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I just noticed on my watchlist that a first edition cover was recently speedy deleted by the Fair Use Gestapo (which means the uploader -- I don't think it was me -- might not even have been notified). The victim was Dr. No (novel). Ironically some non-first edition cover images were kept. Since the WikiProject is trying to promote the use of First Edition covers in the infoboxes, this is a dangerous precedent and who knows how many other First Ed. covers have been taken off? When and if the "AFD/IFD notification" page is created, this will have to be taken into account. I no longer contribute images to Wikipedia so I can't do anything to help in this case (I don't have a first edition of Dr. No anyway). Perhaps with a little research the speedy deleter can be made to see the error of their ways, especially given that the deletion is counter-productive to one of the aims of this Wikiproject. 23skidoo 20:00, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
There is an article explaining what Paranormal Romance is, but why is there no category? Maybe this has been debated before, but wouldn't it make sense to make a list of all of the PR's on Wikipedia? I'm not very good at making categories or I would have done it myself.
71.117.41.22 15:02, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Angel Eyes (novel) (via WP:PROD on 18 October 2007) Kept
Sweet Women Lie (via WP:PROD on 19 October 2007) Kept
Vengeance (2005 novel) (via WP:PROD) Violence of Action (via WP:PROD)
Looks like we were too late with those two. Please remember there is now a page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Articles-Images in danger of deletion where these notices are now supposed to go. 23skidoo 04:46, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Forgive me if it's been covered, as I didn't see it in the archives, but how would I know what's a good reference for things like the critical reception of a novel? Amazon is out, apparently, but what about Barnes & Noble? Or sites like infinityplus.co.uk? I'd like to use something like Publishers Weekly, but they seem to be a pay site, and I can't see using that as a reference. So what's a guy to do? Howa0082 15:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Can anyone tell me if there's a Wikiproject that deals with articles about literary theory in its various manifestations? Many thanks, DionysosProteus 01:27, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
There is a proposal up for a project focusing on general, basic literature articles here. Please add your name if you are interested. Thanks, Wrad 20:46, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
for accepting my application! If there's anything I can do, just post it on this page and it's done. Also, I'l need some of you guys to support my WikiProject, Fledgeling WikiProject Small Engines, as it's still in its request stage. Again, big thanks,-- Gp75motorsports 01:32, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
The question is: are (all) novels also books? Should Wikipedia novel categories be subcategories of the appropriate books categories (e.g. Category:2001 novels a subcategory of Category:2001 books)? The discussion takes place at Template talk:Novelyr. GregorB 15:43, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to point out... WP:POETRY is on the upswing for activity after being nearly without a pulse for a couple years. We're really trying to legitimatize the project so if anyone here wants to keep an eye on us or help out, just swing by! Many thanks. -- Midnightdreary 15:49, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Thomas Mann is in need of additional cites. -- 201.53.4.206 19:56, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
The structure of WikiProject Novels is confusing and user-unfriendly. We should expect a particularly large cross-section of Wikipedia users to be interested in the subject "Novels", therefore we should be especially careful to make this project user-friendly and easy to use. Please place a high priority on fixing this problem. If you don't understand the nature of the problem, please have someone else clarify it for you. -- 201.53.4.206 20:09, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Ok. I want to know whether this novel should have its own separate page.
It currently redirects to Riftwar, after having been merged from a single article.
I believe that it should be located on its own page because of the decent plot line written for it, but I wasn't sure if my beliefs are 100% correct, so I thought I'd seek guidance.
Also I'm not sure, but I think the page Raymond E. Feist is breaking copyright rules by having blurbs from the books written on it.
Thanks if you can help. Salavat 04:23, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Ok after checking the back pages of my own books, it seems that all of the blurbs written on the page is copyrighted. Also there is a list of covers on the same page. I will set to fixing this but i want to check something first. Is there any set way a bibliography should be displayed. I think the one on Gary Paulsen's page is pretty correct but im not sure. Salavat 07:18, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Also if I'm going to make this big edit, I don't want someone accusing me of vandalism, so what do you think would be a good Edit summary for deleting all the blurbs and removing the list of images? Salavat 07:18, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help, ill remove this stuff as soon as i have time. Salavat ( talk) 00:17, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
New question, is there anywhere in this wikiproject's guidelines that i can refer to, in order to back up my creating single pages for novels, instead of having them all creating in a series page? Salavat ( talk) 13:25, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Here is a bit of trivia. This is the book that Harry is reading in bed while on the phone with Sally, just before the scene where they sleep together in, When Harry met Sally.
This is an article about a recently self-published book. I am reluctant to AfD it, due to ignorance about novels and notability etc. Could someone with the right knowledge have a look at it? Anarchia ( talk) 22:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
I would like to raise a perennial problem. The need to raise the profile of involvement. In other words recruiting more members and getting more members to become more active. The is both within the project itself and in improving the articles within our scope. All ideas to this end are welcome but I would like to start off by proposing a few.
Anyway more ideas and reactions please. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/ (Desk) 11:27, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Can I suggest a "keeping an eye on book cover images" job? If anybody needs help with their image uploads so that they don't get tagged for deletion by bots, I'd be happy to do that. Bláthnaid 17:49, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
One question: how do you become a member? I am posting articles, does this count? -- 76.251.237.193 02:22, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks-- 76.251.237.193 ( talk) 02:48, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Someone's got it in for Jerry, Catherine and Una. The discussion is here [1] Nick mallory ( talk) 09:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi: Could you guys incorporate Light House: A Trifle into your WikiProject and rate it and perhaps categorize it? It's a new but fleshed out article on a first novel.- BillDeanCarter ( talk) 12:12, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Currently there is an article on the short story " He" by H. P. Lovecraft. The problem is that there is another short story titled "He" written by Katherine Anne Porter that currently isn't on here. This may lead to some confusion for people who are looking for the "He" by Porter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leechristensen ( talk • contribs)
Herland (novel) could use some cleanup. -- Writtenonsand ( talk) 22:21, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
I currently have 5 articles that are largely ready to go (except for one) about the Dragon series by Laurence Yep. They haven't been put together in an anthology of some kind. I'm thinking of making a collage out of the 4 books that make up the series to use on the article page about the series as a whole. Is this kosher? -- BrokenSphere Msg me 22:34, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
The message on the talk page here suggests the article may be a copyvio. Can someone from this project follow up on this claim? TomStar81 ( Talk) 06:23, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
I've
nominated
A Canticle for Leibowitz for
GA. If someone has some time, could she/he do a
GA review on this noteworthy novel, please? Thanks.
Jim Dunning |
talk 03:30, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 5 | ← | Archive 7 | Archive 8 | Archive 9 | Archive 10 | Archive 11 | → | Archive 15 |
I just noticed on my watchlist that a first edition cover was recently speedy deleted by the Fair Use Gestapo (which means the uploader -- I don't think it was me -- might not even have been notified). The victim was Dr. No (novel). Ironically some non-first edition cover images were kept. Since the WikiProject is trying to promote the use of First Edition covers in the infoboxes, this is a dangerous precedent and who knows how many other First Ed. covers have been taken off? When and if the "AFD/IFD notification" page is created, this will have to be taken into account. I no longer contribute images to Wikipedia so I can't do anything to help in this case (I don't have a first edition of Dr. No anyway). Perhaps with a little research the speedy deleter can be made to see the error of their ways, especially given that the deletion is counter-productive to one of the aims of this Wikiproject. 23skidoo 20:00, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
There is an article explaining what Paranormal Romance is, but why is there no category? Maybe this has been debated before, but wouldn't it make sense to make a list of all of the PR's on Wikipedia? I'm not very good at making categories or I would have done it myself.
71.117.41.22 15:02, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Angel Eyes (novel) (via WP:PROD on 18 October 2007) Kept
Sweet Women Lie (via WP:PROD on 19 October 2007) Kept
Vengeance (2005 novel) (via WP:PROD) Violence of Action (via WP:PROD)
Looks like we were too late with those two. Please remember there is now a page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Articles-Images in danger of deletion where these notices are now supposed to go. 23skidoo 04:46, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Forgive me if it's been covered, as I didn't see it in the archives, but how would I know what's a good reference for things like the critical reception of a novel? Amazon is out, apparently, but what about Barnes & Noble? Or sites like infinityplus.co.uk? I'd like to use something like Publishers Weekly, but they seem to be a pay site, and I can't see using that as a reference. So what's a guy to do? Howa0082 15:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Can anyone tell me if there's a Wikiproject that deals with articles about literary theory in its various manifestations? Many thanks, DionysosProteus 01:27, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
There is a proposal up for a project focusing on general, basic literature articles here. Please add your name if you are interested. Thanks, Wrad 20:46, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
for accepting my application! If there's anything I can do, just post it on this page and it's done. Also, I'l need some of you guys to support my WikiProject, Fledgeling WikiProject Small Engines, as it's still in its request stage. Again, big thanks,-- Gp75motorsports 01:32, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
The question is: are (all) novels also books? Should Wikipedia novel categories be subcategories of the appropriate books categories (e.g. Category:2001 novels a subcategory of Category:2001 books)? The discussion takes place at Template talk:Novelyr. GregorB 15:43, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to point out... WP:POETRY is on the upswing for activity after being nearly without a pulse for a couple years. We're really trying to legitimatize the project so if anyone here wants to keep an eye on us or help out, just swing by! Many thanks. -- Midnightdreary 15:49, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Thomas Mann is in need of additional cites. -- 201.53.4.206 19:56, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
The structure of WikiProject Novels is confusing and user-unfriendly. We should expect a particularly large cross-section of Wikipedia users to be interested in the subject "Novels", therefore we should be especially careful to make this project user-friendly and easy to use. Please place a high priority on fixing this problem. If you don't understand the nature of the problem, please have someone else clarify it for you. -- 201.53.4.206 20:09, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Ok. I want to know whether this novel should have its own separate page.
It currently redirects to Riftwar, after having been merged from a single article.
I believe that it should be located on its own page because of the decent plot line written for it, but I wasn't sure if my beliefs are 100% correct, so I thought I'd seek guidance.
Also I'm not sure, but I think the page Raymond E. Feist is breaking copyright rules by having blurbs from the books written on it.
Thanks if you can help. Salavat 04:23, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Ok after checking the back pages of my own books, it seems that all of the blurbs written on the page is copyrighted. Also there is a list of covers on the same page. I will set to fixing this but i want to check something first. Is there any set way a bibliography should be displayed. I think the one on Gary Paulsen's page is pretty correct but im not sure. Salavat 07:18, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Also if I'm going to make this big edit, I don't want someone accusing me of vandalism, so what do you think would be a good Edit summary for deleting all the blurbs and removing the list of images? Salavat 07:18, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help, ill remove this stuff as soon as i have time. Salavat ( talk) 00:17, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
New question, is there anywhere in this wikiproject's guidelines that i can refer to, in order to back up my creating single pages for novels, instead of having them all creating in a series page? Salavat ( talk) 13:25, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Here is a bit of trivia. This is the book that Harry is reading in bed while on the phone with Sally, just before the scene where they sleep together in, When Harry met Sally.
This is an article about a recently self-published book. I am reluctant to AfD it, due to ignorance about novels and notability etc. Could someone with the right knowledge have a look at it? Anarchia ( talk) 22:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
I would like to raise a perennial problem. The need to raise the profile of involvement. In other words recruiting more members and getting more members to become more active. The is both within the project itself and in improving the articles within our scope. All ideas to this end are welcome but I would like to start off by proposing a few.
Anyway more ideas and reactions please. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/ (Desk) 11:27, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Can I suggest a "keeping an eye on book cover images" job? If anybody needs help with their image uploads so that they don't get tagged for deletion by bots, I'd be happy to do that. Bláthnaid 17:49, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
One question: how do you become a member? I am posting articles, does this count? -- 76.251.237.193 02:22, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks-- 76.251.237.193 ( talk) 02:48, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Someone's got it in for Jerry, Catherine and Una. The discussion is here [1] Nick mallory ( talk) 09:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi: Could you guys incorporate Light House: A Trifle into your WikiProject and rate it and perhaps categorize it? It's a new but fleshed out article on a first novel.- BillDeanCarter ( talk) 12:12, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Currently there is an article on the short story " He" by H. P. Lovecraft. The problem is that there is another short story titled "He" written by Katherine Anne Porter that currently isn't on here. This may lead to some confusion for people who are looking for the "He" by Porter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leechristensen ( talk • contribs)
Herland (novel) could use some cleanup. -- Writtenonsand ( talk) 22:21, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
I currently have 5 articles that are largely ready to go (except for one) about the Dragon series by Laurence Yep. They haven't been put together in an anthology of some kind. I'm thinking of making a collage out of the 4 books that make up the series to use on the article page about the series as a whole. Is this kosher? -- BrokenSphere Msg me 22:34, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
The message on the talk page here suggests the article may be a copyvio. Can someone from this project follow up on this claim? TomStar81 ( Talk) 06:23, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
I've
nominated
A Canticle for Leibowitz for
GA. If someone has some time, could she/he do a
GA review on this noteworthy novel, please? Thanks.
Jim Dunning |
talk 03:30, 23 December 2007 (UTC)