Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Titanic

Cut down version of a Wikipedia article. Not a textbook and unclear how it ever would become one. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 12:36, 20 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol delete vote.svg Delete Unfortunately, this page isn't a nascent book. If undertaking to write a book about the Titanic, one would better start from scratch rather than attempt to evolve from this.  The only thing in it of interest is its note that there's material on Wikivoyage.


 * (Aside: This seems to me to further highlight the core difficulty that some sort of assistance (of a highly flexible and readily community-customizable sort) is needed for most specialized tasks in the wikimedian sisterhood.  Creating a book is one such task; it really ought to be aided by a good interactive wizard, with of course further, customized assistants for all matter of later tasks in book development and maintenance.  The core difficulty is that the wiki software is designed for writing documents on the assumption that all stylistic decisions will be sorted out by iterative revision by many editors, which tends to discourage expertise rather than helping users to apply and acquire it.)  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 13:26, 20 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol delete vote.svg Delete. It would make an excellent subject for a book but in this case I very much doubt that this will be the result. Too many books are started and then left in the hope that they will attract further editors. Writing a book of any sort takes times and constant attention over a long period of time. The reward is a more comprehensive tract about a subject than would be found in an encyclopedia entry. If the editor who started this book was intending to encourage such an endeavor than that is to be commended. In this case I doubt the interest is there and therefore it should be deleted after an appropriate time.

Sluffs (discuss • contribs) 11:17, 14 September 2013 (UTC)