Wikipedia:Literature collaboration of the fortnight

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Each week a Literature Collaboration of the week will be picked using this page. This is a specific literature-related topic (books, authors etc.) which initially either has no article, has only a basic stub-like page, or is in need of more information. The aim of this project is to improve the quality of Wikipedia's literature-related articles through widespread cooperative editing.

The project is also used to fill gaps in Wikipedia, to give users a focus, and to give us all something to be proud of. Any registered user can nominate an article and can vote for any number of the nominated articles. Every Sunday, the votes are tallied, and the winner will be promoted for a week to potential contributors. If you nominate an existing article, please add {{LCOTW}} to the article talk page.

To keep up to date, please copy the {{CurrentLCOTW}} message to your user or talk page.

Previous winners that have gone on to become featured articles can be found at /Features.
Previous winners can be found at /History.
Removed nominations can be found at /Removed.

[edit] Selecting the next Literature Collaboration of the week

The next winner will be selected on Monday, January 11, 12:00 (UTC).

[edit] Voting

Please vote for as many of the following candidates as you like. Please add only support votes. Opposing votes will not affect the result, as the winner is simply the one with the most support votes (see Approval voting).

Remember: Any registered user is encouraged to vote.

To enter your votes, simply edit the appropriate sections by just inserting a new line with "# ~~~~". This will add your username and a time stamp in a new numbered list item.

[edit] Tie-breakers

In case of a tie, voting will be extended for 24 hours. If there is still a tie, the candidate that was nominated first wins.

[edit] Nominations

New nominations can be made at any time and should be added at the end of this page. Please use the provided template.

If the page you are nominating already exists, please add {{LCOTWcandidate}} to the top of its talk page. This expands to:

This is a candidate for Literature Collaboration of the Week. Please visit that page to support or comment on the nomination.

If the article is selected as the Literature Collaboration of the week, please add {{IsLCOTW}} to the top of the article page. This expands to:

[edit] Considerations for nominations

• Giving reasons as to why an article should become the LCOTW may assist others in casting their vote.
• Can the wider literature community easily contribute to the article? Or is it something only a small number of people will know about?

[edit] Pruning

Nominations will be moved to /Removed if they have not received 2 votes after 14 days on the list, and so on as is fit.

[edit] Candidates for next collaboration

Template:

[edit] How to read a poem (1)

Nominated Feb 28; needs 3 votes by March 6 (minimum 3 votes per week)

Support:

1. Filiocht 12:49, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

• Needs much work, new name, etc. See article talk page for more. Filiocht

[edit] Burmese Days (2)

Nominated March 10; needs 3 votes by March 17 (minimum 3 votes per week)

Support:

1. A.K.A.47 21:34, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Comments:

• Early book by a great author - which reveals a lot about him, none of which is given credit for by this short article. A.K.A.47 21:34, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of fairy tales by place of origin (3)

notes: I created the article and used List of fairy tales I have organized many but not all I put the ones I haven't put in their respective table in a table in the talk page please help Support: --Alpha774 23:34, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Active LCOTWians

• CGorman
• Filiocht
• JOHN COLLISON | (Ludraman) (cmon guys I'm lonely here!)
• MacGyverMagic (currently researching nominations.)
• Danny 16:47, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• Jmabel | Talk 21:17, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)]]: not sure I'll be a regular on these, but I'll pitch in when I have something to add.
• Deepak 16:34, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
• Deb
• Jwrosenzweig
• gK ¿? 04:42, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC) I am mostly interested in poetry, and especially Japanese poetry such as haiku and tanka, but will try to help out when I can.
• Sjc 16:56, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC) - alright I don't read much these days written after the 13th century other than history but I will do what I can :)
• Litefantastic - Sorta.
• Awadewit 27 December 2004 - I can help out with British and American literature but will be most useful in the period from 1600 to 1900.