Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Outreach/Newsletter January 2007

Image:Book collection.jpg The Novels WikiProject Newsletter
Issue VIII - January 2007

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; Project news

• Welcome to a new calendar year (for most of us!)
• During this year we have seen huge a growth in the number of editors contributing to the project and a massive increase in the number of articles linked to the project. We have managed to raise the quality of significant numbers of articles. But with this ever changing beast that is wikipedia there is no room of complacency and there is a mountain of editing work still to do. The member project space has developed and the latest developments are more Outreach options for your use and the establishment of the first "Task Force" for special interest areas within the overall purview of the project.
• There are now well over 7000 articles tagged as part of the project!

; Member news

• The project has currently 192 members, 15 joined & 1 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of November 2006.

; Other news

• The Literature Portal reached featured status!

; Auto list news

• These are constantly being worked on. Particularly Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/NovelsInCompleteInfobox which is due for a refresh, but this is a bit delayed. However there is still plenty of work to do.

; Current debates

• A new policy proposal has been started and this is to be seen at Wikipedia:Speedy deletion criterion for unsourced articles, please take a look at these and comment. This is a vital subject and all editors should consider the implications. These are NOT active yet, but could have wide reaching consequences. Please contribute your views.
• Another interesting debate is the naming of novel related categories. debate to found at The Return of Works by Artist...

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; From the Members

Welcome to the eighth 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 envolved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.

Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk), Initiating Editor

; Collaboration of the Month

• The Collaboration of the Month for December was Waverley (novel) by Sir Walter Scott this has been much improved due to your efforts. This months Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is The Scarlet Letter.

; Newsletter challenge

Last months paranoid fiction challenge was met by the surreal chess playing, manga reading user {{user|Breed Zona}} with an accurate stub.

• The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Fictional locations.