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[edit] Serials

Well, your Pegship, I see you're the first person to help me out on my list of film serials! I'm curious, since that page is linked to so few pages at the moment, did you find it on my contribs page? Anyway, some things I'm planning for the page: I've already arranged the serials by year and then by company, but it is with few exceptions only American serials - info on non-US films would be helpful. There is an elaborate reference book on the subject in my local University library that I will probably use, but anything you (or anyone reading this page) could contribute would be appreciated.

Secondly, as you may have noticed, I'm trying to add genre info to each entry after its title. This is a rather deceptively simple process, since the genres for serial back then are a bit different than they are now. There are scores of "jungle" or "mountie" films that at one point were very popular, but without much contemporary cognates. Is there any Wikipedia guideline on film list info? You know like country/company/genre/director, or can I make up my own rules?

And finally there is the question of cross references. In many cases I have cross referenced the serial to the page for the over all character (like the Lone Ranger or Green Hornet), though in a a few cases I was surprised to find Wikipedia lacked pages for people like Jimmie Dale or Chandu, and added them. If you (or any one reading this) notices that there are serials of established charectars on the List that ain't cross referenced, additional editing would be appreciated. Finally if you have seen any serials that you particularly like or find interesting, don't be shy about creating a page on it and link it to the list page!

I'd be glad to collaborate with you on the list, perhaps like Cuchulain, Stoa and I did on our award winning page on Tristan. Happy editing!--Dudeman5685 03:15, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Naked City or Twilight Zone

Whoa! Weird seeing a blank talk page!

It isn't flowers, but is probably OC enough to keep you busy(ER),

Pegs busy-work

if you stare for a while.

Back to busYnezs... You know how us guys hate waiting for you Gals? see me. Just my luck... I figure on using a BOT, and get an error message (just saw it) No bots are currently active that work off this template, so all of this will have to be done manually:! Harumph!

Oh, stop laughing at me and go do something interesting! // FrankB 04:45, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/NovelsInCompleteInfobox

The list is up. Please read the information, and have fun! There are over 1150 articles on this list. Tell me what you think!! Eagle talk 07:29, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh and what template is Fabartus working on? I may be able to generate him a list... (really, check out the list I just generated!!!). Hope you have fun with that. (I will make one for your film / novel splits soon.) Eagle talk 07:29, 7 July 2006

Crow, rooster, crow. But B4 your head swells too large... Consider that you seem to be missing a few novels in 1632 series— NBD, merely ALL of THEM <g>. Ahhhh, shoot! (or is that Ha ha ha ha?) <g> // FrankB 18:48, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh so confused... Eagle talk 23:08, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Book 'Tools' and such topics

Wikipedia_talk:ISBN#Template:_.5B.5BTemplate:ISBN-13.7CISBN-13.5D.5D - input please. You too, Eagle 101, if you're gonna comment on my fumblings and gaffes without a proper introduction! Sheese.

Talk about systems needed. You bibliophilic-guys-and-gals enthusiastic about working Novels and Books articles need a danged category for your template tools. Category: Book projects templates would be a good title... or some such. Then, when you edit them for some decent usage for the uninitiated (but well intentioned fellow traveler... or newbie)

Headline: Extra, Extra, read all about it... Book Guru's Exposed! AND check your various pertinent talks for CURRENT STATUS UPDATES (like system software recognizing 13 digit ISBN's.... Grrrr)...

I wouldn't be wasting gardening or REDSOX watching time wikiing while trying to close out one (I thought) edit on a learning curve ({{cite book}}) <g>. Cheers, Oh savants of Biliophiladelphia! // FrankB 18:28, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

My original question... now some time back (grrrr)

What in such [Grantville_Gazette_II#Publishing_History vexations] (See in section edit mode too) a wide template is really necessary for novels and anthologies, and is any of this being cross-referenced via the templates, or what? Also, how does this relate to Kevinlewis's (groan... another learning curve) desires to jam article headings with space and margin hogging infoboxes? (Wiki's way too nuts about these, imho - kills all the room for other images unless the article is long.) Have a good weekend on the left-coast... Mine sucked this morning on the other (really far far) left coast! // FrankB 18:42, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

and its other half-question

Oh, btw... Need to reconcile such pages as Talk:Honorverse#re:Main_Series_(novels) and matching section of series article. I've same need for 1632 series... so what say the Novels gurus to the fans on how to do what where? // FrankB 19:23, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You're to blame

See... Category:WikiProject Fictional series and WP:WikiProject Fictional series, etc. and Wikipedia:WikiProject Books (pending... soon, dinner's waiting!) tsk-tsk... no redirect via 'WP:' shortcuts!!!

Also please Check my work: Category:Novel series (Clarify cat purpose and use, I think, I hope?)

Category:Series of books (ditto summary)

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fabartus (talk • contribs).

[edit] I am refreshing your list!

I will be gone for a week (back 16 July 2006)

I put new cats in User:Eagle 101/films that are also novels list. Please put the errors etc. as normal. I will work after I get back to reduce your false hits. :) (novels is mostly done... so I have time) plus think of things you want on your list :). Eagle talk 06:33, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Have a look... I think I left you enough to last you until I come back!!! Eagle talk 07:21, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UltraViolet?

How is Ultraviolet a film remake? Empty2005 00:39, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

• Oh Ok Fair Enough Empty2005 01:20, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Got your last two msgs

This page is part of WikiProject Books or its daughter projects.		NOTE: This template automatically adds pages containing this template to Category:WikiProject Books.

Have an answer for your 'first query' (mostly finished) in the edit stack but got diverted poking around to see what was working in what pages on '!', '_' and '-' (the latter two sins you missed, apparently)... it's coming! As soon as I can back down to it with a robust current work template ({{WikiProject Books}}) In the meantime I'm finishing that up to autocat pages to wikibooks (need to work an if statement into it to handle the aforesaid 'sinful' pipetrick sorts <g>, which is the moments dilemma. Almost ready.

The plan is to model the Novels template the same EXCEPT CENTERED and have {{WikiProject Novels}} include BOTH. The series template will sit RIGHT and include ALL THREE. ...Sooooo they should line up bippity-boppity-boo along the tippity top of a page. (Keeping the height down AND making them readable has been a chore!)

The stimulus was category:Honorverse and category:1632 series among others. I'm stealing rather liberally right now trying to get my head into this WikiProject, and Honorverse is one of the more matured series (honorable mention to Harry Potter) which I am very familiar with to steal from!

IMHO, we should have a similar set for invitations to be placed on user talk pages. I'm pretty surprised that the memberships between the Books and Novels projects are so out of whack.

What do you think? (Colors and such are off course subject to debate. If there's opposition, I can speedy-delete using db-author. Shrug. I'm trying to look at this as a 'system' between the projects.)

On your second query, you're following up on my xpost to Kevinalewis, I infer. I think such a 'sample' page would be a great organizing sub-page for the project, or I wouldn't have suggested same! (Obviously <g>) TTFN, back in a while! // FrankB 19:20, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Guess you're not kidding about being freaked out about imminent vacation... See you've gone 'inactive' for a bit! Just solve my logic problem (interspersed with some RL problems.) (See: {{w2}} in a few moments. Then I'll be able to post the answer of Q1 above! (I'm methodical... one step sometimes requires another!) So when you coming back? FrankB 00:04, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for the birthday greetings

Thanks for stopping by...see you around... :)
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 23:19, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

Hi Pegship. I noticed that you recently changed a cat for The God Delusion to "Religious studies books". A couple of months ago you did the same thing to The End of Faith which I reverted.

I really don't think "Religious studies books" is right. It makes it sound like a child's illustrated Bible, or something. Equally the cats of "Books critical of Christianity/Islam/Judaism" are too narrow. I feel what we need is a broad cat of "Books critical of religion".

I have no idea how to create a cat. Could you please do it for me? Laurence Boyce 10:22, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

"Religious studies" indicates only that a book addresses issues related to religion, without any respect to the reader's age, affiliation or lack thereof, and without having to be specific as to what religion is relevant to the discussion. Both the books you mentioned discuss the place of religion (or not) in society, so they could be considered religious studies books. By all means revert if you object. ♥ Her Pegship♥ 01:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Pegship. I don't want to revert your edit this time. What I want is a cat of "Books critical of religion". May I have one?—Laurence Boyce 09:31, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm on limited net access at the moment, so I'm just checking in & will take a look at creating it next week. Thanks for the suggestion! ♥ Her Pegship♥ 06:13, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Warfilm.jpg listed for deletion

[edit] Film and Book?

Kevinalewis suggested I talk to you about novel/film relationships on articles? Here's the discussion. plange 14:25, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I left a note on the article's talk page. Cheers! ♥ Her Pegship♥ 01:38, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, let me know if you need me to do anything (vote in the split request, etc.) plange 14:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BeastMaster

Thanks for splitting off the TV series! I'm not quite enough of a fan to feel confident doing it myself, but I'm enough of one to have been wishing for the split for some time. Krychek 20:46, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] About false hits

You left this comment on my page.

My suggestion: Can the program exclude articles with the word "novelization" or "novelisation" in the text?

What you suggest can be done in 30 seconds... in fact next time I run that list I will be using your suggestion. Thanks for the "commen words". If you spot any other simularities with the false hits let me know. (only potential problem is that we will exclude articles that should not be excluded... i.e. a film that needs split that has one of those words... Just a thought... if you are sure that these words will hit only the appropriate articles we are good :) Eagle talk 22:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I thought you were on vacation!

Miss your flight? If you feel like a break from your mundane filing, come take a peek at what could be very important in categorizes (it will take a while— lots of conversation! Fair warning!!!).

Had a unsaved answering post to you lost by thunderstorm the other day, I think on templates on cat pages... I'll have to backtrack and re-do (as I'd planned to do) if you're still with us and not in some relaxed vacation activity! Is that even possible while active parents? Did experience the next best thing—a cruise ship that let us park the kids so we could really get away for a while... unfortunately we had to take them back each night! ;-(

Cheers! // FrankB 04:33, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changes at Template:User cal

Hello, we changed the settings for the Cal userbox to allow you to personalize the text. Please check out the talk page for more info. ~ trialsanderrors 22:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Neverending Story (film)

As someone I know works with FilmsWikiProject I wondered if you would be interested in the recent name change for this article. On Novels we stick with the English, unless the foreign language title is better known. Just in case. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 10:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Graphic Novels

Re: User talk:Eagle 101#Follow on from Cat:year novels and User talk:Grey Shadow#is that a bug?

A question for you. Would you place something like 24: One Shot, a Graphic Novel, in {cat:Year novels} or leave it as it is in {cat:year books}? Grey Shadow 08:24, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

My take on it is that these are a separate "beast" - warranting a separate set of stubs, categories and maybe even a full WikiProject, as there is such interest in them currently. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 08:36, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Freeway/motorway/whatever category

--SPUI (T - C) 19:09, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comments in HP articles

Hello, I noticed you placing the comment <!--Split film/book article intentional - Please do not remove this comment--> around Harry Potter-related articles. I'm curious as to what this means and what its purpose is -- I'm sure you have a very valid reason, I was just confused as to what it meant. Thanks! --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 02:00, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your response. Good luck with the project! --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 02:48, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Film books

I give you, Pegship, the sun and the moon for being one of my first WikiFriends. - LA @ 06:00, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I would say that for now there should be a subcategory named Film books to stay inline with the parent category's apparent naming convention. If there needs to be futher subdivision later, it can be done then. They just need to get put in Film books for now. Those books would not be part of the expansion of the current Film based on books project. The books I was talking about are normally fiction which has been made into films or films which have been made into books. So, Pride and Prejudice would be part of it, Science Fiction Writer's Market Place and Sourcebook would not, if the article is ever written. Does that help?
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 05:46, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

PS. Yes, I think I now have a WikiFan...4 of those came from the same person.

You are very welcome...we have known each other for a very long WikiTime now...you deserve it for putting up with me, especially on those days where I was pretty hard to bear. :) - LA @ 06:05, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion of two extra fields on "Infobox Book"

As an editor very much envolved in this Film / Books thing; I though I might draw your attention to this debate - if you were not already aware that is.

Two more field have been proposed on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Books#Two new fields to infobox which warrent everyone's attention. Please get over there and place you views. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 09:16, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What's on the end of the stick?

Ah, it's a C-list celebrity! Thanks for that, I'm sure it'll be very useful for coralling those unruly biographical articlettes. (I wasn't thinking so much of the RCMP as of this sort of thing, though.) Alai 15:58, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

And thanks again, the newly-minted barnstar is even nicer than a whapping stick. :) Alai 22:41, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Barnstar

I had begun mentioning it on participants of the Project. Going down the list in alphabetical order, then I strayed and went for the L section. This is what I said:

• Hi. I'm wondering if you could lend support to a proposal for a Stub-sorting Barnstar. The page is here. Have a good day :)

Then someone commented to me that its bad form to ask for support, so I need to change the wording to something that just asks for current members to join in on the discussion. I'm going to get back to notifying members, as most wont have the main Project page on their watch list so they more than likely dont know. Have a nice day :) SynergeticMaggot 17:50, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem. I dont mind helping. Plus I like the picture :)SynergeticMaggot 18:26, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Awarded Barnstar

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		For creating a wonderful image for WikiProject Stub sorting. Thanks! SynergeticMaggot 18:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Pegship, your barnstar proposal was excellent that it probably reached consensus by now. Here's a barnstar! --Ed 19:19, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

		An Award
		Your WikiProject Stub sorting barnstar proposal was excellent!--Ed 19:19, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

This message came from my talkpage:

<Thanks> For the barnstar. And I like your handle. Cheers, ♥ Her Pegship♥ 22:17, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

What handle???--Ed 22:25, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

I was going to comment on the new barnstar (which I saw yesterday), but it seems to have been moved since then. It looks good! Grutness...wha? 00:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Syriana

Can you explain the cryptic comment you made in Syriana: "Split film/book article intentional - Please do not remove this comment"? What split is this referring to, and why is this in the External links section instead of on a talk page? ~ Booya ^Bazooka 22:55, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Greetings! The <!--Split intentional--> comment is part of a project I'm working on, to separate film and book articles. The automated bot that finds combined articles skips over any article that has that hidden comment in the text, even if it has certain of our "stop words" in the article. Hope this makes sense. Cheers, ♥ Her Pegship♥ 00:23, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks - Still bugs me, though. I've posted a note on the project talk page. ~ Booya ^Bazooka 01:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moon Pic

Hello there. I see you are using my Moon image on your talk page. This is no problem, just as long as you credit me (Thats the copyright on the image) Thanks. --Koolgiy 05:25, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

UPDATE Ah what the hell. No need to credit me. Its on the image, if they click on it. --Koolgiy 15:06, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Novels WikiProject Newsletter August 2006

Here is the new edition of our monthly newsletter. The August 2006 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 10:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)