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==Layout==
Very nice layout Urbane User.  As long as Whiteknight doesn't mind, it'd be OK with me to delete the earlier version.  I think the two of us were the only contributors. -- [[User:Jomegat|Jim Thomas (aka Jomegat)]] 18:14, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
:I'm very glad you like it. I look forward to getting cracking with this wikibook. [[User:Urbane User|<font color="black"><b>Urbane User</b></font>]] [[User talk:Urbane User|<font color="green"><small>(Talk)</small></font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Urbane_User|<font color="green"><small>(Contributions)</small></font>]] 08:56, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

If anyone still looks at this, I was thinking of changing the layout to match the one on [[User:Reece/Using_Wikibooks]] made by the person who originally made the pretty layout, but leaving out the policies part, because I can't really think of what more you could say on the policies than what is said on the help pages, unless you're going to go into the history of the policy and linking to important discussions and stuff, but then I think that would be more suited for a book like [[Wikibooks Community]].

I think providing the extra pages with things to do will make it easier for people to see what needs to be done and will give contributors a better sense of direction. I'll just add the links into the table I guess. [[User:Ikarsik|Ikarsik]] ([[User talk:Ikarsik|talk]]) 16:09, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

:I hope you three don't mind, but I went through and simplified this TOC a lot. The older version was nice looking, but it was very difficult to edit or modify. I also flattened out the TOC, since there didn't seem to be any real reason to separate it out into chapters like we were doing. I think we can do a lot of beautification to this page without sacrificing editability like we had. Suggestions always welcome! --'''Whiteknight'''&nbsp;([[User:Whiteknight|Page]])&nbsp;([[User talk:Whiteknight|Talk]]) 14:09, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

== Merger from [[Wikibooks Community]] ==

I'm suggesting a merger from [[Wikibooks Community]]. I created that other book as a sort of guide for new users to understanding our environment and processes. However, the more I think about it, the more it should be included here in [[Using Wikibooks]]. The community book is relatively short, and wouldn't add too much bloat to this book. My big hope is to make [[Using Wikibooks]] printable and distributable soon, and the more information we can add to it to help new users, the better. I would love to hear what other people say about this. --'''Whiteknight'''&nbsp;([[User:Whiteknight|Page]])&nbsp;([[User talk:Whiteknight|Talk]]) 14:12, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
:I'm in favor of that proposal.  I'm also thinking that [[Using Wikibooks]] ought to be more prominently featured on the site - maybe even in the navigtion section in the left panel. --[[User:Jomegat|Jomegat]] ([[User talk:Jomegat|talk]]) 18:08, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
::I've long wanted to merge all the {{tlx|useful}} and policy pages into this book wholesale, and use the Wikibooks namespace for this book. Instead of separate pages about the Wikibooks project, have a textbook with it's own namespace. That would certainly encourage the idea of having a coherent, organized resource about this wiki. And similarly for the Help namespace. That should be a textbook about using MediaWiki, not random, poorly-organized single pages.
::But that is quite a large decision - I'd want community input on both those proposals before doing anything so radical. &nbsp;'''&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Mike.lifeguard|<b style="color:#309;">Mike.lifeguard</b>]]'''&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Mike.lifeguard|<span style="color:#309;">talk</span>]]</sup> 18:38, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

::I agree with both Jim and Mike about this. I've said for a long time that our old [[Help:Contents|help pages]] should be redone in book format. [[Using Wikibooks]] is exactly the book that could replace those old pages. That's going to be a ''huge'' project though, so this probably isn't the time or place to discuss it. If people like the merger with [[Wikibooks Community]], I will start working on it later today or tomorrow. It should be relatively straight forward. --'''Whiteknight'''&nbsp;([[User:Whiteknight|Page]])&nbsp;([[User talk:Whiteknight|Talk]]) 14:46, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

== How to obtain a PDF version of this tutorial ==
Okay, I'm new here, and would like to get a PDF version of this primer for off line reading to get me started, but how do I obtain one?<span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[w:Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/82.173.40.9|82.173.40.9]] ([[User talk:82.173.40.9|discuss]]) 08:43, 19 June 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->
:See [[Using Wikibooks/Print versions and PDFs]], particularly the section on the Collections Extension. --[[User:Jomegat|Jomegat]] ([[User talk:Jomegat|talk]]) 12:28, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

== Section Order ==

I'm not sure when it happened, but the section order on the main page has been changed - I think for the worse.  The original intent of the book was to lead the reader through increasing levels of participation in the WB community.  Thus, the Reader section (how to read WB) came before Editor (how to make corrections), then Writer (creating books & organizing a community of editors), and finally Administrator.  Intro and Quickstart can come before that.  Unless there is an objection to this order, I plan to make that change in the next couple of days. Or if someone else agrees that this is a better order, there is no need to wait for me to do it.  --[[User:Jomegat|Jomegat]] ([[User talk:Jomegat|talk]]) 00:15, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

: I think the order wasn't changed per say or not intentionally done. I think a minor change in CSS caused it to happen. See [http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Using_Wikibooks&oldid=1857636 before], [http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Using_Wikibooks&oldid=1951700 after] and [http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Using_Wikibooks&diff=1951700&oldid=1857636 diff]. --<span style="font: bold 10pt 'courier new', comic, sans, ms;">[[User:Darklama|<font color="midnightblue">dark</font>]][[User_talk:Darklama|<font color="green">lama</font>]]</span> 00:32, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
::Hmmm. In my browser, both the before and the after have the Reader section coming after Editor & Writer. --[[User:Jomegat|Jomegat]] ([[User talk:Jomegat|talk]]) 00:46, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
::But it looks like you've fixed it. I guess it  was affected by browser page width. Thanks! --[[User:Jomegat|Jomegat]] ([[User talk:Jomegat|talk]]) 00:49, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

how we can calculate elecrical field due to line of negative charges<span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[w:Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/39.32.112.2|39.32.112.2]] ([[User talk:39.32.112.2|discuss]]) 9:58, 22 March 2014 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->

== Making a book ==

How do you make a book in WikiBooks? [[User:Qwertyxp2000|Qwertyxp2000]] ([[User talk:Qwertyxp2000|discuss]] • [[Special:Contributions/Qwertyxp2000|contribs]]) 07:16, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
: {{ping|Qwertyxp2000}} See [[Using Wikibooks]].  --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|discuss]] • [[Special:Contributions/Pi zero|contribs]]) 12:05, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
: If you have read all of the information in Using Wikibooks and are still stumped then I guess your problem might be the actually act of how to create a new book.  This confused me massively when I first tried to create a book and I still don't believe it's addressed anywhere.  First you should use the Search box to see if anything similar to what you want already exists.  Otherwise you need to type ''<nowiki>https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/</nowiki>'' and after the last / put the name you want for your book.  Assuming the book doesn't already exist, you'll be taken to a page asking you if you want to Create the page/book.--[[User:Xania|ЗAНИA]] [[Image:Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg|15px]][[User talk:Xania|<sup>talk</sup>]] 20:34, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
: Or maybe I just haven't seen a button which says ''Create a new book'' in 10 years of editing here.  Is there a reason why we don't have such a thing?--[[User:Xania|ЗAНИA]] [[Image:Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Mann.svg|15px]][[User talk:Xania|<sup>talk</sup>]] 20:34, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

== How do we make wikibooks articles ==

Hi guys,all I need to know is how to make wikibooks articles like wikipedia<span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[w:Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/219.74.53.219|219.74.53.219]] ([[User talk:219.74.53.219|discuss]]) 11:41, 20 May 2015 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->

== Making a complete readable book from a completed Wikibook? ==

Unless I have missed something, it appears that "Printable Version" and "Download as PDF" only gets you a page or article, as in Wikipedia. And "Create a Collection" means reading the entire book and every link thereof; the option to "add to collection" without reading it is useless as you don't know if other sub-chapters need to be linked. After you have read everything, why would you still want to download the book?

A "book" is perceived as being the entire subject matter. Lengthy Wikibooks may be composed as linked sections, chapters, subchapters, and possibly related articles that need to be in an appendix of the book, in order to be an online-readable article. Unlike a Wikipedia article, a book should not include gratutious links not needed by the readership of the book; if the authors of the book want to point out the existance of such articles, they could be in the form of a footnote or reference, rather than an inline wikilink.

Does the "create a printed book" function use software that gathers all of the content mentioned in the book? It is not clear.

What is needed is a "create a complete book" function that does so and produces a collection of the entire content.

How many Wikibooks are currently written as complete books ready to print, rather than as wikilinked pages?
[[Special:Contributions/50.153.5.53|50.153.5.53]] ([[User talk:50.153.5.53|discuss]]) 08:21, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
:Books each have their own category in Wikibooks. Simply add all pages in the category (which can be done with one click) and you have a full downloadable book. [[User:QuiteUnusual|QuiteUnusual]] ([[User talk:QuiteUnusual|discuss]] • [[Special:Contributions/QuiteUnusual|contribs]]) 12:14, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
::Thanks, that is what I missed. Maybe there is a place to mention that when selecting download versions?[[Special:Contributions/50.153.7.25|50.153.7.25]] ([[User talk:50.153.7.25|discuss]]) 19:20, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

== Some suggestion ==

Dear All,
I have came across Using Wikibooks and looking at Wikibooks Template. As I'm going through Wikibooks Template, I noted that two fairly important pages (i) Wikibooks:Template [[Wikibooks:Templates|https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Templates]] and (ii) Help:Templates [[Help:Templates|https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Help:Templates]] are not appearing in Using Wikibooks/Advance Techniques which describes about Wikibooks Templates [[Using_Wikibooks/Advanced_Techniques|https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Using_Wikibooks/Advanced_Techniques]].

One have to navigate to Using Wikibooks/Advance Techniques -> Sandbox -> Help:Templates only have the visibility to the link of the Help:Templates. Will putting Help:Templates and Wikibooks:Templates in the page like Using Wikibooks/Advance Techniques help to improve the navigation and the accessibility of users to the Wikibooks Templates resources? Hope this help. Thanks! [[User:Shchung|Shchung]] ([[User talk:Shchung|discuss]] • [[Special:Contributions/Shchung|contribs]]) 09:14, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

== Book communities ==

For some years I've had in mind to add a discussion of ''adopting a book'' to this book, presumably with some related themes attached.  Having made some progress, here are a few notes.
* Possible inspiration:  {{plainlinks|{{fullurl:User talk:Pi zero|type=revision&diff=3562418&oldid=3562323}}|diff}}.
* Some material was merged in 2008 (as discussed above) from a previous book by [[User:Whiteknight]], {{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Wikibooks Community|redirect=no}}|Wikibooks Community}}.  As remarked, there wasn't a great deal there, but it's interesting to browse through the deleted book (if you've got an admin bit to do so); here are some highlights:
:* Remarks now at [[{{BOOKNAME}}/What Is Wikibooks]] about History and Community are mostly from [[Wikibooks Community/Introduction]], with a few changes which include the addition of the trailing words "in the section '''The Wikibooks Community'''".  I take this as a good sign that what I want to add is not unreasonable.
:* There's some interesting project history, that I'm not sure off hand where else we might have recorded atm, at [[Wikibooks Community/The Reading Room]] and [[Wikibooks Community/Featured Books]].
* For my next step, I mean to reread ''Using Wikibooks'' fully, to grok what's there, and where and how one might integrate the new material.
--[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|discuss]] • [[Special:Contributions/Pi zero|contribs]]) 17:16, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

: I've found the Reading Room history, at [[{{BOOKNAME}}/Discussion and Consensus#History]]. <p> That page, [[{{BOOKNAME}}/Discussion and Consensus]], is probably at the point in the book outline where the additional material ought to go.  The trouble is that while what it says is ''true'', it's missing part of the picture.  It depicts Wikibooks as a single monolithic community.  Maybe Wikibooks felt more like that to users who learned this place in its Elder Days (Whiteknight arrived in 2005 afaik); but my experience, from a slightly later vintage (arrived late 2007), is more complex. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|discuss]] • [[Special:Contributions/Pi zero|contribs]]) 19:24, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

:: Another important existing section is [[{{BOOKNAME}}/Contributing To An Existing Wikibook#Books and Communities]]. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|discuss]] • [[Special:Contributions/Pi zero|contribs]]) 03:24, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

::: My current thinking is that what's called for will be surgical alterations to certain sections; partly adding forward references, and partly tweaking material to bring out certain important points.
:::* [[{{BOOKNAME}}/What Is Wikibooks#Collaborative Community]] &mdash; reference the two later places where community will be particularly discussed.
::::: {{done}} --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|discuss]] • [[Special:Contributions/Pi zero|contribs]]) 21:36, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
:::* [[{{BOOKNAME}}/Discussion and Consensus]] &mdash; less monolithic impression, and reference to the later discussion.
:::* [[{{BOOKNAME}}/Contributing To An Existing Wikibook#Books and Communities]] &mdash; subtle tweaks to bring out the point about communities per book and over time.
::: --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|discuss]] • [[Special:Contributions/Pi zero|contribs]]) 20:00, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

:::: Care is needed to keep the '''be bold''' principle vigorous. --[[User:Pi zero|Pi zero]] ([[User talk:Pi zero|discuss]] • [[Special:Contributions/Pi zero|contribs]]) 15:18, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

== The Art and Beauty of Flower Bouquets in Singapore ==


=== Introduction ===
Singapore, often referred to as the Garden City, is renowned for its lush greenery and vibrant floral displays. This affinity for nature extends into the culture of gift-giving, where flower bouquets play a significant role. From birthdays and weddings to corporate events and expressions of sympathy, flower bouquets in Singapore are a timeless and cherished way to convey emotions and messages.

=== The Florist Scene in Singapore ===
Singapore boasts a thriving florist industry, with both traditional flower shops and modern online florists catering to a wide range of preferences and occasions. Florists here are known for their creativity and expertise, often blending local and exotic flowers to create stunning arrangements. Popular florists such as FarEastFlora, A Better Florist, and Flower Chimp have become household names, offering same-day delivery services to ensure that fresh, beautiful flowers reach their recipients promptly.

=== Popular Flowers in Singapore Bouquets ===

# '''Orchids''': As Singapore’s national flower, orchids are a staple in many bouquets. Their exotic and elegant appearance makes them a favorite for various occasions.
# '''Roses''': Symbolizing love and passion, roses are a classic choice. In Singapore, florists often use a variety of colors to convey different sentiments.
# '''Lilies''': Known for their striking beauty and fragrance, lilies are popular in both celebratory and sympathy bouquets.
# '''Sunflowers''': Bright and cheerful, sunflowers are often used to convey happiness and positivity.
# '''Tulips''': These elegant flowers are associated with grace and elegance and are particularly popular during festive seasons like Chinese New Year.

=== Customization and Personalization ===
One of the unique aspects of flower bouquets in Singapore is the emphasis on customization. Florists offer personalized arrangements to cater to individual preferences and specific occasions. Customers can choose the type of flowers, color schemes, and even the style of the arrangement. This level of customization ensures that each bouquet is unique and meaningful.

=== Trends in Flower Bouquets ===
In recent years, there has been a growing trend towards eco-friendly and sustainable practices in the florist industry. Many florists are opting for locally sourced flowers to reduce their carbon footprint. Additionally, there is an increasing demand for dried and preserved flowers, which offer a long-lasting alternative to fresh blooms. These trends reflect a broader awareness and appreciation for sustainability among Singaporeans.

=== The Role of Technology ===
Technology has revolutionized the way people buy and send flower bouquets in Singapore. With the rise of e-commerce, online florists have made it easier than ever to order flowers from the comfort of one’s home. Websites and mobile apps provide a seamless shopping experience, allowing customers to browse through a wide selection of bouquets, read reviews, and make secure payments. Furthermore, online platforms often offer additional services such as reminders for special occasions, ensuring that customers never miss an important date.

=== Flower Bouquets for Every Occasion ===

# '''Weddings''': Bridal [https://whiteonwhite.co/sg/flower-bouquet flower bouquets] and wedding flower arrangements are integral to the celebration. Florists work closely with couples to create designs that match their theme and preferences.
# '''Corporate Events''': Companies in Singapore frequently use flower bouquets for events, conferences, and as gifts to clients and employees.
# '''Festivals and Holidays''': During festive seasons like Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, and Deepavali, florists create special bouquets that incorporate traditional elements and colors.
# '''Personal Milestones''': Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and other personal milestones are made even more memorable with the gift of a beautifully arranged flower bouquet.

=== Conclusion ===
Flower bouquets in Singapore are more than just gifts; they are a form of art and a means of communication. The city’s florists excel in crafting exquisite arrangements that capture the essence of various occasions and emotions. Whether it’s a simple gesture of appreciation or a grand display of affection, the beauty and elegance of a flower bouquet never fail to make a lasting impression. In a place where nature is cherished and celebrated, the tradition of giving flower bouquets continues to thrive and evolve, bringing joy and [[beauty]] to the lives of many. [[User:Erit0jvy|Erit0jvy]] ([[User talk:Erit0jvy|discuss]] • [[Special:Contributions/Erit0jvy|contribs]]) 18:07, 25 November 2024 (UTC)