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Vote for the book of the month of February 2005.
The voting for the Book of the month for February 2005 is open from 16 - 31 January, 2005, and will close on January 31, 2005, 00:00 UTC. The book of the month will be featured on the main page of Wikibooks.
Every user can nominate books of interest for voting and add them at the end of the voting page.
A featured wikibook cannot be nominated again for one year.
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Voting
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Evaluation
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The winner is the candidate book with the most support votes.
In case of a tie, the older book will be selected (by book history).
Books with 3 or more votes will be automatically nominated for the following month.
It's always a good idea to have a Humanities book of rigorous content on the list, particularly in view of Black History Month. -EuropracBHIT 06:45, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- firstly because I am not logged in and secondly because I helped to write it. Interestingly it was (when combined with the open source book - now a separate book) voted for deletion, and is now up for an award - well no votes - but the thought is there. So let that be an inspiration to all wikibookians. :-)
I would like to offer a sincere thanks to the community members who worked hard on putting everything into tables. It means the information can be added to, improved and updated. I would like to thank my agent and . . . (sorry got a little carried away there - Nurse - my injection if you please!)
- the second reason for withdrawing my vote is a little Zen - I am withdrawing it because I never made it.
Good luck to Lucid Dreaming - which gets my vote even though I am not allowed to vote without logging in (which I have forgot my password for)
Lobster
this guide is good for students preparing for exams. for full impact it really needs a complimentary textbook... perhaps [[1]] could provide that! (i hope i voted correctly... i just edited the page by hand)
This vote was made by somebody who wasn't logged in. I wrote on their user talk page and they should reply here to confirm their vote. r3m0t(cont)(talk) 17:21, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Still no response at the vote close. Struck out. --r3m0t(cont)(talk) 00:11, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
This vote was made by somebody who wasn't logged in. I e-mailed them and they should reply here to confirm their vote. r3m0t(cont)(talk) 17:21, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Opps, sorry :( Christiaan 22:15, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)
