Wikipedia:WikiProject Screenwriters

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At the moment, this project has just started, and needs members. Join if you are interested in Screenwriting. The aim is to get as many users as possible. If you know someone who contributes here and has an interest in Screenwriting make sure they are aware of this project. Please help out by indexing all the Screenwriting articles you know of on Wikipedia:WikiProject Screenwriters/index.

Featured Screenwriter
William Monahan

1 Scope
2 Current collaborations
3 Goals
4 Examples
5 Participants
6 Templates
- 6.1 Article Page template
- 6.2 Userbox

[edit] Scope

This project is an effort to improve the articles on Screenwriters and Screenwriting at Wikipedia and to create a portal to encompass the totality of that knowledge.

[edit] Current collaborations

David Mamet, multi talented writer, occasional film director, cynic, teacher, and vocal opinionator.

Jane Espenson, prolific TV writer, insightful blogger, and all around humorist.

Michael Arndt, Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay, human being, and possible up-and-comer.

[edit] Goals

Develop a format for writing the career of a screenwriter.
Create a Screenwriters portal

[edit] Examples

Featured article on a Screenwriter: Aaron Sorkin
Featured article on a Screenwriter: William Monahan
Decent article on a TV writer: Josh Schwartz
... and even the prolific David E. Kelley

[edit] Participants

BillDeanCarter 03:41, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Chickenmonkey 21:57, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Cineaste 09:18, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Robixsmash 04:33, 16 September 2007
Therefore 06:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
Opark 77 22:43, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
Redl@nds597198 08:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
User:Mike1981
EraserGirl (talk) 21:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Creamy3 (talk) 23:40, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Templates

[edit] Article Page template

On the talk pages of the articles that we are focusing on, please put in this template: {{Screenwriters}}. It should appear like this:

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Screenwriters, an attempt to comprehensively cover Screenwriting, Screenwriters, and related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this notice, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.