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Wikimedia/The History of Wikibooks
Reference material by Wikibooks contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
passing references to the history of Wikibooks. These are going to eventually be added into this history, but represent original source material.
/Growing Wikibooks/ contains at least some of the early attempts to try and figure out what Wikibooks was all about.
Wikipedia and Textbooks
On June 6th 2003, the Wikipedia page "Organic Textbook" was added to the votes for deletion page on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/archive May 2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion_archive_May_2004&direction=next&oldid=1019149 Wikipedia 25 July 2021 en 10 June 2003
The start of a new wiki
Direction lost and rebirth
Upheaval and redefinition