Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Wikijunior:Coloring Book

Wikijunior:Coloring Book
This doesn't seem educational. More of a game, really; granted that a game can be educational, I don't think this one is. More specifically, it does not appear to be a macropedia, textbook, or primer, nor to fall in the close penumbra of any of those groupings. --Pi zero (talk) 18:12, 28 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Symbol delete vote.svg Delete I wouldn't have a problem with a Wikijunior incorporating coloring as part of activities designed to solidify material in a young person's mind. Like the Kids' Discovers of my past with their activities at the end of the magazine, such a concept could be useful for Wikijunior.  However, this book doesn't have any content that these would be working to reinforce. -- Adrignola talk contribs 20:29, 28 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't see a problem in general with having coloring books in Wikijunior. They are certainly by nature non-fiction. They are also by nature educational. The problem I see with this book is that it is lame. But so far as I understand it we don't delete books just because they are lame. xixtas  talk 03:45, 29 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Symbol comment vote.svg Comment I would second any one that supports keeping this book, if it is further developed. I've examined What is Wikijunior and this work doesn't go against anything that it stipulates a Wikijunior work should be, just the contrary.
 * The main point against coloring books on Wikijunior is that they aren't really fit for the wiki environment, if they don't have any text content. This could be easily fixed by including some form of content with the images even if simple rhymes or poetry, the text in itself doesn't need to be educational, the action of painting the figures does indeed cover that function (see Coloring book).
 * That said deleting this work will not be destructive as the images can be preserved. It is up to someone to come forward and attempt to do something out of it, if not I don't see much point on keeping it as it is...
 * I'm also of the opinion that the WIWJ policy could be updated by the conclusions extracted from this discussion. --Panic (talk) 05:49, 29 January 2010 (UTC)


 * For whatever insight this might offer into the current state of the book: The book's current content was all created by Nikola Smolenski on 1 May 2007.  That user was not the source of the suggestion that the book is 50% complete, on Wikijunior:All Books; that was Rmawhorter on 20 February 2008.  --Pi zero (talk) 14:16, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Symbol keep vote.svg Keep I agree with Xixtas that it's not exactly the most inspiring wikibook, but its intent is educational. The only problem I see is that it's nearly solely an educational activity. On the other hand we do have plenty of similar modules (there's even a book devoted to mathematical problems) and I don't think it harms the project to include this type of content. Being a game is irrelevant for the sake of this discussion. --Swift (talk) 18:45, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Symbol keep vote.svg Keep Wikijunior is for children "from birth to age 12". Why should a coloring book not be appropriate for Wikijunior? --Fasten (talk) 09:43, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Symbol keep vote.svg Keep I don't see this project going anywhere without some active support (probably a little of promotion on Wikimedia Commons. Anyone active there ?). Creating some background text could also be interesting...
 * In any case I support the general concept and this seems consensual enough to keep a list of some images... --Panic (talk) 12:52, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * My main issue with the book is that it's currently a set of unorganized images. It could be converted so that there's a set of themed images (e.g. color stuff red, then orange, etc), and later with a bit more free-style images. --Sigma 7 (talk) 22:24, 27 February 2010 (UTC)