Wikibooks http://simple.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.10alpha first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikibooks Wikibooks talk Image Image talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk 1 4225 2006-12-10T01:23:43Z Xania 86 removed link to cookbook - already there __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ {| cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0em 0em 1em 0em; border:1px solid #cccccc; background-color:#f9f9f9;width:100%" | align="center" width="60%" | <span style="font-size:135%;">Welcome to '''Simple English Wikibooks'''</span><br /> <span style="font-size:90%;">We have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] textbook pages in Simple English</span> | style="vertical-align:top" | *[[Animal Kingdoms]] *[[Biology/Cover|Biology]] *[[Chemistry/Cover|Chemistry]] | style="vertical-align:top" | *[[English]] *[[Physics/Cover|Physics]] *[[Cookbook|Wikimedia Cookbook]] | style="vertical-align:top" | *[[World History/Cover|World History]] |} {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0em 0em 1em 0em; width:100%" | style="width:50%; vertical-align:top; border:1px solid #afa3bf; background-color:#faf5ff;" | <div style="border-bottom:1px solid #afa3bf; background-color:#ddcef2; padding:0.2em 0.5em 0.2em 0.5em; font-size:110%; font-weight:bold;">'''Welcome'''</div> <div style="padding:0.4em 1em 0.3em 1em;"> We are working to write textbooks in Simple English. This project was started on 25 July 2004, and now there are '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} textbook pages]]''' in Simple English&nbsp;– you can start making more yourself! Visit the [[Wikibooks:Community Portal|community portal]] to learn about the Wikibooks community, or browse the [[:Category:Main page|bookshelves]]. If you need help with Wikibooks, go to the [[Help:Contents|help section]]. This project is still very small, so if you need any help, contact an [[Wikibooks:Administrators|administrator]] like [[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]] or ask for help at [[:w:Wikipedia:Simple talk|Simple English Wikipedia]]. Wikibooks for '''children''' are at [[:en:Wikijunior|Wikijunior]]. All the text here is free ([[w:open content|open content]]) for you or anyone else to use. This is explained in the [[w:Wikipedia:Simple English GFDL|GNU Free Documentation License]]. </div> |} ==Sister projects in Simple English== {| align="center" cellpadding="2" width="100%" | [[Image:Wikipedia-logo.png|35px|Wikipedia]] | [[w:simple:Main Page|'''Wikipedia''']]<br />The free encyclopedia | [[Image:Wiktionary-logo-en.png|35px|Wiktionary]] | [[wikt:simple:Main Page|'''Wiktionary''']]<br />Dictionary and thesaurus | [[Image:Wikiquote-logo.svg|35px|Wikiquote]] | [[wikiquote:simple:Main Page|'''Wikiquote''']]<br />Collection of quotations |} ==Sister projects in English== {| align="center" cellpadding="2" width="100%" | [[Image:Wikibooks-logo.svg|35px|Wikibooks]] | [[:en:Main Page|'''Wikibooks''']]<br />Free textbooks and manuals | [[Image:Wikipedia-logo.png|35px|Wikipedia]] | [[w:en:Main Page|'''Wikipedia''']]<br />The free encyclopedia | [[Image:Wiktionary-logo-en.png|35px|Wiktionary]] | [[wiktionary:en:Main Page|'''Wiktionary''']]<br />Dictionary and thesaurus |- | [[Image:Wikiquote-logo.svg|35px|Wikiquote]] | [[wikiquote:en:Main Page|'''Wikiquote''']]<br />Collection of quotations | [[Image:Wikisource-logo.png|35px|Wikisource]] | [[wikisource:en:Main Page|'''Wikisource''']]<br />Free source documents | [[Image:Wikinews-logo.png|35px|Wikinews]] | [[wikinews:en:Main Page|'''Wikinews''']]<br />Free content news source |- | [[Image:Wikimedia-logo.svg|35px|Meta-Wiki]] | [[m:Main Page|'''Meta-Wiki''']]<br />Wikimedia project coordination | [[Image:Commons-logo.svg|35px|Commons]] | [[commons:Main Page|'''Commons''']]<br />Shared media repository | [[Image:Wikispecies-logo.png|35px|Wikispecies]] | [[Wikispecies:|'''Wikispecies''']]<br />Directory of species |} __NOTOC__ [[Category:Main Page| ]] [[ar:الصفحة الرئيسية]] [[bg:Начална страница]] [[cs:Hlavní strana]] [[da:Forside]] [[de:Hauptseite]] [[el:Κύρια Σελίδα]] [[en:Main Page]] [[es:Portada]] [[eo:Ĉefpaĝo]] [[fa:صفحه‌ی اصلی]] [[fr:Accueil]] [[gl:]] [[ko:대문]] [[ie:]] [[is:Forsíða]] [[it:Pagina principale]] [[he:עמוד ראשי]] [[nl:Hoofdpagina]] [[ja:メインページ]] [[na:Main Page]] [[pl:Strona główna]] [[pt:Página principal]] [[ro:Pagina principală]] [[ru:Заглавная страница]] [[sr:]] [[fi:Etusivu]] [[sv:Huvudsida]] [[tt:Täwge Bit]] [[vi:Trang Chính]] [[tr:Ana Sayfa]] [[uk:Головна стаття]] [[zh:首页]] 2 961 2005-05-26T13:10:40Z Mxn 9 ==Other Wikimedia projects== Wikibooks is run by the [[w:Wikimedia|Wikimedia]] Foundation, a not-for-profit organization. Wikimedia runs several other [[w:Wikipedia:Copyrights|open-content]] wiki projects [[w:Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination|in many languages]]: {| align="center" cellpadding="2" <!-- |- | valign="top" align="center" | [[m:Main Page|http://en.wikibooks.org/upload/thumb/b/b9/80px-Meta-wiki.png]] | valign="top" align="center" | [[w:Main Page|http://en.wikibooks.org/upload/thumb/6/6d/80px-Wiki.png]] | valign="top" align="center" | [[Wiktionary:Main Page|http://en.wikibooks.org/upload/thumb/0/03/80px-Wiktionary.png]] | valign="top" align="center" | [[Wikiquote:Main Page|http://en.wikibooks.org/upload/thumb/7/74/80px-Wikiquote.png]] | valign="top" align="center" | [[Wikisource:Main Page|http://en.wikibooks.org/upload/thumb/9/9f/80px-Sourceberg.PNG]] --> |- | align="center" | '''[[m:Main Page|Meta-Wiki]]'''<br/>''All Wikimedia projects working together'' | align="center" | '''[[w:Main Page|Wikipedia]]'''<br/>''An encyclopedia in many languages'' | align="center" | '''[[wikt:Main Page|Wiktionary]]'''<br/>''A dictionary and thesaurus in many languages'' | align="center" | '''[[q:Main Page|Wikiquote]]'''<br/>''A collection of famous sayings'' | align="center" | '''[[Wikisource:Main Page:English|Wikisource]]'''<br/>''Important documents for free'' |} 3 962 2004-07-25T18:52:12Z Angela 4 Administrator/Bureaucrat ==Administrator== Hello Guanaco, you are now an administrator. Please create a page for this wiki explaining in Simple English what administrators are, and list yourself there. I have also made you a bureaucrat so that you can turn other users into sysops using the [[Special:makesysop]] page. There are instructions on using this at [[m:Bureaucrat]]. If you have any problems, let me know on my [[:en:user talk:Angela|talk page at en]], or leave a note on [[m:Requests for permissions]]. Good luck. [[User:Angela|Angela]] 18:52, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC) 4 2865 2005-12-14T08:11:39Z Michael 21 removed underline of links /* <pre> */ #siteNotice { display:none } /* Replace siteNotice display none with this when the site notice should be used. Taken down until Jimbo replies to Slashdot padding-left: 4px; font-style: italic; text-align: center; */ /* Make all non-namespace pages have a light blue content area. This is done by setting the background color for all #content areas to light blue and then overriding it for any #content enclosed in a .ns-0 (main namespace). I then do the same for the "tab" background colors. --Lupo */ #content { background: #F8FCFF; /* a light blue */ } .ns-0 * #content { background: white; } #mytabs li { background: #F8FCFF; } .ns-0 * #mytabs li { background: white; } #mytabs li a { background-color: #F8FCFF; } .ns-0 * #mytabs li a { background-color: white; } /* For p-cactions (the top "tabs") it works only because my .js moves them into the "ns-0" wrapper anyway. */ #p-cactions li { background: #F8FCFF; } .ns-0 * #p-cactions li { background: white; } #p-cactions li a { background-color: #F8FCFF; } .ns-0 * #p-cactions li a { background-color: white; } /* Display "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia */ #siteSub { display: inline; font-size:120%;font-weight:normal;} /* Bold 'edit this page' link to encourage newcomers */ #ca-edit a{font-weight:bold !important;} /* Display "User $1, you are already logged in!" ([[MediaWiki:Alreadyloggedin]]) in red and bold */ div.alreadyloggedin { color: red; font-weight: bold; } /* </pre> */ 5 2870 2005-12-14T08:29:03Z Michael 21 simplified change this page 6 3353 2006-05-29T04:28:43Z Cromwellt 38 added "my" to "watched pages" My watched pages 7 2890 2005-12-14T10:37:18Z Michael 21 simplified /* <pre> */ /* tooltips and access keys */ ta = new Object(); ta['pt-userpage'] = new Array('.','My user page'); ta['pt-anonuserpage'] = new Array('.','The user page for the IP (number) you\'re editing from'); ta['pt-mytalk'] = new Array('n','My talk page'); ta['pt-anontalk'] = new Array('n','Discussion about the IP (number) you\'re editing from'); ta['pt-preferences'] = new Array('','My personal settings'); ta['pt-watchlist'] = new Array('l','The list of pages you\'re watching.'); ta['pt-mycontris'] = new Array('y','List of my contributions'); ta['pt-login'] = new Array('o','You should log in, but you don\'t have to.'); ta['pt-anonlogin'] = new Array('o','You should log in, but you don\'t have to.'); ta['pt-logout'] = new Array('o','Log out'); ta['ca-talk'] = new Array('t','Discussion about the content page'); ta['ca-edit'] = new Array('e','You can edit this page. Please use the preview button before saving.'); ta['ca-addsection'] = new Array('+','Add a comment to this discussion.'); ta['ca-viewsource'] = new Array('e','This page is protected. You can view its source.'); ta['ca-history'] = new Array('h','Past versions of this page.'); ta['ca-protect'] = new Array('=','Protect this page'); ta['ca-delete'] = new Array('d','Delete this page'); ta['ca-undelete'] = new Array('d','Restore the edits done to this page before it was deleted'); ta['ca-move'] = new Array('m','Move this page'); ta['ca-nomove'] = new Array('','You aren\'t allowed to move this page'); ta['ca-watch'] = new Array('w','Watch this page'); ta['ca-unwatch'] = new Array('w','Remove this page from your watchlist'); ta['search'] = new Array('f','Search Simple English Wikibooks'); ta['p-logo'] = new Array('','Main Page'); ta['n-mainpage'] = new Array('z','Visit the Main Page'); ta['n-portal'] = new Array('','About the project, what you can do, where to find things'); ta['n-currentevents'] = new Array('','Find background information on current events'); ta['n-recentchanges'] = new Array('r','The list of newest changes to the Simple English Wikibooks.'); ta['n-randompage'] = new Array('x','Load a random page'); ta['n-help'] = new Array('','The place to find out.'); ta['n-sitesupport'] = new Array('','Support us'); ta['t-whatlinkshere'] = new Array('j','List of all wiki pages that link here'); ta['t-recentchangeslinked'] = new Array('k','Newest changes in pages linking to this page'); ta['feed-rss'] = new Array('','RSS feed for this page'); ta['feed-atom'] = new Array('','Atom feed for this page'); ta['t-contributions'] = new Array('','View the list of pages edited by this user'); ta['t-emailuser'] = new Array('','Send a mail to this user'); ta['t-upload'] = new Array('u','Upload images or media files'); ta['t-specialpages'] = new Array('q','List of all special pages'); ta['ca-nstab-main'] = new Array('c','View the content page'); ta['ca-nstab-user'] = new Array('c','View the user page'); ta['ca-nstab-media'] = new Array('c','View the media page'); ta['ca-nstab-special'] = new Array('','This is a special page; you can\'t edit the page itself.'); ta['ca-nstab-wp'] = new Array('a','View the project page'); ta['ca-nstab-image'] = new Array('c','View the image page'); ta['ca-nstab-mediawiki'] = new Array('c','View the system message'); ta['ca-nstab-template'] = new Array('c','View the template'); ta['ca-nstab-help'] = new Array('c','View the help page'); ta['ca-nstab-category'] = new Array('c','View the category page'); /* </pre> */ 8 967 2004-07-25T20:00:29Z Guanaco 1 About Wikibooks in Simple English 9 968 2004-07-25T20:01:06Z Guanaco 1 Wikibooks:About 10 969 2004-07-25T20:01:29Z Guanaco 1 v 11 970 2004-07-25T20:02:06Z Guanaco 1 p 12 971 2004-07-25T20:02:45Z Guanaco 1 s 13 972 2004-07-25T20:03:21Z Guanaco 1 f 14 973 2004-07-25T20:03:50Z Guanaco 1 $1 moved to $2 15 974 2004-07-25T20:04:25Z Guanaco 1 $1 moved to $2 over redirect 16 975 2004-07-25T20:05:44Z Guanaco 1 The password for '$1' has been sent to $2. 17 976 2004-07-25T20:05:59Z Guanaco 1 Password sent. 18 977 2004-07-25T20:06:28Z Guanaco 1 Sorry, you have already created $1 accounts. You can't make any more. 19 978 2004-07-25T20:07:09Z Guanaco 1 Action complete 20 979 2004-07-25T20:22:32Z Guanaco 1 Page watched 21 2881 2005-12-14T10:31:57Z Michael 21 simplified The page "$1" is now on your [[Special:Watchlist|list of watched pages]]. Future changes to this page and its talk will be listed there, and the page will appear '''bolded''' in the [[Special:Recentchanges|list of newest changes]] to make it easier to see. If you want to remove the page from your watchlist later, click the "unwatch" tab at the top of the page. 22 981 2004-07-25T20:25:03Z Guanaco 1 Wikibooks:Administrators 23 982 2004-07-25T20:26:09Z Guanaco 1 Anonymous user(s) of Wikibooks 24 983 2004-07-25T20:26:45Z Guanaco 1 <b>The page could not be moved:</b> a page of that name already exists, or the name you have chosen is bad. Please choose another name, or contact an <a href="/wiki/Wikibooks:Administrators">Administrator</a> to help you with the move. 25 984 2004-07-25T20:28:17Z Guanaco 1 You have been blocked because "'''$1'''" has recently used your IP address. The reason given for $1's block is: "'''$2'''". 26 985 2004-07-25T20:29:09Z Guanaco 1 This cannot be done here. 27 986 2004-07-25T20:29:29Z Guanaco 1 Bad IP address 28 987 2004-07-25T20:39:48Z Guanaco 1 You have tried to edit a page, either by clicking "edit this page" or by clicking on a red link. Your user name or IP address has been [[{{ns:Project}}:Blocking policy|blocked]] by $1. The reason given is this:<br/>''$2''<p>You can [[{{ns:special}}:emailuser/$4|email $4]] or one of the other [[{{ns:Project}}:list of administrators|administrators]] to discuss the block. If you believe that our [[{{ns:Project}}:Blocking policy|blocking policy]] was broken, you may discuss the block publicly on the [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/textbook-l Textbook-L mailing list]. Note that you may not use the "email this user" feature unless you have a Wikipedia account and a valid email address registered in your [[{{ns:Special}}:Preferences|user preferences]]. <br><br> Your IP address is $3. Please give this address when discussing the block.<br><br> If you would like to know when the block will expire, please see the [[Special:Ipblocklist|block list]].<br><br> If you need to see the wiki text of an article, you may wish to use the [[{{ns:Special}}:Export|Export pages]] feature. ==Innocent?== Sometimes many IPs or shared proxies are blocked from editing Wikibooks. This means that lots of innocent people can't edit. If this is the case, it should be explained in the reason given above. Also, some individual dynamic IP addresses may be blocked, usually for a 24 hour period. Sometimes, users with dynamic IPs will be blocked accidentally, due to that fact that their present IP was previously used by a blocked user. We apologise for any problems this may cause. If this problem affects you repeatedly, and you would like to help us resolve this issue, you will need to contact a [[{{ns:project}}:Administrators|Simple English Wikibooks administrator]] and your [[w:internet service provider]] (ISP). The administrator should be able to obtain the time, date, and IP address used for the inappropriate behaviour in question, and describe what the problem was. You can then pass this information on to your ISP, explaining that you are unable to edit Wikipedia due to the inappropriate actions of another person using this ISP, and ask them to remedy the problem. ==Just reading?== You are not blocked from reading pages, only from editing them. If you were only intending to read a page and are seeing this message, you probably followed a red link. These are links to pages that do not exist, so they take users to an editing screen. You should have no problem if you follow only blue links. 29 988 2004-07-25T20:47:42Z Guanaco 1 "$1" has been blocked. <br />See [[Special:Ipblocklist|IP block list]] to look at blocks. 30 989 2004-07-25T20:49:08Z Guanaco 1 This is a log of user blocks and unblocks. Automatically blocked IP addresses are not listed. See the [[Special:Ipblocklist|IP block list]] for the list of current blocks. 31 990 2004-07-25T20:50:21Z Guanaco 1 Below is a list of links to other sites that sell new and used books, and may also have more information about books you are looking for. Wikipedia does not work with any of these businesses, and this list should not be considered an endorsement. 32 991 2004-07-25T20:51:40Z Guanaco 1 The action you tried to do can only be done by sysops with "bureaucrat" status. 33 992 2004-07-25T20:52:38Z Guanaco 1 Bureaucrat access needed 34 3908 2006-10-04T16:25:03Z Cromwellt 38 Wikibooks:Policy --> Wikibooks:Rules You are about to delete a page or image along with all of its history. Please confirm that you want to do this, that you understand what it will do, and that you are following [[Wikibooks:Rules]]. 35 3262 2006-05-09T22:19:12Z Cromwellt 38 changed to "my changes" as simpler. Comments should go on [[MediaWiki talk:Mycontris]] My changes 36 3352 2006-05-29T04:28:01Z Cromwellt 38 personal settings --> my settings My settings 37 996 2004-07-25T21:08:11Z Guanaco 1 Wikibooks in Simple English 38 997 2004-07-25T21:14:08Z Guanaco 1 <small>From Wikibooks, the free simple English textbook project</small> 39 sysop 998 2004-08-13T13:01:42Z 24.29.135.164 <table> <tr><td align="right"><a href="/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Allpages&amp;from=Main_Page" title ="Special:Allpages">Main Page</a></td><td> to </td><td align="left">Main Page</td></tr> </table> 175 sysop 3916 2006-10-04T17:10:37Z Cromwellt 38 most recent --> new Below is a list of new deletions. 343 sysop 3276 2006-05-16T19:08:34Z Cromwellt 38 simplified Login Needed 345 sysop 3275 2006-05-16T19:06:24Z Cromwellt 38 simplified You have logged in 347 sysop 3277 2006-05-16T20:18:30Z Cromwellt 38 simplified <strong>You logged out.</strong><br /> You can continue to use {{SITENAME}} in this state, or you can log in again as the same user or as a different user. Some pages will probably still look like you are logged in until you clear your browser cache. 425 sysop 3725 2006-08-03T10:12:42Z Cromwellt 38 simplifying Links 515 sysop 3242 2006-04-27T22:01:27Z Cromwellt 38 changed to show difference from English Wikibooks $1 - Simple English Wikibooks 533 sysop 3263 2006-05-09T22:20:24Z Cromwellt 38 Simplified New changes 574 sysop 3391 2006-06-02T09:49:24Z Cromwellt 38 simplified Show any page 581 sysop 2883 2005-12-14T10:32:49Z Michael 21 simplified Loading newest changes 585 sysop 2885 2005-12-14T10:35:00Z Michael 21 simplified Newest Changes Patrol disabled 586 sysop 2886 2005-12-14T10:35:16Z Michael 21 simplified The Newest Changes Patrol feature is currently disabled. 590 sysop 3264 2006-05-09T22:20:41Z Cromwellt 38 Simplified New changes 592 sysop 3265 2006-05-09T22:20:58Z Cromwellt 38 Simplified Titles in new changes: 594 sysop 3266 2006-05-09T22:21:12Z Cromwellt 38 Simplified Track the new changes to the wiki on this page. 597 sysop 3268 2006-05-09T22:24:46Z Cromwellt 38 Simplified Remove checked items from list of watched pages 598 sysop 3269 2006-05-09T22:25:06Z Cromwellt 38 Simplified Removed from list of watched pages 599 sysop 3267 2006-05-09T22:23:03Z Cromwellt 38 Simplified The page "$1" has been removed from your list of watched pages. 600 sysop 3270 2006-05-09T22:25:31Z Cromwellt 38 Simplified Removing requested items from list of watched pages... 650 sysop 2897 2005-12-16T05:46:50Z Michael 21 updated from w:en <div style="clear:both;"></div> {| align=center border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2 style="border: solid #aaa 1px; background: #f9f9f9; font-size: 90%; margin: .2em auto .2em auto;" |- | [[Image:Commons-logo.svg|20px|Wikimedia Commons logo]] |This is a file from the [[Commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]]. The description on its '''[[Commons:Image:{{PAGENAME}}|description page there]]''' is shown below. |} 662 sysop 4260 2006-12-29T19:49:59Z Romihaitza 90 Blank for the Foundraiser. See [[M:Foundraising]] - please translate it and revert after the foundraiser. 699 sysop 3392 2006-06-02T09:50:06Z Cromwellt 38 simplified Support Wikibooks 700 sysop 2849 2005-12-13T02:55:22Z Michael 21 'Project:Site' support -> 'Wikimedia:Fundraising' Wikimedia:Fundraising 730 sysop 3356 2006-05-29T04:43:20Z Cromwellt 38 discussion --> talk Talk 751 sysop 3271 2006-05-09T22:25:48Z Cromwellt 38 Simplified Hide minor edits in new changes 764 sysop 3272 2006-05-09T22:26:02Z Cromwellt 38 Simplified Enhanced new changes (JavaScript) 923 1882 2005-05-03T21:14:44Z OlegPopov 8 Hello! My name '''Oleg Ivanovich Popov'''. I live in Russia. My adress: Ryazan, RO 123056, Ul. Raketnaya D.85 Kv.13. '''Education:''' Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University), 1992 to 1997 International Law School including three foreign languages: English, German, and Afrikaans. High Level Diploma - "Several Aspects of International Copyright". Work Experience: Lawyer, International Law Firm Baker & McKenzie, October 1998 to Present. '''Skills & Interests:''' Fluent in English, proficient in German, some knowledge of French and Afrikaans. Computer literate, large working experience on both PC (Windows and DOS) and Macintosh, have one of each at home. Some programming experience. I have 24/7 access to the Internet and my favourite hobby to read and study wiki sites :) '''PS:''' I have the catalogue wiki sites - http://wiki4all.com/ and I shall be very grateful to the manager of this wiki site, if it will add wiki in my catalogue with the small description... :) 924 3935 2006-10-04T18:21:31Z Cromwellt 38 fixed other links <big><big>''<small><center>Welcome to...</small><br/> '''<font color=green><big>The World History Project</center></big></font>'''''</big></big> [[Image:Ac parthenon2.jpg|center]] <br/> <center> ''<font color="darkblue">"Those who do not know their past are condemned to repeat it..."</font> - George Santayana'' <br/> <br/> This textbook is about things that have already happened in the world. </center> <br/> <big>'''[[World History|Go to the contents page »]]'''</big> <br/> <br/> '''[[World History/Standards|Standards]] | [[World History/Disclaimer|Disclaimers]] | [[World History/Golden Rule|Our Golden Rule]] | [[World History/Staff|The "Staff"]]''' <br/> [[Category:World History| ]] [[Category:History]] 925 4228 2006-12-10T01:29:35Z Xania 86 new link to the cold war (page to be added soon) This is a wikibook on '''[[World History]]'''. It doesn't have many chapters yet. You can also see the same book in [[:en:World History|complex English]]. ==Ancient civilizations== #[[World History/Ancient Rome|Ancient Rome]]&nbsp;– the Romans ==Modern history== #[[World History/Cold War|The Cold War]] [[Category:World History| ]] [[en:World History:Contents]] 926 4239 2006-12-12T11:23:23Z Xania 86 Simplified language & removed inappropriate text (in my opinion) ==The Ancient Romans== The '''Ancient Romans''' were citizens of Rome, a city in Southern Europe that is now the capital of [[w:Italy|Italy]], and its empire. Often, they are simply called "The Romans". The time of the Romans was from 700 BC to 330 AD. The City of Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire. The Romans were excellent at fighting other people, and won their land. At around 200 A.D., the Roman Empire covered all of Northern [[w:Africa|Africa]], [[w:Asia Minor|Asia Minor]] and Sourthern [[w:Europe|Europe]]. Eventually, the Roman Empire became hard to manage, and was divided into two parts: the Eastern half and the Western half. The [[w:Huns|Huns]], a group of Asian invaders, and other groups, destroyed the Western part of the Empire. The eastern half survived as the [[w:Byzantine Empire|Byzantine Empire]], which lasted into the [[World History/Middle Ages|Middle Ages]]. == Romans and the Etruscans == [[Image:etruscan.jpg]] Roman history and Etruscan history is intimately connected. It is perhaps impossible to truly understand the Romans without understanding the Etruscans. They are related in terms of their alphabets and many of the same types of cloth. When an Etruscan woman wanted to date or marry a Roman, that was called a '''Roman-Etruscan marriage'''. Some think that the Etruscans were related to the ancient Greeks. Etruscan customs included bow-hunting and gazing at the stars. Their literature is almost completely lost, but scientists are continually working on rediscovering it through new infrared technology. Although the Romans eventually expelled the Etruscans, their story will always live on in the memories of all who study history and Etruscan culture. == Things Caleb Buck knows about the Romas == Catullus invented calling girls lesbians when they won't date you. He also invented saying that they are slutty. The Romans like gladiators. The gladiators were there professional wrestlers. The Romans never fought the Spartans, but if they had, they would have won, because Spartans didn't wear shoes. {{stub}} [[Category:Ancient civilizations|Rome]] [[en:World History:An Age of Empires - Rome, Han China, and the Silk Road#Ancient Rome and the Republic]] 927 3249 2006-05-04T08:44:04Z Cromwellt 38 changed wording, added one link, removed another ---- <center> '''''This [[Wikibooks:Module|module]] (page) is a [[Wikibooks:Stubs|stub]]. This means it is short or incomplete. You can help Simple English Wikibooks by <span class=plainlinks>[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=edit}} adding to it]</span>.'''''</div> </center><includeonly>[[Category:Stubs]]</includeonly> 928 2561 2005-08-26T13:22:10Z 62.194.241.152 interwiki This category lists all the textbooks about '''history'''. [[Category:People]] [[Category:Social studies]] [[Category:Main Page]] [[de:Kategorie:Geschichte]] [[en:Category:History]] [[es:Categoría:Historia]] [[ja:Category:歴史]] [[nl:Categorie:Geschiedenis]] [[pt:Categoria:História]] 929 2562 2005-08-26T13:27:15Z 62.194.241.152 corr redirect #redirect [[:Category:Main Page]] 930 4188 2006-11-20T13:01:30Z Suisui 5 Talk:Hell Education moved to Talk:Main Page: revert {| style="float: center; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width:98%; border: #AA0000 solid 1px" |- |style="background:#FFFFFF;"|<center>This is the talk page for the Main Page. '''Do not''' put questions about Wikibooks here. Instead, go to [[Wikibooks:Simple talk|Simple talk]].</center> |} ==No books?== * Why are there no books at all on SE Wikibooks? [[User:194.73.231.93|194.73.231.93]] 14:04, 25 May 2005 (UTC) ** Because it has no clearly defined scope. I'm thinking of moving [[en:Wikijunior|educational kids]] books here from en.wikibooks.org instead. Does anyone here have a problem with this? - [[en:User:Aya]] 14:05, 15 July 2005 (UTC) *** SE Wikibooks now has a clearly defined scope: to make textbooks for adults in simple English (for those who do not know English well). These books are not created with children in mind, because that is the project of WikiJunior. These books may be used by translators, by people learning English, or in other ways, but for now we editors will leave that up to the readers. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]] 21:17, 4 May 2006 (UTC) == What is SIMPLE about? == How do simple wikibooks differ from "regular" Wikibooks? What do you mean by "simple english"? Is it a subset of one of the dialects of the English language? Or are you talking about simple books -- like Big Dummy Guides? I am curious. I have no idea if I would like to contribute here or not. So, for the moment, I won't. And why doesn't my WikiBooks login (let alone my Wikipedia login) carry over to here? Why no centralized Wiki Login Server? -- SV Resolution 11:54, 17 August 2005 (UTC) :Better a very late reply than no reply: Simple English Wikibooks are (as I mentioned above) created for readers who do not know English well. It is a sisterproject of [[w:Main Page|Simple English Wikipedia]], etc. No, simple English is not a dialect, nor does it have anything to do with "English for Dummies" or some such. Simple English is a sort of selective English, where we attempt to restrict word usage to the BE850 or BE1500 (the 850 or 1500 most basic English words). Most topics require a few more words, but those we explain in simple English. The multiple login issue is a [[m:Main Page|Meta]] issue, and has been brought up there. Plans have been proposed for a universal login to all Wikimedia sites, but it has not yet been implemented. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]] 21:17, 4 May 2006 (UTC) == For the Developers == I get a persistant javascript error, whether I view these pages in IE or FireFox. Here is the error: it is caused by an unescaped single-quote in a quoted string. Source File: http://simple.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=-&action-raw&gen=js Line: 8 It is given as: ta['pt-anontalk'] = new Array('n','Discussion about the IP (number) you're editing from'); But it should be: ta['pt-anontalk'] = new Array('n','Discussion about the IP (number) you\'re editing from'); I know this seems like a strange place to post this, but I cannot figure out where to post notes for the developers. I won't mind if you move this to a more appropriate place --[[User:68.238.248.188|68.238.248.188]] 12:51, 17 August 2005 (UTC) But I was ALREADY LOGGED IN --[[User:SV Resolution|SV Resolution]] 12:54, 17 August 2005 (UTC) :I'm not a developer, but all those javascript errors should be fixed, now. [[User:Michael|Michael]] 02:30, 13 December 2005 (UTC) == Apology == I would like to make a public apology to the editors here on Simple English Wikibooks for comments I made in the past about this project. I could not see its usefulness, and agreed with Angela that it should be removed, specifically talking to [[User:Michael|Michael]]. Upon further reflection, I realize that it can be useful for people who do not know English well, but are not children (and therefore do not want to use Wikijunior). This is a slightly different (more specific) goal from Simple English Wikipedia and Simple English Wiktionary, but it is still worthwhile. I still have not yet discovered any potential usefulness for SEWikiquote, but I'll try to keep an open mind. Happy editing! --[[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]] 21:46, 17 February 2006 (UTC) * First what comments did you make? [[User:Gmcfoley|Gerard Foley]] 22:14, 17 February 2006 (UTC) ::Oddly, I can't find my own comments. Of course, I did not have an account here when I made them (possibly I made them at simple.wikiquote.org rather than here), but... In any case, I said that this project (and SE Wikiquote) had no reason to exist and should be removed, partly because children were already covered by WikiJunior. Now I see that this project certainly has a usefulness and I can also see the usefulness of SEWikiquote for simple English explanations of quotes, etc. Hope that clears things up. ::BTW, not having the buttons at the top of the edit box is frustrating. To sign here, I had to learn that alt-126 is the code for the tilde, since I'm working on a Spanish-configured keyboard that doesn't seem to have a key like that. I've asked about it at Meta, but if someone knows how we can get those buttons, we could use them both here and at SEWikiquote. Thanks! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]] 21:17, 4 May 2006 (UTC) :::You'll be glad to know I now have the buttons. It was a problem with my Firefox extensions. Took a reinstallation of Firefox to fix it, but now it works fine. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]] 04:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC) ==Main Page update== I like the new look of the Main Page quite a bit. However, I'm not sure I like that red color around the books. 1) It doesn't fit with all the blues and 2) it is a primary color, but this Wikibooks is not made for children, so it is out of place. I think I would pick another color of blue instead of the red (maybe cyan), or switch the cyan to the border above and make that border dark blue. How about it, 45thuser? --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]] 04:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC) :consider it done. --[[User:45thuser|45thuser]]^{[[User_talk:45thuser|Hello]]} 20:37, 30 May 2006 (UTC) ==Advisory== I took the advisory off the Main Page and stuck it in MediaWiki:Sitenotice so that it would appear on every page, but smaller and nicer like on [[wikt:Main Page|SEWikt]]. But it doesn't show up now, and I can't figure out why, so I've rolled back my change to the main page until I can figure out why. In the past, things I had changed which didn't show have tended to show up the next day or something like that, so I'll leave it for the moment. If any of you have an idea why it doesn't show up, let me know and I'll fix it. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 10:35, 3 August 2006 (UTC) 931 4235 2006-12-10T19:42:54Z Xania 86 new entry <center><big><big>Wikimedia Cookbook</big></big><br>''A collection of recipes from around the world''</center> This is the '''Wikimedia Cookbook'''. This is the place that you can put instructions for making food. ==[[w:Meal|Meals]]== * [[Cookbook:BLT Sandwich|BLT Sandwich]] * [[Cookbook:Hamburger|Hamburger]] * [[Cookbook:Spaghetti|Spaghetti]] and [[Cookbook:tomato sauce|tomato sauce]] * [[Cookbook:Shepherds Pie|Shepherd's Pie]] ==[[w:Dessert|Desserts]]== *[[Cookbook:Fruity Swirl|Fruity Swirl]] ==[[w:Drink|Drinks]]== *[[Cookbook:Instant coffee|Instant coffee]] ==[[w:Snack|Snacks]]== * [[Cookbook:Rosól soup|Rosól soup]] ==Help== *[[Cookbook:Rules]] [[Category:Cookbook| ]] [[Category:How-tos]] [[bg:Готварска книга]] [[de:Kochbuch]] [[en:Cookbook]] [[es:Artes culinarias]] [[eo:Kuirlibro]] [[fr:Livre de Cuisine]] [[he:ספר מתכונים]] [[it:Ricettario]] [[lt:Receptai]] [[nl:Kookboek]] [[ja:料理本]] [[pl:Książka kucharska]] [[pt:Livro de Receitas]] [[ro:Carte de bucate]] [[sv:Kokboken]] 932 4250 2006-12-19T00:23:25Z Xania 86 added to metric category [[Cookbook]] ==Things you need== *3 [[Cookbook:teaspoon|teaspoons]] of instant coffee *1 cup of water *Sugar *Milk *You will need a [[w:kettle|kettle]] as well. ==What to do== *Put the instant coffee in a clean cup. *Put the water in the kettle and boil it. *Pour the hot water into the mug. Be careful! Hot water can burn. *Stir the mixture. *Add sugar and milk if you want to and stir. [[Category:Drinks|Instant coffee]] [[Category:Recipes_with_metric_units|Instant Coffee]] 933 3980 2006-10-04T19:27:10Z Cromwellt 38 removed extra cat [[Cookbook]] ==Things you need== *A tub of [[w:yoghurt|yoghurt]] (natural flavour) *Some jam ==What to do== *Open the tub of yoghurt. *Stir three spoonfuls of jam into it. [[Category:Desserts|Fruity Swirl]] 934 2971 2006-02-03T08:42:19Z Mxn 9 Updated Hi, I am '''Minh Nguyễn''', a student at [[w:en:Stanford University|Stanford University]] in [[w:California|California]], [[w:United States|United States]]. I write a personal [http://mxn.f2o.org/ weblog] (online journal). You can find out [http://mxn.f2o.org/about/index.html more about me] at my weblog, and at [[w:en:User:Mxn|my user page]] at the [[w:en:Main Page|English Wikipedia]]. I am an [[w:Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] at the [[:vi:Trang Chính|Vietnamese Wikibooks]], and a bureaucrat (special administrator) at the [[w:vi:Trang Chính|Vietnamese Wikipedia]]. [[en:User:Mxn]] [[es:User:Mxn]] [[vi:User:Mxn]] 935 2563 2005-08-26T13:43:21Z 62.194.241.152 interwiki <center><big><big>[[Cookbook|Wikimedia Cookbook]]</big></big><br>''A collection of recipes from around the world''</center> [[Category:How-tos]] [[en:Category:Cookbook]] [[es:Categoría:Artes culinarias]] [[it:Categoria:Ricettario]] [[nl:Categorie:Kookboek]] [[pl:Kategoria:Książka kucharska]] [[pt:Categoria:Livro de Receitas]] [[sv:Kategori:Kokboken]] 936 1895 2005-05-26T13:03:09Z Mxn 9 +en: This category lists textbooks that show you how to do something. Our first '''how-to''' is the ''[[Cookbook|Wikimedia Cookbook]]''. [[Category:Main Page]] [[en:Category:How-tos]] 937 3433 2006-06-12T02:45:52Z Michael 21 Reverted edit of 80.68.10.37, changed back to last version by 45thuser This category is the '''bookshelf''' for the Simple English Wikibooks. From here, you can find all of Wikibooks textbooks, organized by topic. [[Category:Wikibooks]] [[bg:Категория:Начална категория]] [[da:Kategori:Kategorier]] [[de:Kategorie:!Hauptkategorie]] [[en:Category:Main page]] [[es:Categoría:Principal]] [[ja:Category:主要カテゴリ]] [[nl:Categorie:Alles]] [[pl:Kategoria:Główna]] [[pt:Categoria:Principal]] [[th:Category:มูลฐาน]] [[uk:Категорія:Головна]] 938 3629 2006-07-08T14:55:00Z 62.194.241.152 colon trick! #redirect [[:Category:Recipes]] 939 2714 2005-11-15T22:37:01Z 82.92.84.219 interwiki's This category lists all the recipies for '''desserts''' in the ''[[Cookbook|Wikimedia Cookbook]]''. [[Category:Recipes]] [[de:Kategorie:Desserts]] [[en:Category:Dessert recipes]] [[nl:Categorie:Dessert]] 940 1899 2005-05-26T13:21:37Z Mxn 9 Typos This category lists all the '''recipes''' in the ''[[Cookbook|Wikimedia Cookbook]]''. [[Category:Cookbook]] [[en:Category:Recipes]] [[de:Kategorie:Rezepte]] [[nl:Categorie:Recepten]] 941 2558 2005-08-26T10:30:47Z 62.194.241.152 corr redirect #redirect [[:Category:Drinks]] 942 2715 2005-11-15T22:42:07Z 82.92.84.219 interwiki's This category lists all the recipes for '''drinks''' in the ''[[Cookbook|Wikimedia Cookbook]]''. [[Category:Recipes]] [[de:Kategorie:Getränke]] [[en:Category:Beverage recipes]] [[nl:Categorie:Drank]] 943 1902 2005-05-26T13:29:37Z Mxn 9 This category contains all the pages of the '''''[[World History|World History Project]]'''''. [[Category:History]] 945 1904 2005-05-26T13:45:52Z Mxn 9 This category lists the part of the ''[[World History|World History Project]]'' that covers '''Ancient Rome'''. [[Category:World History]] 947 4209 2006-12-02T19:24:31Z Az1568 83 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Drini|Drini]] ([[User_talk:Drini|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]] <div style="text-align:center;font-size:1,7em;font-weight:bold;">[[Image:Portal.svg|36px|<nowiki></nowiki>]] Welcome to the Community Portal!</div> Wikibooks wants '''you'''! Together, we build a library of textbooks – free textbooks. Play around in the [[Wikibooks:Sandbox|sandbox]], a place where you can do ''anything'' to understand how a [[w:Wiki|wiki]] works. To ask questions or start a discussion, visit [[Wikibooks:Simple talk|Simple talk]]. You might also want to read about [[Wikibooks:Administrators|administrators]]. For help, see [[Help:Contents|help]]. [[Category:Wikibooks]] [[da:Wikibooks:Forside]] [[de:Wikibooks:Portal]] [[en:Wikibooks:Community Portal]] [[it:Wikibooks:Portale Comunità]] [[nl:Gebruikersportaal]] [[pl:Wikibooks:Portal wikipedystów]] [[sv:Wikibooks:Portalen]] 948 2555 2005-08-26T10:20:54Z 62.194.241.152 corr redirect #redirect [[:Category:Maths]] 949 2554 2005-08-26T10:12:06Z 62.194.241.152 interwiki This category lists all the textbooks that teach '''languages''' or teach about them. [[Category:Main Page]] [[cs:Kategorie:Jazyky]] [[de:Kategorie:Sprachen]] [[en:Category:Languages]] [[es:Categoría:Idiomas]] [[fr:Catégorie:Langue]] [[it:Categoria:Lingue]] [[ja:Category:語学]] [[nl:Categorie:Taal]] [[pl:Kategoria:Języki]] [[pt:Categoria:Línguas]] [[ru:Category:&#1071;&#1079;&#1099;&#1082;&#1080;]] [[fi:Luokka:Kielet]] [[sv:Kategori:Språk]] 950 1908 2005-05-26T15:44:28Z Charlie123 10 Welcome to my uesr page. [[User:Charlie123|Charlie123]] 15:44, 26 May 2005 (UTC) 951 1909 2005-05-27T00:06:54Z Mxn 9 Redirect to [[Category:Main Page]] #redirect [[Category:Main Page]] 952 3628 2006-07-08T14:01:52Z 62.194.241.152 colon trick! #redirect [[:Category:People]] 953 2553 2005-08-26T09:34:31Z 62.194.241.152 corr redirect #redirect [[:Category:Art]] 954 2559 2005-08-26T11:34:33Z 62.194.241.152 interwiki These Wikibooks are about '''[[w:science|science]]'''. Science is what we know about the world and how things work. [[Category:Main Page]] [[en:Category:Science]] [[es:Categoría:Ciencias]] [[nl:Categorie:Exacte wetenschap]] [[vi:Category:Khoa học]] 955 2556 2005-08-26T10:27:28Z 62.194.241.152 interwiki [[Category:Main Page]] [[cs:Kategorie:Matematika]] [[de:Kategorie:Mathematik]] [[en:Category:Mathematics]] [[es:Categoría:Matemáticas]] [[fr:Catégorie:Mathématiques]] [[he:קטגוריה:מתמטיקה]] [[hu:Kategória:Matematika]] [[nl:Categorie:Wiskunde]] [[ja:Category:数学]] [[pl:Kategoria:Matematyka]] [[pt:Categoria:Matemática]] 956 1914 2005-05-27T00:09:32Z Mxn 9 +en: '''Humanities''' are things about people. [[Category:Main Page]] [[Category:Social studies]] [[en:Category:Humanities]] 957 2552 2005-08-26T09:33:46Z 62.194.241.152 interwiki These Wikibooks are about '''art''', including music and painting. [[Category:Main Page]] [[Category:People]] [[de:Kategorie:Kunst]] [[en:Category:Arts]] 959 3953 2006-10-04T18:52:12Z Cromwellt 38 fixed link Welcome to the Wikibook on '''Physics'''. [[Image:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg|center|thumb|550px|The Earth seen from space.]] [[Physics|Go to contents page >>>]] [[en:Physics]] [[Category:Science]] [[Category:Physics]] 960 3955 2006-10-04T18:55:17Z Cromwellt 38 change en link {{Physics top}} #[[Physics/What Physics is|What Physics is]] [[Category:Physics]] [[en:Physics Bookshelf]] 961 3302 2006-05-28T00:50:15Z 45thuser 46 <big>'''Physics'''</big> [[Physics/Cover|Cover]] | [[Physics|Contents]] ---- 962 1920 2005-06-20T11:26:51Z Charlie123 10 [[Category:Science]] 963 3949 2006-10-04T18:47:28Z Cromwellt 38 fixed link <center>Welcome to the Wikibook on '''Chemistry'''.</center> [[Image:Flint spark lighter striking.jpg|center|thumb|550px|A flint spark lighter.]] [[Chemistry|Go to contents page >>>]] [[en:Chemistry bookshelf]] [[Category:Science]] [[Category:Chemistry]] 964 1922 2005-06-20T11:28:51Z Charlie123 10 [[Category:Science]] 965 3950 2006-10-04T18:48:12Z Cromwellt 38 added cat {{Chemistry top}} Welcome to the Wikibook on '''Chemistry'''. Chemistry is about the [[w:materials|materials]] that make up our bodies and the whole world. [[Category:Chemistry]] 966 3314 2006-05-28T01:20:57Z 45thuser 46 <big>'''Chemistry'''</big> [[Chemistry/Cover|Cover]] | [[Chemistry|Contents]] ---- 967 4232 2006-12-10T12:28:11Z Xania 86 examples of physics {{Physics top}} Physics is the science of [[w:matter|matter]] and energy. Physics can be the study of astronomy (space), electronics, nanotechnology (very small physics) and many other kinds. [[Category:Physics]] 968 3947 2006-10-04T18:43:58Z Cromwellt 38 fixed link again Welcome to the Wikibook on '''Biology'''. [[Image:Muir Wood11.JPG|center|thumb|550px|''Sequoia sempervirens'' trees in [[w:California|California]].]] [[Biology|Go to contents page >>>]] [[en:Biology]] [[Category:Biology]] [[Category:Science]] 969 3948 2006-10-04T18:44:51Z Cromwellt 38 fixed link, added cat '''Biology''' is about all living things, like animals, trees and other plants. #[[Biology/Cells|Cells]] [[Category:Biology]] 1022 sysop 3913 2006-10-04T17:00:35Z Cromwellt 38 simplifying English An e-mail has been sent to the e-mail address. Before other people send mail to the account, you must follow the instructions in the e-mail, to confirm that the account is yours. 1336 sysop 3842 2006-09-05T21:31:09Z Cromwellt 38 fixed sidebar * navigation ** mainpage|mainpage ** portal-url|portal ** Wikibooks:Simple talk|Simple talk <!-- Commented until someone comes to update it regularly ** currentevents-url|currentevents --> ** recentchanges-url|recentchanges ** randompage-url|randompage ** helppage|help ** sitesupport-url|sitesupport ** Wikibooks:Basic English alphabetical wordlist|BE850 1425 2560 2005-08-26T11:53:04Z 62.194.241.152 interwiki [[de:Kategorie:Biologie]] [[en:Category:Biology]] [[nl:Categorie:Biologie]] [[pl:Kategoria:Biologia]] [[pt:Categoria:Biologia]] [[vi:Category:Sinh học]] 1426 2564 2005-08-28T07:30:14Z Jusjih 14 New page [[en:User:Jusjih]] [[fr:Utilisateur:Jusjih]] [[zh:User:Jusjih]] See [[w:User:Jusjih]]. 1449 4280 2007-01-16T07:26:43Z BlankVerse 15 {| | style="margin: 0 auto; border:Black solid 1px; " align=left| Please contact me on my [[:en:User Talk:BlankVerse|English Wikipedia talk page]] or [[Special:Emailuser/BlankVerse|email me]]. |} &nbsp; <br> [[w:en:b:en:User:BlankVerse|b]] <!--Wikibooks--> [[w:commons:User:BlankVerse|c]] <!--Commons--> [[w:incubator:User:BlankVerse|i]] <!--Incubator Wiki--> [[m:User:BlankVerse|m]] <!--Meta--> [[mw:User:BlankVerse|mw]] <!--Mediawiki--> [[w:en:n:en:User:BlankVerse|n]] <!--Wikinews---> [[w:en:q:en:User:BlankVerse|q]] <!--Wikiquote--> [[w:en:s:User:BlankVerse|s]] <!--Wikisource --> [[w:wikispecies:User:BlankVerse|sp]] <!--Wikispecies--> [[w:en:v:en:User:BlankVerse|v]] <!--Wikiversity--> [[w:en:wikt:en:User:BlankVerse|w]] <!--Wiktionary--> / [[EvoWiki:User:BlankVerse|evo]] <!-- http://www.evowiki.org --> [[WikiTravel:User:BlankVerse|wt]] <!-- http://wikitravel.org --> [[CentralWikia:User:BlankVerse|wikia]] <!-- http://wikia.org --> / [[Special:Statistics|ss]] <br clear="all"> *[[Wikibooks:WikiNode]] *[[Wikibooks:TourBusStop]] ==Wikipedia user pages:== *[[w:en:User:BlankVerse]] *[[w:ja:&#21033;&#29992;&#32773;:BlankVerse]] *[[w:simple:User:BlankVerse]] ==Also see== *[[meta:Wikijunior]] *[[:en:Wikijunior]] ==Userful Simple Wikibooks pages== *[[Special:All articles]] *[[Special:All pages (User namespace)]] *[[Special:Longpages]] *[[Special:Listusers]] *[[:Category:Main Page]] *[[Wikibooks:Community Portal]] ==Simple user pages:== * Simple Wikibooks: [[w:b:simple:User:BlankVerse]] * Simple Wikiquote: [[q:simple:User:BlankVerse]] * Simple Wiktionary: [[wikt:simple:User:BlankVerse]] * Simple Wikipedia: [[w:simple:User:BlankVerse]] ==Simple Wikibooks statistics== At '''{{CURRENTTIME}}, [[{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTDAY2}}]], [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]]''' ([[UTC]]): {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} pages, {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles, {{NUMBEROFFILES}} files, {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} users & {{NUMBEROFADMINS}} admins; version {{CURRENTVERSION}} *At 01:36, October 9, 2005 (UTC): 13 articles 16 users. *At 04:58, October 24, 2005 (UTC): 13 articles 17 users. *At 08:35, November 1, 2005 (UTC): 13 articles 18 users. *At 16:32, December 6, 2005 (UTC), 13 articles, 20 users, 0 administrators *At 05:48, Jan 16, 2007 (UTC): 1,203 pages, 47 articles, 4 files, 92 users & 2 admins; version 1.10alpha (r19302) [[en:User:BlankVerse]] __NoTOC__ 1450 3930 2006-10-04T18:07:45Z Cromwellt 38 New life Talk, talk, talk, talk talk! 07:50, 4 October 2005 (UTC) == New life == There are a few of us trying to breathe new life into SEWikibooks, and we'd be delighted if you would join us. Don't forget that SEWikibooks is not targeted to children, as that audience is served by WikiJunior. We are trying to make textbooks that adults who do not know English well can read. For questions or comments, feel free to contact me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]]. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 18:07, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1451 2617 2005-10-08T14:01:15Z Nü 16 &nbsp; &nbsp; <center><big><big><big><big><big><big>'''''It's [[:en:wikt:new|nü]]!!!'''''</big></big></big></big></big></big></center> ---- ---- [[en:User:nü]] 1452 2618 2005-10-08T14:01:58Z Nü 16 [[User:Nü|Nü]] 14:01, 8 October 2005 (UTC) 1455 3152 2006-03-09T10:02:56Z 68.84.57.64 #redirect [[w:user:cacumer]] 1456 2638 2005-11-08T05:55:03Z Cacumer 19 [[Wikipedia:How to link to Wikimedia projects]] - using same template from [[Template:Wiktionary]] <div class="noprint" style="clear: right; border: solid #aaa 1px; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; font-size: 90%; background: #f9f9f9; width: 250px; padding: 4px; spacing: 0px; text-align: left; float: right;"> <div style="float: left;">[[Image:Wikipedia-logo-en.png|50px|none|Wikipedia]]</div> <div style="margin-left: 60px;">[[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] has more about this subject: <div style="margin-left: 10px;">'''''[[w:{{{1|Special:Search/{{PAGENAME}}}}}|{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}]]'''''</div> </div> </div> <noinclude> ---- This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]] and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopaedic content. ==Usage== # '''<nowiki>{{wikibooks}}</nowiki>''' - defaults to the page name # '''<nowiki>{{wikibooks|etymology}}</nowiki>''' - uses the word "etymology" in this example ==See also== * {{template|wikipedia}} * {{template|wikipediapage}} * {{template|wikipediapar}} * {{template|wikipediachapter}} [[Category:Wikipedia maintenance]] </noinclude> 1457 sysop 3925 2006-10-04T17:29:05Z Cromwellt 38 enable --> allow Allow e-mail from other users 1506 sysop 2876 2005-12-14T08:43:33Z Michael 21 pointed to the real privacy policy Wikimedia:Privacy policy 1516 2829 2005-12-06T22:23:35Z Michael 21 created My name is '''Michael''', and the primary reason I am here is help stop vandalism. 1517 3861 2006-09-12T18:47:38Z Cromwellt 38 request fix {{alreadyknow}} An '''administrator''' or ''sysop'' can [[Wikibooks:Deletion policy|delete]] pages, [[Wikibooks:Protection policy|protect]] pages, and [[Wikibooks:Blocking policy|block]] users. Administrators can also "rollback" (undo) changes to any page, but other users can also, by changing an old version of the page under its history. If you want to be an administrator, request it below. If you have a request for deletion, protection, or blocking, make it at the bottom of the page. ==List of administrators== :''An automated list can be seen at [[Special:Listusers/sysop]] * [[User:Michael|Michael]] *[[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]] ==Requests for administrator/bureaucrat rights== :''Old requests for sysop/bureaucrat rights can be found here: [[/Status request archive]]'' ==Requests for administrator attention== *We need rule pages like [[Wikibooks:Deletion policy]] and a general page like [[Wikibooks:Rules]]. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 18:28, 12 September 2006 (UTC) [[Category:Wikibooks]] <!-- note: the links will be invalid if the project namespaces will change in other languages --> [[ar:ويكي الكتب:إداريون]] [[bg:Уикикниги:Администратори]] [[bs:Wikiknjige:Administracija]] [[ca:Viquillibres:Administradors]] [[cs:Wikiknihy:Správci]] [[da:Wikibooks:Administratorer]] [[de:Wikibooks:Administratoren]] [[en:Help:Administrators]] [[eo:Vikilibroj:Administrantoj]] [[es:Wikilibros:Bibliotecarios]] [[fi:Wikikirjasto:Ylläpitäjät]] [[fr:Wikilivres:Administrateur]] [[gl:Wikibooks:Administradores]] [[he:ויקיספר:מפעיל מערכת]] [[id:Wikibooks:Pengurus]] [[is:Wikibooks:Stjórnendur]] [[it:Wikibooks:Amministratori]] [[ja:Wikibooks:管理者]] [[la:Vicilibri:Administratores]] [[nl:Wikibooks:Moderator]] [[no:Wikibooks:Administratorer]] [[pl:Wikibooks:Administratorzy]] [[pt:Wikibooks:Administradores]] [[ro:Wikibooks:Cerere de Admin]] [[ru:Викиучебник:Администраторы]] [[sk:Wikibooks:Administrátori]] [[th:Wikibooks:ผู้ดูแลระบบ]] [[tr:Vikikitap:Yöneticiler]] [[vi:Wikibooks:Người quản lý]] [[pl:Wikibooks:Administratorzy]] [[vi:Wikibooks:Người quản lý]] [[zh:Wikibooks:管理员]] 1518 2844 2005-12-13T02:16:11Z Michael 21 created /* * A few personal modifications have been made * Original author and licensing information preserved below ** * Based on Duesentrieb's, Dbenbenn's and Essjay's monobook.js code. @author: Duesentrieb, [[User:Duesentrieb/monobook.js]], Dbenbenn, [[User:Dbenbenn/monobook.js]], Essjay [[User:Essjay/monobook.js]], ABCD [[User:ABCD/monobook.js]], JesseW [[User:JesseW/monobook.js]] @license: Dual licensed under the GFDL and GPL */ // Returns <li><a href="url">name</a></li> function addlilink(url, name) { var na = document.createElement('a'); na.setAttribute('href', url); var txt = document.createTextNode(name); na.appendChild(txt); var li = document.createElement('li'); li.appendChild(na); return li; } // Gets the URL version of the page title. function get_tidy_title() { if (!document.getElementById('ca-edit') && !document.getElementById('ca-viewsource')) { return false; } if (document.getElementById('ca-edit')) { var editlk = document.getElementById('ca-edit').getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href; } else if (document.getElementById('ca-viewsource')) { var editlk = document.getElementById('ca-viewsource').getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href; } // cut everything up to "title=" from the start and everything past "&action=edit" from the end editlk = editlk.substring(editlk.indexOf('title=') + 6, editlk.lastIndexOf('&action=edit')); return editlk; } // Adds "contribs" tabs to User: and User talk: pages. function add_contribs_tab() { var c1 = document.getElementById('column-one'); var tabs = c1.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; // use the "edit this page" tab to get already-tidied url var editlk = get_tidy_title(); editlk = editlk.substring(editlk.indexOf(':') + 1); var slloc = editlk.indexOf('/'); if (slloc > 0) editlk = editlk.substring(0, slloc); // add the tab tabs.appendChild(addlilink('/wiki/Special%3AContributions/' + editlk, 'contributions')); } // Tab for Avatar's CheckUsage function add_image_tabs() { var imagetitle = get_tidy_title(); var c1 = document.getElementById('column-one'); var tabs = c1.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; tabs.appendChild(addlilink('http://www.juelich.de/avatar/check-usage/check-usage.php?filename=' + imagetitle + '&template', 'check usage')); tabs.appendChild(addlilink('http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/' + imagetitle, 'commons')); } // Adds "purge" tab to pages. function add_purge_tab() { var c1 = document.getElementById('column-one'); var tabs = c1.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; // use the "edit this page" tab to get already-tidied url var editlk = get_tidy_title(); var editlko = get_tidy_title(); editlk = editlk.substring(editlk.indexOf(':') + 1); var slloc = editlk.indexOf('/'); if (slloc > 0) editlk = editlk.substring(0, slloc); // add "purge" tab tabs.appendChild(addlilink('/w/index.php?title=' + editlko + '&action=purge', 'purge')); } function do_onload() { var title = get_tidy_title(); if (document.title.indexOf('Image:') == 0) { add_image_tabs(); } if (document.title.indexOf('User:') == 0 || document.title.indexOf('User talk:') == 0 || document.title.indexOf('Editing User:') == 0 || document.title.indexOf('Editing User talk:') == 0) { add_contribs_tab(); } //only show purge tab on non-special pages? if (document.getElementById('ca-history')) { add_purge_tab(); } } if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener("load", do_onload, false); else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", do_onload); if ( document.createElement && window.addEventListener ) { function SoFixItInit() // pre-load { } function SoFixItLoad() // post-load { UserMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-personal' ); // PageMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-cactions' ); // This is inefficient and not particularly robust. // This comes first, I want this link to come up as // fast as possible. // function GetByClass( sElem, sClass ) { var i, a2 = [], a = document.getElementsByTagName( sElem ); for ( i = 0; i < a.length; i++ ) if ( a[ i ].className == sClass ) a2.push( a[ i ] ); return a2; } var a, td = GetByClass( 'td', 'diff-otitle' ); if ( ( td = td[ 0 ] ) && ( a = td.getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ] ) ) a.href = a.href + '&action=edit'; // need to change text, later var userName = UserMenu.getText( 'pt-userpage' ); } function PortletMenu( id ) // constructor { this.menu = document.getElementById( id ); this.list = this.menu.getElementsByTagName( 'ul' )[ 0 ]; // bypass "<h5>Views</h5>", etc. // sigh...as far as I can figure, there is empty whitespace being treated // as TextNodes.... // var LIs = this.list.getElementsByTagName( 'li' ); for ( var i = 0; i < LIs.length; i++ ) { this[ LIs[ i ].id ] = LIs[ i ]; } this.newItem = function( id, txt, url ) { var li = document.createElement( 'li' ); li.id = id; var a = document.createElement( 'a' ); a.href = url; a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( txt ) ); li.appendChild( a ); this[ id ] = li; // watch this!!! return li; } this.append = function( id, txt, url ) { this.list.appendChild( this.newItem( id, txt, url ) ); } this.insertBefore = function( old, id, txt, url ) { this.list.insertBefore( this.newItem( id, txt, url ), this[ old ] ); } // the ByTagName here is a bit annoying, but in Safari, I was picking // up TextNodes by using this[ id ].firstChild.firstChild // this.getText = function( id ) { return this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].firstChild.data } this.setText = function( id, txt ) { this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].firstChild.data = txt } this.getHref = function( id ) { return this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].href } this.setHref = function( id, url ) { this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].href = url } } SoFixItInit(); window.addEventListener( 'load', SoFixItLoad, false ); } 1520 3279 2006-05-16T20:35:30Z Cromwellt 38 Hi Michael Now that you are a sysop, maybe you can see if you can get rid of the underline under links. I think they look bad and most wiki sites do not have them. [[wikt:User:Gmcfoley]] :Replied at [[wikt:User talk:Gmcfoley]] [[User:Michael|Michael]] 08:17, 14 December 2005 (UTC) The site looks a lot cleaner without the lines, Also I notice you have a page on Wiktionary, why not apply for admin rights to that also? [[User:Gmcfoley|Gmcfoley]] 08:51, 14 December 2005 (UTC) :Hmm, I'll think about it, thanks. [[User:Michael|Michael]] 10:51, 14 December 2005 (UTC) == Recent changes == Maybe you should change ''Recent changes'' to ''Newest changes'' as is done on other simple English Wikis. [[User:Gmcfoley|Gmcfoley]] 09:02, 14 December 2005 (UTC) :Changed throughout the wiki. [[User:Michael|Michael]] 10:51, 14 December 2005 (UTC) == pages i worked on == The lower case I looks bad, is there a way to get it Uppercase? [[User:Gmcfoley|Gerard Foley]] 09:06, 14 December 2005 (UTC) :The default monobook.css has a ''text-transform: lowercase;'' entry for the top links. It should be possible to override it in the [[MediaWiki:monobook.css|local]] copy, but is it wise to deviate from the other Simple wikis? [[User:Michael|Michael]] 10:51, 14 December 2005 (UTC) No, it should be changed on all the Simple Wikis. [[User:Gmcfoley|Gerard Foley]] 11:42, 14 December 2005 (UTC) == Mike Garcia == Are you [[en:w:User:Mike Garcia|Mike Garcia]] from Wikipedia? [[User:Guanaco|Guanaco]] 23:06, 6 January 2006 (UTC) :No, I'm not. [[User:Michael|Michael]] 06:23, 7 January 2006 (UTC) == Hi Michael == As you can see from the recent edits here, I have made some major changes to MediaWiki settings, including changing the things the others have commented on. I changed "pages i worked on" to "my changes," which is not only simpler English, but also avoids the silly lowercase "i" problem. I've requested that they change it at SEWikipedia, but it hasn't happened yet. I also changed "Newest changes" to "New changes" since they mean about the same thing and "new" (unlike "newest") is on the BE850. I'm working on some of the system messages and other infrastructure (help pages, policy pages, etc.) to try to get this wiki and the other simple English wikis into good shape. Feel free to help with that. I really like the introduction you placed on the [[Wikibooks:Sandbox|sandbox]]. Good work. Happy editing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]] 20:35, 16 May 2006 (UTC) 1521 3910 2006-10-04T16:54:18Z Cromwellt 38 policies --> rules <big>Welcome to the '''Simple English Wikibooks'''!</big> We hope you are happy editing here. Some helpful pages to start you off are [[Wikibooks:Community Portal]] and [[Help:Contents]]. If you want to meet and talk with other members, you can visit the Simple English Wikibooks [[Wikibooks:Simple talk|Simple talk]]. Just remember that you should sign your messages on Talk pages by typing "<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>" (four tildes) at the end of your words. It is a good idea to look at the [[Wikibooks:Rules|rules]] before you make many changes. 1523 4205 2006-11-27T02:54:41Z Michael 21 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/195.189.209.67|195.189.209.67]] ([[User_talk:195.189.209.67|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Suisui|Suisui]] *For help on changing Wikibooks, visit [[Wikibooks:How to write in Simple English]]. *For information on Administrators, click [[Wikibooks:Administrators|here]]. *For more help, go to [[:w:Wikipedia:How to write Simple English articles|How to write Simple English articles]] at [[:w:Main Page|Simple English Wikipedia]]. *If you have any questions or would like to talk to other users, please visit the [[Wikibooks:Staff lounge|Staff lounge]]. *Use the [[wikibooks:sandbox|sandbox]] to try out editing a page. 1524 2856 2005-12-14T07:59:40Z 83.70.109.78 <div class="messagebox delete" style="background-color: #FFFCE6;"> '''[[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|Immediate deletion]] of this page has been requested. The reason given is: {{{1}}}'''<br> If you disagree with its deletion, please explain why on [[{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}|the discussion page]] or at [[Wikibooks:Requests for deletion]]. If you intend to fix it, please remove this notice, but do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. ''[[Wikibooks:Administrators|Administrators]] - Remember to check [[Special:Whatlinkshere/{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|if anything links here]] and [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=history}} the page history] before deleting[[Template:Delete|.]] <includeonly> [[Category:Deletion requests|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> </div> 1525 4266 2007-01-01T15:24:41Z Jusjih 14 Category:Wikibooks The pages here have been marked to request deletion. [[Category:Wikibooks]] 1526 2860 2005-12-14T08:06:15Z Michael 21 warning Please stop vandalizing Wikibooks. If you continue, you will be blocked. [[User:Michael|Michael]] 08:06, 14 December 2005 (UTC) 1527 4198 2006-11-20T13:09:43Z Suisui 5 rv <!--Other languages--> [[ca:Viquillibres:La taverna]] [[cy:Wicillyfrau:Y Lolfa]] [[da:Wikibooks:Mødelokalet]] [[de:Wikibooks:Projekt]] [[en:Wikibooks:Staff Lounge]] [[es:Wikilibros:Café]] [[fr:Wikilivres:Le Bistro]] [[it:Wikibooks:Bar]] [[hu:Wikikönyvek/Társalgó]] [[nl:Wikibooks:Lerarenkamer]] [[ja:Wikibooks:談話室]] [[pl:Wikibooks:Bar]] [[pt:Wikibooks:Staff lounge]] [[sk:Wikibooks:Klub]] [[sv:Wikibooks:Bybrunnen]] [[he:ויקיספר:מזנון]] '''This is the place to ask any questions you have about the Simple English Wikibooks''' Old discussions: [[/Archive]] {| width=90% align=center border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=2 style="border: solid #aaa 1px; background: #f9f9ff; font-size: 150%; margin: .2em auto .2em auto;" |- align=center |[[Image:Nuvola apps edu languages.png|20px|Wikimedia Commons logo]] '''[http://simple.wikibooks.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikibooks:Simple_talk&action=edit&section=new Ask a new question]''' |} == Why so little progress? == Why is there so little progress here? Are there very strict standards for pages, or can I just stick down some very basic stuff? [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Archer7 Archer7] 11:48, 25 February 2006 - SE Wikipedia (now [[User:Archer7]] here) :Feel free to write some basic stuff (obviously in simple English). There aren't strict standards (though we do try to follow the Book/Chapter format, rather than Book:Chapter), there just are very few active contributors here. If you're interested in contributing actively, welcome to SE Wikibooks! --[[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]] 20:41, 7 March 2006 (UTC) ::I would like to add guidelines; I already made one. --[[User:45thuser|45thuser]] 01:15, 28 May 2006 (UTC) == [[:en:Algebra I in Simple English|Algebra Wikibook]] on regular English Wikibooks == I am recommending that the authors of this Wikibook move the content here. I guess the question is, do you want it? Apparently there is a small group of multiple contributors that are willing to get this going, and it is going to more than double the size of this project if it is moved here. Certainly this is going to bring in some outside contributors to the Simple English Wikibooks project, and give it justification for existance, especially given the environment on Meta for killing projects like this. As a side note, I was also thinking out loud and suggesting that perhaps on en.wikibooks we could set up a "bookshelf" that would link to the Wikibooks on this site. The purpose here is mainly to "advertise" some of these Wikibooks in a forum that English speakers would already be perhaps looking for content like this. It certainly couldn't hurt. Apparently the author of this Wikibook didn't even know about the Simple English Wikibooks at all, nor did a very likely candidate for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (and somebody very active with en.wikipedia). The only reason I know about this Wikibook is because it was brought up on the en.wikibooks Staff Lounge. --[[User:Robert Horning|Robert Horning]] 11:12, 19 July 2006 (UTC) :I strongly recommend keeping that content, and indeed all Simple English content, on the main English Wikibooks project. The main English Wikibooks project has the advantage of higher traffic and greater visibility among other Wikimedia projects, and Simple English texts can sit there happily amongst the non-Simple English ones, jguk ::That seems somewhat impractical in the correct application of Simple English in this case. The subject, being highly abstract, is proving hard for many to write in Simple English. If it were here, there would be support from those who have greater expressive control while using Simple English. --[[User:Chemica|Chemica]] 05:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC) Geometry is a difficult subject to convey in Simple English, but Algebra is not. First level ESL (English as a Second Language) students are typically put in Algebra 1 classes as their first "mainstreaming" experience in school in LAUSD. Robert Horning is right; I didn't know that Simple English Wikibooks existed. I think that Simple English Wikibooks is a good place for us because we will be surrounded by others trying to write in simple english. --[[User:HSTutorials|HSTutorials]] 21:32, 28 July 2006 (UTC) == Need for resolution of the moving idea for '''Algebra 1 in Simple English''' == I am scheduled to give my first major presentation about '''Algebra 1 in Simple English''' to the California Mathematics Council - North Conference in December, and will probably make an informal announcement about it to LAUSD math teachers in September or October. It would be destructive to the project to not have a permanent home for the book by then. I want to make sure I understand people's arguments for and against, so I'm going to paraphrase them to see if I do. The reasons for keeping it in Regular English Wikibooks: *More traffic and visibility The reasons for moving it to Simple English Wikibooks: *It is a Simple English Wikibook *There are resources there to aid in writing in Simple English Because I am driving my own traffic to write the book (through my presentations at math and computer education conferences), the added visibility at Regular English Wikibooks does not seem important. Furthermore, I think the teachers who will be contributing, and their fellow teachers of other subjects, will have a lot to contribute to all the Simple English Wiki's. Therefore, I'm convinced that it should be moved to the Simple English Wikibooks site, provided there are links to the old site. I cannot make the change myself, though. I need your help. Please contact me to let me know what I need to do to make this change happen.--[[User:HSTutorials|HSTutorials]] 18:23, 30 July 2006 (UTC) :I would like to point out a few things. #1, [[:en:User:Jguk]] does not speak for and in behalf of the users on en.wikibooks, nor does he even speak on behalf of the admins on en.wikibooks. His is but one opinion to consider, and a relatively new admin at that who has been noted to make major changes on en.wikibooks without any sort of community concensus. I will also note that he and I seldom see eye to eye on many issues, so it isn't surpiring that I have a nearly diametrically opposed view on this issue as well. :I would point out that traffic and visibility issues I would consider to be irrelevant as there are many parts of en.wikibooks that don't get that much traffic either. And I would support indexing Simple English Wikibooks content into the [[:en:WB:CCO|Wikibooks Card Catalog Office]] including with the various subcats and bookshelves. As a seperate Wikimedia project, I think this would get even more traffic coming here than to en.wikibooks. There is no technical reason that would keep traffic away from here. :The most important reason to move the content here is that it is intended to be written in Simple English, where various standards for writing in this language subset can be more easily enforced. I have been a very vocal opponent to this projects deletion, and feel that it would be in the best interest of this project to move over the Algebra I materials here as well. I have offered to do this, but it is going to take a little bit of time. Please be patient, and know that I don't intend to delete any of this content. --[[User:Robert Horning|Robert Horning]] 17:35, 2 August 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the reassurance, Robert!--[[User:HSTutorials|HSTutorials]] 22:05, 2 August 2006 (UTC) ::I would like to add my opinions here also, though I have previously mentioned them on [[meta:Proposals for closing projects]]. I think that jguk is going about things backwards trying to take our content to EWB. We are a separate project, and we should be: we are definitely NOT Wikijunior, as it says on the [[Main Page]], nor are we just another English WB. We are a Wikibooks with a particular, separate audience with particular, separate needs. To fulfill those needs for that audience is our goal here. Moving our content to EWB would be counterproductive to our audience in several ways, including those mentioned by Robert Horning in his well-thought-out comment above. Thanks for that, Robert. I think you're right that adding a reference to this project on a bookshelf over there, and indexing us also, would be good for us. As an admin on this project, feel free to contact me regarding any questions, doubts, comments, compliments (:D), etc. you might have. I am a bit more active on [[wikt:User:Cromwellt|SEWiktionary]] and some on [[w:User:Cromwellt|SEWP]] (where I've fought Netoholic for some time to keep these other simple English projects open, especially SEWikt), but I try to at least visit here periodically. If you can't get ahold of me here, you can try there, or please feel free to email me. Happy editing and writing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 05:12, 3 August 2006 (UTC) Hi... responding here to a comment on en.wikibooks study help desk. Moving the book would be something done from this end, not that one, because en.wikibooks does not have [[Special:Export]] enabled for this or any other wiki. If [[Special:Import]] is enabled on simple.wikibooks, your local admins should be able to do it. If import is not enabled, you'll need to either open a bugzilla request, or just transwiki the old fashioned way using copy-paste, and leave a link on the talk page to the contribution history on en.wikibooks. [[Special:Import]] is a much nicer way to go, but it might be overtaxing on your admin staff, since you apparently only have [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gunther/adminaktivitaet.php?dbname=simplewikibooks_p two administrators]. --[[User:SB_Johnny|<font color="green">'''SB_Johnny'''</font>]]|^{[[User talk:SB_Johnny|<font color="green">talk</font>]]}|_{[[b:User:SBJohnny|<font color="green">books</font>]]} 13:58, 12 November 2006 (UTC) == Usability idea == I would really like it if there was a direct link to the BE850 list on the navigation bar. It seems to me that anyone writing articles should be consulting it often, and that would make it alot easier. --[[User:HSTutorials|HSTutorials]] 21:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC) :Not a bad idea, HS. I'll add it, as I did previously at [[wikt:Main Page|Simple English Wiktionary]]. Please remember that the BE850 is only a basic guide, though. We do not have to completely restrict ourselves to those words, just make sure that our words remain simple (along with our grammar, etc.), which would keep us at about the level of those words. If we find a better standard to go by, we can even switch. In any case, if we need to use more complex terminology, we should explain the word in parentheses and/or link it to the SEWiktionary or both. Does that make sense to everyone? :BTW, even if we are limiting the difficulty of our grammar and terminology, that does not necessarily limit the length of sentences that we use. True, we should use shorter sentences on average, because simplified syntaxis requires it to some extent, but some sentences can be fairly long and still be perfectly simple in both words and grammar. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 09:52, 3 August 2006 (UTC) ==BT templates== editors may have noticed the fact that many templates starting with BT are popping up on articles to provide links to the contents pages relative to those pages. I did this to place easily noticed and read links. if you dissaprove with this idea, feel free to remove the templates or change them. -This was not done by a bot, even thought the similarities may mislead one to that conclusion- [[User:WillieWallieWoo|WillieWallieWoo]] 10:52, 1 August 2006 (UTC) == Name of Staff lounge == On the other Simple English projects, we have avoided complex words and phrases as much as possible in the names of pages like this one. There, we call this Simple talk, regardless of whether it is the village pump or tea room or whatever on the English projects. I think we should follow that here also, changing the name of this to "Wikibooks:Simple talk". That will help us conform to the standard and also be simpler in its own right. Thoughts? --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 10:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC) - Done! [[User:Gmcfoley|Gerard Foley]] 15:13, 4 August 2006 (UTC) == Accessing SE Wiktionary Within SE Wikibooks and/or SE Wikipedia == If I were not a native english speaker, what I would really like from a SE Wikibook or Wikipedia article would be to be able to look up any word I don't know without having to navigate away from the article I'm reading. What I've noticed in SE Wikipedia is that links get created for terms that need explanation. That's great. But unless a full article is written, people get upset that a stub has been created. The reader loses out because there is a term that needs explanation that has none. I anticipate this problem to be even worse in SE Wikibooks as it develops. I have seen the suggestion of putting alternate words or definitions in parentheses, but that doesn't take advantage of our database. Here's what I'd like to see. Could a window be put inside SE Wikibooks and/or SE Wikipedia for people to access SE Wiktionary definitions? --[[User:HSTutorials|HSTutorials]] 14:27, 19 August 2006 (UTC) == Simple Sentence == What is the '''simple subject''' in this sentence? 1. Its subtropical wilderness is the largest in the continental United Sates. == Can we just start writing a new book? == I'm just wondering, can you just start a new book on here or do you have to put it to the rest of the group? I was thinking of writing a wikibook on programming... [[User:Jordanhatch|Jordanhatch]] 20:33, 9 November 2006 (UTC) 1528 4276 2007-01-13T18:16:55Z 67.160.18.59 {{Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading)}} <!-- Hello! Feel free to practice editing below this line. --> {{#expr: {{{right1|0}}} or {{{right|0}}} }} {{#expr: {{#expr: {{{right1|0}}} or {{{right|0}}} }} not {{{left1|0}}} }} 1529 3853 2006-09-10T20:44:09Z 45thuser 46 ==About Me== Hi, I'm Gerard Foley. ==Contact me== Feel free to contact me at [mailto:gmcfoley@yahoo.ie gmcfoley@yahoo.ie] or my talk page. You can contact me night or day about anything you want. ==WARNING== Changes to this page are welcome, ''however'', if you Vandalize this page, bad things will happen to you. == Other user pages == [[wikt:User:Gmcfoley]] <!-- NON VIEW --> [[en:User:Gmcfoley]] __NOTOC__ 1530 2875 2005-12-14T08:38:46Z Michael 21 warning Please stop vandalizing Wikibooks. If you continue, you will be blocked from editing. [[User:Michael|Michael]] 08:38, 14 December 2005 (UTC) 1532 2904 2005-12-18T02:03:11Z Michael 21 warning Please stop vandalizing Wikibooks. If you continue, you will be blocked from editing. [[User:Michael|Michael]] 02:03, 18 December 2005 (UTC) 1544 2938 2005-12-22T23:18:35Z Gmcfoley 22 Please stop vandalizing Wikibooks. If you continue, you will be blocked from editing. [[User:Gmcfoley|Gerard Foley]] 23:18, 22 December 2005 (UTC) 1545 2940 2005-12-31T01:46:40Z Zigger 26 en [[wikipedia:User:Zigger]] 1546 3355 2006-05-29T04:42:46Z Cromwellt 38 welcome [[wikipedia:User talk:Zigger]] Better late than never: {{welcome}} If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]]. Happy editing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contris]] 04:42, 29 May 2006 (UTC) 1549 3927 2006-10-04T17:35:36Z Cromwellt 38 welcome! __TOC__ {{welcome}} Feel free to contact me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]] for help. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:35, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1550 2950 2006-01-01T20:12:02Z Gangleri 28 [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=purge}} ↺] [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|oldid={{REVISIONID}}}} rev-ID : {{REVISIONID}}]<br /> [{{SERVER}}{{localurl:special:Prefixindex|from=Gangleri&namespace=2}} special:Prefixindex|from=Gangleri&namespace=2] <br clear="all" /> __NOTOC____NOEDITSECTION__ ===== [[commons:User:Gangleri]] ===== [[Image:Redirect arrow without text.png|left]] ::* '''irc://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia''' ::* [[wikipedia:de:Benutzer:Gangleri]] ::* [[wikipedia:en:User:Gangleri]] ::* [[wikipedia:eo:Vikipediisto:Gangleri]] ::* [[wikipedia:is:Notandi:Gangleri]] ::* [[wikipedia:ro:Utilizator:Gangleri]] ::* [[wikipedia:yi:באַניצער:Gangleri]] ::* '''[[meta:User:Gangleri]]''' [[de:Benutzer:Gangleri]] [[en:User:Gangleri]] [[eo:Vikipediisto:Gangleri]] [[is:Notandi:Gangleri]] [[ro:Utilizator:Gangleri]] [[yi:באַניצער:Gangleri]] 1551 4254 2006-12-23T15:08:23Z Katze 87 image [[Image:Grammar.gif‎|thumb|Punctuations!]] Welcome to the English Textbook in Simple English! Feel free to add to this textbook, or improve its pages. ''Table of Contents'' <br> *[[English/Cover|Cover]] <br> *[[English|Table of Contents]] <br> # [[English/Introduction|Introduction]] # [[English/Grammar|Grammar]] # [[English/Simple Sentences|Simple Sentences]] # [[English/Complex Sentences|Complex Sentences]] # [[English/Parts of Speech|Parts of Speech]] ## [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns|Nouns]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Number|Number]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Proper Nouns|Proper Nouns]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Abstract Nouns|Abstract Nouns]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Countability|Countability]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Gender|Gender]] ## [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs|Verbs]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs/Moods|Moods]] #### [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs/Tenses|Tenses]] ##### [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs/Tenses/Simple Tenses|Simple Tenses]] ##### [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs/Tenses/Progressive Tenses|Progressive Tenses]] ##### [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs/Tenses/Perfect Tenses|Perfect Tenses]] ##### [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs/Tenses/Perfect Progressive Tenses|Perfect Progressive Tenses]] #### [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs/Moods/Subjunctive Mood|Subjunctive Mood]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs/Voice|Voice]] ## [[English/Parts of Speech/Adjectives|Adjectives]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Adjectives/Possessive Adjectives|Possessive Adjectives]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Adjectives/Demonstrative Adjectives|Demonstrative Adjectives]] ## [[English/Parts of Speech/Adverbs|Adverbs]] ## [[English/Parts of Speech/Pronouns|Pronouns]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Pronouns/Personal Pronouns|Personal Pronouns]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Pronouns/Possessive Pronouns|Possessive Pronouns]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Pronouns/Demonstrative Pronouns|Demonstrative Pronouns]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Pronouns/Relative Pronouns|Relative Pronouns]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Pronouns/Reflexive Pronouns|Reflexive Pronouns]] ## [[English/Parts of Speech/Prepositions|Prepositions]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Prepositions/Prepositions of Time|Prepositions of Time]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Prepositions/Prepositions of Space|Prepositions of Space]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Prepositions/Prepositions of Sphere|Prepositions of Sphere]] ## [[English/Parts of Speech/Conjunctions|Conjunctions]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Conjunctions/Correlative Conjunctions|Correlative Conjunctions]] ### [[English/Parts of Speech/Conjunctions/Coordinating Conjunctions|Coordinating Conjunctions]] ## [[English/Parts of Speech/Interjections|Interjections]] ## [[English/Parts of Speech/Articles|Articles]] # [[English/Parts of the Sentence|Parts of the Sentence]] ## [[English/Parts of the Sentence/Subjects|Subjects]] ## [[English/Parts of the Sentence/Predicates|Predicates]] # [[English/Word Functions|Word Functions]] ## [[English/Word Functions/Subjects|Subjects]] ## [[English/Word Functions/Direct Objects|Direct Objects]] ## [[English/Word Functions/Indirect Objects|Indirect Objects]] ## [[English/Word Functions/Objects of the Preposition|Objects of the Preposition]] Other: # [[English/Gerunds|Gerunds]] # [[English/Idiomatic Phrases|Idiomatic Phrases]] # [[English/Spelling|Spelling]] # [[English/Vocabulary|Vocabulary]] # [[English/Punctuation|Punctuation]] # [[English/Syntax|Syntax]] # [[English/Appositives|Appositives]] # [[English/Phonics|Phonics]] # [[English/Pronunciation|Pronunciation]] # [[English/Differences between British English and American English|Differences between British English and American English]] ---- You can find definitions of words in [[wiktionary:simple:Main_Page|Wiktionary in Simple English]] (or [[wiktionary:en:Main Page|English Wiktionary]] for more complex/complete definitions). [[en:English]] [[es:Inglés]] 1552 3876 2006-09-27T20:35:54Z Cromwellt 38 reformatting {{English contents}} Sentences in English are made of... * A [[English/Parts of the Sentence/Subjects|subject]] - the person, place, thing or idea the sentence is about * And a [[English/Parts of the Sentence/Predicates|predicate]] - a [[wikt:word|word]] or [[wikt:phrase|phrase]] that tells about the subject. In a sentence, the subject is first. The subject must be a [[wikt:noun|noun]] (a [[wikt:person|person]], [[wikt:place|place]], [[wikt:thing|thing]], or [[wikt:idea|idea]]), a [[wiktionary:pronoun|pronoun]] (a word that replaces a noun), or a phrase that describes one of those. The subject is what the sentence is about. After the subject comes the predicate. The predicate is the rest of the sentence. The predicate tells what the subject is or does. It almost always begins with a [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs|verb]] (an [[wikt:action|action]] or [[wikt:state of being|state of being]]). It can be a verb alone. When there is more than one verb in a sentence, we call the one at the beginning of the predicate the '''main verb'''. *For example: ''He eats''. :*"he" is the subject. :*"eats" is the predicate. :*"He" is a pronoun. :*"Eats" is a verb. It tells what the subject (he) does. Sentences often also include an [[English/Parts of the Sentence/Objects|object]] - a noun or phrase that the verb does something to. *For example: ''He eats food''. :*"he" is the subject. :*"eat food" is the predicate. :*"Eat" is the verb, that tells what "he" does. It is the first part of the predicate. :*"Food" is the rest of the predicate. "Food" is a noun, the [[wikt:direct object|direct object]] of the verb. :*"Food" receives the action — food gets eaten. :*"He" (the subject) "eats" (the action) "food" (the direct object). You may go back to [[English/Grammar|grammar]] or go on to the [[English/Complex Sentences|next page]]. {{stub}} 1553 4208 2006-12-02T19:23:09Z Az1568 83 Revert to revision 3761 dated 2006-08-26 00:14:33 by Cromwellt [[wikimedia:Home|Wikimedia]] projects: '''en:''' [[m:User:Cromwellt|m]] [[w:en:User:Cromwellt|w]] [[wikt:en:User:Cromwellt|wikt]] [[:en:User:Cromwellt|b]] [[q:en:User:Cromwellt|q]] [[n:en:User:Cromwellt|n]] [[s:en:User:Cromwellt|s]] ([[oldwikisource:User:Cromwellt|old]]) [[commons:User:Cromwellt|commons]] '''es:''' [[w:es:User:Cromwellt|w]] [[wikt:es:User:Cromwellt|wikt]] '''qu:''' [[w:qu:Usuario:Cromwellt|w]] '''simple:''' [[w:simple:User:Cromwellt|w]] [[wikt:simple:User:Cromwellt|wikt]] [[:simple:User:Cromwellt|b]] [[q:simple:User:Cromwellt|q]]<br>Other projects: [http://www.wikiknowledge.net/wiki/index.php?title=User:Cromwellt WK] [http://www.pgdp.net/wiki/User:Cromwellt DP] [http://www.malacandra.co.uk/site1/index.php/User:Cromwellt Mal] [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/User:Cromwellt Wikia] '''Cromwellt''' got a BA in [[English]] and Religion from a private university in Texas on 8 May 2005. He enjoys English, with a particular emphasis on proofreading, and also enjoys classic literature (especially American and British), with some SF and Fantasy thrown in. He loves books! He has been mainly working on the [[English]] Wikibook, trying to get it into shape and make it into something useful. As English was his major in college, he feels relatively qualified to write the simple explanations necessary for that Wikibook. He is also interested in a wide variety of other topics, and looks forward to helping with many others. <!-- {{subst:Babel-2|en|es-2}} When it works, re-add it --> Cromwell is currently serving as a teacher of English (among other things) at a private university in Chiapas, Mexico. He loves travel, and would like to teach English in many other countries. He also enjoys languages, and in addition to significant mastery of Spanish, is currently learning a little of some other languages like Quechua. He wishes the Babelboxes worked here like they do on English Wikibooks so that he could show that visually. Oh, the joys of emendation Oh, the rapture and the fun Lost myself in contemplation Life and wiki, each a pun <div style="float: right; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[wikt:simple:Wiktionary:Administrators|administrator]]''' on the {{{1|'''[[wiktionary:simple:Main Page|Simple English Wiktionary]]'''}}}. |}</div><br><br><br> <div style="float: right; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[Wikibooks:Administrators|administrator]]''' on {{{1|'''[[Wikibooks:Simple English Wikibooks|Simple English Wikibooks]]'''}}}. |}</div> <div style="float: right; border:solid #808080 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #DBDBDB;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: #BDBDAD; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; color: black;" | '''[[Image:Admin mop.PNG|38px]]''' | style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: black;" | This user is an '''[[q:simple:Wikiquote:Administrators|administrator]]''' on {{{1|'''[[Wikiquote:simple:Main Page|Simple English Wikiquote]]'''}}}. |}</div> 1554 2986 2006-02-19T05:22:53Z Cromwellt 38 English/Sentence moved to English/Simple Sentences: I'm going to add "Compound Sentences" #REDIRECT [[English/Simple Sentences]] 1555 3869 2006-09-27T20:19:04Z Cromwellt 38 edit template link made smaller <center>This module is part of the Wikibook on '''[[English]]'''<small>[[Template:English contents|.]]</small><br> '''General:''' [[English/Introduction|Introduction]] - [[English/Grammar|Grammar]] <br> '''Parts of speech:''' [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns|Nouns]] - [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs|Verbs]] - [[English/Parts of Speech/Pronouns|Pronouns]] - [[English/Parts of Speech/Adjectives|Adjectives]] - [[English/Parts of Speech/Adverbs|Adverbs]] - [[English/Parts of Speech/Conjunctions|Conjunctions]] - [[English/Parts of Speech/Prepositions|Prepositions]] - [[English/Parts of Speech/Interjections|Interjections]] <br> '''Parts of the sentence:''' [[English/Parts of the Sentence/Subjects|Subjects]] - [[English/Parts of the Sentence/Predicates|Predicates]]<br> '''Word functions:''' [[English/Word Functions/Subjects|Subjects]] - [[English/Word Functions/Predicates|Predicates]] - [[English/Word Functions/Direct Objects|Direct Objects]] - [[English/Word Functions/Indirect Objects|Indirect Objects]] - [[English/Word Functions/Objects of the Preposition|Objects of the Preposition]]<br> '''Types of sentences:''' [[English/Simple Sentences|Simple Sentences]] - [[English/Complex Sentences|Complex Sentences]]<br> '''Other English topics:''' [[English/Grammar/Gerunds|Gerunds]] - [[English/Idiomatic Phrases|Idiomatic Phrases]] - [[English/Spelling|Spelling]] - [[English/Vocabulary|Vocabulary]] - [[English/Punctuation|Punctuation]] - [[English/Syntax|Syntax]] - [[English/Appositives|Appositives]] - [[English/Phonics|Phonics]] - [[English/Pronunciation|Pronunciation]]</center> 1556 3877 2006-09-27T20:38:21Z Cromwellt 38 reformatting, added link {{English contents}} '''Complex sentences''' are sentences that have more words than simple sentences. Often, they have two subjects or two predicates or both. These are joined by a [[English/Parts of Speech/Conjunctions|conjunction]], often "and." *For example: ''He and she talk''. This sentence is complex because it has two subjects (or a "compound subject"), which are "he" and "she." Here is a complex sentence that has two predicates (or a compound predicate): *''He walks and talks''. The two predicates ("walks" and "talks") are only verbs in this case, but they can be much longer and more complex: *''He walks to the corner dime store and talks about baseball to the man behind the counter''. In this example, "walks to the corner dime store" and "talks about baseball to the man behind the counter" are the two predicates. When a complex sentence has two subjects and two predicates, the two subjects can share the two predicates, as in this example: *''He and she walk and talk''. Here, the two subjects ("he" and "she") are both doing both actions (both he and she walk, and both he and she talk). In other complex sentences with two subjects and two predicates, the two subjects do not share the predicates. One subject does one action and the other subject does the other action: *''He walks and she talks''. Here, the first subject (he) does the first action (walk) and the second subject (she) does the second action (talk). She does not walk, only he does. He does not talk, only she does. This is like two sentences joined by a conjunction. This type of complex sentence is also called a '''compound sentence'''.<br><br> You may go back to [[English/Simple Sentences|simple sentences]] or to see the parts that make a sentence, you may go on to the [[English/Parts of Speech|next page]]. {{stub}} 1557 4242 2006-12-12T23:26:09Z Xania 86 /* Vocabulary */ another example {{notsimple}} {{English contents}} There are many differences between British English and American English. But these are all only small differences. British English and American English are two [[wikt:dialect|dialect]]s of the same language, ''English''. Some people from [[w:Great Britain|Great Britain]] think that their dialect is "English" and that the dialect in the [[w:United States|United States]] is "American" or "American English." They think that "British English" is [[wikt:redundant|redundant]] (repeats information). Most people from the United States disagree. They think it is important to show that both dialects are important and the difference between the dialects by saying "British English" and "American English". There are also many other types of English like ''Canadian English'', ''Irish English'' and ''South African English''. Many of the differences were written down for the first time in the first [[wikt:dictionary|dictionary]] from the United States, Noah Webster's ''[[w:en:Webster's Dictionary|A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language]]'', published in 1806. ==Spelling== One of the differences between British English and American English is the [[wikt:orthography|orthography]] ([[English/Spelling|spelling]]; how to write a word) of some words. For example:<br> '''US''' and '''GB'''<br> ''color'' vs. ''colour''<br> ''center'' vs. ''centre''<br> ''meter'' vs. ''metre''<br> ''savior'' vs. ''saviour''<br> ''canceled'' vs. ''cancelled''<br> ''traveled'' vs. ''travelled<br><br> Basically, ''re'' endings in British English are usually spelt ''er'' in American English. Past tenses which have ''ll'' in British English usually have only 'l' in American English. ==Pronunciation== Another difference is in [[English/Pronunciation|pronunciation]] (how to speak a word). In the United States, for example, they pronounce the word "schedule" like "SKED-ju-ul," while in Great Britain, they pronounce the same word like "SHED-ju-ul." ==Vocabulary== Still another difference is [[English/Vocabulary|vocabulary]]. Some common things have different names in Great Britain and the United States. An example of this is the front part and the back part of a car. The front part of a car that you lift to see the [[wikt:engine|engine]] is called the [[wikt:bonnet|bonnet]] in Great Britain, and the [[wikt:hood|hood]] in the United States. The back part of the car that you lift to store luggage is called the [[wikt:boot|boot]] in Great Britain and the [[wikt:trunk|trunk]] in the United States. The place where you get water from is known as a [[wikt:tap|tap] in Britain but called a [[wikt:faucet|faucet]] in American English. Some differences could be a problem. In the United States [[wikt:pants|pants]] are the clothes you wear on your legs. In Great Britain pants are clothes that you wear under your clothes. This is the last page in this book. You may go back to [[English/Pronunciation|pronunciation]] or you may go back to the [[Main Page]] and choose another book. {{stub}} 1558 3008 2006-02-19T20:14:36Z Cromwellt 38 IPA needed One of the things to do on this page is to create a table for the spelling differences. It looks ugly this way, but I don't have time nor experience to make a table for it. I'll do it later, most likely, but if someone else feels the need, go right ahead! --[[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]] 20:13, 19 February 2006 (UTC) :Another thing is to use IPA for the pronunciation section. --[[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]] 20:14, 19 February 2006 (UTC) 1559 4196 2006-11-20T13:08:26Z Suisui 5 rv I have said it to you before and I'll say it again: If you're going to contribute, become an admin! [[User:Gmcfoley|Gerard Foley]] 18:29, 20 February 2006 (UTC) Yeah, I haven't made any main namespace edits here. Probably best to leave the admin stuff to those that are. [[User:Gmcfoley|Gerard Foley]] 22:01, 20 February 2006 (UTC) == Algebra Wikibook for Simple English == There is a user who just started a major Wikibooks project that you should be made aware of: [[en:Algebra I in Simple English]] I've tried to encourage this author to move the content to this project instead, but I would also like to know if you would be interested in helping move it here, or even if you think it is a good candidate for this project. Just trying to support other good worthy Wikimedia projects. --[[User:Robert Horning|Robert Horning]] 11:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC) 1560 3011 2006-02-20T20:38:28Z Cromwellt 38 Comment Hey Gerard, thanks for the poetic and complimentary comment. I'll go ahead and request admin status. I wasn't thinking about doing that here, but why not? We need some admins here, and if I can help, why not? Did you withdraw your admin request because you are not going to contribute here? Just wondering. Nice to talk to you over here, too. --[[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]] 20:38, 20 February 2006 (UTC) 1562 sysop 3923 2006-10-04T17:26:22Z Cromwellt 38 modified --> changed (simple English) Show only changed 1588 3291 2006-05-26T17:04:00Z Archer7 39 ---- <center>[[m:User:Archer7|Meta]] - [[w:simple:User:Archer7|Simple English Wikipedia]] - [[w:en:User:Archer7|English Wikipedia]] - '''Simple English Wikibooks''' - [[sep11:User:Archer7|September 11 Wikipedia]] - [[commons:User:Archer7|Wikimedia Commons]] </center> ---- Please see my user page at [[w:User:Archer7]]. == Pages I have made == *[[BLT sandwich]] *[[How to learn a language]] 1589 3246 2006-05-01T22:55:25Z Joystick 40 [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Joystick My site on Wikipedia DE] {| style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 242px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px; text-align: center" |- | '''[[Wikibooks:Babel]]''' |- | <div style="float:left;border:solid #6EF7A7 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#C5FCDC" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#6EF7A7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:German language|de]]''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Dieser Benutzer spricht '''[[:Category:User de|Deutsch]]''' als '''[[:Category:User de-N|Muttersprache]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:User de|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User de-N|{{PAGENAME}}]] |- | <div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:English language|en]]-2''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | This user is able to contribute with an '''[[:Category:User en-2|intermediate]]''' level of '''[[:Category:User en|English]]'''. |}</div> [[Category:User en|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User en-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] |} 1590 3148 2006-03-06T20:49:24Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #6EF7A7 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#C5FCDC" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#6EF7A7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:German language|de]]''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Dieser Benutzer spricht '''[[:Category:User de|Deutsch]]''' als '''[[:Category:User de-N|Muttersprache]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User de|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User de-N|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1591 3147 2006-03-06T20:48:47Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:English language|en]]-2''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | This user is able to contribute with an '''[[:Category:User en-2|intermediate]]''' level of '''[[:Category:User en|English]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User en|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User en-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1592 3146 2006-03-06T20:47:50Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:German language|de]]-2''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Dieser Benutzer hat '''[[:Category:User de-2|fortgeschrittene]]''' '''[[:Category:User de|Deutschkenntnisse]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User de|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User de-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1593 3145 2006-03-06T20:47:01Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #99B3FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#E0E8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#99B3FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:German language|de]]-3''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Dieser Benutzer hat '''[[:Category:User de-3|sehr gute]]''' '''[[:Category:User de|Deutschkenntnisse]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User de|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User de-3|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1594 3144 2006-03-06T20:45:57Z Joystick 40 bordercolor <div style="float:left;border:solid #FFFF00 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#FFFF99" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#FFFF00;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:German language|de]]-4''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Dieser Benutzer hat '''[[:Category:User de-4|mit einem Muttersprachler vergleichbare]] [[:Category:User de|Deutschkenntnisse]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User de|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User de-4|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1595 3142 2006-03-06T20:44:33Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #6ef7a7 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#c5fcdc;" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#6ef7a7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;" | '''[[w:English language|en]]''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a '''[[:Category:User en-N|native]]''' speaker of '''[[:Category:User en|English]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User en|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User en-N|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1596 3141 2006-03-06T20:43:44Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #99B3FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#E0E8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#99B3FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:English language|en]]-3''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | This user is able to contribute with an '''[[:Category:User en-3|advanced]]''' level of '''[[:Category:User en|English]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User en|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User en-3|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1597 3140 2006-03-06T20:42:52Z Joystick 40 includeonly / bordercolor <div style="float:left;border:solid #FFFF00 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#FFFF99" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#FFFF00;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:English language|en]]-4''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | This user speaks '''[[:Category:User en|English]]''' at a '''[[:Category:User en-4|near-native]]''' level. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User en|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User en-4|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1598 3139 2006-03-06T20:41:59Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #6EF7A7 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#C5FCDC" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#6EF7A7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:French language|fr]]''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Cet utilisateur a pour '''[[:Category:User fr-N|langue maternelle]]''' le '''[[:Category:User fr|français]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User fr|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User fr-N|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1599 3138 2006-03-06T20:41:20Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:French language|fr]]-2''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau '''[[:Category:User fr-2|moyen]]''' en '''[[:Category:User fr|français]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User fr|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User fr-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1600 3137 2006-03-06T20:40:15Z Joystick 40 <div style="float:left;border:solid #99B3FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#E0E8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#99B3FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:French language|fr]]-3''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau '''[[:Category:User fr-3|avancé]]''' de '''[[:Category:User fr|français]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User fr|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User fr-3|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1601 3136 2006-03-06T20:39:05Z Joystick 40 includeonly / bordercolor <div style="float:left;border:solid #FFFF00 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#FFFF99" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#FFFF00;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:French language|fr]]-4''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Cet utilisateur parle '''[[:Category:User fr|français]]''' à un niveau '''[[:Category:User fr-4|comparable à la langue maternelle]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User fr|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User fr-4|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1602 3135 2006-03-06T20:38:04Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #6EF7A7 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#C5FCDC" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#6EF7A7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Spanish language|es]]''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Este usuario tiene el '''[[:Category:User es|español]]''' como '''[[:Category:User es-N|lengua materna]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User es|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User es-N|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1603 3134 2006-03-06T20:37:10Z Joystick 40 <div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Spanish language|es]]-2''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel '''[[:Category:User es-2|intermedio]]''' de '''[[:Category:User es|español]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User es|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User es-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1604 3133 2006-03-06T20:32:28Z Joystick 40 <div style="float:left;border:solid #99B3FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#E0E8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#99B3FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Spanish language|es]]-3''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel '''[[:Category:User es-3|avanzado]]''' de '''[[:Category:User es|español]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User es|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User es-3|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1605 3132 2006-03-06T20:31:31Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #FFFF00 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#FFFF99" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#FFFF00;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Spanish language|es]]-4''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | El nivel de este usuario corresponde al de un '''[[:Category:User es-4|hablante casi nativo]]''' del '''[[:Category:User es|español]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User es|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User es-4|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1606 3131 2006-03-06T20:30:33Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #6ef7a7 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#c5fcdc;" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#6ef7a7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;" | '''[[w:Italian language|it]]''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | Questo utente è di '''[[:Category:User it-N|madrelingua]] [[:Category:User it|italiana]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User it|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User it-N|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1607 3130 2006-03-06T20:29:33Z Joystick 40 <div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Italian language|it]]-2''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Questo utente può contribuire con un '''[[:Category:User it|italiano]]''' di livello '''[[:Category:User it-2|intermedio]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User it|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User it-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1608 3129 2006-03-06T20:28:45Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #99B3FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#E0E8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#99B3FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Italian language|it]]-3''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Questo utente può contribuire con un '''[[:Category:User it|italiano]]''' di livello '''[[:Category:User it-3|avanzato]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User it|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User it-3|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1609 3128 2006-03-06T20:27:39Z Joystick 40 includeonly / bordercolor <div style="float:left;border:solid #FFFF00 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#FFFF99" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#FFFF00;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Italian language|it]]-4''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Questo utente ha una '''[[:Category:User it-4|conoscenza da madrelingua]]''' dell''''[[:Category:User it|italiano]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User it|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User it-4|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1610 3127 2006-03-06T20:26:43Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #6ef7a7 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#c5fcdc;" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#6ef7a7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;" | '''[[w:Italian language|it]]''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | Questo utente è di '''[[:Category:User it-N|madrelingua]] [[:Category:User it|italiana]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User it|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User it-N|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1611 3126 2006-03-06T20:25:50Z Joystick 40 HTML->Wikisyntax / includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #6ef7a7 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#c5fcdc;" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#6ef7a7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;" | '''[[w:Swedish language|sv]]''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | Den här användaren talar '''[[:Category:User sv|svenska]]''' som '''[[:Category:User sv-N|modersmål]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User sv|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User sv-N|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1612 3125 2006-03-06T20:24:35Z Joystick 40 HTML->Wikisyntax / includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #C0C8FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#F0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#C0C8FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Swedish language|sv]]-1''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Denna användare har '''[[:Category:User sv-1|grundläggande kunskaper]]''' i '''[[:Category:User sv|svenska]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User sv|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User sv-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1613 3124 2006-03-06T20:22:50Z Joystick 40 HTML->Wikisyntax / includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #77E0E8 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#D0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#77E0E8;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Swedish language|sv]]-2'''</td> | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Denna användare har kunskaper på '''[[:Category:User sv-2|mellannivå]]''' i '''[[:Category:User sv|svenska]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User sv|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User sv-2|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1614 3123 2006-03-06T20:21:18Z Joystick 40 HTML->Wikisyntax / includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #99B3FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#E0E8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#99B3FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Swedish language|sv]]-3''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Denna användare behärskar '''[[:Category:User sv|svenska]]''' '''[[:Category:User sv-3|flytande]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User sv|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User sv-3|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1615 3122 2006-03-06T20:19:03Z Joystick 40 includeonly / bordercolor <div style="float:left;border:solid #FFFF00 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#FFFF99" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#FFFF00;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Swedish language|sv]]-4''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Den här användaren talar '''[[:Category:User sv|svenska]]''' '''[[:Category:User sv-4|på samma nivå]]''' som en infödd. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User sv|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User sv-4|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1616 3121 2006-03-06T20:17:52Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #CC0000 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#FF5555;" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#FF0000;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Swedish language|sv]]-5''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Denna användare kan erhålla med en '''[[:Category:User sv-5|professionell]]''' nivå av '''[[:Category:User sv|Svenska]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User sv|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User sv-5|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1617 3120 2006-03-06T20:16:46Z Joystick 40 HTML->Wikisyntax / includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #6ef7a7 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#c5fcdc;" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#6ef7a7;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;" | '''sv''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | Den här användaren talar '''[[:Category:Användare sv|svenska]]''' som '''[[:Category:Användare sv-N|modersmål]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:Användare sv|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Användare sv-N|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1618 3119 2006-03-06T20:14:31Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #C0C8FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#F0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#C0C8FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:German language|de]]-1''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Dieser Benutzer hat '''[[:Category:User de-1|grundlegende]] [[:Category:User de|Deutschkenntnisse]]'''. |} </div> <includeonly> [[Category:User de|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User de-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1619 3118 2006-03-06T20:13:30Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #C0C8FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#F0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#C0C8FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;white-space:nowrap" | '''[[w:English language|en]]-1''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | This user is able to contribute with a '''[[:Category:User en-1|basic]]''' level of '''[[:Category:User en|English]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User en|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User en-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1620 3117 2006-03-06T20:12:52Z Joystick 40 includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #C0C8FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#F0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#C0C8FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Italian language|it]]-1''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Questo utente può contribuire con un '''[[:Category:User it|italiano]]''' di livello '''[[:Category:User it-1|semplice]]'''. |}</div> <includeonly> [[Category:User it|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User it-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1621 3116 2006-03-06T20:11:56Z Joystick 40 added includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #C0C8FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#F0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#C0C8FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;white-space:pre" | '''[[w:French language|fr]]-1''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:1px 4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau '''[[:Category:User fr-1|élémentaire]]''' de '''[[:Category:User fr|français]]'''. |} </div> <includeonly> [[Category:User fr|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User fr-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1622 3115 2006-03-06T20:11:10Z Joystick 40 added includeonly <div style="float:left;border:solid #C0C8FF 1px;margin:1px"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:238px;background:#F0F8FF" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#C0C8FF;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" | '''[[w:Spanish language|es]]-1''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em" | Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel '''[[:Category:User es-1|básico]]''' de '''[[:Category:User es|español]]'''. |} </div> <includeonly> [[Category:User es|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:User es-1|{{PAGENAME}}]] </includeonly> 1623 3113 2006-03-06T03:44:42Z Joystick 40 {{UsersSpeak|de|German|Diese Benutzer sprechen '''Deutsch'''.}} 1624 3114 2006-03-06T03:45:39Z Joystick 40 <div style="float:left;border:solid #99b3ff 1px;margin:1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width:260px;background:#e0e8ff;" | style="width:45px;height:45px;background:#99b3ff;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;" | '''{{{1}}}''' | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;text-align:center;" | {{{3}}}<hr>These users speak '''[[{{{2}}} language|{{{2}}}]]'''. |}</div> <br clear="all"> 1625 3154 2006-03-10T00:16:52Z Cromwellt 38 welcome, Joystick {{welcome}} Oh, and by the way, thank you for starting the Babelboxes system here at SEWikibooks. I was hoping (as I mentioned on my [[User:Cromwellt|user page]]) that I wished they worked here, so thanks for making them work. I didn't know they had to be recreated/brought in one-by-one, though. That seems like a lot of work! Thanks for doing it. Finally, if you have any questions about how things work, feel free to ask me. The best way to do that is putting a note on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]]. Happy editing! --[[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]] 00:16, 10 March 2006 (UTC) 1636 3234 2006-04-15T19:32:44Z Seahen 42 Chemistry? WTF? '''English:''' [[English/Cover|Cover]] | [[English|Table of Contents]] ---- 1637 3878 2006-09-27T20:39:48Z Cromwellt 38 added links, stub tag {{English contents}} '''Parts of speech''' are ways to [[wikt:categorize|categorize]] words. The category tells what the word does. A [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns|noun]], for example, names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. Here is a list of the parts of speech: *[[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns|noun]] *[[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs|verb]] *[[English/Parts of Speech/Adjectives|adjective]] *[[English/Parts of Speech/Adverbs|adverb]] *[[English/Parts of Speech/Pronouns|pronoun]] *[[English/Parts of Speech/Prepositions|preposition]] *[[English/Parts of Speech/Conjunctions|conjunction]] *[[English/Parts of Speech/Interjections|interjection]] Another type of word that people often think of separately is the [[English/Parts of Speech/Articles|article]], but it is really a special kind of adjective. You may click on one of the parts of speech to learn about it, go back to [[English/Complex Sentences]], or go on to the [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns|next page]]. {{stub}} 1638 4202 2006-11-20T13:15:29Z Suisui 5 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Drini|Drini]] ([[User_talk:Drini|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]] {{English contents}} A '''noun''' is a part of speech. It names or [[wikt:identify|identifies]] four things: *people *places *things *ideas Nouns can be categorized in many ways. *They may be singular (like "son") or plural (like "sons"). This is called [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Number|number]]. *They may be common (like "house") or proper (like "Thomas House"). All nouns that are not [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Proper Nouns|proper]] are common. *They may be concrete (like "street") or abstract (like "love"). All nouns that are not concrete are [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Abstract Nouns|abstract]]. *They may be count (like "piece"), non-count or mass (like "information") or collective (like "group"). This is called [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Countability|countability]]. *Some nouns may be masculine (like "postman") or feminine (like "stewardess"), but most nouns do not have [[wikt:gender|gender]]. Nouns that are masculine or feminine are said to have [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Gender|noun gender]]. You may learn about these aspects of nouns or go to the next section about [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs|verbs]]. {{stub}} 1639 3882 2006-09-27T21:05:17Z Cromwellt 38 added tags, links {{English contents}} '''Countability''' is a very important idea about nouns. Some other ideas depend on countability. *'''Count nouns''' are things that can be counted, like spoons, boys, and houses. **We can say one spoon, two boys, and three houses. *'''Non-count nouns''' are things that can not be counted, but they can be measured. ** We say: "a cup of milk", but not "3 milks". ** We say: "a pound of sugar", but not "25 sugars". ** We say: "a bucket of sand" but not "100 sands". *'''Collective nouns''' are things that are the name of a group of things, like choirs, sets, and teams. **A team is one group of people to play a game. Two teams are two groups of people to play a game. **A school is the building and all the people who go to the school or work at the school. You may go back to [[English/Nouns/Abstract Nouns|abstract nouns]] or go on to the next page on [[English/Parts of Speech/Nouns/Gender|noun gender]]. {{stub}} 1671 3257 2006-05-04T21:24:58Z Cromwellt 38 Welcome <center>[[Image:Talk page banner.png]]</center> <div style="background:#FFCF99;margin-right:2cm;margin-left:2cm;heigth:150px;font-family:Segie;border:1px;align:center;"> Please sign all messages with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, even if you are not a user. I will reply on your talk page, not here. (Unless you tell me to reply here) Please use a new header for new talks (by placing == around it), and make the new talk on the bottom. For making the reply go over, use colons (<nowiki>:</nowiki>)! I can move a talk to an archive and remove your post (but I rarely will). The archives are at [[User talk:Linuxerist/Archives]]. (do not exist quite yet ;) </div> <div style="background:#A5E7F3;margin-right:.5cm;margin-left:.5cm;font-family:Segoe;align:center;"> == Welcome == {{welcome}} If you have any questions about how things work, don't hesitate to ask me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]]. I hope you don't mind being welcomed on all the simple English projects by the same person. You see, there are few active users on SEWikipedia, but there are almost none on the other Simple English projects. I'm trying to change that, but it is slow going. Once Odder's new main page is used on SEWikipedia, hopefully people will realize that there is more to Simple English than the Wikipedia. Happy editing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]] 21:24, 4 May 2006 (UTC) 1672 3244 2006-04-30T18:09:57Z Linuxerist 43 <center>[[Image:User page banner.png]]<hr /> <br /> I have begun to help out at the Simple English projects. (I used to do a lot on normal English ones). I have "simple" user accounts at:<br> [http://simple.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=User:Linuxerist Wikibooks][http://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Linuxerist Wikipedia] [http://simple.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=User:Linuxerist Wikiquote] [http://simple.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=User:Linuxerist Wiktionary]</center> 1673 3250 2006-05-04T09:23:35Z Cromwellt 38 Copied from meta, simplified first two sections (up to Why log in?) '''Logging in''' is where you type your [[Help:Username|username]] and [[Help:Password|password]] so that the [[Wikibooks:wiki|wiki]] can recognize you. You do not have to log in to view pages or edit pages, but logging in gives some extra features. ==Logging in== To log in for the first time, you must first create a [[Help:User account|user account]]. To create a user account, click on "Log in/Create account" in the upper right corner of the page. This will bring you to a login page. Click the link "Create an account". Type the dark letters you see into the first text box. Choose a username (your real name or a nickname) and put it in the next text box, then a password. Put the password in the next two text boxes. If you want people to be able to contact you through email, you can put your email address in the last text box. Other users will not know your email address. Then click "Create account". If someone else is using the username you choose, you must choose another. You should only create an account once. You are then "logged in". The next time you log in, click "Log in/Create account", type in the username and password that you chose, and click "Log in". When you are logged in, edits you make are recorded under your username. When you are not logged in, your edits are recorded under your [[Help:IP address|IP address]]. For now on Wikimedia projects, logging in and changing personal settings are done separately on each wiki. This means that if you want to edit another project ([[w:Main Page|Simple English Wikipedia]], for example), you must create an account there and log in there, even if you ar logged in here. See [[m:Single login]]. == Why log in? == You don't have to log in to read any MediaWiki wiki. You don't even have to log in to edit a MediaWiki wiki - ''anyone'' can edit [[m:protected pages considered harmful|almost any]] page, even without logging in. However, it's still a good idea to log in, for these reasons: * Other users will be able to recognise you by your username when you make changes to pages. As a "name" an IP address is somewhat clumsy. Also, if you use computers at different locations (home, office, internet cafe, etc.) you have a different IP-address in each case; even in the same location, depending on the Internet connection, the IP-address may be different each time. Therefore a username is better to maintain an identity. *You will have your own ''user page'' where you can write a bit about yourself, and a ''user talk page'' which you can use to communicate with other users. * You will be able to mark an edit as minor, which avoids inconvenience for other users. * You will be able to keep track of changes to modules you are interested in using a ''watch list''. * If you choose to give an email address, other users will be able to contact you by email. This feature is anonymous - the user who emails you will not know your email address. You don't have to give your email address if you don't want to. ** ''Check the privacy policy of the individual site you're visiting, if any (for example, Wikipedia's [[w:Wikipedia:draft privacy policy|draft privacy policy]])'' * You will be able to [[Help: Renaming (moving) a page|rename pages]]. * You will be able to set your own ''[[Help:Preferences|preferences]]'', to change things such as: ** The number of pages displayed in ''[[Help:Recent changes|Recent changes]]'' ** The fonts, colours and layout of the site, by using different ''skins''. == How to log in == First, make sure that your browser accepts [[w:en:HTTP cookie|cookies]]. Some browsers can accept or reject cookies from individual sites; users of these should configure the browser to accept cookies from each wiki you plan to edit, such as ''wikipedia.org''. Click on the ''[[Special:Userlogin|Log in]]'' link at the top right of the page. You will then be prompted to enter your username and password. If you haven't logged in before, you will need to enter your password twice. You may give your email address if you like. Other users will be able to send email to the address, but they won't be able to find out what the address is. If you click the box ''Remember me'', you will not have to give your password again when you access MediaWiki wiki from the same computer. This feature will only work if your password was not generated by the Mediawiki software. So change your password please. Logging in and setting preferences are done separately on each wiki (for a proposal to change this see [[Single login specifications]]). You may find like to maintain a cross-wiki identity by using the same username on each wiki that you use, if that name is still free. === Log in problems === If you appear to be able to log in, but as soon as you try to look at a page after the 'Log in successful' page you appear logged out again, it is very likely to be a [[w:HTTP cookie|cookie]] problem. If you are certain that cookies are enabled, make sure that you haven't inadvertently listed {{SERVER}} on a list of sites to never allow cookies for (This feature is available in (at least) Mozilla Firebird (Firefox) 0.6 and above and Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 and above). Also make sure your computer's date and time are set correctly; if they are not, cookies may expire before they are supposed to. Note that some firewall and ad-blocking software may interfere with the cookie that {{SITENAME}} uses to keep a person logged in. In addition to these steps, check to make sure PHP's directory for storing session data is writable. This directory can be found in the php.ini file under the session.save_path setting. Errors in this php.ini setting can also cause other problems. Examples of these errors are referencing a non-existent directory or leaving out " marks around the directory name. Random Wiki pages or edit previews might appear blank in Internet Explorer, but not with other browsers. Also, the Save Page button might act as if one had pressed the Show Preview button when a user is logged in, but work correctly when one is not logged in. A user may occasionally find him/herself "automatically " logged out in between beginning an edit and saving it, or when switching between multiple {{SITENAME}} pages open in multiple windows. This can be a result of your browser's cookie, cache, or firewall settings, but due to the nature of the MediaWiki software, some user ID information is stored in the servers; sometimes, especially during heavy server load, the system can "glitch" and your ID information will be misplaced, resulting in a logout. Regardless of the reason for the logout, the simplest solution to the problem is to check the '''Remember me''' box. If you do this on a computer that can be accessed by more than one person (i.e. at the library, at work, at school), please find and erase your user ID cookies after your editing session. If you log in and enabled the cookie feature, a subsequent log in as a different user without the cookie feature enabled will appear as logged out. === What if I forget the password? === If you enter an e-mail address when signing up for the account, or in your Preferences, you can request on the login screen for a temporary password to be sent to that address, which will allow you to retrieve your account. If you did not enter an e-mail address, or the address was out of date, you will have to create a new account. === Creating an account === To create an account, select [[Special:Userlogin|Log in]] (top right of page) then [{{fullurl:Special:Userlogin|type=signup}} create an account]. You usually need only provide a username and password. Some wikis require a visual [[Special:Captcha|captcha]] (Completely Automated Public [[en:w:Turing test|Turing test]] to tell Computers and Humans Apart). Users with text, speech, or legacy browsers will be unable to create an account if they can not view this image. If you are unable to view captchas, contact an [[Project:Administrators|administrator]]. == How to set preferences == Click on the ''Preferences'' link at the top right of the page for various options, including: * Changing your password. * Changing the ''skin'', which changes the way that the web pages look. See [[Help:Preferences]]. == Your ''User page'' and ''User talk page'' == As a logged in user, you will be able to create your own ''user page'' and ''user talk page''. When you are logged in, you will see your username displayed at the top right of the page. Click on this to get to your user page, which you can edit in the same way as any MediaWiki wiki page. Most users write a little bit about themselves and their interests on their user page. You also have a ''User talk page''. You can access this by clicking on the ''Talk'' link next to your username at the top right of the page. Other people may write messages in your user talk page by editing it, and you can respond. See [[Help:Talk page]] for more. == How to log out == You can log out any time by clicking on the ''Log out'' link at the top right of the page. 1674 4093 2006-11-13T22:57:29Z Meriga 78 Oops, forgot <nowiki> In Simple English Wikibooks, '''stubs''' are short [[Wikibooks:module|module]]s or pages that are not complete. A stub usually appears because a user creates a new chapter or module of a book that does not have most of the content. Stubs often only have a short description or a suggestion of the future content. An incomplete table of contents is also a stub. (If the module only contains nonsense, then it can be [[Wikibooks:Deletion policy|marked for speedy deletion]].) For a list of all pages marked as stubs, see [[:Category:Stubs]]. To mark an article as a stub, type <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> at the end of the module (page). [[Category:Wikibooks]] 1675 4265 2007-01-01T15:24:37Z Jusjih 14 Category:Wikibooks This category has all pages marked as [[Wikibooks:Stubs|stubs]]. [[Category:Wikibooks]] 1677 3255 2006-05-04T09:43:15Z Cromwellt 38 copied from English Wikibooks, simplified, extra stuff removed A '''Wikibooks module''' is a page that has textbook-like material on it. See [[Special:Allpages]] for a list of all Wikibooks modules and [[Special:Statistics]] for statistics on Wikibooks and its growth. A module does not include any talk pages, user pages, or Wikibooks explanation or [[Wikibooks:Help|help]] pages. See [[Wikibooks:Naming conventions]] to learn about book titles and module titles and [[Wikibooks:protected page]] for a list of pages that only [[Wikibooks:Administrators|administrators]] can edit. [[Category:Wikibooks|Module]] 1678 4249 2006-12-19T00:22:35Z Xania 86 [[Cookbook]] ==Ingredients== *[[w:Bacon|Bacon]] cut into small pieces about 3 inches (7cm)long *[[w:Lettuce|Lettuce]] cut into small pieces *[[w:Tomato|Tomato]] cut into thin circles *Two pieces of any type of [[w:Bread|bread]] *Sandwich spread ([[w:Butter|butter]], [[w:Margarine|margarine]], [[w:Mayonnaise|mayonnaise]], cream cheese, etc.) ==What to do== #Take the pieces of bread and put them in a [[w:toaster|toaster]]. #While the bread is toasting, fry the bacon. Stop frying when it looks cooked. Do not burn it. #When the toasted slices are ready, put on the sandwich spread. #Put the lettuce, tomato slices, and bacon together in the sandwich. #Cut into triangles. ==Notes, tips, and variations== You can mix the lettuce with mayonnaise if you want. The slices of bread do not need to be toasted, but it makes the sandwich more crunchy. Another version is the B.L.O. made with bacon, lettuce and onion. ==Warnings== Be careful when frying the bacon. Use baking soda if there are any flames. [[Category:Meals|BLT Sandwich]] [[Category:Recipes_with_metric_units|BLT Sandwich]] 1679 3273 2006-05-09T22:28:12Z Cromwellt 38 Welcome! {{welcome}} If you have any questions about how things work, don't hesitate to ask me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]]. Happy editing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]] 22:28, 9 May 2006 (UTC) 1680 3278 2006-05-16T20:23:25Z Cromwellt 38 Welcome! {{welcome}} If you have any questions about how things work, don't hesitate to ask me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]]. Happy editing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]] 20:23, 16 May 2006 (UTC) 1681 3421 2006-06-05T15:14:49Z Archer7 39 interwiki en: ==Getting Started== Learning a language is a lot easier than it may look like. The first step is to look at it as a fun challenge. Get excited about learning something new and it will make the whole process a lot easier. Now, learning a new language is easier than most people think. With the inventions of cassette tapes and CDs, it can be very easy. You may not think you have the time, but once you get started it will be easier than you think. == Vocabulary == *Think in whole [[w:phrase|phrases]] and with emotions. Try to remember not only words but a phrase with the emotion felt. E.g. ([[Spanish]]) To remember the word 'bread' - 'pan,' memorize the sentence, 'I eat bread with butter.' --'Como pan con mantequilla.' (Imagine you are eating the bread.) Some call this [[w:en:TPR|Total Physical Response]]. * Imagine the word or action you learn. Can you see the bread with butter in your mind's eye, even very quickly? Include other senses too. Smell the bread, feel the bread crumbs, taste the butter, etc. Make those sensations extreme. Try making the butter rotten, smell the bread burnt, have the toast painfully hot. *Repeat the whole phrase or sentence until you can say it very easily without thinking. *Put words from your new language into the language you speak normally. This will cause fewer problems if you keep this to conversations with people who know what you are doing. E.g. ([[French]]) To make a cheese sandwich, put ''fromage'' between ''deux'' pieces of ''pain''. This is known as [[w:en:code switching|code switching]]. *Put words from your normal language into your new language. This helps learners with a small vocabulary to talk comfortably and stay confident. Learners with larger vocabularies may want to rephrase or describe a word they don't know or can't remember in their new language *Read the [http://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page dictionary]. Make it a habit to skim or browse through the dictionary and note down a few words that are part of normal everyday speech. *When developing a [[w:mnemonic|mnemonic]], humorous phrases will help you to remember the new words. *Write down new words in two columns, one for your native language and one for the language to be learned. Then go over them day after day in different directions and carry those words you didn't remember so far over to a new page. The repetitive writing often helps memorizing. *Write down words on index cards or blank business cards, the target language on one side, the known language on the other. Carry a reasonable number in your pocket, purse, etc. and study them when you have free time. You can also create your own "flashcards" online or use someone else's at [http://www.flashcardexchange.com flashcardexchange]. *Try making an animated, nonsensical story based on the word. The word for bread, Pan, sounds exactly like the english word for cooking pan. Imagine batting a loaf of bread with a pan or hitting a bread monster with an oversized pan. Including all sensations to their extremes helps. == Speaking and understanding == *While riding the train or car, walking down the street, waiting in line, etc. imagine conversations and dialogues in your head. Carry a pocket [http://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page dictionary]/grammar book with you for this. Talking to yourself out loud while showering will force yourself to voice sentences without making you feel ridiculous. *Repeat and memorize phrases and sentences which use some grammatical rules you need to remember. Grammar requires thinking before speaking, so speak from a memorized sentence pattern instead. Make a number of phrases or sentences to memorize per day, depending on your what you are doing. For most people, memorizing 1 or 2 sentences everyday is not too difficult. *Most new languages contain sounds you are not used to. Practice them a lot. Make yourself sentences full of new sounds and repeat them all the time. For instance, in French, "Il fait de la voile" can be used to practice French f's, v's and d's, or "un grand vin blanc" for French nasals. *Watch movies in the language and pretend or imagine that you already understand. TV shows and radio broadcasts are also good ways to practice a language. *Get the melody of the language by listening to songs you like and singing them. By doing this, you can reduce your accent and almost unconsciously memorize a lot of phrases. Get the lyrics though, it may be very difficult to understand the song without them. *Listen to radio broadcasts in the language through the internet. The Deutsche Welle's slowly spoken [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,2469,00.html news reports] (in German) or the [http://members.aon.at/aldone/retradio/ Polish Radio] in Esperanto are both good examples of what you can find out there. The international french radio [http://www.rfi.fr], just like the BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/?ok] also offer broadcasts in 19 languages, including one in "easy french". *Watch English movies subtitled in the language and vice-versa. *Use your computer to help you learn a language by installing programs or games using your new language. For example if you use [http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Firefox] web browser you can install a version in your new language. *Speak with a [[w:native speaker|native speaker]]. Often there are local gatherings of native speakers for the sole intent of speaking. Listening or participating can be useful. *While a one-to-one talk may appear ideal, it is does not really help. Either the person you are planning to talk with is already a friend - i.e someone you already have started to converse with in English - which will seem fake and tiring, or he/she is a stranger to you. In this last case again, either: a) you have nothing to talk about with that person besides basic introductions; or, b) the conversation started in the new language actually gets interesting and naturally go back to your native language. Groups usually work better. == Reading and writing == *Read in the language as much as you can. Try children's stories first, moving on to newspapers and magazines as your vocabulary builds. Reading will improve your vocabulary, your spelling, your grammar and your knowledge of the language culture a lot. It is almost necessary for good writing. *Get yourself bilingual books. Or get a book in the new language and the same book in one you already know. Read them together, matching words in the two languages. It helps if the languages are quite close. For instance, learning Spanish is easier starting from French than from English, because it's easier to see the more general structures. *Relating to the above, you could watch a favorite film with audio in one language and subtitles of another. Anime fans will be pretty familiar with this method. *A very good "first read" is the book "[[w:en:The Little Prince|The Little Prince]]" by [[w:en:Antoine de Saint-Exupéry|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]. Originally in French, it is easily available in a lot of different languages. In many languages, it is even online (legally), and can be read for free. The book is short, interesting and contains simple grammar and vocabulary. Another good book is "[[w:en:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]" by [[w:en:L. Frank Baum|L. Frank Baum]]. *Get a digital dictionary. The faster word look-up will make first readings much easier.[[w:Freedict|Freedict]] offers a collection of freely available (and modifiable) dictionaries. *Once you get a good enough level of writing you can try to write on Wikimedia projects. You could try to add (or start) a Wikibook for learning a language, or translate a Wikipedia article of your interest, knowing that others, more advanced or native speakers, will correct you! == Polishing == When you feel confident reading, try reading a grammar book in and about the language you are learning. It is not as bad as it sounds and will help you with difficult points. It will be a review of the basic rules and an introduction to the less obvious points of every language. Looking back will make the basic rules sound more clear and natural and you will be have a lot to help you remember them. You will learn (or just review) the most basic and useful things, e.g.: what is a direct object, an adverb, a nasal consonant, an infinitive, a case, etc. Overall, you will end up with a much clearer and organized picture of the language as a whole. == Other websites == *[http://teacherjoe.us/Listen.html Learn English by listening] *[http://www.english.hb.pl How to learn English effectively] *[http://www.thinkinenglish.com Learn English online with ThinkInEnglish.com] *[http://www.vistawide.com/languages/language_software.htm Free Language Learning Software] - More than 120 software programs for learning over 20 different languages. *[http://elanguageschool.net Learn 10 Languages Online for Free] *[http://www.ielanguages.com Free Online Language Tutorials for French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch and Croatian] [[Category:Languages]] [[en:How to learn a language]] 1682 3960 2006-10-04T18:59:52Z Cromwellt 38 fixed redirect #REDIRECT [[Cookbook:BLT Sandwich]] 1683 3444 2006-06-13T21:03:54Z 45thuser 46 {| style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 100%; border: #000000 solid 1px" |- |<center>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richman271 English Wikipedia]^{[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Richman271 talk]} - [http://simple.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:45thuser Simple English Wikibooks]^{[http://simple.wikibooks.org/wiki/User_talk:45thuser talk]} - [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Richman271 Meta]^{[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Richman271 talk]}</center> |- |} My user name says it! I'm the 45th user. I have over '''80''' edits since 28 May 2006. I have a user on Wikipeida, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richman271 Richman271] 1684 3338 2006-05-29T03:30:16Z Cromwellt 38 easy --> simple {| style="float: center; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 800px; border: #000000 solid 1px" | <center>This page is not written in simple English. Please help us and make it easier to read.</center> |- | <center>Use the [[Wikibooks:How to write in Simple English|Short Guide]] to help you. |- |} 1686 3874 2006-09-27T20:24:12Z Cromwellt 38 added stub tag '''English''' is the one of the most important languages in the world. It is used in many things, like in meetings. This Wikibook can help you speak good English. For grammar discussion, you may go to the [[English/Grammar|next page]]. {{stub}} 1687 3461 2006-06-27T21:19:47Z 45thuser 46 {{alreadyknow}} This page tells you how to write in Simple English. ==Think about the readers== Remember, this Wikibook is for people learning English, not for people that already know how to read it. In addition to the people that are new to English, some readers may be children, or people with learning disabilities. For people that are learning English, change words so that they can usnderstand them. For example, "sweat" could be converted into "body water", which may sound funny to a native speaker, but could be easily understood by people that are learning. ==More Help== For further information, follow guidelines on [http://simple.wikipedia.org/ Simple English Wikipedia], including these: *[http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_write_Simple_English_articles Wikipedia:How to write Simple English articles] *[http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Basic_English_alphabetical_wordlist Wikipedia:Basic English alphabetical wordlist] 1688 3367 2006-05-30T20:30:07Z 45thuser 46 <center>''This page has parts that are for people who are good at English.''</center> 1689 4234 2006-12-10T14:01:20Z Xania 86 +articles {{English contents}} '''Vocabulary''' are words related to a topic. All English words are English vocabulary. The words a person knows are that person's vocabulary. There is some vocabulary that is important to know when studying English. Some of those words are below. If you know more words that are important to know when studying English, please add them. ---- *[[wikt:adjective|adjective]] - A word that describes a noun. *[[wikt:adverb|adverb]] - A word that describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb. *[[wikt:auxiliary verb|auxiliary verb]] - A verb that helps another verb. *[[wikt:conjunction|conjunction]] - A word that joins two or more of the same type of word. *helping verb - See ''auxiliary verb''. *[[wikt:interjection|interjection]] - A word with no grammatical relation to the sentence. *[[wikt:noun|noun]] - A person, place, thing, or idea. *[[wikt:article|articles]] - Words like ''a, an, the'' which are used with most nouns. *[[wikt:preposition|preposition]] - A word that joins a noun to the rest of the sentence. *[[wikt:pronoun|pronoun]] - A word that goes in place of a noun or pronoun. *[[wikt:verb|verb]] - An action or state of being. You may go back to [[English/Spelling|spelling]] or go on to the next page about [[English/Punctuation|punctuation]]. For easy definitions of words, see the [[wikt:Main Page|Simple English Wiktionary]]. {{stub}} 1690 3850 2006-09-10T20:38:06Z 45thuser 46 I'm thirteen. You may not have piles of homemork, but I sure do! ... No, that's being mean. Well, I don't have much time for this anymore, so goodbye, for now. <br> Hey, at least I'll be remembered for making the Main Page layout! == Hello == Hi everybody. You can put things here. --[[User:45thuser|45thuser]]^{[[User_talk:45thuser|Hello]]} 01:18, 28 May 2006 (UTC) ==Welcome== {{welcome}} I am very excited that you are helping out! If you have any questions about how things work, don't hesitate to ask me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]]. Happy editing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contris]] 04:37, 29 May 2006 (UTC) ==Vocabulary and how to welcome== I think you did the right thing when you removed the BE850 from the vocabulary page. The book is to teach them good English, not to give lists like that. I think that list belongs here as a kind of appendix, maybe at [[Wikibooks:Basic English alphabetical wordlist]], so that editors know what words to try to limit ourselves to, but it should not be in the Wikibook on English. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contris]] 04:37, 29 May 2006 (UTC) If you want to welcome someone, try using the <nowiki>{{welcome}}</nowiki> template. I used it up above, though I did add the last two lines separately. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contris]] 04:37, 29 May 2006 (UTC) ==Policies and guidelines== You mentioned an interest in adding guidelines. Policies and guidelines are some of the things we need here as part of the infrastructure, so feel free to go ahead and add them, as long as they make sense and the community agrees (basically me and [[User:Michael]] for now). It is pretty much an unwritten policy right now (like all the rest) that all policies from English Wikibooks apply here unless/until we have our own. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contris]] 04:37, 29 May 2006 (UTC) ==Changes== You may notice that I have made changes to many of the pages you've edited. I don't know how familiar you are with wikis, but that is how they work. Please don't take it personally. Just as you improved the pages you found, I improved on your improvements. Let's work together to make this wiki great! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contris]] 04:37, 29 May 2006 (UTC) == They want to close us down! == Please read the advisory on the main page, and respond if you think we should stay open (as I assume you do). Some users (notably Netoholic from SEWikipedia) think we should be closed. Let's not let them! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contris]] 06:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC) ==Admin rights request== As far as your admin rights request, I'd like to see you work here a little longer before I'll feel really comfortable supporting your request. I'm glad you're eager to jump right in, but maybe we could wait just a little while and see how things go. If you continue working as actively and productively as you are now, I'll be happy to support your request in a few weeks, or maybe sooner. Good things come to those who wait. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contris]] 06:43, 29 May 2006 (UTC) :I apologize for not getting back to you until now regarding this. Your edits all seem good, but they seem to have disappeared since June! And 80 edits is still a very small number. If you had something like 300, I would be much more inclined to give you the go-ahead. SEWikipedia says you should have about 1000. Even if you had over a hundred, it would be something. If you come back strong on this project, I'll again consider supporting you for admin rights. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 09:42, 3 August 2006 (UTC) 1691 3924 2006-10-04T17:26:48Z Cromwellt 38 staff lounge --> simple talk ==Welcome!== Welcome to Simple English Wikibooks! I hope that you will like it here and be part of the community. If you need editing help, you can look at [[Help:Contents|Help]] or you can ask questions at [[Wikibooks:Simple talk|Simple talk]]. Again, welcome! --[[User:45thuser|45thuser]]^{[[User_talk:45thuser|Hello]]} 18:37, 28 May 2006 (UTC) ==Welcome #2== {{welcome}} If you have any questions about how things work, don't hesitate to ask me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]]. Happy editing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contris]] 04:27, 29 May 2006 (UTC) 1694 3341 2006-05-29T03:37:37Z Cromwellt 38 Will delete soon as unnecessary I plan to delete this redirect soon as unnecessary, but I want people to see that [[Template:Notsimple]] has taken its place. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]] 03:37, 29 May 2006 (UTC) 1695 3343 2006-05-29T03:56:51Z Cromwellt 38 created template (from SEWikt) <small>&mdash;''This unsigned comment was added by'' [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]]&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]]) {{{2|}}}.</small> <!--Inserted with Template:unsigned--> 1696 3366 2006-05-30T09:40:15Z Archer7 39 corrected link This page is a place to get comments and [[peer review]] from other users on Wikibook pages. Use this page to post links to pages that you would like comments and peer review on. For comments on policies, other users, technology, and other things that are not directly related to reviewing article content, use the [[Wikibooks:Staff lounge|staff lounge]]. == Requests == * [[How to learn a language]] - I thought this might be useful for English learners! I'm not sure about my simplification, it was rather difficult. 09:39, 30 May 2006 (UTC) 1697 3373 2006-05-30T20:51:39Z 45thuser 46 '''Neutral Point of View''' means that a book should not side with one side. For example: The sentence "The War in Iraq should stop." would not be something that is in Neutral Point of View. If you find a place where Neutral Point of View is not used, please put in the "neutral" template. 1699 3405 2006-06-02T11:03:58Z Cromwellt 38 fixed links {{copied|Simple English Wikipedia}} {{policy}} '''Only add pages that you are sure are allowed under the terms of the GFDL.''' See the [[GFDL]] ([[GNU Free Documentation License]]) or the [[w:Simple_English_version_of_the_GFDL|Simple English Version of the GFDL]]. '''Copyright''' is a kind of law that says we can't make people think that we made something that was really made by another person. '''Copyright''' law says that we cannot pretend that we made something that was really made by another person. Copyright is used for books, movies, songs, and Web pages, including pages on [[w:Main Page|Wikipedias]] and [[:en:Main Page|Main Page]] (like this one). Laws about copyright were created so that people who write books or songs or make Web pages or movies could get money for their work in a fair way. If I write a good book, I want people to buy my book and give me money for it. I don't want someone else to sell my book and take the money from selling it. I also want people to know that I was the first person who could write a book like that one; if the book is good, it means I am good at writing and people can hire me to write things for them. The rule of all the Wikibooks, including this one, is that nothing in the Wikipedia can be copyrighted by someone else unless we have permission to use it. This means that we are ''only'' allowed to copy things from books or from other Web pages into the Wikipedia if the writer has said that anyone can copy these things and make changes to them. There is an exception to the rules of copyright called Fair Use. This says that we can copy a <i>very short</i> amount of something -- maybe one or two sentences, or a picture. But because people could get very angry at the Wikipedias if we copy the wrong things, it's better not to copy anything onto the Wikipedias unless we are sure it's allowed. Different countries have different copyright laws. Most of the differences deal with whether the government's work is copyrighted, how much longer copyright lasts after the author dies, and what is fair use. Wikipedia needs to follow the copyright law of the United States, because its words and pictures are stored on computers in the United States. '''Can you move things from other Wikibooks and Wikipedias to here?''' '''Yes''', you can do this. But do you have to say you did this? There is no easy answer. Under [[GFDL]], you really should, but when a person writes for Wikibooks, they know that their work can be changed because the edit screen tells them their writing will be edited at will. This means that copying between pages (or projects) is ok. The changes you make are more than just making the words correct, so copyright is not kept. This makes you a co-author. You can show respect to other people by saying they did this work. You can do this by adding things in your edit summary. See [[w:Wikipedia:Copyrights|Simple English Wikipedia]] for more information. <!--Thanks to Alex756 for his advice on this.--> [[ca:Viquipèdia:Copyrights]] [[da:Wikipedia:Ophavsret]] [[de:Wikipedia:Lizenzbestimmungen]] [[en:Wikipedia:Copyrights]] [[es:Wikipedia:Copyrights]] [[fr:Wikipédia:Copyright]] [[it:Aiuto:Copyright]] [[lb:Wikipedia:Copyright]] [[hu:Wikipédia:Copyright]] [[nl:Wikipedia:Auteursrechten]] [[ja:Wikipedia:Wikipedia:著作権]] [[no:Wikipedia:Opphavsrett]] [[pl:Wikipedia:Prawa autorskie]] [[pt:Copyrights]] [[sl:Wikipedija:Avtorske pravice]] [[sv:Wikipedia:Upphovsrätt]] [[zh:wikipedia:版权信息]] 1700 3407 2006-06-02T11:13:28Z Cromwellt 38 refixed link <center>''The page has been copied from [[Wikibooks:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]].''</center> 1701 3995 2006-10-04T20:23:12Z Cromwellt 38 fixed template (Category:Policies-->Category:Rules) {| border |- | | '''This page is an [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|official policy]] on the Simple English Wikibooks.''' Many people agree with it. They see it as a standard way that all users should follow. When changing the page, please check that the other people agree with your changes. Use the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|talk page]] when you are not sure or when you want to propose a change. |{{shortcut|{{{1|}}}}} |}<includeonly>[[Category:Wikibooks|{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:Rules|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly> 1702 3378 2006-05-30T21:07:55Z 45thuser 46 {| id="shortcut" class="noprint" style="border: 1px solid #999; background: #fff; margin: 0 0 .5em 1em; text-align: center; padding: 5px; float: {{{float|right}}}; clear: {{{clear|right}}}; font-size: smaller;" |- ! [[:en:Wikipedia:Shortcut|Shortcut]]:<br />{{{1}}} |- |} 1703 3379 2006-05-30T21:11:16Z 45thuser 46 #REDIRECT [[Help:Contents]] 1704 3996 2006-10-04T20:24:51Z Cromwellt 38 changed cat listing '''Rules''' are things that people have to follow. When people work together, there should always be rules for people to follow. Wikibooks need all people to follow rules so that it can function. ==List of Rules== *[[Wikibooks:Neutral_Point_of_View|Neutral Point of View]] - This is the most important policy. [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] says that all articles should follow this policy. *[[Wikibooks:Copyrights|Copyrights]] - This says how all things on Wikibooks are [http://simple.wikibooks.org/wiki/Copyright Copyrighted]. *[[Cookbook:Rules|Cookbook rules]] - This says the rules for the [[Cookbook]]. [[Category:Wikibooks]] [[Category:Rules| ]] 1705 4267 2007-01-01T15:25:28Z Jusjih 14 Interwikis This [[Wikibooks:Category|Category]] is the main category for Simple English Wikibooks. All pages, books and book modules are in this category [[da:Kategori:Wikibooks]] [[de:Kategorie:Wikibooks]] [[en:Category:Wikibooks]] [[es:Categoría:Wikilibros]] [[fr:Catégorie:Wikilivres:Aide]] [[it:Categoria:Wikibooks]] [[na:Category:Wikibooks]] [[nl:Categorie:Wikibooks]] [[no:Kategori:Wikibooks]] [[pl:Kategoria:Meta-strony Wikibooks]] [[pt:Categoria:Wikilivros]] [[sv:Kategori:Wikibooks]] 1706 3411 2006-06-02T18:50:21Z Mxn 9 Replied Thank you very much for opposing the closure of this project that was proposed on [[m:Proposals for closing projects]]. I see that you've been a contributor here in the past, which is really great. We would love it if you became active here again. What do you say? --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 06:52, 2 June 2006 (UTC) :''See [[m:User talk:Cromwellt#Re: Thanks and invitation|User talk:Cromwellt]].'' 1707 3424 2006-06-05T21:16:20Z 45thuser 46 This policy page needs a lot of work. Is this simplified from somewhere, or are we trying to start from scratch? I think it would be better to simplify one from somewhere. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 09:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC) :Yes, I started from scratch. I think that the guidelines from Wikibooks should be from Simple English Wikipedia. --[[User:45thuser|45thuser]]^{[[User_talk:45thuser|Hello]]} 21:16, 5 June 2006 (UTC) 1708 3389 2006-06-02T09:07:18Z Cromwellt 38 Recommended change I think I much prefer the version of this template at [[w:Template:Policy]], copied from EWikipedia and simplified. It is better looking, I think, and written with simpler words. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 09:07, 2 June 2006 (UTC) 1709 3390 2006-06-02T09:28:33Z Cromwellt 38 Pseudo-namespace or part of main namespace? Should this be a pseudo-namespace like it is on EWikibooks? I think it will soon be a real namespace there. The first link here is to <nowiki>[[Cookbook:Fruity swirl]]]</nowiki>, but the others are to modules in the main namespace. I would prefer them like the first one, with the cat including the type of food. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 09:28, 2 June 2006 (UTC) 1710 3423 2006-06-05T21:14:48Z 45thuser 46 /* More about Wikibooks */ {{shortcut|[[WB:ABOUT]]}} '''Wikibooks''' is a place for [[w:open content|open content]] [[w:textbooks|textbook]]s. This site is a [[w:wiki|wiki]], meaning that anyone, including ''you'', can edit any book [[Wikibooks:module|module]]. Just click on the ''change this page'' link near the top of each Wikibooks module. The project is still small, but we hope to grow like our sister project, [[w:Main Page|Simple English Wikipedia]], while keeping a high quality. Simple English Wikibooks began on 25 July 2004, and there are {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} modules on the site now. The content of Simple English Wikibooks is covered by the [[Simple English version of the GDFL|GFDL]] ([[GNU Free Documentation License]]). Editors here keep the rights to their edits, while the copyleft license makes the the version here and things made from it always free to share and copy. See [[Wikibooks:Copyrights|Wikibooks copyright]] for more information. ''Note: To teach students correctly in some areas (especially medicine), some Wikibooks have content that some users think is bad or not acceptable. See the [[Wikibooks:content disclaimer|content disclaimer]] for more information.'' == More about Wikibooks == * [[Wikibooks:Welcome|Welcome]] - Basic information for new visitors and how to use the site * [[Wikibooks:What is Wikibooks|What is Wikibooks?]] - what Wikibooks includes, and what it does not include * [[Wikibooks:History of Wikibooks|History of Wikibooks]] - A brief guide to the origins of this project. <!-- * [[w:Wikibooks|Wikibooks]], a [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] article about Wikibooks and its history. --> * [[w:Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]], a Wikipedia article about the organization that controls Wikibooks. * [[Wikibooks:FAQ|Frequently asked questions]], common questions and answers. * [[Wikibooks:Policies|Policies]], rules for editing on Wikibooks. == Exploring Wikibooks == *[[Special:Recentchanges|New changes]], see modules that people are working on. *[[Special:Randompage|Show any page]] *[[Special:Newpages|New modules]] *[[Wikibooks:Study help desk|Study help desk]], request information about a topic. *[[Wikibooks:Good modules|Good modules]], see the best of Wikibooks. == Contributing to Wikibooks == *[[Wikibooks:How does one edit a page|How to edit a page]], [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing more on how to edit a page], [[Wikibooks:How to start a page|how to start a page]], [[Help:How to start a book|how to start a new book]]. *[[Why contribute to the open textbook project]] Motivation and good reasons to contribute *[[Why not to contribute to the open textbook project]] *[[Wikibooks:Help|Help pages]] *[[Wikibooks:policies and guidelines|Policies and guidelines for contributors]] *[[Wikibooks:Wikibooks maintenance|Wikibooks maintenance]] - list of all cleanup and maintenance tasks == Getting in touch == * [[Wikibooks:Contact us]] * [[Wikibooks:Staff lounge|Staff lounge]], a forum to ask questions not answered in the [[Wikibooks:FAQ|FAQs]] or [[Wikibooks:Help|help pages]]. * [[Wikibooks:Study help desk|Study help desk]] - place for newcomers questions * [[Wikibooks:IRC channels|IRC channels]] - the fastest way to contact other Wikibookians * [[Wikibooks:mailing lists|Wikibooks mailing lists]] * Instant messaging Wikibookians * [[Wikibooks:Wikibookians|Wikibookians]], list of Wikibooks' contributors. * [http://meta.wikipedia.com/ MetaWiki], a site that works alongside the main Wikibooks project. Here you can post essays and discussions about topics related to Wikibooks. * [[Wikibooks:Bulletin board|Bulletin board]] (updated rather infrequently) == Wikibooks in the News == : ''See [[Wikibooks:Wikibooks in the media]]'' == Other Wikimedia projects == *[[m:|Meta-wiki]], a wiki devoted to planning various Wikimedia projects. (See [[w:Wikipedia:Meta|Meta]] for background) *[[wikinews:|Wikinews]] a, free-content news source *[[w:|Wikipedia]], a multilanguage encyclopedia with supporting almanac-like information. (See [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] for background) *[[wikt:|Wiktionary]], a multilingual Wiki dictionary and thesaurus. (See [[w:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]] for background) *[[q:|Wikiquote]], a collection of quotations. (See [[w:Wikiquote|Wikiquote]] for background) *[[Wikisource:|Wikisource]], a collection of free source documents. (See [[w:Wikisource|Wikisource]] for background) *See also:[[Wikibooks:Comparison of other Wiki projects]] for information on how to utilize Wikimedia's projects. *[[Wikibooks:Mirrors and forks]] - list of pages that copy our content (not always legally) == Other language versions == These are planned as comprehensive libraries. Note that the [[w:Main Page|Wikipedia]] sister project grew in just a couple of years to encompass more than a dozen languages, with still more being added. Since many other language versions are only just underway, you are very welcome to participate in their development. See the [[Wikibooks portal]] for a list of Wikibooks in other languages. == Opinions and objections == *[[Wikibooks:Replies to common objections|Replies to common objections]], a collection of counter arguments for common objections to the Wikibooks and wiki concept. *[[Wikibooks:Why Wikibooks is so great|The power structure of Wikibooks]] == Other links == * [[Wikibooks:Friends of Wikibooks]], a list of websites who have linked to us. [[Category:Wikibooks|About]] [[de:Wikibooks:Über Wikibooks]] [[en:Wikibooks:About]] [[es:Wikilibros:Acerca de]] [[fr:Wikilivres:Wikilivres]] [[hu:Wikikönyvek:A Wikikönyvekről]] [[ja:Wikibooks:ウィキブックスについて]] [[nl:Wikibooks:Info]] [[pl:Wikibooks:O Wikibooks]] [[su:Buku Wiki:Ngeunaan]] 1711 3398 2006-06-02T10:20:07Z Cromwellt 38 fixed links The '''[[Wikibooks:Simple English|Simple English]] [[Wikibooks:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]''' was made because English learners and English teachers need it. The pages there are more easy to read, and people can read them in school, use them for computer work, etc. Non-English Wikipedias can also [[Language translation|translate]] from the articles here. ==What is Simple English Wikipedia?== Simple English uses fewer words and easier grammar than the [[:w:en:|English Wikipedia]]. This is not its only difference. It is for different people with different needs: [[:w:student|student]]s, [[:w:child|child]]ren, and adults with [[:w:learning disability|learning problems]]. When the Simple English Wikipedia began, the [[:w:en:|original English]] Wikipedia already had 150,000 articles. Seven other Wikipedias in other [[:w:language|language]]s had over 15,000. So most Simple English articles take old articles and make them simple; they are not often new articles. Because of this, Simple English articles can be a good way to understand complicated English ones: if someone cannot understand an idea in complicated English they can read the Simple article. So it is quite important to have "[[meta:Help:Interwiki linking|interwiki links]]" to and from the other Wikipedias. Also, it is good to constantly look at '''all''' versions in all languages, to get new ideas. Wikipedia needs this to make it better. Simple English Wikibooks follows the same ideas, mostly, but applies them to textbooks. See [[Wikibooks:About]] or [[Wikibooks:Simple English Wikibooks|Simple English Wikibooks]] for more information. For more information, see this page on Simple English Wikipedia: [[w:simple:w:Wikipedia:Simple English Wikipedia|Simple English Wikipedia]]. 1712 3401 2006-06-02T10:30:36Z Cromwellt 38 created shortcut #REDIRECT [[Wikibooks:About]] 1713 edit=sysop:move=sysop 3987 2006-10-04T19:43:52Z Cromwellt 38 Protected "[[Wikibooks:Basic English alphabetical wordlist]]": Static list, avoids vandalism and well-meaning but inappropriate changes [edit=sysop:move=sysop] {{Shortcut|<center>[[WT:BE850]]<br>[[BE850]]</center>}} '''This is a list of the 850 words of Charles Kay Ogden's Basic English, in alphabetical order.''' We try to use these words in place of hard words. If you are looking for an set of words to use, this might be a good place to start. __NOTOC__ <center>{{TOC}}</center> == A == a &bull; able &bull; about &bull; account &bull; acid &bull; across &bull; act &bull; addition &bull; adjustment &bull; advertisement &bull; agreement &bull; after &bull; again &bull; against &bull; air &bull; all &bull; almost &bull; among &bull; amount &bull; amusement &bull; and &bull; angle &bull; angry &bull; animal &bull; answer &bull; ant &bull; any &bull; apparatus &bull; apple &bull; approval &bull; arch &bull; argument &bull; arm &bull; army &bull; art &bull; as &bull; at &bull; attack &bull; attempt &bull; attention &bull; attraction &bull; authority &bull; automatic &bull; awake == B == baby &bull; back &bull; bad &bull; bag &bull; balance &bull; ball &bull; band &bull; base &bull; basin &bull; basket &bull; bath &bull; be &bull; beautiful &bull; because &bull; bed &bull; bee &bull; before &bull; behavior &bull; belief &bull; bell &bull; bent &bull; berry &bull; between &bull; bird &bull; birth &bull; bit &bull; bite &bull; bitter &bull; black &bull; blade &bull; blood &bull; blow &bull; blue &bull; board &bull; boat &bull; body &bull; boiling &bull; bone &bull; book &bull; boot &bull; bottle &bull; box &bull; boy &bull; brain &bull; brake &bull; branch &bull; brass &bull; bread &bull; breath &bull; brick &bull; bridge &bull; bright &bull; broken &bull; brother &bull; brown &bull; brush &bull; bucket &bull; building &bull; bulb &bull; burn &bull; burst &bull; business &bull; but &bull; butter &bull; button &bull; by == C == cake &bull; camera &bull; canvas &bull; card &bull; care &bull; carriage &bull; cart &bull; cat &bull; cause &bull; certain &bull; chain &bull; chalk &bull; chance &bull; change &bull; cheap &bull; cheese &bull; chemical &bull; chest &bull; chief &bull; chin &bull; church &bull; circle &bull; clean &bull; clear &bull; clock &bull; cloth &bull; cloud &bull; coal &bull; coat &bull; cold &bull; collar &bull; color &bull; comb &bull; come &bull; comfort &bull; committee &bull; common &bull; company &bull; comparison &bull; competition &bull; complete &bull; complex &bull; condition &bull; connection &bull; conscious &bull; control &bull; cook &bull; copper &bull; copy &bull; cord &bull; cork &bull; cotton &bull; cough &bull; country &bull; cover &bull; cow &bull; crack &bull; credit &bull; crime &bull; cruel &bull; crush &bull; cry &bull; cup &bull; current &bull; curtain &bull; curve &bull; cushion &bull; cut == D == damage &bull; danger &bull; dark &bull; daughter &bull; day &bull; dead &bull; dear &bull; death &bull; debt &bull; decision &bull; deep &bull; degree &bull; delicate &bull; dependent &bull; design &bull; desire &bull; destruction &bull; detail &bull; development &bull; different &bull; digestion &bull; direction &bull; dirty &bull; discovery &bull; discussion &bull; disease &bull; disgust &bull; distance &bull; distribution &bull; division &bull; do &bull; dog &bull; door &bull; down &bull; doubt &bull; drain &bull; drawer &bull; dress &bull; drink &bull; driving &bull; drop &bull; dry &bull; dust == E == ear &bull; early &bull; earth &bull; east &bull; edge &bull; education &bull; effect &bull; egg &bull; elastic &bull; electric &bull; end &bull; engine &bull; enough &bull; equal &bull; error &bull; even &bull; event &bull; ever &bull; every &bull; example &bull; exchange &bull; existence &bull; expansion &bull; experience &bull; expert &bull; eye == F == face &bull; fact &bull; fall &bull; false &bull; family &bull; far &bull; farm &bull; fat &bull; father &bull; fear &bull; feather &bull; feeble &bull; feeling &bull; female &bull; fertile &bull; fiction &bull; field &bull; fight &bull; finger &bull; fire &bull; first &bull; fish &bull; fixed &bull; flag &bull; flame &bull; flat &bull; flight &bull; floor &bull; flower &bull; fly &bull; fold &bull; food &bull; foolish &bull; foot &bull; for &bull; force &bull; fork &bull; form &bull; forward &bull; fowl &bull; frame &bull; free &bull; frequent &bull; friend &bull; from &bull; front &bull; fruit &bull; full &bull; future == G == garden &bull; general &bull; get &bull; girl &bull; give &bull; glass &bull; glove &bull; go &bull; goat &bull; gold &bull; good &bull; government &bull; grain &bull; grass &bull; great &bull; green &bull; grey/gray &bull; grip &bull; group &bull; growth &bull; guide &bull; gun == H == hair &bull; hammer &bull; hand &bull; hanging &bull; happy &bull; harbor &bull; hard &bull; harmony &bull; hat &bull; hate &bull; have &bull; he &bull; head &bull; healthy &bull; hearing &bull; heart &bull; heat &bull; help &bull; here &bull; high &bull; history &bull; hole &bull; hollow &bull; hook &bull; hope &bull; horn &bull; horse &bull; hospital &bull; hour &bull; house &bull; how &bull; humor == I == I &bull; ice &bull; idea &bull; if &bull; ill &bull; important &bull; impulse &bull; in &bull; increase &bull; industry &bull; ink &bull; insect &bull; instrument &bull; insurance &bull; interest &bull; invention &bull; iron &bull; island == J == jelly &bull; jewel &bull; join &bull; journey &bull; judge &bull; jump == K == keep &bull; kettle &bull; key &bull; kick &bull; kind &bull; kiss &bull; knee &bull; knife &bull; knot &bull; knowledge == L == land &bull; language &bull; last &bull; late &bull; laugh &bull; law &bull; lead &bull; leaf &bull; learning &bull; leather &bull; left &bull; leg &bull; let &bull; letter &bull; level &bull; library &bull; lift &bull; light &bull; like &bull; limit &bull; line &bull; linen &bull; lip &bull; liquid &bull; list &bull; little (less, least) &bull; living &bull; lock &bull; long &bull; look &bull; loose &bull; loss &bull; loud &bull; love &bull; low == M == machine &bull; make &bull; male &bull; man &bull; manager &bull; map &bull; mark &bull; market &bull; married &bull; match &bull; material &bull; mass &bull; may &bull; meal &bull; measure &bull; meat &bull; medical &bull; meeting &bull; memory &bull; metal &bull; middle &bull; military &bull; milk &bull; mind &bull; mine &bull; minute &bull; mist &bull; mixed &bull; money &bull; monkey &bull; month &bull; moon &bull; morning &bull; mother &bull; motion &bull; mountain &bull; mouth &bull; move &bull; much (more, most) &bull; muscle &bull; music == N == nail &bull; name &bull; narrow &bull; nation &bull; natural &bull; near &bull; necessary &bull; neck &bull; need &bull; needle &bull; nerve &bull; net &bull; new &bull; news &bull; night &bull; no &bull; noise &bull; normal &bull; north &bull; nose &bull; not &bull; note &bull; now &bull; number &bull; nut == O == observation &bull; of &bull; off &bull; offer &bull; office &bull; oil &bull; old &bull; on &bull; only &bull; open &bull; operation &bull; opposite &bull; opinion &bull; other &bull; or &bull; orange &bull; order &bull; organization &bull; ornament &bull; out &bull; oven &bull; over &bull; owner == P == page &bull; pain &bull; paint &bull; paper &bull; parallel &bull; parcel &bull; part &bull; past &bull; paste &bull; payment &bull; peace &bull; pen &bull; pencil &bull; person &bull; physical &bull; picture &bull; pig &bull; pin &bull; pipe &bull; place &bull; plane &bull; plant &bull; plate &bull; play &bull; please &bull; pleasure &bull; plough/plow &bull; pocket &bull; point &bull; poison &bull; polish &bull; political &bull; poor &bull; porter &bull; position &bull; possible &bull; pot &bull; potato &bull; powder &bull; power &bull; present &bull; price &bull; print &bull; prison &bull; private &bull; probable &bull; process &bull; produce &bull; profit &bull; property &bull; prose &bull; protest &bull; public &bull; pull &bull; pump &bull; punishment &bull; purpose &bull; push &bull; put == Q == quality &bull; question &bull; quick &bull; quiet &bull; quite == R == rail &bull; rain &bull; range &bull; rat &bull; rate &bull; ray &bull; reaction &bull; red &bull; reading &bull; ready &bull; reason &bull; receipt &bull; record &bull; regret &bull; regular &bull; relation &bull; religion &bull; representative &bull; request &bull; respect &bull; responsible &bull; rest &bull; reward &bull; rhythm &bull; rice &bull; right &bull; ring &bull; river &bull; road &bull; rod &bull; roll &bull; roof &bull; room &bull; root &bull; rough &bull; round &bull; rub &bull; rule &bull; run == S == sad &bull; safe &bull; sail &bull; salt &bull; same &bull; sand &bull; say &bull; scale &bull; school &bull; science &bull; scissors &bull; screw &bull; sea &bull; seat &bull; second &bull; secret &bull; secretary &bull; see &bull; seed &bull; selection &bull; self &bull; send &bull; seem &bull; sense &bull; separate &bull; serious &bull; servant &bull; sex &bull; shade &bull; shake &bull; shame &bull; sharp &bull; sheep &bull; shelf &bull; ship &bull; shirt &bull; shock &bull; shoe &bull; short &bull; shut &bull; side &bull; sign &bull; silk &bull; silver &bull; simple &bull; sister &bull; size &bull; skin &bull; skirt &bull; sky &bull; sleep &bull; slip &bull; slope &bull; slow &bull; small &bull; smash &bull; smell &bull; smile &bull; smoke &bull; smooth &bull; snake &bull; sneeze &bull; snow &bull; so &bull; soap &bull; society &bull; sock &bull; soft &bull; solid &bull; some &bull; son &bull; song &bull; sort &bull; sound &bull; south &bull; soup &bull; space &bull; spade &bull; special &bull; sponge &bull; spoon &bull; spring &bull; square &bull; stamp &bull; stage &bull; star &bull; start &bull; statement &bull; station &bull; steam &bull; stem &bull; steel &bull; step &bull; stick &bull; still &bull; stitch &bull; stocking &bull; stomach &bull; stone &bull; stop &bull; store &bull; story &bull; strange &bull; street &bull; stretch &bull; sticky &bull; stiff &bull; straight &bull; strong &bull; structure &bull; substance &bull; sugar &bull; suggestion &bull; summer &bull; support &bull; surprise &bull; such &bull; sudden &bull; sun &bull; sweet &bull; swim &bull; system == T == table &bull; tail &bull; take &bull; talk &bull; tall &bull; taste &bull; tax &bull; teaching &bull; tendency &bull; test &bull; than &bull; that &bull; the &bull; then &bull; theory &bull; there &bull; thick &bull; thin &bull; thing &bull; this &bull; thought &bull; thread &bull; throat &bull; though &bull; through &bull; thumb &bull; thunder &bull; ticket &bull; tight &bull; tired &bull; till &bull; time &bull; tin &bull; to &bull; toe &bull; together &bull; tomorrow &bull; tongue &bull; tooth &bull; top &bull; touch &bull; town &bull; trade &bull; train &bull; transport &bull; tray &bull; tree &bull; trick &bull; trousers &bull; true &bull; trouble &bull; turn &bull; twist == U == umbrella &bull; under &bull; unit &bull; use &bull; up == V == value &bull; verse &bull; very &bull; vessel &bull; view &bull; violent &bull; voice == W == walk &bull; wall &bull; waiting &bull; war &bull; warm &bull; wash &bull; waste &bull; watch &bull; water &bull; wave &bull; wax &bull; way &bull; weather &bull; week &bull; weight &bull; well &bull; west &bull; wet &bull; wheel &bull; when &bull; where &bull; while &bull; whip &bull; whistle &bull; white &bull; who &bull; why &bull; wide &bull; will &bull; wind &bull; window &bull; wine &bull; wing &bull; winter &bull; wire &bull; wise &bull; with &bull; woman &bull; wood &bull; wool &bull; word &bull; work &bull; worm &bull; wound &bull; writing &bull; wrong == X == (none) == Y == year &bull; yellow &bull; yes &bull; yesterday &bull; you &bull; young == Z == (none) <center>{{TOC}}</center> ===External Links=== [http://ogden.basic-english.org/wordthere.html Derivative words considered to be part of the Basic English 850 list] 1714 3420 2006-06-05T15:13:52Z Archer7 39 ==Peer review== I see this is a regular Wikibook module, but it isn't part of any book. I would recommend expanding it so that it becomes a book of its own, perhaps a small one. Is this from English Wikibooks? If it is, how about a link on the left to the original? A quick glance at your simplification shows that it is still complicated, especially in vocabulary. Remember, the [[Wikibooks:Basic English alphabetical wordlist|BE850]] is what we try to keep to whenever possible. Complicated sentence structure can also be hard for people who don't know English well. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 10:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC) :It's just a 'how-to' that stands alone on EN. I'll take another look at the simplification, but I'm not sure what I'll be able to do. [[User:Archer7|Archer7]] 15:13, 5 June 2006 (UTC) 1715 3408 2006-06-02T11:16:50Z Cromwellt 38 How to use and when Now this template will add the whatever source you want, with this format, using SEWikipedia as an example: <nowiki>{{copied|Simple English Wikipedia}}</nowiki>. That will place the phrase at the top, with a link to the descriptive project page (like the one on [[Wikibooks:Simple English Wikipedia|Simple English Wikipedia]]) here at SEWikibooks. If it doesn't exist, we'll have to make it, of course. Once we've simplified the page or modified it to work here, I think we should remove this tag. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 11:16, 2 June 2006 (UTC) 1716 3906 2006-10-04T16:23:59Z Cromwellt 38 Wikibooks talk:Policies moved to Wikibooks talk:Rules: Simple English On SEWikipedia they call this "rules", and on English Wikibooks they are "Policies and guidelines". I like the second one, but the first one is simple English. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 11:21, 2 June 2006 (UTC) :Yes, I noticed that when I was copying the pages as well. I wasn't sure what to do, so I just stuck with the first one. --[[User:45thuser|45thuser]]^{[[User_talk:45thuser|Hello]]} 20:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC) 1717 4211 2006-12-02T19:30:36Z Az1568 83 Fixed double redirect #REDIRECT [[Wikibooks:Simple talk]] 1718 3415 2006-06-03T15:08:41Z 45thuser 46 Made Redirect #REDIRECT [[World History]] 1719 3426 2006-06-05T21:18:18Z 45thuser 46 #REDIRECT [[Wikibooks:Basic English alphabetical wordlist]] 1720 3429 2006-06-05T21:19:23Z 45thuser 46 Redirecting to [[Wikibooks:Basic English alphabetical wordlist]] #REDIRECT [[Wikibooks:Basic English alphabetical wordlist]] 1721 3442 2006-06-13T12:41:31Z Charley 48 Sign-up problems Not getting password at ProfessorColeman@SpamCop.net 1722 4245 2006-12-19T00:19:35Z Xania 86 added to metric category [[Cookbook]] A '''[[w:hamburger|hamburger]]''' is a type of sandwich that has some ground meat between two buns. ==Ingredients== ===Main Ingredients=== * Two pieces of bread for the bottom and the top * 500 grams of [[w:ground beef|ground beef]] (makes 4-6 burgers) ===Other Ingredients=== * Sliced [[w:Cheese|Cheese]] * [[w:lettuce|lettuce]] * [[w:Spice|Spices]] ==Instructions== # Put the beef in a food processor for 10-30 seconds. # Add more things into the food processor if you want to. # Put the beef out of the food processor and make it look like burger meat. # Fry or [[w:grill|grill]] the meat for about 5 mins. # Check if the burger is cooked well. One way is to cut a part of the meat open. If the meat is red, cook the meat a little more. # Put the burgers on a plate, and you can add [[w:pickles|pickles]], [[w:ketchup|ketchup]], [[w:mayonnaise|mayonnaise]], [[w:mustard|mustard]], cheese, lettuce or tomato. [[Category:Meals|Hamburger]] [[Category:Recipes_with_metric_units|{{PAGENAME}}]] 1723 3447 2006-06-13T21:10:42Z 45thuser 46 Please do not experiment on the main page == Please do not experiment on the main page == Welcome to Simple English Wikibooks. We are happy to know that you are interested in Simple English Wikipedia. However, please do not put junk on the Main Page. Do that in the [[Wikibooks:Sandbox|Sandbox]] instead. --[[User:45thuser|45thuser]]^{[[User_talk:45thuser|Hello]]} 21:10, 13 June 2006 (UTC) 1724 3449 2006-06-13T21:15:25Z 45thuser 46 {| style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 100%; border: #443300 solid 1px" |- |<center>''This page has been simplified from '''[http://en.wikibooks.org English Wikibooks]'''''</center> |- |} <!-- PLEASE PUT THIS IN THE TALK PAGE OF THE AFFECTED BOOK OR MODULE --> 1725 3965 2006-10-04T19:05:19Z Cromwellt 38 Talk:Hamburger moved to Talk:Cookbook:Hamburger: title rule {{simplified}} 1726 3873 2006-09-27T20:23:43Z Cromwellt 38 added link to previous page Grammar is the structure of any language, much as the skeleton is the frame work of a human's body. The understanding of rules of Grammar is important because the improper use of words or sequence of words results in either meaningless garbage or in misunderstanding. There are two ways of learning grammar - through the use of language or through learning the rules in a systematic fashion and then applying them. You may go back to the [[English/Introduction|introduction]] or go on to the [[English/Simple Sentences|next page]]. {{stub}} 1727 4257 2006-12-23T18:55:05Z J Di 88 removed includeonly tags; they don't help people wanting to edit this {| style="background-color: #FFF4F4; border:1px dotted #000000;padding:2px;margin:2px; width: 100%;" | {{Shortcut|[[WB:SB]]<br>[[WB:SAND]]}}''This is the '''Wikibooks Sandbox'''! You can use this page to practice editing. It doesn't matter if you make a mistake here! No one will yell at you.'' ''To change a page, click 'change this page' at the top, make your changes, then click 'save page'.'' |}<noinclude> ---- This page should only be edited if the [[Wikibooks:Sandbox|sandbox]] header needs to be changed. </noinclude> 1728 4212 2006-12-02T19:33:03Z Az1568 83 fix #REDIRECT [[Wikibooks:Sandbox]] 1729 4213 2006-12-02T19:33:05Z Az1568 83 fix #REDIRECT [[Wikibooks:Sandbox]] 1730 3457 2006-06-27T21:17:13Z 45thuser 46 Welcome ==Welcome!!== {{welcome}} --[[User:45thuser|45thuser]]^{[[User_talk:45thuser|Hello]]} 21:17, 27 June 2006 (UTC) 1731 3458 2006-06-27T21:17:41Z 45thuser 46 Welcome ==Welcome== {{welcome}} --[[User:45thuser|45thuser]]^{[[User_talk:45thuser|Hello]]} 21:17, 27 June 2006 (UTC) 1732 3459 2006-06-27T21:18:14Z 45thuser 46 Welcome ==Welcome== {{welcome}} --[[User:45thuser|45thuser]]^{[[User_talk:45thuser|Hello]]} 21:18, 27 June 2006 (UTC) 1733 3460 2006-06-27T21:18:44Z 45thuser 46 Welcome ==Welcome== {{welcome}} --[[User:45thuser|45thuser]]^{[[User_talk:45thuser|Hello]]} 21:18, 27 June 2006 (UTC) 1839 4197 2006-11-20T13:09:31Z Suisui 5 rv <br> <br> <br> <font size="5"><div style="text-align: center;">'''Welcome to Jordanhatch's User Page'''</div></font> <br> ---- <center>[[m:User:Jordanhatch|Meta]] - [[wikipedia:simple:User:Jordanhatch|Simple English Wikipedia]] - [[w:en:User:Jordanhatch|English Wikipedia]] - '''Simple English Wikibooks''' - [[commons:User:Jordanhatch|Wikimedia Commons]] </center> ---- <br> ==Under Construction== My userpage here is under construction. I reccommend that you check out my other Wikimedia userpages. 1840 3644 2006-07-23T21:43:12Z Cromwellt 38 fixed link While I do occasionally lurk here, I will not likely respond to messages very quickly if you add them to my talk page. I am an administrator on [[:en:User:Robert Horning|English Wikibooks]], where you are much more likely to get a response. 1841 3648 2006-07-26T05:09:50Z Chemica 59 Hello. I am happy to be a part of this wikiproject. My name is Jarod Hightower-Mills. I am a college student in California. 1842 3651 2006-07-28T21:40:56Z HSTutorials 61 Hi- My name is Lisa Gehman Thorne, and I'm a math and computer applications teacher at West Hollywood Community Day School, and the web designer for http://www.hstutorials.net. I am a prinicpal writer of the '''Algebra 1 in Simple English''', a simple english wikibook that will be the backbone of a complete student-user interface for studying algebra. Please visit http://hstutorials.net to see a mock-up of the student-user interface. I will be giving a presentation on how to contribute to the project at the California Mathematics Council - North Annual Conference in Pacific Grove, California on December 1 - 3. 1843 3881 2006-09-27T21:01:11Z Cromwellt 38 added links, tags {{English contents}} A '''proper noun''' is the name of a specific person, place, thing, animal, or idea. They are always capitalised ('''B'''ig '''L'''etters). Here are some examples: *'''John''' went to school. *The '''Great Pyramids''' are in '''Egypt'''. *The '''United Nations''' is in '''New York City'''. *My cat's name is '''Kate'''. You may go back to [[English/Nouns/Number|noun number]] or go on to the next page about [[English/Nouns/Abstract Nouns|abstract nouns]]. {{stub}} 1844 3668 2006-07-31T16:12:22Z WillieWallieWoo 62 Searching Wikibooks is very easy and simple. If you would like to look for a book or look for a books page, all you have top to is click in the search field on the left side of the page, type in what you would like to search for, and click search or press the enter button. <span style="font-size: larger; font-weight: bold;"> [http://simple.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=search&go Go Click Here To Start Searching! -->] 1845 4155 2006-11-20T03:44:18Z 76.168.69.23 <center><big><big><big>Welcome to Animal Kingdoms!<big><big><big><center> There are lots of different kinds of animals, and they make up the rich, cultural heritage of the fauna kingdom. Some animals eat plants and some eat other animals, and most live in the ocean, while some fly and walk on land. There are very few animals that live in the earth, but the ones that do are interesting! Everyone should have a favorite animal! <big><big>Contents<big><big> __________________________________ <big>[[/Amphibians|Amphibians]]<big> <big>[[/Birds|Birds]]<big> <big>[[/Fish|Fish]]<big> [[/Insects|<big>Insects<big>]] [[/Mammals|<big>Mammals<big>]] <big>[[/Mollusks|Mollusks]]<big> [[/Reptiles|<big>Reptiles<big>]] <big>[[/Tigers|Tigers]]<big> 1846 3940 2006-10-04T18:33:55Z Cromwellt 38 removed backlink, added cat A Mammal is one of the Animal Kingdoms, and might be the one we know the most about. ==Features== Every Mammal has features that make them different from other animals. #They always have hair, even if there is not much of it. #They always nurse their babies. Most Mammals have these features, but some (especially ones that swim) do not. #When they have a baby, the baby is already alive when it is born, and is not in an egg. #They are warm blooded, which means that the temperature of their body changes itself to match what the weather is like. ==Examples== #A person is a Mammal. #Whales are Mammals. #Cats and Dogs are Mammals. #Monkeys are Mammals. [[Category:Animal Kingdoms|Mammals]] 1847 3672 2006-07-31T20:47:40Z WillieWallieWoo 62 Animal Kingdom moved to Animal Kingdoms: should be animal kingdoms! ~~~~ #REDIRECT [[Animal Kingdoms]] 1848 4227 2006-12-10T01:26:59Z Xania 86 fix typo A Reptile is a member of the Animal Kingdom Reptiles. ==Features== Every Reptile has features that make them different from other animals. #Reptiles always have a backbone, even if it is a very small one. #Their bodies are always covered in scales. #They always have lung(s). #They are cold blooded, which means that they have to move to a spot where it is cold if their body gets to hot, and they have to move to a spot where it is warm if they get too cold, or they could die. #They can be kids or adults. ==Examples== #Crocodiles and Alligators are Reptiles #A turtle is a Reptile. #A lizard is a Reptile. [[Category:Animal Kingdoms|Reptiles]] 1852 3711 2006-08-01T11:06:12Z WillieWallieWoo 62 HI! I spend most of my time on this wikibooks improving the book I am the principal writer of, [[Animal Kingdoms]]. I also fix grammatic errors if I see them. I have currently requested for adminship. I have also started a sort of 'project' to add links to the contents pages of pages in books. The templates start with BT in their name, and are named according to the book they are 'serving'. Feel free to edit out or change this templates, as I am not sure if they are appropriate for some settings. I also have an account on the Simple English Wikipedia with the same name, however I am most active here. 1856 3716 2006-08-03T05:22:30Z Cromwellt 38 welcome! {{welcome}} You are very welcome here! I'm excited that you're bringing a new book with you. If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to tell me on my [[User:Cromwellt|talk page]] or email me. Happy editing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 05:22, 3 August 2006 (UTC) 1857 3717 2006-08-03T08:55:36Z Cromwellt 38 welcome, 2 other comments {{welcome}} If you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to let me know on my [[User:Cromwellt|talk page]]. Happy editing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 08:55, 3 August 2006 (UTC) ==Table of contents template== I don't remember if the other books are the same, but in the English wikibook, there are two links to go back to the table of contents on every page, one because we use Book/Page, the other in the header template for the book. I added another mention of a return to the table of contents in the text at the end as an option, but when it is made into a template it is just too much, I think. I would prefer it reverted to text or removed entirely. But thank you for being a part of us and please stay. In the places that we keep your template, let's change the direction of the arrow. "Back" in English-speaking countries is generally thought of as "to the left," as if it were a physical book. Thanks! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 08:55, 3 August 2006 (UTC) ==Adminship request== I am very hesitant to just approve admin rights for whomever requests them. I'd rather wait a few months and see how you do, how much you edit, etc. On Simple English Wikipedia, they have a semi-official requirement of 3 months and 1000 edits. We may not have to use the same numbers, but it does seem like a good ballpark. I'm glad that you are excited about the project. Keep doing good work, and request admin rights again in a few months, after you've developed a track record, okay? Also, the things you want to do for this project that you mentioned on Meta you can do as a regular user. If there are currently things you want to see changed that only admins can do (such as system messages, page deletions/protections, etc.), all you have to do is ask me to do it. If you can't reach me here on my talk page, try either my talk page on another project like [[wikt:User talk:Cromwellt|SEWikt]] or emailing me. I tend to check my email about every day. See you around! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 08:55, 3 August 2006 (UTC) 1858 3743 2006-08-04T15:12:40Z Gmcfoley 22 Wikibooks:Staff lounge/Archive moved to Wikibooks:Simple talk/Archive This is an archive of old discussions on the [[Wikibooks:Staff lounge]]. == The bar float on the picture == http://img342.imageshack.us/img342/4195/wikibook010by.png {{unsigned|219.94.80.91|03:39, 21 December 2005}} *This is a bug. I noticed your unusual browser, that may be part of the reason. You can switch browsers, or you can report it at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bugs Wikipedia:Bug report] {{unsigned|45thuser|01:53, 28 May 2006}} == apache language == Hello My name is Dee Runningdeer. I am newly married to an Apache from Norman Oaklahoma. I would like to make him proud of me and would love to learn his language, but he does not have the patients to teach me. Can you help? Please e-mail at runningdeer1@peoplepc.com Hopefully you can put me on the right track. {{unsigned|207.69.137.29|04:08, 6 January 2006}} :Well it probably won't be easy, but having someone you can talk to as you learn words and practice pronunciation will be helpful. First you're going to have to determine exactly what variety you need to learn. You could spend time learning a language someone else would call Apache, but it might not be the one your husband would know, so check first. The English Wikipedia has a few articles that will be helpful for background for you. See [[w:en:Southern Athabascan languages|Southern Athabascan languages]], which is the academic term for the language group. The article itself is written from a very technical standpoint and may not be very helpful, but read it anyway to pick up what you can. Try following the links at the end of the article. It also has a very extensive list of books in a [[w:en:Southern Athabaskan languages/Bibliography|separate page]], if you can get some of those they may help. See also the article [[w:en:Apache|Apache]] for an overview. You can also ask the same question on the [[w:en:Talk:Southern_Athabascan_languages|language's discussion page]], and the contributors there may be able to help you. Finally, try simply contacting your husband's tribal groups to ask what they're recommendation would be. They would likely be very interested in helping to preserve the language, so that's probably your best bet, but reading those articles might help too. (btw, I'll try to email this when I get a chance, but if someone wants to beat me to it, just let me know). {{unsigned|64.141.128.189|16:17, 6 January 2006 (UTC)}} 1859 3728 2006-08-03T10:28:04Z Cromwellt 38 expansion requested We definitely need to expand this page! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 10:28, 3 August 2006 (UTC) 1860 3731 2006-08-03T10:46:50Z Cromwellt 38 welcome! {{welcome}} You know you're welcome here, of course, but I thought I'd make it "official". Happy editing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 10:46, 3 August 2006 (UTC) 1861 3858 2006-09-12T18:23:52Z Cromwellt 38 added old requests (denied based on few edits) This page is an archive of old requests for administrator or bureaucrat rights. ==March-August 2006== ===[[User:45thuser|45thuser]]=== I am requesting admin. status for [[meta:Requests_for_permissions#Simple English Wikibooks|Meta]]. If I am inactive for more than 2 months, you can revoke me. Please either support or reject the idea in the space below. * '''Oppose'''. You still haven't done many edits, and you've been inactive here since June. If you come back strong, I will likely change my vote. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 11:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC) ===[[User:WillieWallieWoo|WillieWallieWoo]]=== I am requesting administrator status on [[meta:Requests_for_permissions#Simple English Wikibooks|Meta]]. [[User:WillieWallieWoo|WillieWallieWoo]] 21:19, 31 July 2006 (UTC) * '''Oppose'''. You have been here only a very short time, and don't have much of a track record. If/when you do, I will consider changing my vote. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 11:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC) ==Jan/Feb 2006== I am requesting administrator access on [[meta:Requests_for_permissions#Simple English Wikibooks|Meta]]. [[User:Gmcfoley|Gmcfoley]] 08:33, 14 December 2005 (UTC) :Request withdrawn [[User:Gmcfoley|Gerard Foley]] 23:12, 18 February 2006 (UTC) ===[[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]=== I am requesting admin access on [[meta:Requests for permissions|meta]]. If you support this idea, please mention it here. --[[User:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]] 20:51, 20 February 2006 (UTC) * '''Support''' [[User:Gmcfoley|Gerard Foley]] 21:11, 20 February 2006 (UTC) :*I received admin access in February. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 11:07, 3 August 2006 (UTC) ==2005== ''From meta:'' * Because there are no bureaucrats, I am asking to become an administrator here on the [[meta:Requests_for_permissions|meta wiki]]. [[User:Michael|Michael]] 11:42, 9 December 2005 (UTC) ** Sysop status granted. [[m:User:Yann|Yann]] 21:08, 12 December 2005 (UTC) 1864 3848 2006-09-08T22:44:27Z WillieWallieWoo 62 In what order are these modules? They aren't alphabetic. They aren't in size order. Maybe we should make them alphabetic or something. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 11:28, 3 August 2006 (UTC) Done [[User:WillieWallieWoo|WillieWallieWoo]] 22:44, 8 September 2006 (UTC) 1865 3742 2006-08-04T15:11:32Z Gmcfoley 22 Wikibooks:Staff lounge moved to Wikibooks:Simple talk #REDIRECT [[Wikibooks:Simple talk]] 1866 3744 2006-08-04T15:12:40Z Gmcfoley 22 Wikibooks:Staff lounge/Archive moved to Wikibooks:Simple talk/Archive #REDIRECT [[Wikibooks:Simple talk/Archive]] 1867 3944 2006-10-04T18:39:18Z Cromwellt 38 added cat, stub tag A fish is an animal that has to spend all its time in the water, or it will die. A fish uses [[gills]] to get oxygen (breathing air) from the water. Fish are usually covered with [[scales]]. One kind of fish is the [[shark]], which is scary because it can kill you with his teeth. Some people keep fish as pets. Some people like to eat fish. {{stub}} [[Category:Animal Kingdoms|Fish]] 1868 4243 2006-12-16T17:12:32Z 203.124.84.3 eaat -> eat '''Birds''' are both [[vertebrates]] and [[winged]]. Their [[bodies]] are covered with feathers, which keep them warm and waterproof. Birds usually have different kinds of feathers. One is for warmth and one is for waterproofing. Birds breathe oxygen. They usually eat fish, bugs, worms and plants. There are birds on every continent of the world. Some birds do not fly but use their wings to propel them through the water. Some birds are large enough that they are the same size as people. Some scientists believe dinosaurs evolved into birds. Birds get their foods in many ways. If they are trying to eat worms, they will peck around at the ground until they find one or if they see one on the dirt, they will grab it. Some birds like fish. To get fish to eat, they will land on the water if they se some fish, and then they will usually jab their neck and mouth under the water to try and bite the fish. {{stub}} [[Category:Animal Kingdoms|Birds]] 1869 4229 2006-12-10T01:30:37Z Xania 86 fix links ==Amphibians== Amphibians are animals that like reptiles and like fish. When they are babies, they have to be in water like fish, or they will die. The way they keep from dying is by breathing air out of the water with their [[w:gills|gills]]. Then, when they grow up, they have to breathe oxygen out of the air to keep from dying. They would die if they tried to breathe water as adults. 'Amphibian' comes from two [[Greek]] words: "amphi" and "bios". Amphi means "both". Bios means "life". One example of an amphibian is a frog. A frog starts as a [[w:tadpole|tadpole]], which looks like a fish, with a tail. Then it grows up into a frog, and it is normal like a mammal or a bird, where it breathes air and only goes into the water sometimes, when it wants to. [[Category:Animal Kingdoms|Amphibians]] 1870 4230 2006-12-10T01:35:34Z Xania 86 simplified language There are more insects than any other creature in the world. For every person on this earth, there are hundreds or possibly thousands of insects.Insects are usually very small, and easy to kill, but because there are so many of them, it would be difficult to kill them all. Insects have probably been around longer than any other animal. They are called insects because they are divided into a head, a thorax and an abdomen. Insects always have six legs, which is why spiders are not insects. Insects have an exoskeleton instead of a regular skeleton, which means they are easy to destroy, but the exoskeleton keeps them relatively intact. Some examples of insects are the [[roach]], the [[fly]] and the [[ant]]. Of these, the fly is the only one which can fly, although some ants have wings. Insects usually live in giant colonies of themselves, although some of them, such as flies, do not. They start as maggots and later fly around. Insects usually eat leaves or other insects. Throughout human history, people have been bothered by insects. Some insects are parasites who cause diseases and might even feed on human blood, like mosquitoes. This is why humans have developed various techniques for trying to destroy insects. {{stub}} [[Category:Animal Kingdoms|Insects]] 1871 3758 2006-08-14T18:12:41Z Cromwellt 38 created template based on SEWikt and English Wikibooks [[Wikibooks:Welcome|Welcome]] to [[Wikibooks:Simple English Wikibooks|Simple English Wikibooks]], a collection of textbooks in simple English that you can edit! You are not required to [[Special:Userlogin|log in]] to read or edit articles on Simple English Wikibooks, but creating an account is fast, free and easy, requires you to provide no personal information, and gives you many benefits, including: * The use of a [[Wikibooks:Username|username]] of your choice * The ability to view all your contributions through a "my changes" link * Your own ''user page'' * Your own ''talk page'' which, if you choose, also allows users to send you messages without knowing your e-mail address * The use of your own personal ''watchlist'' (my watched pages) to which you can add articles that interest you * The ability to move/rename pages * The ability to customize the appearance and behaviour of the website * The eligibility to become an [[Wikibooks:Administrators|Administrator or Sysop]] (can delete and undelete pages, protect them from being edited, edit protected pages, and block users for violation of our policies) * The right to be heard in formal votes and elections, and on pages like [[Wikibooks:Requests for deletion|requests for deletion]] Click <big>'''[[Special:Userlogin|here]]'''</big> to create an account. 1872 3759 2006-08-14T18:13:46Z Cromwellt 38 {{anon}} {{anon}} --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 18:13, 14 August 2006 (UTC) 1944 3844 2006-09-05T21:36:20Z Cromwellt 38 anon template and comment/explanation {{anon}} You may have noticed that I reverted your edit to the sandbox header. This is because the word "practice", while both a noun and a verb in American English, is only a noun in British English. In British English, the verb is "practise". Because we want to avoid a British or American bias, I chose to revert your edit. Please do not take it personally; it is the wiki way. If you have any questions about how things work, feel free to contact me on my [[user talk:Cromwellt|talk page]]. I am an administrator here and could probably answer your questions. Happy editing! --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 21:36, 5 September 2006 (UTC) 1945 3890 2006-09-27T21:33:49Z Cromwellt 38 removed vandalism, created page, added tags, links {{English contents}} A '''subject''' is the main idea of a sentence. It is usually made of a [[English/Nouns|noun]] or noun phrase. It is what the sentence is about. *For example: ''Phil is tall.'' :*"Phil" is the subject of the sentence. :*"Phil" is a proper noun, the name of a person. A sentence can also have more than one subject. *For example: ''The man and his wife are moving to New York.'' :*This sentence has two subjects. :*One subject is "the man". :*The other subject is "his wife". When a sentence has more than one subject, we call it a '''compound subject'''. You may go on to the next page about [[English/Parts of the Sentence/Predicates|predicates]]. {{stub}} 1946 3846 2006-09-05T22:18:49Z 64.12.117.9 In our gospel lesson this morning, three scenes rapidly unfold: Jesus in a debate with the Pharisees, Jesus in a private conversation with disciples, and the intrusion of children. In all three scenes, the value of people and relationships are uncovered for us. For a few minutes, I want to preach on the subject: “Broken Relationships.” Divorce was an issue among the Pharisees, but it was not the only issue. There was also the heart issue. 1947 3884 2006-09-27T21:07:24Z Cromwellt 38 fixed link sentence {{English contents}} An '''adjective''' is a word that describes a [[wikt:noun|noun]] in a sentence. Adjectives come in many types, including: *Adjectives of [[wikt:quality|quality]] *Adjectives of [[wikt:size|size]] *Adjectives of [[wikt:color|color]] In addition to regular adjectives, there are two other types: *[[English/Adjectives/Possessive Adjectives|Possessive adjectives]], that show who owns something (the object) *[[English/Adjectives/Demonstrative Adjectives|Demonstrative adjectives]], that describe which thing You may learn about these types of adjectives, go back to the last section about [[English/Verbs|verbs]], or go on to the next section about [[English/Adverbs|adverbs]]. {{stub}} 1948 3863 2006-09-24T12:46:25Z Tangotango 69 create Hi, I'm Tangotango. Please see my [[w:User:Tangotango|user page]] on the Simple English Wikipedia for more information. 1949 3886 2006-09-27T21:12:38Z Cromwellt 38 created template for "testers" (vandals) Thanks for trying things out on Simple English Wikibooks. Your test worked, and has now been removed. Please use the [[Wikibooks:Sandbox|sandbox]] for any other tests you want to do, since testing material in books or modules will normally be removed quickly. Please see the [[Wikibooks:Welcome|welcome page]] if you would like to learn more about contributing here. Thanks. 1950 3888 2006-09-27T21:25:10Z Cromwellt 38 added cat:wikibooks Welcome to [[Wikibooks:Simple English Wikibooks|Simple English Wikibooks]]. [[Wikibooks:About|Wikibooks]] is a project to make [[wikt:textbook|textbook]]s and other books that are related and that are not [[wikt:fiction|fiction]]. ==See also== *For general help, see [[Wikibooks:Help]]. *To learn how to edit pages here, see [[Help:Editing]]. [[en:Wikibooks:Welcome]] [[Category:Wikibooks]] 1951 3889 2006-09-27T21:25:59Z Cromwellt 38 {{test}} {{test}} --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 21:25, 27 September 2006 (UTC) 1952 3891 2006-09-27T21:37:41Z Cromwellt 38 created stub, added tags, links {{English contents}} Sentences come in two main parts: *[[English/Parts of the Sentence/Subjects|Subjects]], that tell what the sentence is about *[[English/Parts of the Sentence/Predicates|Predicates]], that describe the subject These are the two many parts of every sentence. You may learn about these parts of the sentence, go back to the previous section about [[English/Parts of Speech|parts of speech]], or go on to the next section about [[English/Word Functions|word functions]]. {{stub}} 1953 3958 2006-10-04T18:58:56Z Cromwellt 38 Talk:BLT Sandwich moved to Talk:Cookbook:BLT Sandwich: Following formatting from en "BLT" is not known by simple english speakers. -- [[User:84.132.125.180|84.132.125.180]] 14:49, 1 October 2006 (UTC) :That is a reason for us to explain it, not to avoid it. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 14:37, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1954 3900 2006-10-04T14:03:00Z Cromwellt 38 welcome {{welcome}} --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 14:03, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1955 3905 2006-10-04T16:23:59Z Cromwellt 38 Wikibooks:Policies moved to Wikibooks:Rules: Simple English #REDIRECT [[Wikibooks:Rules]] 1956 3907 2006-10-04T16:23:59Z Cromwellt 38 Wikibooks talk:Policies moved to Wikibooks talk:Rules: Simple English #REDIRECT [[Wikibooks talk:Rules]] 1957 3909 2006-10-04T16:51:50Z Cromwellt 38 welcome {{welcome}} --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 16:51, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1958 3911 2006-10-04T16:57:25Z Cromwellt 38 welcome {{welcome}} --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 16:57, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1959 3912 2006-10-04T17:00:00Z Cromwellt 38 welcome {{welcome}} --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:00, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1960 3914 2006-10-04T17:01:22Z Cromwellt 38 welcome {{welcome}} --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:01, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1961 3915 2006-10-04T17:02:19Z Cromwellt 38 welcome {{welcome}} --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:02, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1962 3917 2006-10-04T17:12:17Z Cromwellt 38 welcome! {{welcome}} Feel free to contact me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]] for help. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:12, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1963 3918 2006-10-04T17:14:32Z Cromwellt 38 welcome! {{welcome}} Feel free to contact me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]] for help. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:14, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1964 3919 2006-10-04T17:16:05Z Cromwellt 38 welcome! {{welcome}} Feel free to contact me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]] for help. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:16, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1965 4178 2006-11-20T13:01:13Z Suisui 5 User talk:JordanASS moved to User talk:Jordanhatch: revert {{welcome}} Feel free to contact me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]] for help. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:17, 4 October 2006 (UTC) == simple talk == You should feel free to create a simple book on any topic. Please do not feel restricted. [[User:71.225.248.188|71.225.248.188]] 23:33, 9 November 2006 (UTC) 1966 3922 2006-10-04T17:24:39Z Cromwellt 38 Password issues {{welcome}} Feel free to contact me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]] for help. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:20, 4 October 2006 (UTC) == Password issues == If you can tell me a bit more about your issues with getting your password, I may be able to help. It is possible you incorrectly entered your email address, or some other error could be causing the problem. If you try email confirmation (under "My Preferences"), that may either solve the problem or help identify the problem. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:24, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1967 3926 2006-10-04T17:30:43Z Cromwellt 38 welcome! {{welcome}} Feel free to contact me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]] for help. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 17:30, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1968 3931 2006-10-04T18:10:30Z Cromwellt 38 new life ==New Life== There is a group of us trying to breathe new life into SEWikibooks. We would be delighted if you would join us. Remember that we are not targeting children, since that audience is served by WikiJunior. We are writing textbooks for those who do not know English well. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 18:10, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1969 3938 2006-10-04T18:29:29Z Cromwellt 38 odd For some odd reason, an older version of this message is sticking. I suppose by tomorrow it will be the way it should be. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 18:29, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1970 3957 2006-10-04T18:58:56Z Cromwellt 38 BLT Sandwich moved to Cookbook:BLT Sandwich: Following formatting from en #REDIRECT [[Cookbook:BLT Sandwich]] 1971 3959 2006-10-04T18:58:56Z Cromwellt 38 Talk:BLT Sandwich moved to Talk:Cookbook:BLT Sandwich: Following formatting from en #REDIRECT [[Talk:Cookbook:BLT Sandwich]] 1972 3964 2006-10-04T19:05:19Z Cromwellt 38 Hamburger moved to Cookbook:Hamburger: title rule #REDIRECT [[Cookbook:Hamburger]] 1973 3966 2006-10-04T19:05:19Z Cromwellt 38 Talk:Hamburger moved to Talk:Cookbook:Hamburger: title rule #REDIRECT [[Talk:Cookbook:Hamburger]] 1974 3975 2006-10-04T19:19:23Z Cromwellt 38 created cat description This category lists all the recipes for '''meals''' in the ''[[Cookbook|Wikimedia Cookbook]]''. [[Category:Recipes]] 1975 3976 2006-10-04T19:20:00Z Cromwellt 38 created cat This category lists all the recipes for '''snacks''' in the ''[[Cookbook|Wikimedia Cookbook]]''. [[Category:Recipes]] 1976 3977 2006-10-04T19:21:28Z Cromwellt 38 created cat This category lists all the '''ingredients''' in the ''[[Cookbook|Wikimedia Cookbook]]''. [[Category:Cookbook]] 1977 3982 2006-10-04T19:30:32Z Cromwellt 38 anon {{anon}} For any questions, feel free to ask me on my [[User talk:Cromwellt|talk page]]. --[[user:Cromwellt|Cromwellt]]|[[user talk:Cromwellt|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Cromwellt|contribs]] 19:30, 4 October 2006 (UTC) 1978 3985 2006-10-04T19:41:45Z Cromwellt 38 created alphabetical TOC [[#0-9|0-9]] [[#A|A]] [[#B|B]] [[#C|C]] [[#D|D]] [[#E|E]] [[#F|F]] [[#G|G]] [[#H|H]] [[#I|I]] [[#J|J]] [[#K|K]] [[#L|L]] [[#M|M]] [[#N|N]] [[#O|O]] [[#P|P]] [[#Q|Q]] [[#R|R]] [[#S|S]] [[#T|T]] [[#U|U]] [[#V|V]] [[#W|W]] [[#X|X]] [[#Y|Y]] [[#Z|Z]] 1979 3988 2006-10-04T20:06:53Z Cromwellt 38 created template [[Cookbook]] | [[Cookbook:Recipes|Recipe Index]] 1980 3990 2006-10-04T20:11:50Z Cromwellt 38 fixed template to fit with Template:Stub ---- <center> '''''This [[Cookbook]] [[Wikibooks:Module|module]] (page) is a [[Wikibooks:Stubs|stub]]. This means it is short or incomplete.<br>You can help Simple English Wikibooks by <span class=plainlinks>[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:{{NAMESPACE}}:{{PAGENAME}}|action=edit}} adding to it]</span>.'''''</div> </center><includeonly>{{ #ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|Template|| {{ #ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|Policy||[[Category:Cookbook stubs|{{PAGENAME}}]]}} }}</includeonly><noinclude> * This template includes pages in [[:Category:Cookbook stubs]] </noinclude> 1981 3991 2006-10-04T20:15:38Z Cromwellt 38 created template based on en {|style="border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; padding-bottom: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; clear: both; margin: auto;" |align="center"|'''This [[Cookbook]] page needs improvement.''' Please '''[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Cookbook:{{PAGENAME}}|action=edit}} make it better].''' See the [[Cookbook_talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]] for what improvements are needed. {{ #if: {{{1|}}}|<br/>Reason: {{{1}}} }} |}<includeonly>{{ #ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|Template|| {{ #ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|Policy||[[Category:Cookbook pages for improvement|{{{2|{{PAGENAME}}}}}]]}} }}</includeonly><noinclude> * This template includes pages in [[:Category:Cookbook pages for improvement]] * This template takes an optional reason for needed improvement: <nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}<nowiki>|Reason}}</nowiki> * This template takes an optional sort key for the category: <nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}<nowiki>|Reason|Sortby}}</nowiki> </noinclude> 1982 4240 2006-12-12T23:22:08Z Xania 86 fix grammar {{cooknav}} This page describes rules for pages in the [[Cookbook]]. It may change as [[Cookbook:Cooks|people who work on it]] change the rules. ==Recipe Formatting== Recipes should be simple in format. They should link to the [[Template:Recipe|recipe template]] (under construction). ==Pages for improvement== Pages which need improvement should have the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Cookwork|Cookwork]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> template, and will then be in [[:Category:Cookbook pages for improvement|Cookbook pages for improvement]]. When a recipe is good enough, remove the template. ==How to name a page== Cookbook pages should use [[w:title case|title case]]. For SE Wikibook rules, see [[Wikibooks:Rules]]. {{cookstub}} [[Category:Cookbook]] [[Category:Rules]] [[en:Cookbook:Policy]] 1983 4264 2007-01-01T15:24:31Z Jusjih 14 Category:Wikibooks This category shows all the '''rules''' for Simple English Wikibooks. The main rule page is at [[Wikibooks:Rules]]. [[Category:Wikibooks]] 1984 4003 2006-10-20T17:15:10Z Menasim 72 var popup = true; document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' + 'http://' + 'ar' + '.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=' + 'مستخدم:Menasim/customize.js' + '&;action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>'); 2042 4081 2006-10-29T19:57:22Z Logictheo 74 not spelled right == not spelled right == "We try to use these words in place of hard words. If you are looking for [an set] of words to use, this might be a good place to start." The words I've marked with [an set] is not spelled right. It should be [a set]. 2043 4088 2006-11-12T14:07:06Z SB Johnny 77 *[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:SBJohnny User:SBJohnny] (en.wikibooks) *[[w:User:SB_Johnny|User:SB_Johnny]] (en.wikipedia) *[[v:User:SB_Johnny|User:SB_Johnny]] (en.wikiversity) 2044 4251 2006-12-23T14:55:24Z 68.110.148.20 fixed things {{English contents}} '''Prepositions''' are joining words- they join a [[English/Pats of Speech/noun|noun]] (the noun being talked about is the [[Object of the Preposition]], or OP) to the preposition, which adds more "spice" to your [[w:sentence|sentence]]. == Examples == Note:<big>The preposition will be bold, the OP will be italic.</big> 1. I saw a rainbow '''above''' the ''house''. 2. It was pretty, and '''in''' the ''rainbow'' were colors. 3. Those colors were red,orange,yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, and they were '''over''' the ''house'' too. == More Info == Did you see the words between the Preposition and the OP? These are words that tell what the Prepositon is describing. (Think of it this way: Without the, an, or a, it would be like "'''above''' ''house''". That doesn't make sense. ---- <big> A, an, and the are [[Article Adjectives]].(Ignore the and, it's not an article adjective.) === See also === [[English/Parts of Speech/Adjectives|Adjectives]] [[English/Parts of Speech]] [[w:Talking|Talking]] [[w:Grammar|Grammar]] 2045 4091 2006-11-13T22:56:08Z Meriga 78 Fixed link '''Punctuation''' is a way to end a [[English/Simple Sentences|sentence]].<-That [[period]] there is a punctuation mark. === Parts and Fancy Names === Don't worry if you don't understand these names~ they are hard to understand, but you'll get the hang of it! . Is a period. Its fancy name in a sentence (English) makes the sentence a ''declarative'' or ''imperitive''. ! Is an exclamation mark. Its fancy name in a sentence makes it an ''exclamatory'' sentence. ? Is a [[question]] mark. Its name in sentence makes it an interrogative sentence. ==== See also ==== [[Sentence]] [[Parts of Speech]] [[English Grammar]] {{stub}} 2046 4096 2006-11-14T21:05:43Z Meriga 78 fixed '''Energy comes in many different forms. This is a small list of them:''' [[Physics/Forms of Energy/Heat|Heat]] [[Physics/Forms of Energy/Sound|Sound]] [[Physics/Forms of Energy/Light]] [[Physics/Forms of Energy/Static]] You can go back to [[Physics/Energy|to the last page]]. 2047 4098 2006-11-16T21:33:37Z Drini 80 I'm here to become an administrator. 2062 4130 2006-11-17T21:28:55Z Drini 80 Yo what's up! I'm back!!!!!!! [[User:Drini|Drini]] 21:28, 17 November 2006 (UTC) 2065 4149 2006-11-20T03:26:28Z 76.168.69.23 '''Mollusks''' Mollusks are not members of the insect family, even though many people think they are. Mollusks can be distinguished from insects by their lack of wings, and the fact that they are not warm blooded. Although one might be tempted to be scared of mollusks, they are normally quite gentle. Mollusks have not been known to attack human beings in the wild or in captivity. To care for a mollusk, wash it ''gently'' and feed it small leaves or twigs. Most people do not recommend keeping mollusks as pets, however. A mollusk may or may not have a shell, but it doesn't have to. This is not how you distinguish a mollusk; other animals have shells such as turtles. Nevertheless mollusks are often considered pesks, and are hunted in gardens and by small children. 2066 4150 2006-11-20T03:32:42Z Notdirk 81 This is how amphibians breathe. They both need oxygen, but they get it in different ways. This is how amphibians breathe. They both need oxygen, but they get it in different ways. 2067 4160 2006-11-20T03:55:07Z Mraig 82 [[Image:tigre4.jpg]] == Tigers: God's Kitty-Kitty == The tiger is a member of the feline branch of the animal kingdom. Tigers are mostly carnivores; a tiger could barely eat a salad! Although tigers are fearsome and dangerous, they are closely related to most common housecats. Although the lion is the "king of the jungle", tigers are actually larger, more fearsome, and can best lions in most normal fights. Although a tiger is related to the cat, there is one notable difference: although housecats are afraid of water, tigers do love to frolic in most rivers, lakes and ponds. Because they have spinal columns, they are a member of the very highest order of animal life. == Tigers: Variants == While most people wouldn't believe this, a tiger is related to a liger, which is the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger. The offspring of a female lion and a male tiger would be a Tigon. No one is interested in Tigons. Ligers are ''not'' magical, but they do get very large. The only natural predator of a liger is an elephant. 2068 4159 2006-11-20T03:53:25Z Mraig 82 Un photo de un tigre Un photo de un tigre 2069 4163 2006-11-20T04:00:18Z Notdirk 81 == Editor == Caleb Buck - Editor == Co-Editor == Craig Russell 2070 4164 2006-11-20T04:02:44Z Notdirk 81 History is like a fine wine, it gets better with age. Oh, ha ha, that joke goes over well in the quad at St. Wittenberg's School for Handicapped Young Lads. Seriously, though, history is there, because it has happened. It is easier to study than math, because you write papers about books that have already been written. It is like English, but without discussion. 2071 4165 2006-11-20T04:03:23Z Notdirk 81 Religious terrorism is a form of religious violence. As with other forms of terrorism, there is no real consensus as to its definition. 2072 4171 2006-11-20T04:11:13Z Mraig 82 '''Etruscan culture''' 2073 4173 2006-11-20T04:21:45Z Mraig 82 The Wikibooks world history page has '''five standards:''' 1. Truth and Importance: All facts must be true: importance, though constantly strived for, is subjective and must be continually updated. 2. Articles: Books containing article must also have at least three 3. Accuracy: Amateur historians have led many of the revolutions in historical knowledge. 4. Inclusiveness: No history would be complete without the highest possible level of inclusiveness 5. Culture: History is not just names, dates and wars! Any culture must contain certain amounts of artifacts and foods 2085 4206 2006-12-02T19:13:26Z Az1568 83 + js (lang=default //Rollback script LANG:default document.write('<scr' + 'ipt type="text/javascript" src="http://localhost/wiki/index.php?title=' + 'User:1568/interwiki/default.Rollback.js' + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></scr' + 'ipt>'); /* (Broken up so that page preview doesn't get confused) */ //END 2086 4207 2006-12-02T19:14:32Z Az1568 83 + page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:1568 Wikipedia:User:1568] <div style="float: left; border:solid #CCCCFF 1px; margin: 1px;"> {| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: #F8F8FF;" | style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: white; text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;" |[[Image:Broom icon.svg|43px]] | style="font-size:8pt;padding:4pt;line-height:1.25em;" | This user is a member of the<br>[[m:SWMT|'''Small Wiki Monitoring Team''']]. |} </div> 2087 4215 2006-12-03T03:52:58Z ForestH2 84 .. I'm ForestH2. If you have an urgent comment for me leave it on my talk page at the test wiki. 2088 4217 2006-12-09T20:21:26Z Xania 86 add next/previous page info {{English contents}} The '''progressive tenses''' are used to talk about things that are happening at that moment. '''Past progressive''' is used to talk about things happening in the past and were not finished then. '''Present progressive''' is used to talk about things happening now. '''Future progressive''' is used to talk about things happening in the future. The '''progressive''' tenses are sometimes called '''continuous'''. Here are some examples: *I '''was driving''' to work at 8am this morning. (Past progressive) *I '''am watching''' TV at the moment. (Present progressive) *I '''will be eating''' dinner at 9pm this evening. (Future progressive) You may go back to [[English/Parts of Speech/Verbs/Tenses/Simple Tenses|Simple Tenses]] or go on to the next page about [[English/Parts_of_Speech/Verbs/Tenses/Perfect_Tenses|Perfect Tenses]]. {{stub}} 2089 4218 2006-12-09T20:23:01Z Xania 86 New page: Hello. I am new to Wikibooks Simple English and I'm most active on Wikibooks English - [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:Xania My User Page]. Hello. I am new to Wikibooks Simple English and I'm most active on Wikibooks English - [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:Xania My User Page]. 2090 4223 2006-12-09T21:21:43Z Xania 86 background to the recipe [[Cookbook]] This is a common Polish soup usually eaten with noodles or rice. ==Ingredients== *1 [[w:Chicken|Chicken]] *1 [[w:Onion|Onion]] *1 [[w:Leek|Leek]] *2 [[w:Carrots|Carrots]] *1/2 [[w:Celery|Celery]] root *1 piece of [[w:Parsley|Parsley]] ==What to do== #Take the pieces of bread and put them in a [[w:toaster|toaster]]. #While the bread is toasting, fry the bacon. Stop frying when it looks cooked. Do not burn it. #When the toasted slices are ready, put on the sandwich spread. #Put the lettuce, tomato slices, and bacon together in the sandwich. #Cut into triangles. #Put the chicken in a pot with 1.5 litres of cold water. Add some salt. Cook for 1 hour at a low temperature. #Cut the onion into 2. #Cut the vegetables into large pieces. Add the onion, half of the parsley and other vegetables. #Eat with rice or noodles. [[Category:Soup|Rosól Soup]] 2091 4222 2006-12-09T21:19:57Z Xania 86 New page: This category lists all the recipes for '''soups''' in the ''[[Cookbook|Wikimedia Cookbook]]''. [[Category:Recipes]] This category lists all the recipes for '''soups''' in the ''[[Cookbook|Wikimedia Cookbook]]''. [[Category:Recipes]] 2092 4233 2006-12-10T12:35:06Z Xania 86 New page: {{English contents}} A '''verb''' is the action or status of a sentence. Verbs can be present, past or future tense and can be simple, progressive or perfect. Every sentence must have a v... {{English contents}} A '''verb''' is the action or status of a sentence. Verbs can be present, past or future tense and can be simple, progressive or perfect. Every sentence must have a verb and a subject. *For example: ''Phil is tall.'' :*"Phil" is the subject of the sentence. :*"is" is the verb of the sentence. Here are some verbs in the present tense in English: * (be) I am, You are, He/She/It is, We are, They are * (do) I do, You do, He/She/It does, We do, They do * (play) I play, You play, He/She/It plays, We play, They play * (like) I like, You like, He/She/It likes, We like, They like * (eat) I eat, You eat, He/She/It eats, We eat, They eat * (work) I work, You work, He/She/It works, We work, They work As you see, the present tense of a verb is the same for every person but has an "s" for He, She and It. The verb "to be" is the only verb which changes for I and You. 2093 4247 2006-12-19T00:21:06Z Xania 86 added to Metric category [[Cookbook]] Shepherd's Pie is an English dish. ==Ingredients== *[[w:mince|Mince]] beef *3 large [[w:potato|Potato]]es cut into small pieces *1 piece of [[w:Garlic|Garlic]] cut into thin pieces *Some vegetables like [[w:peas|peas]], [[w:carrots|carrots]] and [[w:broccoli|broccoli]] *Some butter and milk ==What to do== #Cook the beef, garlic and vegetables at a low temperature for about 30 minutes. [[w:Stir|Stir]] every 5 minutes. #At the same time, boil the potatoes for about 25 minutes. #[[w:Drain|Drain]] the potatoes and mix together with some butter and milk. #Put the mix of beef, garlic and vegetables into a cooking [[w:dish|dish]]. #Put the mixed potatoes on top of the beef, garlic and vegetables. #Cook the dish in an [[w:oven|oven]] for about 15 minutes. ==Notes, tips, and variations== You can add spices if you want. You can replace the beef with lamb if you want. You can use any vegetables you like. ==Warnings== Be careful when cooking the beef. Be certain that it is cooked before you eat it. [[Category:Meals|Shepherds Pie]] [[Category:Recipes_with_metric_units|{{PAGENAME}}]] 2094 4237 2006-12-11T05:30:30Z Az1568 83 Welcome! <big>Welcome to the '''Simple English Wikibooks'''!</big> We hope you are happy editing here. Some helpful pages to start you off are [[Wikibooks:Community Portal]] and [[Help:Contents]]. If you want to meet and talk with other members, you can visit the Simple English Wikibooks [[Wikibooks:Simple talk|Simple talk]]. Just remember that you should sign your messages on Talk pages by typing "<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>" (four tildes) at the end of your words. It is a good idea to look at the [[Wikibooks:Rules|rules]] before you make many changes. --[[User:Az1568|Az1568]] 05:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC) 2095 4248 2006-12-19T00:21:49Z Xania 86 New page: This page lists recipes with [[wikt:metric|metric]] measurements. This page lists recipes with [[wikt:metric|metric]] measurements. 2096 4263 2006-12-31T16:14:41Z Xania 86 {{english contents}} '''Spelling''' is important when people write books or papers (or anything, really!) because if you [[w:spell|spell]] dog like "dgo", people can't understand you. Spelling is mainly typing or writing words correctly. If people spelled words wrong on this wiki then that would be BAD! Spelling in English is very difficult because each letter of the alphabet has many different sounds. There are many irregular spellings. Also English has a lot of foreign words and we don't usually change the spelling (unlike when other languages adopt foreign words). == Examples of Misspellings == #heer--> [[w:Here|Here]] or [[w:hear|hear]], depending on what word you're using. #sentances-->[[w:Sentences|Sentences]] (this is a common misspelling) #acomodation -->[[wikt:accommodation|accommodation]] this is the most common misspelling in English. {{Stub}} 2097 4253 2006-12-23T15:07:02Z Katze 87 From a free source, useful for [[English]] From a free source, useful for [[English]] 2098 4255 2006-12-23T16:59:44Z J Di 88 Welcoming myself... == Welcome to Wikibooks (why do I always do this?!) == <big>Welcome to the '''Simple English Wikibooks'''!</big> We hope you are happy editing here. Some helpful pages to start you off are [[Wikibooks:Community Portal]] and [[Help:Contents]]. If you want to meet and talk with other members, you can visit the Simple English Wikibooks [[Wikibooks:Simple talk|Simple talk]]. Just remember that you should sign your messages on Talk pages by typing "<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>" (four tildes) at the end of your words. It is a good idea to look at the [[Wikibooks:Rules|rules]] before you make many changes. [[User:J Di|J Di]] 16:59, 23 December 2006 (UTC) 2099 4256 2006-12-23T18:53:04Z J Di 88 adding links to other wikis <div class="portlet plainlinks"> <div style="font-size:11px">J Di on other wikis</div> <div class="pBody"> * [[:w:User:J Di|Simple English]] * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:J_Di English Wikipedia] * [[:commons:User:J Di|Wikimedia Commons]] </div> </div> 2100 4259 2006-12-23T18:59:12Z J Di 88 monobook document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' + 'http://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:J_Di/monobook.js' + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>'); 2101 4262 2006-12-31T16:10:57Z Xania 86 fix link {{English contents}} The good thing about English is that there is usually no gender (masculine and feminine nouns). Most European languages have gender which means you have to understand if a word is masculine and feminine so that the grammar is the same. There are a few nouns of gender in English: *'''Man''' *'''Woman''' *'''Boy''' *'''Girl''' *'''Husband''' *'''Wife''' *'''Uncle''' *'''Aunt''' There are some other words of gender usually conncected with jobs and positions but nowadays these are rarely used: *'''Actor''' (masculine) - '''Actress''' (feminine) - only 'actor' is usually used today *'''Waiter''' (masculine) - '''Waitress''' (feminine) - only 'waiter' is often used today You may go back to [[English/Parts_of_Speech/Nouns/Countability|countability]] or go on to the next page about [[English/Parts_of_Speech/Verbs|verbs]]. 2102 4278 2007-01-15T00:06:21Z 67.160.18.59 <div style="position: absolute; {{#if: {{{bottom|}}} | bottom: {{{bottom}}} | top: {{{top|30px}}} }}; {{#if: {{{right|}}} | right: {{{right}}} | left: {{{left|30px}}} }}; width: {{{width|250px}}}; padding: 10px; color: {{{color|#000}}}; background: {{{background|#fff}}}; border: {{{border|3px solid #666}}};">{{{note|}}}</div> 2103 4281 2007-01-21T02:14:18Z PullToOpen 75 taking a shot at a book <center> <big><big><big><big>'''Basic Mathematics - a Wikibook'''</big></big></big></big><br><br></center> ==Table of Contents== *[[/Addition|Addition]] *[[/Subtraction|Subtraction]] *[[/Multiplication|Multiplication]] *[[/Division|Division]] *[[/Exponentiation|Exponentiation]]