Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla
This is a Wikipedia fork created by 204.56.7.1. There is currently an edit war going on with Wikipedia's version, Biography of Nikola Tesla, whereby 204.56.7.1 doesn't appear to want to allow the original article to be merged with Nikola Tesla. Do we keep this biography, but isn't it considered not to be an instructional resource? (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 01:41, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC) Soon after I added a VfD tag to the article, 216.63.14.41 removed it, but it is now restored. Note that the article has now been split into several sub-pages, so it's easiest to compare this revision as of 05:37, 21 Jun 2005, when the page was created on Wikibooks earlier today, with Wikipedia's version from just before (this revision as of 04:58, 21 Jun 2005). There is currently no attribution of the source for the Wikibook's article. (Donovan|Geocachernemesis|Interact) 02:24, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * This is based off of Wikipedia material. The edit war going on with Wikipedia's version is because there is too much information in the article. The biography should be kept. A full biography of Tesla could an instructional resource. -Anon (I gues that a fork is a bad thing here, but the information can be an instructional book; the history of modern technology begins during his lifteime)
 * His Autobiography is in the public domain (I have access to an turn of the century copy via a scienctific library) and the autobiography can be attribution as the source for the Wikibook's article. The article, which has enough material to be a book, should be split into several sub-pages (for a true book). -Anon (AKA 204.56.7.1)


 * The issue is, however, whether it is considered instructional material (or, on the autobiography, whether it is an annotated text). To me, a biography is not enough for it to be considered instructional material.  In either case, since it is a fork of a Wikipedia article, I will have to vote delete on the grounds of WB:WIN - we do not tolerate forks from other projects here. KelvSYC 07:03, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete it. Wikibooks is not Wikipedia, and it's not a host for a fork of Wikipedia, either. Gentgeen 19:07, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep it I understand the issues of the edit war, but this has been modified into a legitimate Wikibook.  There is more editing that could be done, but I don't see any real problem with what is there.  Indeed, this is formatted more like a real book than most of what Wikibooks currently has to offer.  As far as a fork of Wikipedia, I say go for it.  If you can add sufficient content to turn a Wikipedia entry into a full book, that implies that there is considerable content that can be added.  Again, I see too many existing Wikibooks becoming "mini Wikipedias" instead of organized books, and this particular Wikibook certainly is not going in that direction. Rob Horning 6 July 2005 12:25 (UTC)


 * deleted :Gentgeen 7 July 2005 06:37 (UTC)