Editing Wikibooks (section)

== History ==
The wikibooks.org domain was registered on July 19, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikibooks.org Whois Record|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/wikibooks.org|publisher=DomainTools, LLC|access-date=22 January 2013|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123190604/https://whois.domaintools.com/wikibooks.org|url-status=live}}</ref> It was launched to host and build free textbooks on subjects such as [[organic chemistry]] and [[physics]], in response to a request by Wikipedia contributor Karl Wick.<ref>{{cite web|title=Talk:Science Hypertextbook project|work=Wikimedia Meta-Wiki|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|date=June 23, 2003|accessdate=October 1, 2022|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/153077}}</ref><ref>{{cite mailing list|title=a spot for WP textbook devel|first=Karl|last=Wick|mailing-list=wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|date=June 17, 2003|accessdate=October 1, 2022|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/CYNWNQMHZTBDWXLJEGEARN3AAQAP2V4L/}}</ref> Two major sub-projects, Wikijunior and [[Wikiversity]], were created within Wikibooks before its official policy was later changed so that future incubator-type projects are started according to the Wikimedia Foundation's new project policy.{{clarify|date=May 2022}}

In August 2006, Wikiversity became an independent Wikimedia Foundation project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/14633/wikipedia-now-serving-k-12-and-over|title=Wikipedia, now serving K-12 and over|date=2006-08-04|website=Mental Floss |language=en|access-date=2019-09-28|archive-date=2019-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928193247/http://mentalfloss.com/article/14633/wikipedia-now-serving-k-12-and-over|url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since 2008, Wikibooks has been included in [[BASE (search engine)|BASE]].<ref>{{cite web <!-- Citation bot no --> |url=https://www.base-search.net/Record/a54c9de5aeca8c528f687d1e1d3827e4a5c3eb8638dc57a0557413f8c3206069/|title=Wikibooks: Viquillibres: Portada|website=Bielefeld Academic Search Engine |access-date=15 January 2018|archive-date=28 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128015710/https://www.base-search.net/Record/a54c9de5aeca8c528f687d1e1d3827e4a5c3eb8638dc57a0557413f8c3206069/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2016, [[Compete.com]] estimated that Wikibooks had 1,478,812 unique visitors.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://siteanalytics.compete.com/wikibooks.org/ |title=Site Profile for wikibooks.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608021108/http://siteanalytics.compete.com/wikibooks.org/ |archive-date=2010-06-08 |website=compete |access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref>

=== Wikijunior ===
Wikijunior is a subproject of Wikibooks that specializes in books for children. The project consists of both a magazine and a website, and is currently being developed in English, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic and Bangla. It is funded by a grant from the Beck Foundation.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}