- Member news
- Coordinators election voting and question time is now open. Project members should vote for any candidates they wish to support by November 28 at the Coordinator Elections. Yllosubmarine, aka Maria, has decided not to be reappointed, her work as sole Coordinator since the last elections in May is highly appreciated by all members of the project.
- The Novels Project now has 88 active members.
- 18 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.
- Ladywitchthought has taken on the position of coordinator for the "Lemony Snicket task force".
- Project news
- On September 26, a fact on Shea Ohmsford, the protagonist of Terry Brooks novel The Sword of Shannara appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column.
- On September 29, the expanded article about the novel Thrones, Dominations written by Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh appeared on the main page in the DYK section.
- On October 11, the new article Going, Going, Gone written by Jack Womack appeared on the main page in the DYK section.
- On October 18, a fact from The Dragon Lord by David Drake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column.
- On October 22, the expanded articles The Sirian Experiments and The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 written by Doris Lessing appeared on the main page in the DYK section.
- On October 25, the new article A Real Basket Case by Beth Groundwater appeared on the main page in the DYK section.
- Contributors are the_ed17, Maclean25 & Captain-tucker (who searched the archives).
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- Task force and related news
- – Position of editor for 'Task force news' is still available at the Job Centre.
- Peer review and assessment news
- – the_ed17 (talk), Editor – Peer review and assessment news
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- Member in Focus
- Hi, I have been around this project for quite some time now. Bit of a hiatus earlier this year, but back now just contributing. The Novels WikiProject wasn't started by me but my interest in the subject initially attracted me to what was here. It has developed substantially in the last few years and now takes in all forms of Narrative Prose Fiction within its scope. We are about the content not the format of the prose so WP:Books differs a little in that an implied format is entailed; also they can also focus more clearly on non-fiction. WP:Literature are the "new boys on the block" and are a little more focused on the "quality" aspects of literature, and again they have less emphasis on pure fiction and the prose aspect. Our biggest problem is to maintain a certain focus of interest across such a broad subject area and we need workers who can develop task forces, teams for assessment, teams for peer review and so much more. "So much to do, so little time, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late" to misquote from Alice in Wonderland.
Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk)
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- Current debates
- The featured list Narnian timeline has been nominated for removal. You can comment here. The Narnian timeline is a featured list, which means it has been identified as one of the best lists produced by the Wikipedia community.
- Novel related news
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- From the Outreach Department
As I shall be leaving Wikipedia, this will be my last newsletter. Any member who is interested in taking over the role of editor can sign up for the position at the Job Centre.
Over the last month I have been working on a portal for our project. So am happy to announce that the Novels Portal is now up and running.
Boylo (talk), Editor
- Boylo:
Thank you for getting this newsletter back on its feet and going again. No Boylo equals no Novels Portal...heck, without you, we wouldn't have had a newsletter for these past months...so, for all of the members of the Novels WikiProject, I want to thank you for the time and effort you have put into this project, and I wish you the best of luck in all of your future endeavors. Thanks, pal.
- the_ed17 (talk)
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- Collaboration of the Month
- This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is : Novel.
As this is our Project's premier article, all members are asked to assist.
The next collaboration is due for selection on 21 November, 2008 so cast your vote.
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- Newsletter challenge
Our last newsletter's challenge The Cater Street Hangman was uncompleted.
- The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Mindplayers by science fiction author Pat Cadigan.
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- Announcements and open tasks
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WikiProject Novels • (inc. novellas, novelettes & short stories)
Announcements and open tasks
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