Talk:Rainbow Books
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[edit] Alternate Meaning for Beige Book?
see http://www.federalreserve.gov/Fomc/BeigeBook/2003/ Dehbach 17:01, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] merge
The individual book articles are way too stubby. They should all be merged here. Comments? —Quarl (talk) 2006-01-15 11:41Z
- I do not see the need to merge blue book in: it is a disambiguation page with plenty on it. The mention of the CD standard on that page is comparatively recent, in fact. Most of the "[colour] book" articles are in fact "[colour] book (CD standard)". If you had stuck a "merge" tag onto a "blue book (CD standard)" page, I would understand, but to stick it onto the blue book article itself, which has plenty of meanings before CD standards are mentioned, surprises me.
- I was even tempted to remove the merge tag, but I'll leave it there for a while so that other people have a chance to comment.
- Telsa 18:07, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
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- I'm ambivalent on this one. One the one hand the articles are short enough to be combined into one, but on the other, the articles are about seperate books on seperate topics. Obviously, in the case of the blue book article, only the section on the standards would be affected. --Kerowyn 01:30, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
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- The term "blue book" has many meanings. The "blue book" page is essentially a disambiguation. It would not be appropriate to merge it here. Accurizer 20:50, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
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- IMO, it would be better to expand these articles, so they aren't stubs anymore, but I'm not fussed.
- I came here because I thought Yellow Book (CD-ROM standards) should, if it is kept, be moved to Yellow Book (CD-ROM standard) (or Yellow Book (book of CD-ROM standards)). It should probably just be CD not CD-ROM, too.
- Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 04:40, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
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- If the red book article should by merged with anything it's probably Compact_disc. Basically these two articles cover the same topic. Emu42
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- I think it should be not merged Dudo85 14:03, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Vote no definitely; the individual "book" pages should remain separate, with this as a high-level quasi-"cagegory/list" page. I strongly prefer the granularity inherent in the concept of Wikilinks. --Notmicro 07:05, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
- Comment below copied from Talk:Red Book (audio CD standard) to correct location here (copied by H2g2bob 15:55, 22 June 2006 (UTC))
- I think this is a bad idea. The Rainbow Books page has its own content, and serves as a nice index to the various Book pages (Red Book, Yellow Book, etc.). There is no reason to merge it in here, and doing so would undoubtedly cause a loss of information (contextual or otherwise) in the process. I am strongly against. --Kadin2048 18:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
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- I'm also against this merge myself, as the Red Book really needs it's own entry. CDDA redirects there, and the CDDA logo is in important way of determining whether CDs will play in some older CD players. It is of medium length, but could still have more added to it. I feel that merging it wouldn't do it justice. --H2g2bob 16:03, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Category Title?
I would recommend that this category be called CD Specifications. I am an engineer who has worked in the CD manufacturing business for 19 years, and while I have heard the term "Rainbow Books", it is a very rarely used phrase. Try searching the Internet for any mention of it. It is common for people in the industry to refer to the Red Book, the Yellow Book, or the Orange Book specifications, and very rarely, the White Book or the Blue Book. It seems to me that as a category title, Rainbow Books is confusing. While the phrase should be mentioned, the title should be CD Specifications. Tvaughan1 13:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
