Wikibooks:Requests for import

Importing and import uploading

To preserve edit histories and observe the attribution requirements of the licenses, content from our sister projects should be imported rather than simply pasted into a new module.

• Importers can import pages from any of the English-language projects, Simple English Wikibooks, Meta, and Wikispecies.
• Administrators, and import uploaders, can import from any wiki (even non-WMF).

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• Please read Help:Importing first.
• To import a page, go to Special:Import.
• Pages will by default import into Transwiki:Page's name, which can be moved to a new location.
• After import, add {{dewikify}} to the page and make a note where the imported page has ended up.
• Pages with extremely long edit histories may fail to import. In this case, a single revision which gives attribution to the source wiki will be imported. While this isn't ideal, it should satisfy our licensing. Note that repeated attempts to import may eventually bring over the history, so if it fails on the first attempt, you might want to try it a few more times. Please see T17000, and ask for it to be resolved sooner.

Non-free media uploading

Where non-free media is required in a book, editors may request an administrator or uploader to upload the file by making a request at files for upload.

Import and Merge

Use this section for imports that need to be "history-merged" with a module that has already been started using copy-paste.

Add requests using the form:

*[[Project:Page name]] → [[Target Page]] ~~~~

Import request: Investiture of the Gods

Hello, coming from ENWS. There is currently at s:Portal:Investiture of the Gods a page which we think would rather find a home here (at any rate isn't at home in WS). It's a reading guide for a Chinese classic. It lived at Investiture of the Gods for four years, then was transwikied to Wikisource portal space through Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Investiture of the Gods in 2011. (WS portal space was not, or at any rate currently is not, a place made for such texts.) I refer you to that discussion and to s:Wikisource:Proposed deletions#Portal:Investiture of the Gods on the question of whether it really is just a translation or a reading guide and so on. As far as I understand it's in scope for WB. — Alien  3
3 3 10:57, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Ping @Codename Noreste as one of the people who take care of this page (from a peek at history). — Alien  3
3 3 19:00, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi, would it be okay if I import all pages from that source text on Wikisource? Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 19:47, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Import it if you think it's fit for WB, yes. It's not really a source text but more of some sort of commentary AFAIK, but I don't really mind. I am here just to give you all a tip in case you want it, as we're going to delete it on WS's side. — Alien  3
3 3 20:22, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @Kittycataclysm and @Koavf for additional input on this matter. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 03:08, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree that from my perspective, it's acceptable here. KittyC is more engaged here than me, so I'll defer to her. If she thinks it's not a good fit, ping me and I'll import to Wikiversity. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:52, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

@Koavf@Codename Noreste Thank you for checking! I actually don't think this is suitable for WB as an annotated text. WB:AT defines annotated texts as follows:

"...An annotated text contains two elements:
A copy of a published original primary source text or other established narrative, academic or literary media, available under a Wikibooks-compatible license.
Various kinds of study aids for understanding or teaching the text. These annotations may include introductions, explanatory notes, summaries, translations, questions and answers, charts, lists, indices, references, wikilinks, media, etc.
In an annotated text the annotations are interwoven with the primary source text in order to make the book more reader-friendly..."

This text does not contain the original source material—it's a plot synopsis. It also doesn't have significant study aids.

As for whether the text belongs at WB but not as an annotated text, I don't personally think that a plot synopsis makes for an instructional text. As such, I don't personally think it has a home here. Cheers —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 14:16, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @Koavf again to the response above. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 14:57, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Cool. I'll add it to en.wv. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:02, 17 March 2026 (UTC)