Wikibooks:Reading room/Archives/2013/August

animated videos
I am only interested in working on wikibooks if we are allowed to embed some media (i.e. animated gifs or short <3min relatively language free soundless videos), which would of course be subject to discussion and change, but not immediately discarded as in wikipedia. Is this encouraged or discouraged? Thank-you. Linda Fahlberg-Stojanovska Lfahlberg (discuss • contribs) 19:28, 24 June 2013 (UTC)


 * @Lfahlberg : Yes, you can embed animated video into a wikibook -- for example, Blender 3D: Noob to Pro/Creating animated GIFs using Blender and Gimp.
 * Go ahead and begin.
 * (I suspect that people at Wikibooks and Wikiversity might decide that Wikiversity is a better place for such media -- for example, action potentials. Since it's so easy to move stuff from Wikibooks to Wikiversity, I think it's better to flip a coin and start posting right away, and then later let the people who worry about such things move it to the "right" place. Rather than spend a lot of time trying to figure out which is the best place before you begin).
 * I wish you great success. --DavidCary (discuss • contribs) 17:29, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Adding a duplicate recipe?
I have my own recipe for fried green tomatoes with a step by step photo tutorial as well and it is quite different from the one already in the wiki cookbook. May I add it to the cook book as well and if so can I title it Fried Green Tomatoes 2 or how should I do that? Also, do you have a help template here like they have on english wiki? Basically you type { {helpme} } (without the additional spaces between the {{ I did that just so it will show all the text) above a help me question post you leave and it calls attention to a more experienced editor to help you. Thanks TattØØdẄaitre§  lĖTŝ tÅLĶ  '' 14:47, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, although I would encourage you to use a better name (e.g., Fried Green Tomatoes Italian Style) QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 11:28, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Attaching .ODT guide
I made a guide for making an easy to make, low cost working model of a spectroscope. The guide (two actually - one in Hebrew and one in English) is in LibreOffice ODT format. Can I upload it here 'as is' so it will be available as an educational guide for everyone. I understand and accept the attribute-share-alike licensing. Zarnivop (discuss • contribs) 12:02, 11 August 2013 (UTC)
 * No I'm afraid you can't for two reasons: the software does not support that file type; it defeats the purpose of a wiki as nobody can edit it. Sorry. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 17:59, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Is wikitabs.org anything to do with Wikimedia and associated sites?
There's a chapter in the Guitar book that is purely links to external sites. Here's the link:

Guitar/Song_Library

There's the usual ultimateguitar.com links but also wikitabs.org. I want to know if this wikitabs site is part of Wikipedia et al.

The chapter is also full of links to tabs generated by: http://bettylou.zzruss.com/

I don't know what to make of all this. This chapter seems to be an external link directory. This is meant to be a book about the guitar not a search engine or link directory. I've added a deletion request.

So it wikitabs.org part of Wikipedia et al?

Also why have they nested the chapters?. You click on Song Library and get presented with a whole chapter dedicated to displaying three links.

cheers

Sluffs (discuss • contribs) 13:43, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

HTTPS for users with an account
Greetings. Starting on August 21 (tomorrow), all users with an account will be using HTTPS to access Wikimedia sites. HTTPS brings better security and improves your privacy. More information is available at HTTPS.

If HTTPS causes problems for you, tell us on bugzilla, on IRC (in the  channel) or on meta. If you can't use the other methods, you can also send an e-mail to.

Greg Grossmeier (via the Global message delivery system). 18:58, 20 August 2013 (UTC) (wrong page? You can fix it.)


 * As I just updated on the meta page, we've delayed this rollout by one week. The change will now take place on August 28 at 1pm Pacific Time. Please take a look at gadgets or bots you maintain to make sure they'll continue to work; more information at meta. Sharihareswara (WMF) (discuss • contribs) 21:26, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Requests for comment/Global ban for Ottava Rima
Per the Global bans global policy, you are informed of the discussion above. Please comment there and feel free to appropriately distribute more widely in prominent community venues in order to «Inform the community on all wikis where the user has edited». Nemo 10:10, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

New here
Hello everyone, I've just joined and I'm very new to Wikibooks? Where do I start? How much can one spread out with editing? What's appropriate for beginners? Would appreciate your input! Thanks. Hello my name is MarleneMurr57, I am, as it said, VERY new here24.63.159.38 (discuss) 20:08, 22 August 2013 (UTC) I just wanted to introduce myself24.63.159.38 (discuss) 20:08, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Welcome! Maybe https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Policies_and_guidelines provides some initial information and ideas how to get started? --AKlapper (WMF) (discuss • contribs) 10:13, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

LaTeX Export Done
Hello, most of the featured books on this site now got PDF versions generated with the LaTeX typesetting software. The open source conversion software (mediawiki2latex) is available on Debian GNU Linux Sid as well as Ubuntu Saucy Salamander as well as Windows XP or higher. Furthermore the LaTeX sources are attached to the PDF files. Kind regards Dirk Hünniger (discuss • contribs) 19:46, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Personal development book
As far as I see, currently there isn't any single book about personal development or productivity. Topics that could be dealt with in such a book include:
 * Simplify-Your-Life
 * Make-a-Life-Plan
 * Manage-Your-Time

There isn't any WikiProject for lifestyle either. Doesn't such a topic suit in Wikibooks or hasn't there been just nobody willing to write a book on such a topic until now?--Yuwash (discuss • contribs) 17:27, 18 August 2013 (UTC)


 * See Subject:Self improvement. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 18:04, 18 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! That's like what I was looking for. Though many interesting ones are still in “freshly started” or “partly developed” stadium, the books do already provide some useful contents. I can't figure out the reason why there are so few writers on these topics here, while there are tons of blogs and sites about this around. (wikihow and wikia:how-to:How_To are the only wikis though)--Yuwash (discuss • contribs) 18:24, 18 August 2013 (UTC)