Wikijunior talk:New Title Suggestions

What to do now?
Where to we go from here? I would like to start a new "Wikijunior" book by November 1st, but I don't want to run roughshod over anybody else right now, nor show "favoritism" to any particular book suggestion. The point here is that we want to have an orderly process of new Wikibooks coming "on-line" so that we don't overwhelm ourselves with so much work that we can't get it all done, but at the same time try to expand the community so people with diverse interests may want to participate.

Ultimately, I would like to do something like the current "Book of the Month" voting process, where we can vote on what the next title for Wikijunior should be. Any other thoughts? --Rob Horning 14:51, 4 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, voting is a good idea. We're all more likely to contribute to books we've voted for. After all, you wouldn't vote for it unless you thought it was interesting or doable. But based on the current amount of participants, I don't think having a monthly vote would be a good idea. Maybe more like three our four months would be a good time to vote. That seems to be how long it takes for a Wikijunior book to get off the ground. If more regular participants show up, then one to two months.--Shanel 23:19, 5 October 2005 (UTC)


 * How about quarterly votes for now? That way we can try to "publish" about 4 Wikijunior books per year.  With the current level of participation with the Wikijunior books, I think that may be possible, particularly if we start to get some publicity from some of the existing Wikijunior books, and that means we have already some "in the pipeline" that are ready to go as well.  If support is strong, we can scale back the time between votes, but it may mean that we have higher quality books anyway if we keep the number down.  I just want to make some way for new titles to be suggested and to keep the process moving.  Being totally stagnant with no new titles is going way too far.  --Rob Horning 22:00, 6 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Quarterly votes sound good. I think one of the reasons we don't have alot of partcipants is because we've had the same three topics up for about a year. (Ancient Civilizations doesn't count :)) And really, most people are turned off by the fact that there's nothing much left to write. Fact-checking and copy editing, how exciting! But still, having new topics will hopfully encourage more long-term participation in Wikijunior.--Shanel 04:27, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikijunior:New Book of the Quarter
I just added this page to help decide what new project we should start. In some ways, I would like this to be a vote that ends on December 1st rather than January 1st, but simple calendar quarters that end in January, April, July, and October do make sense and are fairly standard. Feel free to change the rules or anything about this page as well. I'm just trying to __BE BOLD__ and get something accomplished. --Rob Horning 08:25, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

New Category Suggestion
I am putting this on the discussion page instead of the New Title page because it is for a new category to list on the main page, instead of a single new book. I suggest we add a Unit Study or Lesson Plan category. I have been spending quite a bit of time proofreading the Solar System book this week in some attempt to get the "almost done" books all the way to "finished". The teacher in me cannot help writing a lesson plan in my head that uses this book as the main source as I go along. I realize that lesson plans require a bit more knowledge on how to actually teach children than writing the text does, but it would be an excellent resource to add anyway. Both companion lesson plans to the existing Wikijunior canon and stand-alone unit studies could be listed in the category. Starchildmom 22:30, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Unfinished Book Proposals
I have created a section for suggested book titles that lack enough information to be included in the voting, that are unfinished, that do not have any registered users listed as interested participants. I would also like to include a section for withdrawn proposals (There is one.) I would also like to list all the non-cannonical books under Unfinished Book Proposals (if they are not already listed.) I have also created an "Adopted Wikijunior Titles" section. I think Breaking it up like this makes it a lot more manageable. --Xixtas 03:08, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Naming Consistency and Sort Order
I think that all the suggested book titles should leave off the "Wikijunior" at the front. So instead of Wikijunior Bugs I would favor Bugs. Also, I think each section should be in alphabetical order.

Archival and Rework
I have changed this page up quite a bit. If anyone hates it, feel free to revert. I have archived off the old book suggestions and changed the template for new suggestions. My intent is to create new book suggestions based on the books that got more than two votes last quarter and the books that have already been started, but never received book of the quarter. The reason that I have done this is because I would like us to generally have a higher quality of book suggestions and a lower quantity. -- xixtas talk 02:32, 3 April 2007 (UTC)