Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels/Members
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[edit] Documentation
For discussion of the project membership list
[edit] Discussion
[edit] Web novels
are web novels considered novels? even though they are published a chapter at a time? Avyfain 08:20, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
- I would say yes - as long as they are narrative prose, the only thing is they are notoriously difficult to establish notability for. They must be notable to appear here. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 09:27, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
- Agree, 3 to 6 months would be OK.
[edit] Alphabetizing the list
How about alphabetizing the list on user names? The only objection would be the loss of 'seniority' but this is retained by the 'joined...' statement. Alphabetizing seems sensible. I'll do it if there is a consensus as I've done it at another projects participant list to good effect. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 16:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Inactive members
I purged the list of inactive members. Unfortnately, this meant active members went from 295 to 191. The inactive list grew from 8 to 111. Thus, the project has lost 104 members who have left Wikipedia; or at least no longer edit. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 03:59, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- So! you just went ahead and did it anyway! Nice consultation process. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 08:50, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yup, I was bold. I did ask about alphabetizing the list and no reply. My experience is that a lot of projects are kind of moribund so I am impressed that there are people active at the novels project. Anyway, this isn't the first project I've been involved in in terms of maintenance. As for monitoring for inactive members, no one has been doing that for over a year. I found some 104 inactive members on the list; some inactive from early 2006. Generally, it is more convenient to use an alphabetized list. The 'joined on...' dates have little relevance to whether a member is active or not. Some members who joined recently are not active on Wikipedia at all. The list now is more reflective of reality. For example, here is an example of a member who joined in Oct 2007 and the editor's only edit - repeat: the only edit on Wikiepedia - was to join the project [1]. Such a member is not actively contributing to the project. Obviously, I'm willing to do some project maintenance here and there. I also fixed some templates. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 16:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
