Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels
WikiProject Novels aims to define a standard of consistency for articles about Novels. Through implementation of standards such as these, Wikipedia can gain some structure to unify it as a reference, making content more easily and quickly located with common organization for novel articles.
However, do not forget the spirit behind these guidelines. If they make editing or reading more difficult for a particular novel or for novels in general, change them or ignore them, preferably with some explanation on talk or meta pages. Many novels don't yet have enough on Wikipedia to necessitate layouts such as this, or have special requirements that do not fit the template exactly. Feel free to adapt this WikiProject to specific situations and to discuss changing it.
Main Project Discussion - takes place here /GeneralForum
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WikiProject Novels • (inc. novellas, novelettes & short stories) Announcements and open tasks |
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- Critique (Featured article): 33 achieved
- Novels WikiProject Peer reviews: • Sector General • Petals of Blood • Flowers for Algernon
- Improve: Oberon Old and New • The Age of Reason • Furies of Calderon • Wolf Brother • The Monk • The English Patient • Bones of the Moon
- Create: To the Vanishing Point • Spoilt City
- 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.
Scope
WikiProject Novels aims to define a standard of consistency for articles about novels. It also aims to encourage and provide the structure for enhancing the writing of high qualilty articles on all manner of different novels. For the purpose of this project "Novels" are deemed to be Fiction books of any genre. (It does not include 'very' short stories.) It also aims to encourage and promote the writing of articles on all types of Novels. (see "#Hierarchy Definition" for more details of what is in or out of scope.)
Article structure
Naming, Style & Notability
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (books) - books
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) - fiction article style
- Wikipedia:Notability (books) - notability (very much under debate!)
Article templates
Articles should be written to an agreed basic style. We encourage all to make use of this template as a starting place for any new article and a guide to the amendment of any existing article that needs improvement.
For Novel articles:
- which includes
- an Infobox template for a book - /InfoboxCode
For Fictional character articles:
Related WikiProjects
Parentage
- WikiProject Books - logically encapsulates the subject of Novels.
Descendant Wikiprojects
Similar WikiProjects
The similar WikiProjects are the WikiProject Albums and WikiProject Songs
Project organization
Participants
This is a list of Wikipedians who are committed to this WikiProject. If you're interested in helping with this project, please, feel free to join by clicking edit on the right, and signing your name at the bottom of the list with four tildes (~~~~), with an optional comment. Also add this template to your user page {{user WikiProject Novels}}. This adds you automatically to the WikiProject Novels Participants category.
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You might like to see what some of us read by looking at Wikipedia:What I am reading at the moment.
Members
This is a list of Wikipedians who part of this project - it is now so large it is normally "shrunk" - use the "Show" on the right hand side to expand it.
- MariAdkins (talk · contribs)
- Cartport
- Sinister Monster
- Ilovefilm
- [SF Isaac Asimov SF]
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!:
- Temlakos (talk · contribs) - (No message left by user) - 5 February 2006
- Candybars (talk · contribs) - (No message left by user) - 7 February 2006
- Acebrock (talk · contribs) - Unfamiliar with discussed material. - 15 February 2006
- BirgitteSB (talk · contribs) - I work mainly with Wikisource. - 17 February 2006 - Birgitte§β's Talk
- Rimbaud (talk · contribs) - 13 April 2006
- Ganymead (talk · contribs) - 26 April 2006 - Greetings from WikiProject Theatre!
- Monzonda (talk · contribs) - I'll try to contribute if my work schedule permits me :) Monz - 30 April 2006
- 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) - tentatively signing up, 19th May, when I have time
- Tombseye (talk · contribs) - 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 - 24 May 2006
- 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.
- Hide&Reason (talk · contribs) - 23 September 2006
- riana_dzasta (talk · contribs) - used to be a member, but my editing has branched out too much. I will help out when I can. — riana_dzasta wreak havoc-damage report 00:32, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- frijole (talk · contribs) - I think The Big U is as much as I'll work on, but will do what I can to help out!
- Fleiger 03:05, 3 November 2006 (UTC) - Will check out where I can help
Departments
Departments are specialised areas of the project for a targetted activity, serving in a smaller way the aims of the whole. We have just the three currently.
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 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.
General discussion forum
- /GeneralForum - Main Project discussions (only use the page talk for page related discussion)
Hierarchy Definition
Since there are many types of Novel, boundaries must be set so that other WikiProjects can guide articles that this one doesn't. (Just like the discussion on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Novel categorization project page.) So far, the titles that have been included are those that the 'man in the street', would call it a 'novel'.
Included:
- Novels and Novellas
- Fictional books that are commonly considered to be Novels
- Fictional characters used therein.
| Overall | genre | description | category | stub template |
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| "can be used in the text and infobox to describe the article" | "Use to categorise the article" | "Use to mark short and incomplete articles as stubs" | ||
| Fictional Characters | [[Fictional characters|Fictional character]] | Characters from Novels | [[Category:Fictional characters]] | {{fict-char-stub}} |
- Fictional locations used therein.
| Overall | genre | description | category | stub template |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "can be used in the text and infobox to describe the article" | "Use to categorise the article" | "Use to mark short and incomplete articles as stubs" | ||
| Fictional Locations | [[Fictional locations|Fictional location]] | Locations from Novels | [[Category:Fictional locations]] | {{fict-location-stub}} |
Category hierarchy Novel articles are sorted under many categories, look in Category:Novels for a list. There are three "main" categories that most books are sorted to:
- Category:Novels by year (for example [[Category:1893 novels]] )
- Category:Novels by genre (for example [[Category:Science fiction novels]] )
- Category:Novels by country (for example [[Category:Spanish novels]] )
- Novels by age-group (not a category) (see table below)
Genres of novels including
| Overall | Genre | Description | Category | Stub template |
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| Can be used in the text and infobox to describe the novel | Use to categorise the article | Use to mark short and incomplete articles as stubs | ||
| General Novels | [[Novel]] | Novels that cannot be described by other categories | [[Category:Novels]] | {{novel-stub}} |
| Specific Genres with subgenres | [[Adventure fiction]] | Novels featuring high adventure, action-based narrative often with travel | [[Category:Adventure novels]] | {{adventure-novel-stub}} |
| [[Alternate history]] | Novels that ask "What If", where history has developed differently | [[Category:Alternate history novels]] | {{alternate-hist-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Anti-war]] | Novels whose message argues for peace rather than war | [[Category:Anti-war novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Autobiographical]] | Novels write about the author's own life story | [[Category:Autobiographical novels]] | {{autobio-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Biographical]] | Novels providing slight fictionalization of someone else's life | [[Category:Biographical novels]] | {{bio-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Bildungsroman]] | Novels featuring the education, maturation or coming-of-age | [[Category:Bildungsromans]] | {{bildungsroman-stub}} | |
| [[Comedy]] | Novels featuring comical situations or characters | [[Category:Comedy novels]] | {{comedy-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Crime fiction]] | Novels about criminal characters, settings or events, without the whodunit | [[Category:Crime novels]] | {{crime-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Detective fiction]] | Novels where the main character is a detective or criminal investigator, typically with a whodunit ending | [[Category:Detective novels]] | {{mystery-novel-stub}} or {{crime-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Dystopian]] | Novels about a dystopian society or character highlighting bleak, dehumanizing or fearful life | [[Category:Dystopian novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Epistolary novel]] | Novels that are epistle-like or written as a series of documents | [[Category:Epistolary novels]] | {{epistolary-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Erotic fiction]] | Novels featuring adult content, typically of a sexual nature, aka erotica | [[Category:Erotic novels]] | {{erotic-novel-stub}} (sorts to novel-stub category) | |
| [[Family saga]] | Novels that portray the history of a particular family, usually multi-generational in nature | [[Category:Family saga novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Fantasy]] | Novels based on fantastical, magical, mythical and/or classical legends | [[Category:Fantasy novels]] | {{fantasy-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Feminist]] | Novels focusing on women's rights usually with a female protagonist | [[Category:Feminist novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Gothic fiction]] | Novels featuring dark and horrific situations and/or character, usually set in the past (see genre) | [[Category:Gothic novels]] | {{gothic-novel-stub}} | |
| ::[[Southern Gothic]] | Subgenre of gothic (see genre) – set in the Southern U.S. | [[Category:Southern Gothic novels]] | {{gothic-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Historical fiction]] *With the subcategory for children |
Novels set among historical events, prior to author's time period | [[Category:Historical novels]] *See also: [[Category:Children's historical novels]] |
{{hist-novel-stub}} *{{child-hist-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Horror fiction]] | Novels featuring horrific or scary subject matter | [[Category:Horror novels]] | {{horror-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Jacobin novel]] | Novels that espouse ideals of the French revolution | [[Category:Jacobin novels]] | {{hist-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Legal thriller]] | Subgenre of thriller with a legal or law theme | [[Category:Legal thriller novels]] | {{thriller-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Medical fiction]] | Subgenre of thrillers focusing on medicine or medical professions | [[Category:Medical novels ]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Mystery fiction]] | Subgenre of the crime or detective novel is the whodunit | [[Category:Mystery novels]] | {{mystery-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Non-fiction]] | Not included in scope – often misplaced here! | [[Category:Non-fiction novels]] | {{nonfiction-book-stub}} | |
| [[Paranormal romance]] | Subgenre of the Speculative fiction and Romance novel | [[Category:Paranormal romance novels]] | {{romance-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Parody]] | Novels that mimic the style of a more serious work using satire, irony, or ridicule | [[Category:Parody novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Philosophical]] | Novels where philosophical ideas form the main crux of the narrative | [[Category:Philosophical novels]] | {{philos-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Political fiction]] | Novels that deals with affairs of state, elections or political theme | [[Category:Political novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Psychological]] | Novels that highlight a psychological storyline, theme or character(s) | [[Category:Psychological novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Romance novel]] | Novels that feature a romantic situation, usually formulaic in structure | [[Category:Romance novels]] | {{romance-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Satirical]] | Novels whose characters, themes and/or situations elicit disapproval in a cautionary way | [[Category:Satirical novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Sentimental novel]] | Novels which elicit sentimental emotions or intellect, set in the 18th century | [[Category:Sentimental novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Science fiction]] *With the subcategory for children |
Novels featuring scientific advancement or contact with advanced civilizations | [[Category:Science fiction novels]] *See also: [[Category:Children's science fiction novels]] |
{{sf-novel-stub}} *{{child-sf-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Speculative fiction]] | Novels that speculate about futuristic, fantastical or supernatural existence (Sci-Fi, Alt-Hist, Fantasy, Horror have their own categories and stubs) | [[Category:Speculative fiction novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) or individual spec fiction genre | |
| [[Sports]] | Novels that feature a particular sport or sportsman | [[Category:Sports novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Spy fiction]] | Novels about spying and espionage | [[Category:Spy novels]] | {{spy-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Techno-thriller]] | Subgenre of Thrillers with a technical or modern science element | [[Category:Techno-thriller novels]] | {{thriller-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]] | Novels that feature fast-paced, action-packed suspense | [[Category:Thriller novels]] | {{thriller-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Time travel]] | Subgenre of the Speculative fiction which goes forwards or backwards in time | [[Category:Novels about time travel]] | {{sf-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Utopian]] | Novels about hopeful, optimistic or idealistic characters and/or worlds | [[Category:Utopian novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[Victorian fiction]] | Novels set in Victorian times | [[Category:Victorian novels]] | {{novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| [[War novel|War fiction]] | Novels about wars and/or warfare, set modern or historical times | [[Category:War novels]] | {{war-novel-stub}} | |
| ::[[American Revolutionary War]] | Subgenre of War fiction set in the American Revolutionary War | [[Category:Novels set during the American Revolutionary War]] | {{AmericanRevolutionaryWar-novel-stub}} | |
| ::[[French Revolutionary Wars]] | Subgenre of War fiction set in the French Revolutionary Wars | [[Category:Novels set during the French Revolutionary War]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| ::[[American Civil War]] | Subgenre of War fiction set in the American Civil War | [[Category:Novels set during the American Civil War]] | {{AmericanCivilWar-novel-stub}} | |
| ::[[Napoleonic Wars]] | Subgenre of War fiction set in the Napoleonic Wars | [[Category:Novels set during the Napoleonic Wars]] | {{war-novel-stub}} (no specific notice) | |
| ::[[First World War]] | Subgenre of War fiction set in the World War One | [[Category:Novels set during World War I]] | {{WWI-novel-stub}} | |
| ::[[Second World War]] | Subgenre of War fiction set in the World War Two | [[Category:Novels set during World War II]] | {{WWII-novel-stub}} | |
| ::[[Korean War]] | Subgenre of War fiction set in the Korean War | [[Category:Novels set during the Korean War]] | {{Korea-War-novel-stub}} | |
| ::[[Vietnam War]] | Subgenre of War fiction set in the Vietnam War | [[Category:Novels set during the Vietnam War]] | {{VietnamWar-novel-stub}} | |
| [[Western fiction]] | Novels set in the American West, featuring cowboys, gunslingers, settlers and 'native Americans' | [[Category:Western (genre) novels]] | {{western-novel-stub}} | |
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Novels by age-group including
| Overall | genre | description | category | stub template |
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| "can be used in the text and infobox to describe the article" | "Use to categorise the article" | "Use to mark short and incomplete articles as stubs" | ||
| [[Adult]] (i.e. intended for mature readers) | Audience mature readers | no specific category | no specific stub notice | |
| [[Children's]] | Audience typically Children | [[Category:Children's novels]] | {{Child-book-stub}} | |
| [[Young adult]] | Audience typically Young Adults | [[Category:Young adult novels]] | {{YA-novel-stub}} |
Not included:
- graphic novels.
- Nonfiction books on any subject.
- plays, poetry, short stories and comics that were published as books.
References (can be made to):
- Nonfiction books that discuss the novel in question
- Audio CD and Audio Tapes - that are readings or dramatisations of the novel in question.
- plays, poetry, short stories and comics that are the basis of the novel.
- plays, poetry, short stories and comics based on the novel.
- films, television adaptations and radio adaptations based on the novel being discussed.
Auxiliary templates
Project notices
- {{NovelsWikiProject}} - Please place this template into top of "Novel" and "Fictional Character" article's talk, relevant template talk, category, and category talk pages so that people can find this WikiProject easily:
- {{Novelinfoboxneeded}} - Also if you find a Novel related article in need of an Infobox add this to the top of the talk page:
- {{Novelinfoboxincomp}} - Also if you find a Novel related article in need of Infobox completion add this to the top of the talk page:
- {{User WikiProject Novels}} - Userbox
Internal project organization
- {{WPNOVELS}} - the main navigation box
- {{WikiProject_Novels_announcements}} - Project announcements and top work tasks - put on your user page to provide information on current state of project.
Navigational templates
- See Templates for fiction series general list
- Category:Book templates - Overall category for book related templates
- also Category:Novel navigational boxes - Template for a single novel (sometimes plus other media)
- Category:Novel series navigational boxes - Template for a single novel series (sometimes plus other media)
- and Category:Author navigational boxes - Templates for a complete author's output
Work to be done
This is where you can really start to contribute. please look at these articles and see if you are able to help by adding or removing as appropriate Novels from the each of the lists and if you feel able please help by writing or revising articles to meet the needs listed.
- /Worklist
- /ArticlesNeeded
- /InfoboxNeeded
- /InfoboxIncomplete
- Film/book articles to be split and Film/book stub articles to be split - Articles containing entries on both a film and a book, which should be split into separate articles