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Investiture of the Gods

See Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Investiture of the Gods for the original deletion discussion; some extra discussion here at Wikibooks is at User talk:Darin Fidika~enwikibooks#Investiture of the Gods. This is a kind of reading guide or explanatory commentary for English-language speakers on the Fengshen Yanyi, a notable historical work of Chinese literature which features extensive references to Chinese folk religion and mythology; it is now being discussed at the Wikisource sister project: see wikisource:Wikisource:Proposed deletions#Portal:Investiture of the Gods and the subsequent discussion here at Wikibooks:Reading room/General#A discussion about Investiture of the Gods.

Overall, it seems clear enough that the merit of keeping this work at Wikibooks was never even discussed or assessed in the first place; an overbroad claim was simply initially presented that it wholly consists of a translation of Fengshen Yanyi ... with no annotations to make it an annotated text for suitable inclusion, which went unchallenged as the work was straightforwardly transwikied to Wikisource, but this is shown to be incorrect: rather, it contains extensive chapter summaries and an explanatory "Categorization of Events" for each chapter, and is not, by all evidence, a verbatim translation of the original Chinese work (if it was such, it could simply be hosted on English Wikisource, which allows for such translations).

ISTM that Wikibooks is the most suitable Wikimedia project for hosting this particular content of clear educational value, given its existing policies on hosting both instructional texts in general and "annotated" works specifically. (For example, Wikibooks:What is Wikibooks?#What is Wikibooks explicitly allows for "extensive book summaries" when they're about a historically notable work of literature. The in-context example is Shakespeare, but considering a work of Chinese literature such as the Fengshen Yanyi instead only strengthens the case for inclusion.) --~2025-27371-40 (talk) 12:12, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Noting here for transparency that this was requested on Wikibooks:Requests for import#Import request: Investiture of the Gods, but instead of being imported here, it was imported to Wikiversity by Koavf. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 04:18, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

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The template has been deleted, as it was now substituted. Template:Sec link image awaits to be substituted. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 00:57, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

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This template is in use by MediaWiki:Sharedupload-desc-here and MediaWiki:Sharedupload-desc-there (which are displayed on file pages), as well as by a number of fully protected templates like Template:Commons. It should not have been deleted. Omphalographer (discuss • contribs) 21:56, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

I have substituted all uses of this template. The fact that it was used in the past does not mean it is useful in the present, and it should be deleted again. JJP_Master (she/they) 23:54, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

@JJPMaster I would be willing to handle then close this request, but which Sec link templates should be deleted? Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 03:40, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

@Codename Noreste: At this time, only Template:Sec link auto needs to be deleted. Template:Sec link image, though equally unnecessary, has not yet been substituted. JJP_Master (she/they) 21:55, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

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• I didn't see the deletion discussion, as the latest author of this wikibook. I want to know what work could be done to fix this, if it was restored. I see that it needs content outside of code tables for it to be valid- if restored, I will add pages for MS-DOS, HP, and EBCDIC. What else needs to be done? If restoring is impossible, I at least want to view it.Alexlatham96 (discuss • contribs) 21:37, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

• • Maybe this can be merged into Introduction to Computer Information Systems or something similar. Alexlatham96 (discuss • contribs) 21:44, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

    Hi, Alexlatham96. I closed a recent deletion discussion about the book, because: Was never fleshed out into a proper book and consists only of code tables. I'll ping @Kittycataclysm here if they have a second opinion, and because they created the discussion (that never had any participation). There were hundreds of pages in this book that will take some time to restore. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 00:32, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

    Chiming in here to elaborate on my reasoning! Per WB:WIW, as a general rule, only instructional books are suitable for inclusion. Non-fictional books (as well as fictional ones) that aren't instructional aren't allowed on Wikibooks. Examples of nonfictional books that aren't instructional/allowed include reference works like dictionaries, which are only really allowed as part of larger instructional books and not on their own. Based on the contents I saw here, the content was solely reference materials and not instructional materials. I see no problem with consolidating and migrating the content to something like a useful appendix as part of another book. Cheers —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 18:15, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

    Note that these pages were created as transwiki back in late 2024 from Wikipedia (and they were deleted afterwards), and since these were deleted now from WikiBooks, they're no longer visible (also, they're still deleted from Wikipedia). However, "Wayback Machine" seems to have a copy of it, but it may not be complete.

    If a restoration here isn't possible, what should be done instead?

    ~2026-15548-70 (talk) 19:03, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

    This was actually created in an earlier transwiki from Wikipedia (there were two)- the first being in July 2020. I support the proposal to make it an appendix to Introduction to Computer Information Systems or something similar.Alexlatham96 (discuss • contribs) 20:15, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

    @Alexlatham96: which pages would you want to be undeleted? I can help. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 22:19, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

    Let's start with the MS-DOS (code page numbers 3846 and lower) and HP code tables section, because these were the most recently transwikied (people will be especially looking for code pages 775, 852, 855, 857, and 860). Once this is done, we can do the EBCDIC code tables, which were also transwikied (and I finished adding what was planned for Wikipedia).Alexlatham96 (discuss • contribs) 00:17, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

    I've undeleted all HP code table sections, and to clarify, do you want ALL MS-DOS sections lower than 3846 (including undeleting those in the 100-700 range) to be undeleted? Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 00:31, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

    Yes, including 3846. Alexlatham96 (discuss • contribs) 00:55, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

    All done. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 02:29, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

    Great. Let me know when you have time to undelete the EBCDIC section- people will be looking for code pages 37, 500, 875, and 1026 especially.Alexlatham96 (discuss • contribs) 22:10, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

    Update: also the two in the ISO section- these are standards.Alexlatham96 (discuss • contribs) 06:29, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

    • Thank you. I also see that the old administrator is inactive, and never found out about this. There will may have to be a new administrator other than me, since I am not one on Wikipedia or Wikibooks. Does another user with knowledge of the topic like Drmccreedy or HarJIT have admin powers?Alexlatham96 (discuss • contribs) 03:34, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
    • Update: I found out they do not have admin rights, but can still do non-admin tasks. The authors of Unicode's legacy encoding proposals (latest being L2-26/077) could also help out if they're active here.Alexlatham96 (discuss • contribs) 03:55, 10 March 2026 (UTC)