Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels

Requested move at Talk:Sir Ector#Requested move 25 May 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Sir Ector#Requested move 25 May 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 08:44, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Serial killers in fiction category

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 May 31 § Category:Works about fictional serial killers, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. User:jc37 has proposed over the course of this discussion that all categories about fictional serial killers (which would include Category:Novels about serial killers and affect the categorization of articles about various serial killer characters in literary works) be eliminated and the topic converted to a list. More opinions on the matter are desired. silviaASH (inquire within) 21:03, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Novel series - what's a useful article structure to follow?

Hello all, I've been expanding coverage of works by romance writer Jilly Cooper and there's an article for her main series the Rutshire Chronicles, which I've added more references to. The issue I'm having is that the series as a whole isn't covered very much, so it's difficult to reflect critique of it without getting a bit WP:SYNTH. Do editors here have advice for a good structure to follow for an article on a series? To what extent can you aggregate information about individual works on an article for a series? Many thanks Lajmmoore (talk) 18:26, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

In my experience, I see two main structures/concepts for series. The first would be something One and Only (book series) where not all of the books really merit standalone articles. In that case the series article becomes the place to put a fairly robust section on each book, like putting several stubs in one place, and the article can end up quite long. The other case, more relevant here, treats the series article more like an organizational/navigational overview. Earthsea is an example here, or canon of Sherlock Holmes. Oh, or Bridgerton (novel series). This approach tends to shorter articles because there’s no need to repeat the “meat” of the individual book articles. Personally, I think a fair bit of aggregation is OK— ie, comparing the bestselling ranks of each book, or giving a unified list of characters. For the Rutshire Chronicles specifically it might make sense to have a section generally about the author’s influence on the “bonkbuster”. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 04:03, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Featured article review for J. K. Rowling

User:Adam Cuerden has nominated J. K. Rowling 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. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:30, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Aubrey-Maturin AFD

More input is sought at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series. MichaelMaggs (talk) 15:47, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Historias de un arrabal parisino

The article Historias de un arrabal parisino has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced and as an essay for 14 Years. Author is a red link and not notable.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Bearian (talk) 20:04, 26 June 2025 (UTC) P.S. Creator was blocked as a Sockpuppet. Bearian (talk) 20:04, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Me Before You#Requested move 21 June 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Me Before You#Requested move 21 June 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 02:01, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

New WikiProject

Hello!

I propose a WikiProject with the working title of Art & Architecture Copyedits.

The proposed WikiProject has two main goals:

1. To copyedit any articles related to Art & Architecture that have the copyedit or clarify tag, and
2. To create a supportive, welcoming space for newcomers. Experienced editors are also very appreciated, especially for the proposal process, but the WikiProject, once created, will mainly be recruiting newcomers.

If you would like to join, please do comment below, and I'll ping you during the proposal to confirm your intent. I will be posting this message on all related WikiProjects. All experience levels appreciated! 22ManzanaBoy (talk) 15:42, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Wikiprojects are usually formed by of a group of like-minded editors responding to an active need. I respect the enthusiasm, but you'll be able to do more good – and faster – by joining the Guild of Copyeditors as a copyeditor who focuses on art and architecture articles. Only a few wikiprojects maintain any sort of activity levels, and we know from the GOCE backlog that there is a very, very limited number of copy editors on Wikipedia. You're essentially created a wikiproject doomed to low levels of activity and high set-up costs. — ImaginesTigers (talk) 15:52, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

I have similar concerns to ImaginesTigers, but I always love the idea of getting a group effort going-- momentum can really beget momentum once people are all working on the same thing. You might consider organizing a themed copy-editing drive or blitz under the GOCE umbrella. If it's a success, that might introduce you to some like-minded folks for future group efforts. (Personally, I wouldn't join this WikiProject, but I'd join a themed drive/blitz advertised on the Novels wikiproject.) ~ L 🌸 (talk) 19:05, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

I decided to start a much smaller project instead. We'll see where it goes over time. 22ManzanaBoy (talk) 19:54, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

A Card from Morocco

Please add reliable sources to this stub. Then you may re-assess it on its talk page. Bearian (talk) 21:38, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

I've added some ref ideas to the Talk for anyone interested – there's some more on TWL — ImaginesTigers (talk) 21:41, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

A Fool's Alphabet

This has been unsourced for 17 years, but it wasn't tagged. Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 22:32, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Sherlock: The Game Is Now#Requested move 16 July 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Sherlock: The Game Is Now#Requested move 16 July 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:58, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Talk:The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea#Picture_in_legacy_section_BRRD

If you have an opinion, please join the discussion. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:25, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

Nomination of The Nico di Angelo Adventures for deletion

Notifying WikiProject Novels of the nomination of The Nico di Angelo Adventures for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Nico di Angelo Adventures as the article for The Nico di Angelo Adventures is within the scope of WikiProject Novels. Justthefacts (talk) 20:08, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks

Is this really notable? Bearian (talk) 20:34, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

It appears to cite two published reviews (Library Journal and Columbus Dispatch), which satisfies WP:NBOOK. Though the article certainly would benefit from major improvements. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:03, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:The Dictator (2012 film)#Requested move 9 July 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:The Dictator (2012 film)#Requested move 9 July 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Raladic (talk) 20:52, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Suggestion for standardizing awards tables

Several other editors and I have been working on creating tables for novel awards. I have personally been working almost exclusively in the SFF genres, but this is a project that applies regardless of genre. I already posted here and have not received responses yet. I'm copying here for more visibility.

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I have recently been standardizing awards and honors templates on numerous SFF articles. For example, see my revisions here and here. I have also been working on author pages, see here, here, and here. (Since there is no MOS:Author I think it might be relevant here).

I would like to propose some guidelines for standardizing awards tables across genres, including both author pages and novel pages. I normally work on SFF only as this is my preferred genre. However, it would be applicable to most any book. If this is the correct page to do so, I'd love to discuss with other editors. If this is not the correct place, I would be happy to move the discussion elsewhere. (If editors agree this is the correct space, I'll ping more users who have also been working on book tables and I'll type up my suggestions for formatting guidelines.) Michelangelo1992 (talk) 23:54, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Expansion and restructure of Sherlock: The Game Is Now

There is currently a discussions underway at Talk:Sherlock: The Game Is Now that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject: A request to Request to expand and restructure article to reflect the full scope of the attraction (including both escape rooms and the themed bar).

The article is currently rated as Start-class and would benefit from further development. Input from interested editors would be greatly appreciated. 77.107.154.122 (talk) 12:52, 22 July 2025 (UTC)