Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature

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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.

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To do[edit]

Improve the bird's eye view[edit]

Wikipedia's coverage of the entire subject 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]

Did you know

Articles for deletion

(6 more...)

Proposed deletions

Categories for discussion

Featured list candidates

Good article nominees

Requested moves

Articles to be merged

Articles to be split

Articles for creation

(48 more...)

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.
  • If you are a member, you are welcome to post this userbox on your user page:
This user is a member of
WikiProject Literature.
{{User WikiProject Literature}}

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]

Featured articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 12

Former featured articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 14

Featured lists[edit]

Total pages in content type is 12

Former featured lists[edit]

Total pages in content type is 1

Good articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 48

Former good articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 9

Did you know? articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 436

Featured pictures[edit]

  • Ambigram of the word ambigram - rotation animation

    Ambigram of the word ambigram - rotation animation

  • Avril de Sainte-Croix - Restored, cropped

    Avril de Sainte-Croix - Restored, cropped

  • Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes (LOC var 1364) (edit)

    Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes (LOC var 1364) (edit)

  • Frederick Douglass (circa 1879)

    Frederick Douglass (circa 1879)

  • George Sand by Nadar, 1864

    George Sand by Nadar, 1864

  • Granville Stuart 1883 by L. A. Huffman

    Granville Stuart 1883 by L. A. Huffman

  • Italiaanse schrijver Umberto Eco, portret

    Italiaanse schrijver Umberto Eco, portret

  • Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Comtesse d'Haussonville - Google Art Project

    Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Comtesse d'Haussonville - Google Art Project

  • Leo Tolstoy 1897, black and white, 37767u

    Leo Tolstoy 1897, black and white, 37767u

  • NPG 2010 112 Lucia Chamberlain by Zaida Ben-Yusuf

    NPG 2010 112 Lucia Chamberlain by Zaida Ben-Yusuf

  • Nadar - Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870) - Google Art Project 2

    Nadar - Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870) - Google Art Project 2

  • Portrett av Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1909 - no-nb digifoto 20150129 00043 bldsa BB0791 - Restoration

    Portrett av Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1909 - no-nb digifoto 20150129 00043 bldsa BB0791 - Restoration

  • RJ Palacio at BookCon (16102)

    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)

    Rose O'Neill - When We All Believe (Santa Claus and children illustration from the 1903 December 2 issue of Puck)

  • Shakespeare

    Shakespeare

  • Stefan Heym (1982)

    Stefan Heym (1982)

  • Sándor Vay - Restoration

    Sándor Vay - Restoration

  • Tom Taylor by Lock and Whitfield

    Tom Taylor by Lock and Whitfield

  • Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full

    Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full

Total pages in content type is 19

Former featured pictures[edit]

  • Villainc

    Villainc

Total pages in content type is 1

Featured portals[edit]

Total pages in content type is 2

Featured list candidates[edit]

Total pages in content type is 1

Good article nominees[edit]

Total pages in content type is 1

In the News articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 79

Main page featured articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 26

Main page featured lists[edit]

Total pages in content type is 4

Picture of the day pictures[edit]

  • Ambigram of the word ambigram - rotation animation

    Ambigram of the word ambigram - rotation animation

  • Avril de Sainte-Croix - Restored, cropped

    Avril de Sainte-Croix - Restored, cropped

  • Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes (LOC var 1364) (edit)

    Charles Frohman presents William Gillette in his new four act drama, Sherlock Holmes (LOC var 1364) (edit)

  • Frederick Douglass (circa 1879)

    Frederick Douglass (circa 1879)

  • George Sand by Nadar, 1864

    George Sand by Nadar, 1864

  • Granville Stuart 1883 by L. A. Huffman

    Granville Stuart 1883 by L. A. Huffman

  • Italiaanse schrijver Umberto Eco, portret

    Italiaanse schrijver Umberto Eco, portret

  • Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Comtesse d'Haussonville - Google Art Project

    Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Comtesse d'Haussonville - Google Art Project

  • Leo Tolstoy 1897, black and white, 37767u

    Leo Tolstoy 1897, black and white, 37767u

  • Nadar - Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870) - Google Art Project 2

    Nadar - Alexander Dumas père (1802-1870) - Google Art Project 2

  • Portrett av Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1909 - no-nb digifoto 20150129 00043 bldsa BB0791 - Restoration

    Portrett av Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1909 - no-nb digifoto 20150129 00043 bldsa BB0791 - Restoration

  • RJ Palacio at BookCon (16102)

    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)

    Rose O'Neill - When We All Believe (Santa Claus and children illustration from the 1903 December 2 issue of Puck)

  • Shakespeare

    Shakespeare

  • Stefan Heym (1982)

    Stefan Heym (1982)

  • Sándor Vay - Restoration

    Sándor Vay - Restoration

  • Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full

    Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full

  • Villainc

    Villainc

Total pages in content type is 18

Former featured topics[edit]

Total pages in content type is 1

Good topics[edit]

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 73

Level 5 vital articles[edit]

Total pages in content type is 290


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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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