Wikibooks

Wikibooks:Book of the month/February 2005 voting

< Wikibooks:Book of the month
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page.
If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.
Vote for the book of the month of February 2005.

The voting for the Book of the month for February 2005 is open from 16 - 31 January, 2005, and will close on January 31, 2005, 00:00 UTC. The book of the month will be featured on the main page of Wikibooks.

Closed. Any votes added will be reverted.


Voting rules

edit

Nomination

  • Every user can nominate books of interest for voting and add them at the end of the voting page.
  • A featured wikibook cannot be nominated again for one year.
  • To nominate a book just add that book to the voting section of the voting page using this Wiki code: === [[Book Name]] === where "Book Name" is the name of the book. When you have done this add {{Botm}} to the top of the front page of the Wikibook.

Voting

  • Every registered Wikibooks user can vote for as many of the nominated candidates as they like.
  • Only registered Wikibooks users should vote while they are logged in (check by history of page). This is because it is impossible to detect multiple votes by a user using different anon IPs.
  • Due to previous voting irregularities, we now require a user to show they are intending to participate with Wikibooks by showing a minimum of 20 edits in your edit history. This number may increase in the future if continued problems persist.
  • The use of sock puppets as a way to pad votes is strongly discouraged. While you are not restricted to only one user account on Wikibooks, please use just one account for any voting activities on Wikibooks including the Book of the Month voting. Suspicious cases of duplicate voting may be reviewed using the CheckUser services of MediaWiki software.
  • To enter your votes, simply edit the appropriate sections by just inserting a new line with # ~~~~ to add your username and a time stamp in a new numbered list item.
  • Please add only support votes. Opposing votes will not affect the result, as the winner is simply the one with the most support votes (see w:Approval voting).
  • You may add short supporting or opposing comments to each candidate, signed with your name. These comments do not count in the voting process.
  • Votes can be retracted by the voter until the voting closes.

Evaluation

  • Voting ends 00:00UTC on the day specified.
  • The winner is the candidate book with the most support votes.
  • In case of a tie, the older book will be selected (by book history).
  • Books with 3 or more votes will be automatically nominated for the following month.
voting rules are adapted from the Wikinews logo contest voting

Nominated books

edit

US History (4)

edit

vote:

  1. --Andreas Ipp 00:59, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. --EuropracBHIT
  3. --Godordorottya 18:21, 25 Jan 2005 (CET)
  4. SamE

comments:

  • It's always a good idea to have a Humanities book of rigorous content on the list, particularly in view of Black History Month. -EuropracBHIT 06:45, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Freeware (0)

edit

vote:

comments:

  • I am withdrawing my vote from this book
- firstly because I am not logged in and secondly because I helped to write it. Interestingly it was (when combined with the open source book - now a separate book) voted for deletion, and is now up for an award - well no votes - but the thought is there. So let that be an inspiration to all wikibookians. :-)

I would like to offer a sincere thanks to the community members who worked hard on putting everything into tables. It means the information can be added to, improved and updated. I would like to thank my agent and . . . (sorry got a little carried away there - Nurse - my injection if you please!)

- the second reason for withdrawing my vote is a little Zen - I am withdrawing it because I never made it.

Good luck to Lucid Dreaming - which gets my vote even though I am not allowed to vote without logging in (which I have forgot my password for) Lobster

Physics Study Guide (6)

edit

vote:

  1. SamE
  2. marsh 00:40, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  3. Mark 14:44, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)
  4. User:Charlie123
  5. Sam 28 Jan 2005
  6. Sarah 28 Jan 2005

comments:

  • This is one of the few completed books on this site. - SamE 03:31, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • And as a "guide", being as far along as it is makes it pretty useful - marsh
  • I think this books has broken the back of the problem regarding raising sufficient content but its pretty

sparse on explanations (not definitions) and could quickly be polished a lot with some publicity - Mark

  • Excellent book - Charlie123
  • this guide is good for students preparing for exams. for full impact it really needs a complimentary textbook... perhaps [[1]] could provide that! (i hope i voted correctly... i just edited the page by hand)

General Biology (2)

edit

vote:

  1. Charlie123 17:06, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. AriD 01:51, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

comments:

  • Clear and concise guide.
  • Too bad i didn't know about it when i was in high school, great book. AriD 01:51, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

UK Constitution and Government (2)

edit

vote:

  1. marsh 00:44, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. Ingolemo 14:31, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

comments:

Teaching Assistant in France Survival Guide (3)

edit

vote:

  1. --Andreas Ipp 00:59, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. --marsh 00:53, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  3. --Tiberus 05:17, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

comments:

  • Despite misgivings I have about the French, this book is pretty cool. And somewhat unique idea for a wikitext and a fun read - marsh
  • A unique and informative guide, I can only hope more guides are made for teaching in other countries (China for instance, ya) -Tiberus

Lucid Dreaming (12)

edit

vote:

  1. Andreas Ipp 00:59, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  2. Lobster
    This vote was made by somebody who wasn't logged in. I wrote on their user talk page and they should reply here to confirm their vote. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 17:21, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    Still no response at the vote close. Struck out. --r3m0t (cont) (talk) 00:11, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  3. Cyberman
  4. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 07:15, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC) (hoping there isn't a rule against creators voting for themselves!)
  5. Iamunknown 07:38, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC) Wow, this is a really great Wikibook. Kind of odd -- I'm interested -- but a good book nonetheless!
  6. Christiaan - ☎ 22:48, 24 Jan 2005
    This vote was made by somebody who wasn't logged in. I e-mailed them and they should reply here to confirm their vote. r3m0t (cont) (talk) 17:21, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    Opps, sorry :( Christiaan 22:15, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  7. User:dkkarthik:Karthik Dantu 07:50, 23 Jan 2005 (PST) This is a good candidate for the book of the month.
  8. Tharenthel 23:31, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  9. -- mattrix 17:34, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC) I'm not sure about lucid dreams but the book is probably currently the best book on wikibooks. Well done!
  10. Datrio 11:34, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  11. Simontzu 11:53, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  12. ThomasK 17:09, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  13. Joygerhardt 17:15, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

comments:

  • I am dreaming you know. No? Sure?
  • omg!! Matrix wa nan desu ka?
Retrieved from "https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikibooks:Book_of_the_month/February_2005_voting&oldid=4371563"