Wikibooks:Reading room/Proposals/2018/February

Transclude related Reading Rooms
At present (see the banner at the top of this page), we have several Reading Rooms in three broad categories: Discussions, Assistance, and Requests. I propose transcluding these into three larger pages. Since en.wb does not have very much activity, having so many conversations spread across many pages makes it less likely that anything will be seen. For an example of how this would work, see s:en:Wikisource:Scriptorium (which transcludes a /Help subpage) or w:en:WP:CFD (which transcludes the /Speedy deletion page). They can still remain separate pages but once they are transcluded into one, it will increase visibility for any one conversation. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:52, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
 * At Wikinews we used to transclude all the water coolers into one big page. It never worked well.  If the parent page was unprotected, people would post things onto the parent creating a confusing muddle.  If the parent page was protected, the same people would claim they were prevented from posting.  In any case, the only way people are likely to see discussion threads, and additions to discussion threads, is if they have all the relevant pages on their watch list, and transclusion onto a parent page only creates more confusion in that regard. So I'm not convinced it'd be advantageous.  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 21:45, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The protection method seems to work on Wiktionary. Just have really big "CLICK HERE TO ASK FOR HELP" and "CLICK HERE TO PROPOSE A POLICY" at the top. Seems to work there without any problems. We can also make a notice in case someone hits "View source" by accident. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:33, 7 February 2018 (UTC)