User talk:Jjmahern

re: Help getting started

Hi, Jen. :) I see you've added your name to the memberlist for the Novels WikiProject, which is a great start; but know that you don't have to be a member of any particular WikiProject or team to make a difference on Wikipedia! It just depends on what you're interested in, and what you feel most comfortable doing. Do you have a favorite author or book? I have a tendency to look up the article to every book I read, or film I see, just because that particular story is stuck in my head. After I read The Thirteenth Tale a few years ago, for example, I noticed that there wasn't an article for what I thought was an interesting story. So, I created the (admittedly short) article, hoping that it would be of interest to other readers. You may choose to start slower, perhaps by copy-editing poorly written articles, or fleshing out plot summaries/background sections. Even a typo fix here and there helps the project in the long run. Do a couple searches, some reading around, and dive right in. Remember to be BOLD, but before you make large edits, you should familiarize yourself with the Manual of Style.

Best of luck, and feel free to ask me specific questions. While I'm not as actively editing Wiki as much as I used to due to RL constraints, I check my watchlist and talkpage often. You can also reply here, on your own talkpage, as I'm currently watching it. María (habla conmigo) 18:55, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a formal welcome to the project. :-) Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 22:30, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the Novels WikiProject

Hi, and welcome to the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to fiction books, often referred to as "novels".

A few features that you might find helpful:

Our navigation box points to most of the useful pages within the project.
The announcement and open task box is updated quite regularly. You can watch it if you're interested; or, you can add it directly to your user page by including {{WikiProject Novels announcements}} there.
While you are updating your userpage, don't forget our userbox {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Outreach/User WPNOVELS}}.
Important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is highly recommended that you watchlist it.
Planning on starting some new articles? Our article structure guidelines / template outlines some things to include.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the coordinators or an experienced member of the project; we will be happy to assist in any way we can. Again, welcome, and we look forward to seeing you around! Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 22:30, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New WikiProject Novels initiative

We have begun a new initiative at the WikiProject Novels: an improvement drive. As a member listed here, you are being notified. Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels#5-5-5 Improvement Drive and Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Collaboration for more details. Also I would like to remind you to keep an eye on the project talk page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels. Thanks, Sadads (talk) 02:15, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Novels Collaboration for February

Thank you everyone who participated in the January Collaboration, it was quite a success with 5 new C class articles, 3 stub kills and several articles were removed from our backlogs. In support of the Great Backlog Drive, the WikiProject Novels Collaboration for February is going to help remove backlog candidates in the backlogs related to WikiProject Novels. Please join us, and help us wikify, reference, clean up plot sections and generally improve Novels content, Sadads (talk) 21:56, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are recieving this message because you are a member of WikiProject Novels according to Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Members