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This page attempts to define what Wikibooks is, what it is not, and what distinguishes it from other Wikimedia projects. The descriptions on this page are relatively '''brief'''. Detailed discussion or debate should happen on the talk page.

 

Simply, '''Wikibooks''' is a collection of [[w:open content|open-content]] [[w:textbooks|textbooks]].

 

Because the word '''textbook''' is open to interpretation, this document exists to help clarify which types of content are acceptable for Wikibooks. For example, ''The Complete Works of Shakespeare'' might be considered a ''textbook'' in an English Literature course, but such a text would be inappropriate for this site.

 

 

Wikibooks is for textbooks, annotated texts, instructional guides, and manuals. These materials can be used in a traditional classroom, an accredited or respected institution, a home-school environment, as part of a [[v:Main Page|Wikiversity]] course or for self-learning. As a general rule only instructional books are suitable for inclusion. Most types of books, both fiction and non-fiction, are not allowed on Wikibooks, unless they are instructional. The use of literary elements, such as allegory or fables as instructional tools can be permitted in some situations.

Materials which may not be appropriate for Wikibooks should only be removed in accordance with the [[WB:DP|deletion policy]].

 

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As a point of overlap between the two projects, [[Wikisource:Main Page|Wikisource]] also allows the inclusion of annotated texts. If you would like to write an annotated text with sparse annotations, or a critical edition of a text, consider hosting your work on Wikisource instead.

 

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Below is a list of things that '''Wikibooks is not'''. Keeping this list in mind while editing will help us stay on task.

 

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You may not host your own website, blog, or wiki at Wikibooks. If you are interested in using the [[w:wiki|wiki technology]] for a collaborative effort on something else, even if it is just a single page, there are many sites that provide wiki hosting (free or for money). You can also [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/ install wiki software] on your own server. (See the [[mw:Manual:Installation guide|MediaWiki installation guide]] for information on doing this.)

'''Wikibooks pages are not personal homepages.''' Wikibookians have their own personal pages, but they are used for information relevant to working on free textbooks and other content on Wikibooks. If you are looking to make a personal webpage unrelated to textbook work (e.g. posting your résumé), please make use of one of the many free homepage providers on the Internet.

 

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Wikibooks is not a soapbox, or a vehicle for propaganda and advertising. Therefore, Wikibooks modules are not:

# '''[[w:advertising|advertising]] or self-promotion'''. We don't need books or modules on items just because a contributor is associated with them. Please note that Wikibooks does not endorse any business and it does not set up affiliate programs.

 

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#'''Published texts''' — Wikibooks is for collaboratively developing new open-context non-fiction texts. [[:wikisource:|Wikisource]] is for hosting static texts that have been previously published and are now either in the public domain or have been released under a compatible license. Exceptions are made for [[Wikibooks:Annotated texts|annotated texts]], which are a kind of '''educational material''' that ''includes'' an original text within it and serves as a guide to reading or studying that text.

 

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[[m:Wiki is not paper|Wikibooks is '''not paper''']]. Thus, Wikibooks has no size limits, can include links, etc. It also means that the style and length of writing appropriate for paper may not be appropriate here. The authors of a Wikibook module don't worry about an event occurring tomorrow that makes all the large, expensive paper copies outdated, as the Wikibook will change as well.

 

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'''Wikibooks is not an in-depth encyclopedia on a specific topic''' nor are pages '''encyclopedia-formatted articles'''. Books build knowledge from one page to the next with inter-dependency between pages. Books in progress are sometimes organized in an encyclopedic manner until developed into proper books. For an encyclopedia, see our sister project [[w:|Wikipedia]].

 

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Wikibooks is not the place to publish news articles. That is covered by our sister project [[:Wikinews:|Wikinews]].

 

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Although a [[wikt:dictionary|dictionary]] is a book, the needs of a general-purpose dictionary are better served at our sister project, [[wikt:Main Page|Wiktionary]]. Also:

#'''Exception:''' Wikibooks does allow and encourage projects that require supplemental dictionaries or thesauri, such as a [[wikt:glossary|glossary]]. For example, a mathematical textbook might need a glossary of math terms; a foreign language textbook might include an English-to-foreign and foreign-to-English dictionary. For these dictionaries and thesauri to remain, they must be [[wikt:secondary|secondary]] and [[wikt:auxiliary|auxiliary]] to a main text.

 

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[[m:Proposals for new projects|New Wikimedia projects]] should be proposed at [[m:|Meta-Wiki]] and not developed at Wikibooks.