alphabet des animaux from French Wikibooks. My intention is to use it as a kind of French for kids.--ЗAНИA talk 00:10, 22 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Both projects probably have English Wikibooks as an import source in Special:Import. You could propose other language versions of Wikibooks be added to English Wikibooks' list, and if there is consensus for it file a bug report to have the projects added. Otherwise you could copy by hand or use some program to automate the copying. --dark lama  00:41, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * OK how would I go about proposing this? It would probably only be useful having the French, German and Polish projects as options as they're the only language versions with significant numbers of books.--ЗAНИA [[Image:Flag_of_Italy.svg|15px]]talk 00:52, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Proposals are usually suggested and discussed at Reading room/Proposals. I think you should explain what you want to do and why you want to do it as examples like you've done here, explain how you think importing books in other languages will benefit English Wikibooks, and ask what people think about updating $wgImportSources to make importing books from those projects possible. You might also want to explain why French, German and Polish Wikibooks and not the rest to see whether other people agree. --dark lama  16:47, 22 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm not necessarily suggesting this is a good thing, but it is possible to import using import upload from any source, not just those defined in ImportSources. A steward has this right and could therefore as a one-off perform it if asked. Not that they necessarily would do so, and it isn't necessarily a good idea as it is "fraught with risk" (or so I hear). QU TalkQu 21:24, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Doesn't matter. If it really is so complicated a process to do something that should be quite simple then I don't want the hassle.  A discussion on the Proposals page wouldn't be very productive because so few people regularly contribute at Wikibooks let alone take part in discussions of this nature and anybody who does regularly read the Proposals page would also read this page too.  Don't really understand why a discussion is necessary for adding extra options to the import Sources list - it's not like I'm asking to delete it!--ЗAНИA [[Image:Flag_of_Italy.svg|15px]]talk 22:47, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The people who can do it are governed by some kind of policy that requires a show of community consensus before they may act on requests. --dark lama  14:14, 26 November 2011 (UTC)