Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Outreach/Newsletter August 2009

The WikiProject Novels Newsletter

Issue 32 - August 2009

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 32 - August 2009

The Novels Project now has 133 active members.
17 positions remain unfilled at the Job Centre. Members who are active project contributors are encouraged to apply even if they can only do a position for a short time.

ON July 26, a fact about F. Springer's novel Bougainville appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the DYK section.
On July 27, a fact about Arnon Grunberg's award-winning 2003 novel The Asylum Seeker appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section.
On July 28, a fact about Austrian writer Felix Salten appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the DYK section.
On August 1, a fact about Scottish novelist Walter Scott appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section.
On August 4, a fact about Mark Twain's novel The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know? section.
On August 12, a fact about American author Jeffrey McClanahan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section.

- Contributors were Alan16 and Sabiona (who searched the archives).

The members of the Chronicles of Narnia task force have created a new ad encouraging people to join. You can display it on your user page or talk page using the following code: {{Wikipedia ads|ad=190}}.
The role of Coordinator for the Sword of Truth task force was undertaken by SADADS.
The role of Coordinator is vacant for the following task forces: Australian, Chronicles of Narnia, Crime, Lemony Snicket, Science Fiction, and Short Story.

– The position of Task Force Coordinator is still available at the Job Centre.
Peer review and assessment news

Peer Reviews are still open for eight articles – The Lightning Thief, The Last of the Masters, The Kindly Ones, Flowers for Algernon, World War Z, Sector General, Petals of Blood, and Scenes of Clerical Life. Feel free to submit any novel-related article that you are working on for review, and please consider stopping by and reviewing an article, as we need more reviewers for our articles!

Hello, I am a school librarian in my ‘real life’ and so I use Wikipedia a lot with students ageing from twelve to eighteen. While helping students research various topics I’ve run across many holes in Wikipedia that need to be filled so I created an account and began editing pieces. I’m taking a break from teaching for a few years while I raise two boys of my own, so I created a personal account a couple months ago and am focusing on editing articles on literature as well as the upper Midwest area of the United States and theatre. I enjoy all forms of literature but most often read fantasy and mystery. I am an occasional editor with no intent to run for any post; instead, I look at one or two articles a month that need help and do what I can. My public library system allows home access to a number of academic and professional databases, which is where I find most of my sources. Finally, I am currently working on filling in some of the red links on the Newbery Medal page and then hope to turn the stubs into full articles. Anyone want to help? I'd be interested in starting a Award Winners workgroup. I am also active in the WikiProject Biography and in the Children and Young Adult Literature WikiProject. They all have areas of focus that compliment each other and my interests.

There is a debate ongoing about the use of YouTube sources on novel-related articles at the Steven Erikson Talk page.

Author Rachel Kushner's début novel, Telex From Cuba, is one of six novels nominated for a Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

I was approached after the last newsletter by somebody who wanted to reach out to some of the readers, so here we are – Alan16(talk).

Hi all, the Sword of Truth Task Force is restarting to clean up the articles related to Terry Goodkind's books and there adaptations. With the new TV series, The Legend of the Seeker, the books and the TV show are getting more critical attention, which means more real world material to document this great series of book. I would love to have other's help, as I have only just recently joined to find no other active members. The other members, as listed, have mostly left Wikipedia or removed themselves from the task force. If you are interested I would love to talk at the forum: Wikipedia:WikiProject Sword of Truth/General Forum, or send me a message. Hope to talk to some of you soon, SADADS (talk).

This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is : The Sound and the Fury.

All members are asked to assist where they can.
The next months collaboration will be selected on 21 September 2009.

Last months newsletter challenge, The Cater Street Hangman was completed by Sabiona. Members are encouraged to help improve this article.

The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This months newsletter challenge is Oberon Past and Present by Anthony Burgess.

WikiProject Novels • (inc. novellas, novelettes & short stories)
Announcements and open tasks

→ Please help with tagging articles!

Critique (Featured article): 33 achieved
Novels WikiProject Peer reviews: • Sector General • Petals of Blood • Flowers for Algernon
Improve: Oberon Old and New • The Age of Reason • Furies of Calderon • Wolf Brother • The Monk • The English Patient • Bones of the Moon
Create: To the Vanishing Point • Spoilt City
Recently a new worklist had been created and quietly arrived, the Cleanup listing which gives a fairly comprehensive hit list of "novels" related articles that have been tagged for something or other.
Since then a new Article alerts listing has also been added of more topic and "urgent" items worthy of our attention.