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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XVIII - November 2007

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KK nomination

Hey acs4b, thanks for nominating Kota Kinabalu. I'll try to improve it further, where i can. I think the history section is abit too brief, but atm i still cant find anything to expand the section. Probaly also need to make the "Culture and leisure" section less touristy. kawaputra^torque 07:42, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanksgiving

A little late but...

User:Alex Roggio/Thanksgiving ^{02:05, 23 November 2007 (UTC)}

WP Malaysia December 2007 collaboration of the month

Hi there, based on this month's total votes, our collaboration of the month will be none other than our capital city as well as Malaysia's primate city of Kuala Lumpur! Please feel free to make improvements on the article, or comment or give ideas on ways to further improve the quality of the article. And since you voted for this article, you are required make at least 75 edits within the month of December or else you will be blocked from editing wikipedia because of disruption. :o Just kidding. Happy editing. Thanxzsz. kawaputra^torque 04:03, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XIX - December 2007

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Project news A fairly quiet month in November. However we had a fairly successful COTM with the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland article with 85 modifications made. The success of which I will leave to your assessment. Member news The project has currently 290 members, 8 joined & 0 leavers since the start of November 2007 Task force news The Fantasy task force has got off to a really good start with now 13 members. Do cooperate one with another and make it really work for us. If any group of editors sees a need for a new "task force" then let us know. Also we can link a WikiProject in as a task force (as Australian task force), this has the benefit of reducing the level of effort dissipation and also advertising interest areas in more than one location. Novel related news The slightly controversial novel series in the fantasy genre, the The Sword of Truth series by American writer Terry Goodkind reaches its conclusion with the publication of the final novel Confessor. It is controversial for its espousal of the writer's objectivist philosophy. Slightly old news now but Madeleine L'Engle (born November 29, 1918), the American writer best known for her children's books, particularly the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet and Many Waters, has died of natural causes on September 6, 2007 taken from the Portal:Literature - news section Current debates Some discussion is going on about the "Activation of Members". To which end a "clearing house" of jobs and volunteers is being trialled at Novels Job Centre. Have a look and see what you think.	From the Members Welcome to the nineteenth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor Collaboration of the Month This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is Sons and Lovers. New suggestions always welcome! Newsletter challenge Last month's challenge (The Barracks) was completed by WikiProject Novels participant Blathnaid. The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Maria Edgeworth's Belinda (hint).
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Prowess

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You helped choose Dwarf planet as this week's WP:ACID winner

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WP Malaysia: January 2008 collaboration

Hello, based on the total votes collected in December, our collaboration of the month will be ♦ Mahathir bin Mohamad ♦. Please feel free to make improvements on the article, or comment or give ideas on ways to further improve the quality of the article. Thanks. kawaputra^torque 18:20, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XX - January 2008

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Project news Welcome to a new calendar year (for most of us!) During 2007 we have seen membership grow from just below 200 to just below 300. Also our tagged article count now runs at about 16,000 considerably up on this time last year. It highlights the message given from last year that there is much work to do improving and caring for this corner of our "wikiworld". Sadly our Auto-list editor moved on and we sorely need an able replacement. On a more positive note we have seen the establishment of task forces, style guidelines and peer review. Our latest outreach initiative is the Novels Job Centre. Member news The project has currently 299 members, 9 joined & 0 leavers since the start of November 2007 n.b. this graph copy has been included as a "one off" example just for this newsletter to let you see the addition to our membership page. Novels WikiProject Members Other news A look back to the year 2007 in the FA department shows the promotions of 4 novels articles: Mary: A Fiction, Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman, The Well of Loneliness and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Task force news The Australian task force (i.e. WikiProject Australian literature) is always welcoming new participants interested in Australian fiction. Novel related news The 2007 Costa Books Awards were announced on the 3rd January by Joanna Trollope. The two novel awards were the "2007 Costa Novel Award" A. L. Kennedy - Day and "2007 Costa First Novel Award" Catherine O'Flynn - What Was Lost Current debates Infobox Book has an inquiry about the Country field.	From the Members Welcome to the Twentieth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor Collaboration of the Month This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is Nausea (novel). Newsletter challenge Last month's challenge (Belinda) was completed by new member User:Nick mallory. The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Beryl Bainbridge's award-winning Master Georgie. All 2007 challenges were met, congratulations to all writers. Click show for the complete list. 2007 challenges Jan. - Dec. Fictional location A Taste for Death On the Eve Political thriller Work: A Story of Experience Pity is Not Enough As for Me and My House The Sphinx of the Ice Fields Over Sea, Under Stone The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot The Barracks Belinda
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Request for comment on Category Redirect template

Because you are a member of WikiProject Categories, your input is invited on some proposed changes to the design of the {{Category redirect}} template. Please feel free to view the proposals and comment on the template talk page. --Russ (talk) 21:48, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Malaysia announcement

Hi there. I just want to announce that this month's collaboration will be ΦЏ Orang Asli ЏΦ. You are encouraged to participate in improving the quality of this article by however means you wish. I would suggest that our target by the end of the month would be for this article to achieve a Good Article status. Happy editing! kawaputra^torque 13:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXI - February 2008

Archives  |  Tip Line  |  Editors The Novels WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXI - February 2008
Project news We have had a solid month with an increase of project tagging work. We now have a bit of a backlog of assessments needed. Member news The project has currently 305 members, 6 joined & 0 leavers since the start of January 2008. The member page has been reorganized with it being noted that many member are largely inactive. However this is not unusual for WikiProjects and we have a very loyal core of editors who work diligently away often without recognition. Other news Many book cover images were tagged for deletion because of missing or incorrect fair use rationales in January. Several notes on this subject were placed on the General Forum. Task force news There is a new 19th century task force. if this is an area of interest for you join in and help out. Novel related news 23 January, 2008 - The Nestlé Smarties Book Prize is discontinued as of 2008 Guardian The Jaipur Literature Festival, was held on the 23 - 27 January 2008, and is India's biggest festival of literature. British Council news site Margaret Truman Daniel, president’s daughter and popular author of mysteries, Dies at 83 on the 29 January 2008 NYTimes "Margaret Truman Daniel" obituary Current debates The short story taskforce talk page has a discussion relating to the (non)inclusion of articles on stories by well known authors. Find the debate here.	From the Members Welcome to the Twenty First issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor Collaboration of the Month This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is Rabbit, Run. Newsletter challenge Last month's challenge (Master Georgie) was completed by member User:Nick mallory again. Although is worth mentioning that much of the current content is the work of User:Yllosubmarine. The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Wright Morris' award-winning The Field of Vision.
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXII - March 2008

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Project news An election has been proposed to elect a council that will govern the whole project for a month or more, if you would like to debate this, go to the general discussion forum here Member news The project has currently 312 members, 7 joined & 0 leavers since the start of February 2008. Other news Last months collaboration brought few improvements it would be nice if more got involved with the one for this month. Task force news "Featured short stories?" discussion on the Short story task force talk page. Novel related news Penguin is planning to offer audiobooks that are free of digital copyright protection technology. (Guardian) Double Booker prize nominee, novelist Julian Rathbone dies on 28 February, aged 73. (Guardian) Mystery writer and romantic novelist Phyllis A. Whitney died on 8 February, aged 104. (Wikinews) Current debates The debate on "studying literature" is now taking place here. Please have a look and add to the debate.	From the Members Welcome to the Twenty Second issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor Collaboration of the Month This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is The Betrothed. Newsletter challenge Last month's challenge (The Field of Vision) was completed by member User:Elizabennet as a fairly basic "stub" if anyone knows more to enhance it, please do. The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Norman Douglas' perhaps most famous work South Wind (LE).
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WikiProject Novels - 1st Coordinators Election

An election has been proposed and has been set up for this project. Description of the roles etc., can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Coordinators. If you wish to stand, enter your candidacy before the end of March and ask your questions of anyone already standing at Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Coordinators/May 2008. Voting will start on the 1st April and close at the end of April. The intention is for the appointments to last from May - November 2008. For other details check out the pages or ask. KevinalewisBot (talk) 11:58, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

April 2008 collaboration

Hi there. We need more votes again for our April 2008 collaboration. As of March 27, only 6 members have voted. Please do exercise your right to vote! Thanks! :-) White2020 (talk) 04:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Archives  |  Tip Line  |  Editors The Novels WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXIII - April 2008
Project news Elections are now taking place for coordinators of the project for the next three months. Any editors interested in seeking a coordinator position, or who want a say in who is selected, should indicate as much here. Member news The project has currently 381 members, 69 joined & 0 leavers since the start of March 2008. Other news The project's long-time lead coordinator, Kevinalewis, has announced he is not standing as a candidate for another term in that capacity. We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to him for the extraordinary work he has done for this project. To Kill a Mockingbird was promoted to Featured Article status on April 3. This brings our FA count to 13! It has been suggested that WikiProject Sword of Truth be merged into WP:NOVELS, perhaps as a task force. Task force news Two inactive projects were converted into task forces, so Chronicles of Narnia task force and Lemony Snicket task force have been created. People interested in the aforementioned subjects are encouraged to support the new task forces. (Thank to Wassupwestcoast for the tip) Novel related news The science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke died on 19 March aged 90. Current debates There is a discussion regarding further task forces for other genres of fiction now taking place here.	From the Members Welcome to the Twenty Third issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk), Initiating Editor Collaboration of the Month This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is A Farewell to Arms. Newsletter challenge Last month's challenge (South Wind) was completed by member User:Blathnaid with a nice starting stub. The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Kate Christensen's 2008 PEN/Faulkner award winner The Great Man.
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Archives  |  Tip Line  |  Editors The Novels WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXIV - May 2008
Project news The project coordinators' election has concluded. User Yllosubmarine was strongly supported and has promised to be "willing to get some things in motion". Best wishes from the newsletter. Member news The project has currently 380 members, 1 joined & 2 leavers since the start of April 2008. Other news Nero Wolfe is up in peer review. Grey Griffins has been nominated for GA status. Want to see what wikipedians are reading or want the Wikipedia community to know what you are currently reading? Then check out Wikipedia:What I am reading at the moment. Task force news WikiProject Sword of Truth has been proposed to be merged with WP:NOVELS. The project has currently 9 task forces. Novel related news The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie will be released on June 3. On March 26th, 2008, Brandon Sanderson commenced work on the completion of A Memory of Light, the twelfth and final novel in The Wheel of Time series by the late Robert Jordan. Current debates Discussion on assessing novel articles.	From the Members Welcome to the Twenty Fourth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. feydey (talk), Temporary Editor Collaboration of the Month This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is Pride and Prejudice. Newsletter challenge Last month's challenge (The Great Man) was completed by our member User:MeegsC . The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Amy Tan's novel The Hundred Secret Senses.
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXIV - May 2008

Archives  |  Tip Line  |  Editors The Novels WikiProject Newsletter Issue XXIV - May 2008
Project news The project coordinators' election has concluded. User Yllosubmarine was strongly supported and has promised to be "willing to get some things in motion". Best wishes from the newsletter. Member news The project has currently 380 members, 1 joined & 2 leavers since the start of April 2008. Other news Nero Wolfe is up in peer review. Grey Griffins has been nominated for GA status. Want to see what wikipedians are reading or want the Wikipedia community to know what you are currently reading? Then check out Wikipedia:What I am reading at the moment. Task force news WikiProject Sword of Truth has been proposed to be merged with WP:NOVELS. The project has currently 9 task forces. Novel related news The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie will be released on June 3. On March 26th, 2008, Brandon Sanderson commenced work on the completion of A Memory of Light, the twelfth and final novel in The Wheel of Time series by the late Robert Jordan. Current debates Discussion on assessing novel articles.	From the Members Welcome to the Twenty Fourth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do. We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask. feydey (talk), Temporary Editor Collaboration of the Month This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is Pride and Prejudice. Newsletter challenge Last month's challenge (The Great Man) was completed by our member User:MeegsC . The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Amy Tan's novel The Hundred Secret Senses.
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