WikiProject Novels aims to define a standard of consistency for articles about novels and literary genres associated with fictional narratives. It also aims to encourage and provide the structure for enhancing the writing of high quality articles on all manner of different novels. For the purpose of this project, "Novels" are deemed to include all works of narrative fiction that exhibit novel-like structure, regardless of length and genre. (This includes full novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories.) It also aims to encourage and promote the writing of articles on all types of such Novels. (see "#Hierarchy definition" for more details of what is in or out of scope.)
Recently a new worklist had been created and quietly arrived, the Cleanup listing which gives a fairly comprehensive hit list of "novels" related articles that have been tagged for something or other.
Since then a new Article alerts listing has also been added of more topic and "urgent" items worthy of our attention.
Articles should be written to an agreed basic style for standardization purposes. We encourage all participants to use this template not only as a starting place for new articles, but also as a guide to amend any existing articles that need improvement. There are currently two supported templates:
There are currently four major elements to our project organization. Participants (or membership), a Job Centre, specialist Departments and special interest Task forces.
Members
The list of Wikipedians who are committed to the WikiProject can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Members. If you are interested in participating, please feel free to join by visiting that page.
Once you join, you are welcome to add this template to your user page: {{User WP Novels}}. This userbox automatically adds you to the WikiProject Novels participants category and appears as such:
Guestbook
This is a list of Wikipedians who are not committed to the WikiProject, but who are sympathetic to the cause. Feel free to express your support by signing the list below:
Guestbook signators
Guestbook signatures
Please feel free to add your name to this list if you would like to express your support for the project.
This is a list of Wikipedians who are not committed to the WikiProject, but who are sympathetic to the cause. Feel free to express your support by signing the list below!:
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Temlakos (talk ·contribs) - 5 February 2006 - (No message left by user)
Candybars (talk ·contribs) - 7 February 2006 - (No message left by user)
Acebrock (talk ·contribs) - 15 February 2006 - Unfamiliar with discussed material.
BirgitteSB (talk ·contribs) - 17 February 2006 - Birgitte§β's Talk - I work mainly with Wikisource.
Monzonda (talk ·contribs) - 30 April 2006 - I'll try to contribute if my work schedule permits me :) Monz
Mingus ah um (talk ·contribs) - 5 May 2006 - When I stray from the non-fiction, I'll try to help this project out.
JennyRad (talk ·contribs) - 19th May 2006 - tentatively signing up, when I have time
Tombseye (talk ·contribs) - 24 May 2006 - I'm down to help by helping with articles on books I read as I do a lot of that at work besides, ah, working. Tombseye
Almighty Tallest (talk ·contribs) - 7 June 2006 - Love to actually help out, but new baby on the way :)
LadyPeter (talk ·contribs) - 15 June 2006 - I would love to help out on this project after I clear some other projects off my desk. 'Till then, I'll provide moral support!
SorryGuy (talk ·contribs) - Guy - 4 July 2006 - may join eventually but already has several commitments he may not be living up to.
Wizkid357 (talk ·contribs) - 4 September 2006 - I'd help out but books aren't exactly my forte.
Marco 1094 (talk ·contribs) - 23 September 2006 - I'm a huge bookworm but my schedule and strict parental rules may result in only limited results.
Walter_Humala (talk ·contribs) Heya guys, do we need tittle translation on spanish novels?
Yossi (talk ·contribs) - 30 December 2006 - I am willing to help with all English novel data, and to post summaries.
AndonicO (talk ·contribs) - 5 January 2007 - I'll probably be joining for good one of these days...
Walters1 (talk ·contribs) - 6 January 2007 - I read as much as I can and really hope I can help with this project as it sounds great!
Manquer (talk ·contribs) - 11 January 2007 - will love to wrok on this one... have been frustrated many a time by not finding a article on a novel..
Loyola (talk ·contribs) - 18 January 2007 - Time forces me to shift from active to guest. Delighted to help as and when I can. Wide variety from fantasy to serious novels.
GROG (talk ·contribs) - 20 January 2007 - I think this is a wonderful project, I'd like to work on it, though I may or may not find time.
Gwinva (talk ·contribs) - 6 February 2007 - My wikipedian efforts are mainly directed to developing the Nigel Tranter pages. I am a bit on my own at the moment, and as a editing newbie am figuring it all out as I go along. Could do with help, advice, support! Would like the pages to be consistent with your Wikiproject, but also to develop their own style as they overlap with other topics such as history. Come and have a look.
haha169 (talk ·contribs) - 17 February 2007 - This is an interesting project. I've been working on a couple of novels myself. Maybe I should join.
Logologist (talk ·contribs) - 24 February 2007 - I know a little about Polish novels in particular.
Rumiton (talk ·contribs) - 2 March 2007 - I am interested in novels in translation, particularly from German to English, as I believe misunderstandings and prejudices caused by poor translation have created much of the misery of the modern world.
Aleta (talk ·contribs) - 3 March 2007 - I contribute to some articles in the purview of this project. :)
Davy1132 (talk ·contribs) - 3 March 2007 - I have made some contributions to articles such as Skybreaker.
S II 087 (talk ·contribs)- 27 March 2007 - I am not full fledged, but I am working on bring the Cat Who series up to a decent level. I hope to help more though!
Jim32990 (talk ·contribs) - 6 April 2007 - Nice idea!
RubADubDuckie (talk ·contribs) - 8 April 2007 - I read a lot, so I will do what I can to help.
Edna H. (talk ·contribs) - 10 April 2007 - Mysteries, mainly.
Movedgood (talk ·contribs) - 7 June 2007 - I know much of novels, and I want to write articles of all them.
Catmoongirl (talk ·contribs) - 22 August 2007 - I'll help more when I have the time.
Karenjc (talk ·contribs) - 15 November 2007 - I do what I can when I can: the templates and guidelines are clear and helpful, which is good for someone who is still learning but who does want to do it right
Coho (talk ·contribs) - 12 December 2007 - I'll do what I can I usually work on wiki pages of books I finish
Majestysquest (talk ·contribs)- 18 December 2007- I am fairly new, so I will be sure to check everything out. I like to read, but I can't find the books I've read. I'll look around!
Deadguy71 (talk ·contribs) -- 7 July 2008 -- My uncle (Jan de Hartog) was an author of about 2 dozen novels.. only two or three have wiki pages, and I want to fix that.
Vjingo (talk ·contribs)-- 10/26/08 -- First Project...
kiranbg (talk ·contribs) 11:21, 30 October 2008 (UTC) I read a lot. I will also do what i can to help[reply]
LovesMacs (talk ·contribs) 31 October 2008 I read a lot but I read a lot of non-fiction too so I don't want to commit solely to novels.
CaptainJae (talk) 19:18, 10 December 2008 (UTC) - I'm a huge reader and am happy to help with this great project.[reply]
Tezkag72 (talk ·contribs) I'm not planning to join this project; got enough to do already. But yes, I want to express my support for it. One comment—an article quality and importance count table (whatever that's actually called) would be a good idea on the project's homepage. As well as giving new visitors an idea of what the project has accomplished, it would tell longtime contributors what still needs to be done. Tezkag72 14:51, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
grrlpup (talk ·contribs) - 30 January 2009 - you have my support and interest.
dvp7 (talk ·contribs) - 16 February 2009 - I can certainly help, where Star Trek is concerned... :P Dave (talk) 16:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Galoubet (talk ·contribs) - April 29, 2009 - A novel is to the soul as a glove is to the hand, it fits or it doesn't!
Srinivas (talk) 11:02, 20 August 2009 (UTC) Very nice project. I am actively supporting it.[reply]
Kingbirdy23 (talk) 21:58, 15 October 2009 (UTC)nice, i really like it, but i dont have the time to be an active contributor.[reply]
Reyk (talk) 08:27, 7 February 2010 (UTC) I'll pop in and help every now and then....[reply]
PeregrineV (PeregrineV) 24 Feb 2010- Former active member but can't help out like before. But, do want to show support and will swing by and maintain and update as I can.
Bejinhan (talk ·contribs) - 20 April 2010 - Novels are my thing. Keep up the good work!
Loafysam (talk ·contribs) - 9 April 2010 - Stumbled upon this page and the work is definitely needed. Good job!
Derild4921 20:13, 20 May 2010 (UTC) - Just joined up Percy Jackson task force and hope to help the articles[reply]
Chandra K-R (talk) 02:48, 16 July 2010 (UTC) I support this project! However, I think we need some more attention given to the characters of novels. Some of the character articles are kind of pathetic (See: Any character article from A Tale of Two Cities).[reply]
Ϫ 16:33, 5 January 2011 (UTC) - Hello hello! You guys are doing a great job. :) ... Fix up War and Peace![reply]
garlicpie I'm willing to research and to clean articles up, if need be.
Schizocarp (talk ·contribs) - November 5 2012. Currently working on the fantasy side of children's literature, but will try and improve pages on fantasy novels.
Madeleined2 (talk) 21:17, 8 November 2012 (UTC) Mostly children's literature.[reply]
Nafpaktitism (talk ·contribs) - 12 April 2013 - Russian literature especially, also Polish
Chandelia16 I also write novels by now and likes to read young adult novels as well. Chandelia16 (talk) 22:51, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Praefect94 I probably wouldn't be the best choice to join this task force, but I've always loved sci-fi and fantasy novels, and respect the work they're doing. --Praefect94 (talk) 11:56, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
If a member is interested in becoming involved with the work of the project, they are welcome to visit the "responsibility clearing house" or Job Centre. From here it is possible to join multiple areas of the project that need supervising and/or updating, including our five departments, which are listed below. Departments are specialised areas of the project for a targeted activity, serving the aims of the whole in a smaller way.
The assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's novel and novel related articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the WP:1.0 program. The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{NovelsWikiProject}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in a set of categories that serves as the basis for an automatically generated worklist.
The automation department of the Novels WikiProject uses various automated and semi-automated methods to perform batch tasks that would be extremely tedious to do manually; it collects requests for tasks, discusses whether they are suitable for automation, and attempts to match them with bot operators or users of semi-automated tools for implementation. All project members are invited to request tasks and to comment on the suitability of outstanding requests.
The project's Collaboration of the Month seeks to identify particular articles that would benefit from a significant collaborative effort. Every month (currently), a single article is selected as the focus, and the project attempts to improve it, potentially to featured article standards. All articles dealing with some aspect of novel literature (except for current featured articles and featured article candidates) are eligible, and everyone is invited to nominate candidates. The current collaboration article is '''The Sound and the Fury'''.
The outreach department acts as the project's central point of coordination for recruiting new members and maintaining the interest of current participants. Its primary activity is the production of monthly project newsletters, it also contains a welcome message that can be sent to each new member as they join.
The peer review department conducts peer reviews of articles on request; this helps to obtain ideas for further improvement by having contributors who may not have previously worked on particular articles examine them. Project members are invited to submit articles to the department in lieu of using the generic peer review process.
Task forces
Please discuss any proposals for new task forces with other members or with the project as a whole before creating them.
Task forces are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the field of Novels (as defined in the "scope" above); all project members are encouraged to participate in any task forces that interest them.
Since there are many types of novel, boundaries must be set so that other WikiProjects can guide articles that this one does not include. (Just like the discussion on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Novel categorization project page.) So far, the included titles are those that a common reader would call a "novel". Serial novels, such as "Twilight" and "Harry Potter" are included, with subcategories of Young adult fiction, and Children's fiction, as well as Adult fiction (for mature audience due to language, situations or sexuality).
Infoboxes belong at the top of an article. Each article should only have one infobox depending on what the article is about. Instructions for completion are included on each page.
Project templates belong at the top of an article's talk page. Articles may belong to one or more projects. They may also be added to relevant template and category talk pages.
{{WikiProject Novels announcements}}: project announcements and top work tasks; place this on your userpage to provide information on the current state of project