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Welcome to the Novels WikiProject Collaboration of the Month! This effort seeks to identify articles within the field of literature and novels—including novels and novel series, novel characters, novellas and many others—that require improvement. Every month, a single article will be selected as the collaboration, and everyone will work to improve it as much as possible. (It has been requested we work on a number of articles from different genres at once to reflect interest diversity, that may be added later)
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[edit] Nominating articles
To nominate an article, add
===[[Name of article]]=== Nomination text. ~~~~ '''Support''' # ~~~~ '''Comments'''
at the bottom of the list of candidates, filling in the name of the article and the nomination text (which should indicate why the article would benefit from a collaboration and what needs to be improved).
Please remember to add collaboration-candidate=yes to the {{NovelsWikiProject}} project banner at the top of the article's talk page (see the Project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax).
[edit] Stalled nominations
Nominations which have "stalled" through lack of support are listed at: Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Collaboration/Stalled. Stalled nominations are those which have received no more than two votes of support (including the original nomination) during their first six months on the candidates list. Should a stalled nomination receive a third vote of support, its listing should return to the list of active candidates below as it may have sufficient community interest to be selected.
[edit] Candidates
[edit] The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Classic children's novel that is a former Featured Article. It was demoted in 2005, with the note that it could easily return to FA status if specific tasks were completed. However little effort seems to have been made to complete these and the article has fallen further into disrepair. There is a specific list of tasks to complete on the talk page, although other contributions would of course be welcome as well. S Luke 23:20, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Steppenwolf
A well-known 1928 novel by German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse. According to the current article, the novel has four characters and a theme. I have great difficulty following the Plot Summary, though I am familiar with the novel. --EncycloPetey 21:28, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Support
- EncycloPetey (talk · contribs)
- Dwarf Kirlston (talk · contribs)
- William P. Coleman (talk · contribs)
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[edit] Shantaram_(novel)
Noticed Shantaram is up for collaborative improvement and want to support it. At 936 pages it deserves more layers in the plot with themes, subplots and characters sections at least. Julia Rossi (talk) 01:16, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Support
- Julia Rossi (talk · contribs)
Comments
[edit] Current collaboration
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This is the current Novels WikiProject Collaboration of the Month! | |
| Please read the nomination text and help improve this article towards featured article standard. The next collaboration will be selected on Friday, 4 July 2008. (Vote here) |
The next collaboration will hopefully be selected on Friday, 4 July 2008. The current time is 19:04, June 12, 2008.
[edit] Cities in Flight
One of the best works by one of the most sophisticated Golden Age science fiction writers. Currently, it redirects to its author, James Blish. ragesoss 12:07, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Support
Comments
- Seems to be this author "Magnum Opus". Should be properly covered. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:02, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- I would support this article for collaboration of the month except the the book is very hard to find. I've been trying to collect key sci-fi novels for the past few years and this is one I've not come across, even in specialty stores. By contrast, I've had an easy time finding A Case of Conscience, which could also use a reworking. --EncycloPetey 18:04, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
- I'd also be interested in Golden Age Sci-fi, even though Blish is an author I haven't read. The previous comment about unavailability worries me. Also, the James Blish article seems to say it's a series. Are you nominating the series as a whole or a specific title?
- (blink) You've never read any Blish?? He's considered one of the greats! As for the question about the "series", the original stories were collected by Blish and issued as a single volume entitled Cities in Flight. As such, it may not qualify for the label "novel". --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] History
[edit] Archives
[edit] Maintenance
At the beginning of every month, a new collaboration article should be selected. This should generally be the candidate with the most support (and the oldest candidate in case of a tie).
To archive the current collaboration:
- Remove
{{NovelsWikiProject Collaboration}}from the top of the current collaboration article. - Change the date details on the article talk page
past-collaboration=<start date>–<end date>in the {{NovelsWikiProject}} project banner to include the end date. - Add the current article to the bottom of the history section.
- Move the current article's nomination text to the archive.
To select the new collaboration:
- Add
{{NovelsWikiProject Collaboration}}to the top of the new article. - Move the new article's nomination text to the "Current collaboration" section.
- Update Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Collaboration/Current to point to the new article.
- Update Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Collaboration/NextDate to use the next vote date.
- Replace
collaboration-candidate=yeswithpast-collaboration=<start date>–<end date>in the {{NovelsWikiProject}} banner at the top of the new article's talk page. The "<end-date>" element should read "open" to start with. - Add
{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Collaboration/Notice|Name of article}} ~~~~to the talk pages of users who supported the new article. - Notify any relevant task forces of the current collaboration.
