Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Language and literature

This is a directory of WikiProjects that deal with language and literature. WikiProjects marked with a green background are currently active, while those with a gray background are not. Task forces of large projects are marked with a blue background.

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Linguistics

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Linguistics	yes				Linguistics	Portal:English; Portal:Low Saxon; Portal:Personal life
→	Etymology Task Force				Linguistics
→	Phonetics Task Force				Linguistics
→	Theoretical Linguistics Task Force				Linguistics
Anthroponymy	yes	yes
→	anthroponymy - Arabic names task force
Wikipedia:WikiProject Basque	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Chinese surnames	(main listing here)
Classical Tamil	yes
Constructed languages	yes	yes			Constructed languages
→	Constructed languages/Esperanto task force				Esperanto	Portal:Constructed languages
Deaf	yes
Dravidian languages	yes
Endangered languages	yes
French dialects	no
Hebrew languages	no				Israel	Portal:Judaism
Hindustani and allied languages	yes	yes	yes	yes	India
Languages	yes	yes
Regional English dialects	no
Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing systems	(main listing here)

Writing systems

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Writing systems	yes	yes			Language	Portal:Writing
→	Writing systems - Transliteration task force					Portal:Writing
Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies/Runes	(main listing here)

Literature

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Literature	yes	yes		yes	Literature	Portal:Folklore; Portal:Oscar Wilde; Portal:Rhetoric; Portal:Writing
Academic Journals	yes
Alternate History	yes	yes
Australian literature	yes	yes	yes	yes
Wikipedia:WikiProject Authors	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Bible	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Arts and entertainment#Writers and critics	(main listing here)
Blogging	no
Books	yes	yes			Books	Portal:Arts; Portal:Literature; Portal:Charles Dickens; Portal:Edgar Allan Poe;
Balzac	yes
Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Critical Theory	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Films based on books	(main listing here)
Free book covers	no					Dedicated to replacing fair use images of pre-1923 books with original or early versions in the public domain
Wikipedia:WikiProject Gilbert and Sullivan	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Hadith	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Horror	(main listing here)
Indian literature	yes	yes	yes	yes	India
Irish literature	no
Wikipedia:WikiProject Japanese Bibliography	(main listing here)
Manga	yes	yes	yes		Anime and Manga	Project's scope includes manga, light novels, and visual novels from Japan
Wikipedia:WikiProject Mythology	(main listing here)
Novels	yes	yes	yes	yes	Literature	Portal:Arts; Portal:Charles Dickens; Portal:Edgar Allan Poe;
→	Novels - 19th century task force
→	Novels - Australian literature task force
→	Novels - Chronicles of Narnia task force				Narnia
→	Novels - Crime task force
→	Novels - Fantasy task force				Speculative fiction
→	Novels - His Dark Materials task force
→	Novels - Lemony Snicket task force
→	Novels - Percy Jackson task force
→	Novels - Science fiction task force				Speculative fiction
→	Novels - Shannara task force				Shannara
→	Novels - Short story task force
→	Novels - Sword of Truth task force
→	Novels - Twilight task force
→	Novels - Roald Dahl task force
Persian literature	no	yes
Wikipedia:WikiProject Poetry	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Science Fiction	(main listing here)
Science pearls	no
Screenwriters	yes					"We are nascent. Join us and discover what screenwriting is actually about."
Wikipedia:WikiProject Shakespeare	(main listing here)
Wikipedia	yes	yes

Biography

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Biography	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography
→	Arts and Entertainment Work Group				Biography	Portal:Arts; Portal:Geography
→	Arts and Entertainment Work Group - Actors				Biography	Portal:Arts; Portal:Film
→	Arts and Entertainment Work Group - Musicians				Biography	Portal:Arts; Portal:Music; Portal:Guitar; Portal:Hip hop; Portal:The Beatles; Portal:Punk rock
→	Arts and Entertainment Work Group - Writers and critics				Biography	Portal:Arts; Portal:Literature
→	Military Work Group				Biography	Portal:War; Portal:Geography
→	Military Work Group - United States				Biography	Portal:War; Portal:United States
→	Politics and Government Work Group				Biography	Portal:Politics; Portal:History
→	Politics and Government - Canada Work Group				Biography	Portal:Politics; Portal:Canada;
→	Politics and Government - China Work Group				Biography	Portal:Politics; Portal:China; Portal:Hong Kong; Portal:People's Republic of China; Portal:Republic of China; Portal:Taiwan
→	Royalty Work Group				Biography	Portal:Heraldry; Portal:History
→	Royalty and Nobility Work Group - British Isles				Biography	Portal:Heraldry; Portal:History; Portal:United Kingdom; Portal:England; Portal:Scotland; Portal:Wales
→	Royalty and Nobility Work Group - Germany				Biography	Portal:Heraldry; Portal:History; Portal:Ancient Germanic culture;
→	Science and academia Work Group				Biography
→	Sports and games				Biography
Academics	yes				Biography
Actors and Filmmakers	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography	Portal:Academy Award
Baronetcies	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography
British Royalty	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography
Comics - Comics creators work group	yes	yes	yes	yes	Comics
English Numeral Royalty Redirect	yes
Genealogy	yes
Hugo and Nebula Award Winners	yes
Japan - Gaijin tarento taskforce	yes	yes
Japan - Royalty and nobility taskforce	yes	yes			Japan	Portal:Biography
Leaders by year	no
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Military biography task force	(main listing here)
Musicians	yes	yes	yes	yes	Music	Portal:AC/DC;
Peerage	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography
Persondata	yes
Royalty	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography
Rugby union - Biography work group	yes	yes	yes		Rugby union	Portal:Biography
US Governors	yes
United States politicians	no

Children's literature

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Children's literature	yes	yes			Children and Young Adult Literature	Portal:Literature
→	Children's Literature - CHERUB and Henderson's Boys task force
Wikipedia:WikiProject Artemis Fowl	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Fablehaven	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Harry Potter	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Redwall	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:Wikiproject SpongeBob SquarePants	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Thomas	(main listing here)

Chinese literature

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Water Margin	yes

Fan fiction

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Wikipedia:WikiProject Harry Potter	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Trek	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Wars	(main listing here)

Media franchises

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Media franchises	yes	yes
Wikipedia:WikiProject 24	(main listing here)
Alien	yes	yes			Alien	Portal:Speculative fiction
Artemis Fowl	yes				Speculative fiction
Wikipedia:WikiProject Buffyverse	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics	(main listing here)
Discworld	yes				Discworld	Portal:Speculative fiction
Wikipedia:WikiProject Doctor Who	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Dragonlance	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject EastEnders	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Emmerdale	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Firefly	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Forgotten Realms	(main listing here)
Guardians of Time Trilogy	no				Guardians of Time Trilogy	Portal:Speculative fiction
Wikipedia:WikiProject Halo	(main listing here)
Harry Potter	yes	yes			Harry Potter	Portal:Speculative fiction
Highlander	yes				Speculative fiction
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	yes				Speculative fiction
Indiana Jones	yes
Inheritance Cycle	yes	yes			Speculative fiction
James Bond	yes	yes			James Bond
King Arthur	yes	yes			King Arthur
Wikipedia:WikiProject Lego	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle-earth	(main listing here)
Mortal Kombat	yes	yes
Napoleonic Fiction	no
Oz	yes				Oz	Portal:Speculative fiction
Raymond E. Feist series	yes
Redwall	yes				Speculative fiction
Sherlock Holmes	yes
A Song of Ice and Fire	yes				Speculative fiction
Wikipedia:Wikiproject SpongeBob SquarePants	(main listing here)
Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Trek	(main listing here)
Star Wars	yes	yes		yes	Star Wars	Portal:Speculative fiction
Stargate	yes				Stargate	Portal:Speculative fiction
Wikipedia:WikiProject Superman	(main listing here)
Thomas	yes
Wikipedia:WikiProject 24	(main listing here)
View Askew	no
Warriors	yes

Middle-earth

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Middle-earth	yes	yes			Middle-earth	Portal:Speculative fiction
→	Silmarillion					inactive

Horror

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Wikipedia:WikiProject Horror	(main listing here)

Journalism

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Journalism	yes	yes			Journalism
Current events	no				Current events
Academic Journals	yes				Literature	Portal:University
Magazines	yes	yes

Poetry

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Poetry	yes				Poetry	Portal:Edgar Allan Poe

Religious texts

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Religious texts	yes	yes			Bible	Portal:Book of Mormon
Wikipedia:WikiProject Bible	(main listing here)

Bible

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Bible	yes	yes			Bible
→	Bible - Biblical Criticism work group				Bible

Science Fiction

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Science Fiction	yes	yes
Hugo and Nebula Award Winners	yes