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Hi. User:SyFyGuy submitted an article through AFC process on Larry Niven's recently published Fate of Worlds. I declined the article on the basis of lack of notability (there were no independent rs for the book). The author of the article has queried this decision on my talk page arguing, correctly, that the book's notability and sourcing is equivalent to other books in the series which have WP articles (for instance, Betrayer of Worlds). Anyhow, I was wondering if any of you had an opinion on this matter. Thanks. FiachraByrne ( talk) 17:43, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Exactly how did Liberalufp ( talk · contribs) become the alleged new coordinator for this task force? As far as I know, the task force hasn't ever had one before. Also, what's with all the talk page messages stating we are going to be assigned specific things to do instead of allowing us to work on things as we see fit (since we are all volunteers, after all)? I think this needs a little discussing rather than having someone issuing edicts. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:40, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
I'm trying to find some references for awards over on Talk:Howard V. Hendrix#Awards. Any help is appreciated. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:00, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
We need more eyes on Brandon Sanderson. Thanks. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:40, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
I'm often coming across books that don't fit in any of the current subgenres. So do we need more categories? I added one on Space exploration. What others? Earth colony novels? Novels about life on other planets? Any ideas about this or other subgenres? Robina Fox ( talk) 00:32, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Similar topic: I'd love to make a subcategory for Science fiction novels by women. But I'm quite new and have never made a category page before. Any tips?
MestizaMetaphor ( talk) 02:40, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
I have nominated The Illuminatus! Trilogy for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. DrKay ( talk) 10:38, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
A large quantity of unsourced critical analysis was deleted from Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand in this edit. The edit was reverted without explanation more than a month later. After posting on the article talk page, i have reinstated the edit removing the WP:OR. However, this novel is one where the article would benefit from some sourced critical analysis, in my view. Can anyone help provide some? DES (talk) 18:42, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
The Left Hand of Darkness, a novel considered to be of high importance to sf, is at FAC. The review page is here. Additional input would be welcomed. Regards, Vanamonde93 ( talk) 12:11, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Please come participate over at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Science Fiction#Influential pioneers in SF. Thanks! ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 22:54, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
At present there are over twenty separate articles for the anthology series Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, almost all of which are just an infobox and a list of the included stories. Many of them are a badly formatted mess. These books would be far better served, in my opinion, a single article. This would of course retain (or improve) the existing information. Any thoughts or objections to this? Euchrid ( talk) 01:19, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.
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Please come participate in the discussion regarding mundane science fiction and whether there is enough to support a separate article: Talk:Mundane science fiction#Unbalanced. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:38, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
As I elaborate on in more detail in my post on Talk:Songmaster, I could use some help revising the article for Songmaster by Orson Scott Card. I've seen the novel get brought up frequently in discussions of Card's homophobia, so I was surprised to see the article is fairly lacking and hasn't received much attention in recent years. If you happen to have a copy of the book or other sources relating to it, I would very much appreciate the help. Ithinkiplaygames ( talk) 20:20, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Please participate in a Request for Comments at Talk:Maske:_Thaery#RFC_on_Plot_Summary. Maske: Thaery is a 1976 novel by Jack Vance. The question in the RFC is which version of the plot summary should be used.
Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:01, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
This is the
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Hi. User:SyFyGuy submitted an article through AFC process on Larry Niven's recently published Fate of Worlds. I declined the article on the basis of lack of notability (there were no independent rs for the book). The author of the article has queried this decision on my talk page arguing, correctly, that the book's notability and sourcing is equivalent to other books in the series which have WP articles (for instance, Betrayer of Worlds). Anyhow, I was wondering if any of you had an opinion on this matter. Thanks. FiachraByrne ( talk) 17:43, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
Exactly how did Liberalufp ( talk · contribs) become the alleged new coordinator for this task force? As far as I know, the task force hasn't ever had one before. Also, what's with all the talk page messages stating we are going to be assigned specific things to do instead of allowing us to work on things as we see fit (since we are all volunteers, after all)? I think this needs a little discussing rather than having someone issuing edicts. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:40, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
I'm trying to find some references for awards over on Talk:Howard V. Hendrix#Awards. Any help is appreciated. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:00, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
We need more eyes on Brandon Sanderson. Thanks. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:40, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
I'm often coming across books that don't fit in any of the current subgenres. So do we need more categories? I added one on Space exploration. What others? Earth colony novels? Novels about life on other planets? Any ideas about this or other subgenres? Robina Fox ( talk) 00:32, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
Similar topic: I'd love to make a subcategory for Science fiction novels by women. But I'm quite new and have never made a category page before. Any tips?
MestizaMetaphor ( talk) 02:40, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
I have nominated The Illuminatus! Trilogy for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. DrKay ( talk) 10:38, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
A large quantity of unsourced critical analysis was deleted from Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand in this edit. The edit was reverted without explanation more than a month later. After posting on the article talk page, i have reinstated the edit removing the WP:OR. However, this novel is one where the article would benefit from some sourced critical analysis, in my view. Can anyone help provide some? DES (talk) 18:42, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
The Left Hand of Darkness, a novel considered to be of high importance to sf, is at FAC. The review page is here. Additional input would be welcomed. Regards, Vanamonde93 ( talk) 12:11, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
Please come participate over at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Science Fiction#Influential pioneers in SF. Thanks! ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 22:54, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
At present there are over twenty separate articles for the anthology series Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, almost all of which are just an infobox and a list of the included stories. Many of them are a badly formatted mess. These books would be far better served, in my opinion, a single article. This would of course retain (or improve) the existing information. Any thoughts or objections to this? Euchrid ( talk) 01:19, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.
We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma ( talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
Please come participate in the discussion regarding mundane science fiction and whether there is enough to support a separate article: Talk:Mundane science fiction#Unbalanced. ··· 日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:38, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
As I elaborate on in more detail in my post on Talk:Songmaster, I could use some help revising the article for Songmaster by Orson Scott Card. I've seen the novel get brought up frequently in discussions of Card's homophobia, so I was surprised to see the article is fairly lacking and hasn't received much attention in recent years. If you happen to have a copy of the book or other sources relating to it, I would very much appreciate the help. Ithinkiplaygames ( talk) 20:20, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
Please participate in a Request for Comments at Talk:Maske:_Thaery#RFC_on_Plot_Summary. Maske: Thaery is a 1976 novel by Jack Vance. The question in the RFC is which version of the plot summary should be used.
Robert McClenon ( talk) 20:01, 7 September 2023 (UTC)