Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels/Novel categorization

message: Just trying to start conversation here, as this should be started soon. Options I see are.
*Genre and sub genre
*Period when book was published.
:Or some combination of the two.
::Note we also need to figure out how the stubs are going to work with the categories.Eagle (talk) (desk) 21:09, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: categorization ideas

message: What is up now looks very good, but I am curious about the lack of ideas mentioned on this page....Eagle (talk) (desk) 22:03, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not enough people watching? I'm curious as to whether it's possible to use the template itself (what links here page?) to gather statistics on what people actually put into the "genre" field... --Alvestrand 22:09, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Good progress, no response...

message: When looking at "frame story", I was thinking of Dan Simmon's "Hyperion". Definitely a frame story, but also definitely a science fiction story. I think books shuld be marked with the genre of the stories, not the genre "frame story".
:haven't looked at frame story myself - certain consider what you have said. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page) 22:28, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We are pointing the "Whodunit" to Mystery as a Category anyway - so that's covered. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page) 22:28, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  drop categories that are guaranteed to require multivalue? 

message: Is there a reason we don't have Children's Novels as a category? I know there can be grey areas, but at the same time it seems like an obvious missing area? I'm going through categorising stubs at the moment and would have thought a children's-book-stub category was worth having, too. Thoughts, anyone?
: Update - my bad - I've just discovered the childrens-books-stub. --JennyRad 22:00, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Children's?

message: Is it just me or have more categories been added? I only ask beacuse I now see something called "Invasion novels" which I don't believe was there before. Is this our new list to use? PeregrineV 16:35, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As I recall this genre was in the first of very early list I put together from a number of source throughout wikipedia. It is really on the main Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Novel categorization discussion page so others can review it - debate it - add to it, etc. Then as each is seen as significant add to the list on the WP:NOVELS main project page for categories and stubs etc. Do you have any particular though I haven't touched this subject for some time myself. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 16:46, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Novel Categorizations 

message: I found the official "red book" for Subject Headings . Unfortunately, it's huge and costly. Perhaps there's an online version available. I plan to look into this on my next visit to my local library. Oroboros 1 11:14, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: One work-around is to go to the LC website and browse or search by subject using the term you think is most likely. Another would be to go to WorldCat and search by subject, and see what libraries are using.HTH, Pegship 22:21, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Library of Congress Subject Headings (2006) 

message: Discussion has begun here about whether to conform to one or another of these forms for purposes of category naming. Her Pegship 01:08, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Writer'' novels vs. Novels by ''writer''