Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels

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Plot summary length (MOS:NOVELPLOT) and David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas

Please see the discussion at Talk:Cloud Atlas (novel) § Plot summary regarding the article for David Mitchell's six-part (eleven-part?) novel Cloud Atlas (2004), subsequently adapted into a film in 2012. My query is about the length (and level of detail) of the plot summary. Thank you in advance! Pineapple Storage (talk) 01:09, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note that this discussion would still benefit from additional opinions. Thanks DonIago (talk) 19:23, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Works based on Nineteen Eighty-Four has been nominated for discussion

Category:Works based on Nineteen Eighty-Four has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Pingnova (talk) 00:39, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject discussion

Hi, folks. Just wanted to let you know there's an ongoing discussion regarding the potential inactivity of Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Light novels on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anime and manga#Merging defunct WikiProjects. Your comments there would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, sjones23 (talk - contributions) 02:13, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 00:28, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Nick Carter-Killmaster#Requested move 25 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Nick Carter-Killmaster#Requested move 25 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 15:16, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Avatar: The Last Airbender (franchise)#Requested move 11 November 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Avatar: The Last Airbender (franchise)#Requested move 11 November 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. --pro-anti-air ––>(talk)<–– 23:36, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Septimus Heap

Septimus Heap has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:20, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for She: A History of Adventure

She: A History of Adventure has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:25, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion about WikiProject banner templates

For WikiProjects that participate in rating articles, the banners for talk pages usually say something like:

"This article has been rated as Low-importance on the importance scale."

There is a proposal to change the default wording on the banners to say "priority" instead of "importance". This could affect the template for your group. Please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council#Proposal to update wording on WikiProject banners. Stefen 𝕋ower ^{Huddle • Handiwerk} 19:47, 6 December 2025 (UTC) (on behalf of the WikiProject Council)[reply]

Category:Novels by year of setting

Just a heads up that Eyegouger (talk · contribs) created Category:Novels by year of setting and moved the "Fiction set in [year]" categories in novel articles to those new categories. I helped move some of the articles. Unfortunately, now the parent "Novels set in [decade]" categories remain in articles alongside the new child categories. I could easily remove them all, but I don't want to do that because conceivably the decade category could still apply. That is, a novel may be explicitly set in a given year while also being set, more generally, in other unspecified periods within the same decade. I know, speaking for myself, that I have categorized a few articles this way in the past. It would require an extraordinary amount of familiarity with each work to ensure accuracy when removing them. I'm afraid I can't do that. Οἶδα (talk) 04:53, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pattern Recognition (novel) at FAR

I have nominated Pattern Recognition (novel) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 15:29, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Harry and the Potters

Harry and the Potters has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:51, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Winesburg, Ohio

Winesburg, Ohio has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 02:56, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]