Wikibooks:Reading room/Archives/2014/February

Pywikibot wikibook
Hello all,

As far as I can see, Pywikibot seems to basically be an outdated copy of the official docs, and not an actual wikibook. I would like to suggest to remove the pages on wikibooks, as this might cause users to try outdated instructions, and therefore fail. I am not a wikibookean (?), however, and I'm unsure where to suggest this (other than here).

Valhallasw (discuss • contribs) 14:00, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Do you really want to propose all these 48 pages to Requests for deletion?
 * On the one hand it could be relevant to avoid doubles between the projects (because it's too long to read, someone often wants to merge, and awful to maintain), but on the other hand we could also propose to download an old Pywikipedia version, compatible with the current sites and our book (without any fork or a small dead end to adjust).
 * I don't have a favorite choice, but the second option to keep an old version would have made me saved a few times when I migrated my own scripts on my Windows and my Linux. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 23:17, 9 February 2014 (UTC)


 * I think 'removing' was not the word I should have used --- I'd like to make the pages redirects/links to mediawiki.org (if they are copies) or moving them to mw.o (if they do not exist yet). I'm also OK with just adding a banner 'This page may be out of date -- see mw.o for the most up-to-date documentation'.
 * Unfortunately, there is no 'old version' that is compatible with the current sites -- the recent HTTPS switch made that impossible. Valhallasw (discuss • contribs) 09:12, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

I am here to help
Hello, I am here to contribute in Wikibooks. I can help in Arabic Language and Computing category. I hope I can be helpful. Daddou einstein (discuss • contribs) 22:10, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

wikiapps: a revised wiki project proposal
Hi, this is a bit off-topic (but very much related to the wikibook Canvas 2D Web Apps): I've revised the proposal for a new wiki project called WikiApps on Meta-Wiki to cover a repository of editable, downloadable, open source HTML5 web apps in JavaScript. If you are interested, see the full description of WikiApps on Meta-Wiki for details. --Martin Kraus (discuss • contribs) 11:50, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Call for project ideas: funding is available for community experiments


''I apologize if this message is not in your language. Please help translate it.''

Do you have an idea for a project that could improve your community? Individual Engagement Grants from the Wikimedia Foundation help support individuals and small teams to organize experiments for 6 months. You can get funding to try out your idea for online community organizing, outreach, tool-building, or research to help make better. In March, we’re looking for new project proposals.

Examples of past Individual Engagement Grant projects:
 * Organizing social media for Chinese Wikipedia ($350 for materials)
 * Improving gadgets for Visual Editor ($4500 for developers)
 * Coordinating access to reliable sources for Wikipedians ($7500 for project management, consultants and materials)
 * Building community and strategy for Wikisource (€10000 for organizing and travel)

Proposals are due by 31 March 2014. There are a number of ways to get involved!

Hope to have your participation,

--Siko Bouterse, Head of Individual Engagement Grants, Wikimedia Foundation 19:44, 28 February 2014 (UTC)