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The members of this WikiProject have come together to make some suggestions about how Wikipedians may contribute to articles about books and literature in general. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!

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[edit] Project details

[edit] Title

WikiProject Books

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to provide book reviews and publishing history of manuscript and published books (both fiction and nonfiction), significant pamphlets, series of books, serials, graphic novels and compilations of plays, poetry, and short stories that were published as books.

The goals of this project are to identify titles that do not yet have articles in Wikipedia, and to discuss and suggest guidelines for writing articles.

[edit] Parentage

[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

The descendant WikiProjects are

and specialised WikiProjects like: Balzac, Terry Pratchett's Discworld, Harry Potter, Middle-earth, Lemony Snicket, The Wizard of Oz, Inheritance Trilogy.

[edit] Related WikiProjects

Related WikiProjects are

[edit] Current and past books related discussions on WP

I have removed the PROD on this as I have indicated on the article talk page - appears notable to me.:: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 09:30, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

Book articles are sorted under many categories, look in Category:Books for the list. There are two "main" categories that most books are sorted to:

[edit] Stubs

Main list of stub tags at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/Stub_types#Literature. If you find a stub article that has not yet been marked as a stub, please add to the bottom of the article one of the following stub templates:

[edit] Descendant projects stubs

[edit] Generic stubs

[edit] Article structure

[edit] Naming

[edit] Structures

These are guides to the amendment of any existing articles or for the creation of new articles.

Books

Authors

Libraries

Others

[edit] Resources

[edit] Literary encyclopedias

[edit] Hierarchy definition

Since there are many types of publications, boundaries must be set so that other WikiProjects can guide articles that this one doesn't. So far, the titles that have been included on the List of books by title are those that if most people saw the item in their hands, they would call it a 'book'.

Included:

Not included:

[edit] General Strategy and Discussion forum

[edit] Templates

Books Portal
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Books. To participate, you can edit the article. You can discuss the Project at its talk page.
NA This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the quality scale.

The general banner for WikiProject Books is {{WPBooks}}. You can add it to any articles in the scope of the WikiProject like so:

{{WPBooks
|class= 
|needs-infobox=
}}
  • class: Options are FA, A, GA, B, Start, Stub, Dab, Template, Cat. If blank, this will default as Unassessed. Descriptions of the options can be found at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment#Grades.
  • needs-infobox: Answer yes if the article lacks an infobox, otherwise remove this line. Nothing changes to the appearance to the template if yes is used, however it will be added to the category of book articles needing one.
Book's title
Author George Orwell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Satire
Publisher Secker and Warburg
Publication date 1945
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 112 p. (UK paperback edition)
ISBN ISBN 0140126708 (UK paperback edition)

Infobox template for a book Template:Infobox Book ( {{Infobox Book}} )

Template:Book list for a list, bibliography, or series of books:

Title Author Publisher Date Genre Length
Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery L. C. Page & Co. April 1908 Children's novel 429 pp (first edition)
Miss Marilla Cuthbert and Mr. Matthew Cuthbert, middle-aged siblings who live together at Green Gables, a farm in Avonlea, on Prince Edward Island, decide to adopt an orphan boy from the asylum as a helper on their farm. Through a series of mishaps, what ends up under their roof is a precocious girl of eleven named Anne Shirley. 
Anne of Avonlea Lucy Maud Montgomery L. C. Page & Co. 1909 Children's novel
The second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. This book follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. 

See also Category:Book templates.

Template for a fictional novel: (See also WikiProject Novels.)

Template for a graphic novel or a published collection of daily or weekly comic strips:

Template for a nonfiction book:

Template for a single volume or multi volume reference work:

[edit] Uploading images

Images of book covers should be uploaded with the {{Book cover}} licence tag (Category:Book covers). Older covers i.e. published in the U.S. before 1923, should go to Commons - commons:Special:Upload. For existing images look through links in /Images.

[edit] Exemplary articles

FA books:

And these Novels or Novellas - Also perview of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels
Literary terms
Abstract Detail
Acropole
Adrenachrome
Arabian Goggles
Beast Epic
Biological Essentialism
Clavis aurea
Ceneme
Center of Energy
Chronological Narration
Composite character
Directors of conscience
Discontinuous narrative
Disinfotainment
Fictography
more...

[edit] Work to be done

See the project's to-do list at /To-do

Write new articles or expand old ones:

Sort or expand stub articles:

Remove red links from these award winning book lists:

The most complete list of books that have Wikipedia articles is at Wikipedia:Wikiproject Books/Lists of books. Please help maintain this list by adding requested articles to the list and writing articles about books that have been requested. Help make sure that all the books on this list have been assigned to categories by adding the genres that are subcategories of Category:Books to each article.

[edit] New articles review

[edit] Assessment

Quality Importance
Featured article FA Top
A High
Good article GA Mid
B Low
Start
Stub

For assessing book articles within the project, see /Assessment. This WikiProject is assessing major literature related articles, see /Worklist. For assessing novels see WikiProject Novels/Assessment.

One of the most common methods used by WikiProjects to monitor and prioritize their work is that of assessing the articles within their scope. The de facto standard for these assessments is the Version 1.0 Editorial Team's assessment scale (shown at right).

This project also makes importance assessments.

[edit] Bot-assisted assessment

Not yet created.

[edit] Participants

The following is a list of participants to this project. For people interested in userboxes, there is a general one available, {{User:Scepia/bibliophile}}. See Category:Book fan user templates for others.
This user is a bibliophile.
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Books/User Participant}} is available for this project's participants.
So many books to read, so little time... This user is a participant of WikiProject Books.


  1. GUllman
  2. AlainV
  3. alexwilliamson_46
  4. Phil | Talk as and when I get time, obviously
  5. Pinaki Ghosh I started with a number of article creation on bestseller Indian books. Now working on popular British and US business books and their authors.
  6. Kwill (Talk) my primary interest is in hashing out what is essential from an ordering/purchasing point of view - also old editions and such
  7. Simonides
  8. WikiUser I'm reading project material. Let me know what's latest needed.
  9. Ta bu shi da yu I'm happy to give it a go!
  10. DaGizza I will participate casually
  11. --Jacqui M Schedler 16:04, 22 September 2005 (UTC) Got here because I was looking up how I should write The Golden Notebook. I can participate in random bursts, as I am a college student with a thesis.
  12. Wikipedius (mostly Italian Literature)
  13. Yorktown 1776 I'll add infoboxes and write some articles.
  14. --Lacatosias I am a book-eating monster. My whole existenece revolves around books.
  15. Socialists collective (Talk to the Socialists) We would be more than happy to help where necessary.
  16. User:Badlydrawnjeff, looking more to help with children's lit.
  17. feydey
  18. WikiaAlexC, I can help
  19. Tennessee Wood
  20. Beth Wellington
  21. General Eisenhower • (at war or at peace)
  22. Ray-Ray
  23. Mingus ah um
  24. Wootking
  25. NicosT
  26. Nikcool - I will do what I can, when I can
  27. Anonymous_anonymous (talk · contribs) - I'm a participant of Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature
  28. Hawksun - Really willing to help the project as best as I can.
  29. LittleDantalk 13:12, 5 July 2006 (UTC) - I'll help with this, especially placing infoboxes
  30. ReverendG 02:44, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
  31. Fabartus — I've been doing a lot of SF already. // Fra
  32. PeregrineV - I work mostly on novels but am willing to help with all books. PeregrineV 17:43, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  33. nkB 07:26, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
  34. Jitterro - I'm mainly working on A Series of Unfortunate Events, but I'll take on anything I can.
  35. Anarchia
  36. Lanklan - Mainly dealing with books on IB syllabus, and translating portions of text from German wikipedia.
  37. NauticaShades 15:22, 13 October 2006 (UTC). I'm in!
  38. Andrew Dalby 21:04, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
  39. Fleiger - Mainly interested in fiction and children's literature.
  40. User:mujinga - I like contemporary fiction, but will probably pop up in different places
  41. User:Roaming27
  42. An Apple a day keeps -The Doctor- Away.. Or does it! (talk)(contribs) - I will help out..
  43. Rob C (Alarob)
  44. Pink moon 1287
  45. Ekantik
  46. Jacklau96--I will help out in this wikiproject.
  47. Mikelau97
  48. Zaparojdik-- I'm interested in scientific books.
  49. Acjelen
  50. Bjewiki 23:48, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
  51. Awadewit - As my scholarly speciality is eighteenth-century literature, I will probably contribute most in that area.
  52. Exiledone 21:54, 17 February 2007 (UTC) - Will take on any work especially 20th and 21st century works.
  53. Gandalf's-hattalk - fictional works
  54. Chancellor MP - Non-fiction books.
  55. Felixboy - Young adult Novels and travel Narrative.
  56. Zidane tribal - I`ll work as hard as i can for wikipedia and this project.
  57. Zigzig20s - student in English literature.Zigzig20s 13:04, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
  58. Viriditas
  59. — Gaff ταλκ 01:40, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
  60. BeachSidePress - Doh, I'm a publisher. Helping with satire and historical fiction.
  61. --Amadscientist 01:31, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
  62. SatuSuro 10:10, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
  63. SilentAria 10:11, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
  64. Vbofficial 02:35, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
  65. Joshua Issac 22:47, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
  66. Dragonbite 19:17, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
  67. kk_loach
  68. Eley 16:48, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
  69. Angela C - I'm interested in Cookbooks, including vegan and vegetarian. Also non-fiction and some children's books.
  70. Connör (talk) 21:22, 15 September 2007 (UTC) - I've been working on Tangerine (novel) quite a bit for no reason, so I guess I'll help out with any other book articles.
  71. Marlith T/C 17:06, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  72.  — AnnaKucsma  Speak! 00:18, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  73. Portia1780 - into French literature
  74. KXS-KXS Tell Me what to read and I will read it!
  75. Peach-cherry I love reading!!
  76. Lquilter - Mostly ranking works of scholarship or pre-20th century importance; fiction only for works of feminist science fiction or genres that are prone to neglect. --lquilter 20:39, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
  77. Chenzo23 (talk) 23:50, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
  78. D-rew (talk) 07:10, 5 December 2007 (UTC)Nonfiction please.
  79. Qst — I enjoy creating book articles.
  80. Josuechan especially interested in science books. 22 December 2007.
  81. Yun-Yuuzhan interested in helping out, finding info or adding missing content.
  82. Legoktm (talk) I will mostly contribute to the Artemis Fowl articles.
  83. Volpeculus sagacis The weirder, the better.
  84. Aristophanes68 (talk · contribs)--esp. ethnic U.S. lit
  85. Zoidbergmd -- English and American Literature
  86. Brandon (talk) -- Fantasy and Classical Literature, Hindu and Norse Mythology
  87. Junius49 (talk) 23:26, 20 May 2008 (UTC) -- British and Irish literature (esp. 1860 - 1920), contemporary science fiction.
  88. Jomunro (talk) - the minor books people haven't got round to making pages for