Wikipedia:WikiReader/Spoiler Warning

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^{A WikiReader Project}

^{Spoiler Warning is an idea for an (eventually) printed book containing some of the best articles from Wikipedia that are spoilers.}

^{[edit] Vision}

^{Wikipedia has thousands of spoilers for books, movies, plays, etc. The idea for a readers digest of condensed book summaries is not new; it is a well proven concept in traditional media.}

^{The "first" reader will contain the best spoilers in fiction (novels). Probably one spoiler for every 2 printed pages on average, for a 250 page book is about 120 spoilers, although 100 may be a more reasonable estimate. The focus will be on novels because it is a clear target market (and a market that reads and buys books). It is also utilitarian; there are so many novels published every year, a short summary of the best novels (prize winners and runners-up) would be a fun read in itself — 100 novels in 200 pages.}

^{The goal is to print and published the book, including an ISBN number and sales online through Amazon. It is not expected that WikiMedia would make money (probably lose money), but project participants could even fund it themselves, to experience the process of creating and publishing and distributing a book, a worthy goal (if only as an editor) for many.}

^{If it is a success, it could carry on to others in a series, such as movies, plays, etc.. and of course any actual profits would go to the Wikimedia Foundation (although, as said, it may be unreasonable to expect this to make money; 90% or more of self-published books sell less than a handful of copies, so a "success" would be a few hundred copies which would not even pay for the costs, while a bonanza would be a few thousand copies, in which case Wikimedia could buy a new server for the farm.)}

^{[edit] Participants}

^{Add your name to the list below, or add to the proposed list of articles/authors below.}

• • ^Stbalbach
  • ^Vidarlo

^{[edit] Tasks}

1. ^{List of proposed articles and/or Wikipedia authors and/or subject areas.}
2. ^{Write an editor(s) introduction.}

^{[edit] Awards Lists}

^{Places to browse for wikipedia articles that might be included in SW.}

• ^{Pulitzer Prize for Fiction}
• ^{List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction - checked, 1988-current.}
• ^{Governor General's Award}
• ^{Category:Nobel Prize in Literature winners}
• ^{Giller Prize}
• ^{Prix Goncourt}

• ^{Category:Literary awards}

^{[edit] WP Editors}

^{Wikipedians of note. Good writing, plus they have maintained lists of their contributions.}

1. ^{User:KF - excellent "spoilers" of many works of literature.}
2. ^{User:Geogre - many good articles.}

^{[edit] Articles}

^{Article spoilers to be considered for publication (GOAL: 200). These are Wikipedia articles that have been reviewed and are of known high quality.}

1. ^{The Old Man and the Sea}
2. ^{A Tale of a Tub}
3. ^{Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius}
4. ^{The Wonderful Wizard of Oz}
5. ^{Anna Karenina}
6. ^{Oryx and Crake}
7. ^{Notes on a Scandal}
8. ^{Life of Pi}
9. ^{Quarantine (novel)}
10. ^{The Kite Runner}
11. ^{The Giver}
12. ^{Lord of the Nutcracker Men}
13. ^{Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}
14. ^{Treasure Island}
15. ^{Around the World in 80 Days}
16. ^{Plot of Les Misérables}

^{[edit] Other sources}

^{[edit] BBC}

^{British public's 100 favourite books. In need of review.}

1. ^{The Lord of the Rings--Good synopses (natch), but they're divided up on the pages of the individual volumes, and divided by book and chapter. I don't know how to automate consolidating these.}
2. ^{Pride and Prejudice}
3. ^{His Dark Materials}
4. ^{The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}
5. ^{Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}
6. ^{To Kill a Mockingbird}
7. ^{Winnie the Pooh}
8. ^{Nineteen Eighty-Four}
9. ^{The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe}
10. ^{Jane Eyre}
11. ^{Catch 22}
12. ^{Wuthering Heights}
13. ^Birdsong
14. ^Rebecca
15. ^{The Catcher in the Rye}
16. ^{The Wind in the Willows}
17. ^{Great Expectations}
18. ^{Little Women}
19. ^{Captain Corelli's Mandolin}
20. ^{War and Peace}
21. ^{Gone with the Wind}
22. ^{Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}
23. ^{Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}
24. ^{Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}
25. ^{The Hobbit}
26. ^{Tess Of The D'Urbervilles}
27. ^Middlemarch
28. ^{A Prayer For Owen Meany}
29. ^{The Grapes Of Wrath}
30. ^{Alice's Adventures in Wonderland}
31. ^{The Story of Tracy Beaker}
32. ^{One Hundred Years of Solitude--Good synopsis, I'd say.}
33. ^{The Pillars of the Earth}
34. ^{David Copperfield}
35. ^{Charlie and the Chocolate Factory}
36. ^{(Duplicate) Treasure Island}
37. ^{A Town Like Alice}
38. ^Persuasion
39. ^Dune
40. ^Emma
41. ^{Anne of Green Gables}
42. ^{Watership Down}
43. ^{The Great Gatsby}
44. ^{The Count of Monte Cristo}
45. ^{Brideshead Revisited}
46. ^{Animal Farm}
47. ^{A Christmas Carol}
48. ^{Far From The Madding Crowd}
49. ^{Goodnight Mister Tom}
50. ^{The Shell Seekers}
51. ^{The Secret Garden}
52. ^{Of Mice And Men}
53. ^{The Stand}
54. ^{(duplicate) Anna Karenina}
55. ^{A Suitable Boy}
56. ^{The BFG}
57. ^{Swallows And Amazons}
58. ^{Black Beauty}
59. ^{Artemis Fowl}
60. ^{Crime and Punishment}
61. ^{Noughts and Crosses}
62. ^{Memoirs Of A Geisha}
63. ^{A Tale Of Two Cities}
64. ^{The Thorn Birds}
65. ^Mort
66. ^{The Magic Faraway Tree}
67. ^{The Magus}
68. ^{Good Omens}
69. ^{Guards! Guards!}
70. ^{Lord of the Flies}
71. ^Perfume
72. ^{The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists}
73. ^{Night Watch}
74. ^Matilda
75. ^{Bridget Jones's Diary}
76. ^{The Secret History}
77. ^{The Woman in White}
78. ^Ulysses
79. ^{Bleak House}
80. ^{Double Act}
81. ^{The Twits}
82. ^{I Capture the Castle}
83. ^Holes
84. ^Gormenghast
85. ^{The God of Small Things}
86. ^{Vicky Angel}
87. ^{Brave New World}
88. ^{Cold Comfort Farm}
89. ^Magician
90. ^{On The Road}
91. ^{The Godfather}
92. ^{The Clan of the Cave Bear}
93. ^{The Colour of Magic}
94. ^{The Alchemist}
95. ^Katherine
96. ^{Kane and Abel}
97. ^{Love in the Time of Cholera}
98. ^{Girls In Love}
99. ^{The Princess Diaries}
100. ^{Midnight's Children}