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"Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me
From mine own library with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom."

– Prospero to Miranda in The Tempest, Act 1 Scene 2, by William Shakespeare

Welcome to the Literature Wikiproject main page. This project is devoted to increasing the quality of articles dealing with general literature subjects, literary criticism, and literary terms or genres which encompass several different types of writing. Anyone is invited to join in the effort by adding their name to the members list. A list of current jobs needing to be done can be found in the to do section. We call special attention to our current effort to gather new members and determine project scope and status.

For information on assessments of articles within the scope of the project, please go to /Assessment. For deletion discussions related to literature, see: Deletion sorting/Literature. For the project's most popular pages, see: /Popular pages.

Open tasks for Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature.

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Urgent:
To Nominate at WP:FAC:
To Improve to Featured standard:
To Improve to GA standard: Literature
Collaboration:
To Expand: Texas literature, Scansion
To Clean up:
Up for Deletion:
To Review/Rate: Anagram
To Merge/Split:
To Destub: Stub-class articles
To Copyedit:
To Categorize:
To Create: Eric Nusbaum, Pete Beatty
To de-redlink:
Lists to complete: Rose Mary Crawshay Prize
Wanted Pics/Graphics:
Maintain: add {{WPLIT}} to the talk pages of Literature articles.

To do[edit]

Improve the bird's eye view[edit]

The entire subject and Wikipedia's coverage of it is intended to be summarized in the Outline of literature. It in turn is part of Wikipedia's outline system which is one of Wikipedia's main contents systems. Please look it over and fill-in missing topics. If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them.

Article alerts[edit]

Article alerts

Did you know

16 Jun 2022 – Lawyering (book) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by SL93 (t · c); see discussion
19 May 2022 – Kaoru Genji (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Ronaa22 (t · c); see discussion
17 May 2022 – Gothic double (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Snowdrop Fairy (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

29 Jun 2022 – False Mirrors (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Just Another Cringy Username (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
28 Jun 2022 – R. E. Bradshaw (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Alexandermcnabb (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
26 Jun 2022 – Branford Boase Award (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Praxidicae (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
26 Jun 2022 – Diadem (series) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Just Another Cringy Username (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
26 Jun 2022 – Spell Wars (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Praxidicae (t · c); see discussion (9 participants)
20 Jun 2022 – The Hurricane Code (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by MrOllie (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
19 Jun 2022 – Snowball (Novel) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by A loose necktie (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
19 Jun 2022 – The story of a Magian love (Novel), (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by A loose necktie (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
17 Jun 2022 – Mark Kamrath (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Rsjaffe (t · c); see discussion (12 participants; relisted)
11 Jun 2022 – List of minor Mulliner characters (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion (12 participants; relisted)

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Proposed deletions

27 Jun 2022 – Kelvin R. Throop (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Sahaib (t · c): Non notable character/pseudonym.

Categories for discussion

11 May 2022 – Category:Songs about the Devil (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
02 May 2022 – Category:History in fiction (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

22 May 2022 – White Aethiopians (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Chiswick Chap (t · c); start discussion
29 Apr 2022 – Athir al-Din Akhsikati (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HistoryofIran (t · c); start discussion
25 Apr 2022 – Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HistoryofIran (t · c); start discussion
20 Apr 2022 – Humam-i Tabrizi (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HistoryofIran (t · c); start discussion

Requests for comments

21 Jun 2022 – List of common misconceptions (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Mr swordfish (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

09 Jan 2022 – Paul Goodman (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Czar (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

26 May 2022 – Libraries and librarians in fiction (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Librarians in popular culture by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
02 Apr 2022 – Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Sinopecynic (t · c); see discussion
04 Feb 2022 – Charitar 373 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Dasam Granth by TrangaBellam (t · c); see discussion
04 Feb 2022 – Charitar 266 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Dasam Granth by TrangaBellam (t · c); see discussion
04 Feb 2022 – Charitar 71 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Dasam Granth by TrangaBellam (t · c); see discussion
04 Feb 2022 – Charitar 2 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Dasam Granth by TrangaBellam (t · c); see discussion
09 Jan 2022 – Letopis (genre) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to East Slavic chronicle by Mzajac (t · c); see discussion
28 Aug 2021 – Struldbrugg (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Luggnagg by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
26 Aug 2021 – Cthulhu Mythos deities (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of Great Old Ones by Piotrus (t · c); see discussion
26 Sep 2020 – Luggnagg (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Gulliver's Travels by Goustien (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

24 Aug 2021 – Plagiarism (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by RFZYNSPY (t · c); see discussion
02 Sep 2017 – List of 20th-century writers (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Koavf (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

30 Jun 2022 – Draft:Object:Paradise (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Tykosay (t · c)
29 Jun 2022 – Draft:Eldar Sattarov (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 176.52.111.46 (t · c)
29 Jun 2022 – Draft:Keiran Goddard (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Tinadawncrowe (t · c)
29 Jun 2022 – Draft:R. S. Gormack (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Albinoni67 (t · c)
28 Jun 2022 – Draft:Edward Taylor Fletcher (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 96.55.231.173 (t · c)
28 Jun 2022 – Draft:Laszlo Alexandru (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Lecturadantis (t · c)
27 Jun 2022 – Draft:A. J. Bermudez (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ContemporaryInfo (t · c)
16 Jun 2022 – Draft:Center For Mark Twain Studies (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by FrivolousStranger (t · c)
16 Jun 2022 – Draft:Ladislao Pablo Győri (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Graphicdreams (t · c)
16 Jun 2022 – Draft:Pasbaan-e-adab (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Umairsy (t · c)

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Scope and Related WikiProjects[edit]

WikiProject Literature was assembled to organize and promote quality coverage of literary concepts and other general pages on literature on Wikipedia.

Articles concerning people, such as authors, can be directed to WikiProject Biography.

Articles concerning books and book publishers can be directed to WikiProject Books.

Articles concerning fiction can be directed to WikiProject Novels, WikiProject Children's literature and WikiProject Fictional characters.

Articles on poems can be directed to WikiProject Poetry.

Articles on films can be directed to WikiProject Films.

Articles on theatre and drama can be directed to WikiProject Theatre.

Articles on comics can be directed to WikiProject Comics.

Articles on magazines and journals can be directed to WikiProject Magazines and WikiProject Academic Journals.

Project organization[edit]

Members[edit]

If this project interests you, you are encouraged to Join by adding yourself to the membership list.

Departments[edit]

Assessment[edit]

The assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Literature articles. The article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in a set of categories that serves as the basis for an automatically generated worklist.

Collaboration[edit]

The project's Collaboration department seeks to identify particular articles that would benefit from a significant collaborative effort. A single article is selected as the focus, and the project attempts to improve it, potentially to featured article standards. The current collaboration article is Literature.

Any Literature article is eligible, and everyone is invited to nominate articles.

Task forces[edit]

Task forces are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the field of Literature (as defined in the "scope" above); all project members are encouraged to participate in any task forces that interest them.

Recognized content[edit]

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Literature}}) or categorized correctly. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

Featured articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 7

Former featured articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 13

Featured lists[edit]

Total pages in content type is 11

Former featured lists[edit]

Lists of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year

Total pages in content type is 1

Good articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 32

Former good articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 9

Did you know? articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 390

Featured pictures[edit]

Avril de Sainte-Croix - Restored, cropped
Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes (LOC var 1364) (edit)
Frederick Douglass (circa 1879)
George Sand by Nadar, 1864
Granville Stuart 1883 by L. A. Huffman
Italiaanse schrijver Umberto Eco, portret
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Comtesse d'Haussonville - Google Art Project
Leo Tolstoy 1897, black and white, 37767u
NPG 2010 112 Lucia Chamberlain by Zaida Ben-Yusuf
Nadar - Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870) - Google Art Project 2
Portrett av Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1909 - no-nb digifoto 20150129 00043 bldsa BB0791 - Restoration
RJ Palacio at BookCon (16102)
Rose O'Neill - When We All Believe (Santa Claus and children illustration from the 1903 December 2 issue of Puck)
Shakespeare
Stefan Heym (1982)
Sándor Vay - Restoration
Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full

Total pages in content type is 17

Former featured pictures[edit]

Villainc

Total pages in content type is 1

Featured portals[edit]

Total pages in content type is 2

Good article nominees[edit]

Total pages in content type is 5

In the News articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 68

Main page featured articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 20

Main page featured lists[edit]

Total pages in content type is 3

Picture of the day pictures[edit]

Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes (LOC var 1364) (edit)
Frederick Douglass (circa 1879)
George Sand by Nadar, 1864
Italiaanse schrijver Umberto Eco, portret
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Comtesse d'Haussonville - Google Art Project
Leo Tolstoy 1897, black and white, 37767u
Nadar - Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870) - Google Art Project 2
Portrett av Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1909 - no-nb digifoto 20150129 00043 bldsa BB0791 - Restoration
RJ Palacio at BookCon (16102)
Shakespeare
Stefan Heym (1982)
Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full
Villainc

Total pages in content type is 13

Former featured topics[edit]

Naruto characters

Total pages in content type is 1

Level 2 vital articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 2

Level 3 vital articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 11

Level 4 vital articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 67

Level 5 vital articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 270

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Awards[edit]

Writing good literature articles can be hard work! Why not reward someone you've seen do some good work in the area; decorate their userpage with one of these:

The Literary barnstar	{{subst:The Literary Barnstar\|message ~~~~}}	For commendable contributions to articles about literature. Designed by User:Scartol in September 2007.
The Writer's barnstar	{{subst:The Writer's Barnstar\|message ~~~~}}	In regards to this wikiproject, for Wikipedians writing articles about writers and books. Introduced by User:Kubek15 on April 2, 2008 and designed by User:Penubag
The Real-world perspective Barnstar	{{subst:Real-world perspective Barnstar\|message ~~~~}}	The Real-world perspective Barnstar may be awarded to Wikipedians who improve an article on a book or other piece of literature by adding material on criticism or reception, or other relevance to the real world. Created and designed by User:Dorftrottel on 6th April 2008.

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