Wikibooks:Contact us
- Welcome to Wikibooks! If you are new to Wikibooks please visitour welcome pagefor a quick introduction to the project.
Most general discussion takes place on-wiki in the reading rooms. SeeWikibooks:Reading roomfor an overview of these.
If your question or comment is about a particular page, then use theDiscussionlink that is displayed when you are viewing that page (it is by default in one of the tabs near the top-left of the page).
If you are theowner of contentthat is being used on Wikibooks without your permission, please read ourcopyrights policyfor information about how to have the issue resolved.
IRC
Real-time conversation takes place on severalIRCchannels atLibera.This is often the fastest way to contact other contributors. Keep in mind that IRC conversations aren't archived. Consider discussing things that need consensus on-wiki so that others can read up on and understand the rationale for decisions made.
Connect toirc.libera.netwith your IRC client and/joinone or more of the channels listed below. If you don't already have one, considerregistering a nickname.Firefox users can tryChatZilla.Wikipedia has a largecomparison of IRC clients.If you're behind a proxy or want to connect within any browser, you can use libera'sweb chatpage.
Learn more by reading theIRCchapter in our very ownInternet Technologiesbook.
- #wikibooksis the main channel.
- #cvn-wb-enreports possible vandalisms in recent changes. If there is no bot in the channel, ask for one at#countervandalism.CVN/Botsprovides help on using counter-vandalism bots.
- #en.wikibooks on irc.wikimedia.orgtracks recent changes.
- Related project channels
- #wikimediais for discussions concerning the Wikimedia Foundation
- #wikimedia-adminis for cross-wiki admin cooperation (private; askAz1568for access)
- #wikimedia-techis for discussing issues with the Wikimedia servers
- #wikimedia-labsis for discussions concerning theWikimedia Labs.
- #mediawikiis forMediaWikisoftware development and support.
- #mediawiki-esis forMediaWikisupport in Spanish.
Mailing Lists
The Wikimedia Foundation maintains several mailing lists that can be used to discuss the Wikibooks projects and other issues.
Reporters and others who wish to get in touch with the project are encouraged to send an email to our mailing list. Many people subscribe to the mailing lists who do not check messages on Wikibooks regularly. You must be subscribed to the mailing list if you wish to send emails to it.
Wikibooks has two mailing lists for general users and administrators. Mailing lists are available in a number of formats: via a web archive, by email, or byNNTPusing the mail-to-news gatewayGMANE.Mailing list posts are indexed by search engines such asGoogle.
Offsite archives of Wikibooks's mailing lists can be found atGMANEandMARC.
- textbook-l(archive,via NNTP) - for discussing Wikibooks in general
- wikimedia-l(archive,via NNTP) - for high-traffic discussions concerning the Wikimedia Foundation and all the projects.
- Technical mailing lists
- wikitech-l(archive,via NNTP) - for software development and Wikimedia maintenance
- mediawiki-announce(archive,via NNTP) - for low-traffic announcements of new MediaWiki releases and security updates. (read-only)
- mediawiki-l(archive,via NNTP) - for announcement and help for people using the software to run other wikis
The Wikimedia Foundation operates a number of other mailing lists as well:http://mail.wikipedia.org
You can send questions, notifications of copyright problems, and other issues to the Textbook-1 mailing list above.
Bug Reports and Feature Requests
You should firstsearch existing entriesto get started. You can thenreport bugs and suggest featuresrelated to theMediaWiki software.MediaWiki uses a customized version ofPhabricatorto track bug reports (learn more). Bugs and feature requests not directly related to the MediaWiki software should be discussed in thetechnical reading room.
Note that unlike before, you do not have to create a new account to file a bug report at Phabricator; just use your Wikibooks (or your unified Wikimedia) account at Phabricator.