Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Making an Island (2)

Making an Island
Not a textbook, Jguk 19:20, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. I have one objection to deelting this book.  I have in the past used it as the quintessential example of a silly non-textbook having passed a VfD.  If we kill this one, my favorite example no longer be available!  Okay, I suppose my reason not to delete this itself constitutes a reason to delete it.  :-)    --JMRyan T E C 20:04, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - Since the deletionists have won, I don't really care about Wikibooks anymore, but I would like to point out that this was a book that did survive a VfD earlier.... even if that matters any more. --Rob Horning 11:37, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Land reclamation, and large-scale floating structure creation, while not useful for most people, are certainly subjects that are taught in accredited institutions. perhaps this book needs a little TLC to get up to an acceptable level, but most books here on wikibooks need the same. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 16:55, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Contains useful iformation. Possibly merge into an article about technological modification of land (e.g. dams, land reclamation, dredging, levees). Pcu123456789 00:11, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The question to be asked is whether this book is a textbook, or if not, can it be merged into a textbook. If not, it can be transwiki'ed (if a suitable location is identified) or otherwise it will need be deleted, Jguk 17:07, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * You are seeing this far to litterally as a textbook here. Yes, this book does need some additional work done to it to make it more useful as material for a course of study, but it is more than a mere stub!  There is some interesting content already on this book, and beyond simply a robotic statement that it isn't a textbook, you havn't voice any specific objections as to why it should be deleted, or overcome any of the previous VfD arguments that supported this book remaining on Wikibooks earlier.  --Rob Horning 04:57, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. It has all the qualities of a textbooks (it just needs to be a little bit more developed), even though most people in thier lifetime won't make thier own island, this book will be there if they want to try though...--Je suis 00:39, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep It's survived vfd once, and with all wikibooks it will take time before it comes to maturity. I find the vfd process to be an example of people saying i don't like this book because it's not useful to me.--V2os 18:38, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Kept. 3 votes to keep vs 2 to delete. Hardly a concensus. We will keep this one, but it would be nice if we could get more contributors for it. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 22:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)