Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Films based on books

message: Re adding an article to only one category: I would suggest that in cases where a book is considered cross-genre, more than one category may be assigned. For example, many of Ursula K. LeGuin's works are considered both fantasy and children's books. Her Pegship 17:17, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Support In fact, there is a WP guideline (which I am to lazy to look for) which says that articles should be under more than one category, if appropriate AdamSmithee 07:48, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Conditionally Support This should not be done on too many films. I find over categorization a problem for some films as the category listing at the bottom can get confusing with too many. (Added a heading to this section.) Lady Aleena  08:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Multi category articles

message: What's up with the red link sub-categories?AdamSmithee 08:48, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't categorized a film in either category yet, so they haven't been created. Lady Aleena  10:10, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know how to create them (and don't plan to start learning right now :-)), so could you create romance please, so that I can put some films in there? AdamSmithee 09:43, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Her Pegship 19:47, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Red link categories

message: This user is a member of Films based on books categorization sub-project.
Looks good! (I tweaked the spelling...) Her Pegship 19:50, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project user box proposal 

message: Before you create a category, ask yourself this question...
 Where in a mall bookstore would I find this book?
That means very few sub-categories, but we really don't want all that many do we?
Lady Aleena  09:09, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see my reasoning above. We don't want too many sub-cats, but what we have should be accurate. Cheers, Her Pegship 16:46, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category creation test 

message: Howdy all - When I go to :Category:Films based on fiction books I can't see :Category:Films based on science fiction books as a sub-cat; I only see :Category:Films based on fantasy books. Yet when I go to :Category:Films based on science fiction books I can see that :Category:Films based on fiction books is its parent category. Am I missing something? I want to be sure all those new sub-cats show up under :Category:Films based on fiction books. Cheers, Her Pegship 10:35, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Take a look at it now and let me know what you think. :) The way it was before, science fiction and short fiction were listed on the same page with the films that started with the letter "s". Lady Aleena  21:14, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fabulous! Thank you so much. Her Pegship 22:57, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You're welcome... Lady Aleena  23:10, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem with sub-cat 

message: Do you think that the comic and comic books community on here would mind if we categorized :Category:Films based on comics in our project? Lady Aleena  12:10, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd guess they wouldn't mind. Many hands make light work. Cheers, Her Pegship 18:55, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comics and comic books 

message: Recently your project emptied :Category:Films based on novels based on your new categorization scheme (placing the films in the new structure, I hope).  While Wikiprojects that cover areas are given quite a lot of leeway, I want to remind you that process is important.  I'd request that when you have similar changes to make based on consensus here, list the category for deletion at WP:CFD and cite your discussions here...but don't begin emptying it until the discussion is closed. I'm reminding the project instead of a specific user because its hard to track down those who empty categories, and to provide a general guideline.  Thanks! --Syrthiss 13:18, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reminder of CFD process 

message: I don't know if this would be worth adding a category or information for, but what about Films based on books that were subsequently novelized?  For example, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Leonore Fleischer, and Bram Stoker's Dracula by Fred Saberhagen and James Hart.  See http://www.salon.com/books/letters/2001/08/10/novelization_fathers/index.html for more on this peculiar phenomenon.Schizombie 23:39, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Peculiar indeed! I see what you mean. Something to keep in mind for the next film project. Thanks - Her Pegship 06:08, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Films based on books, that in turn have been novelized?

message: Per a week-long discussion, I have created the categories :Category: Films based on Stephen King's works and :Category: Films based on Kurt Vonnegut's works. Populate away. Her Pegship 01:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Correction: Do not populate until the discussion at CFD  is closed by an admin. Her Pegship 06:06, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

text: Apostrophes are not typically used in this sort of category name. See Category:Novels by author and Category:Albums by artist for lots of examples. - EurekaLott 12:56, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

text: I am still solidly FOR the apostrophe since this IS an encyclopedia which is supposed to be educational. With that in mind we should scrupulously avoid bad grammar at all costs. As this may be the only encyclopedia a chld may read through the program Wikipedia has for distributing its articles to poor areas, the editors should do all they can to insure that the children read the proper way the language should be used. - Lady Aleena
For the record:
"The result of the debate was rename to :Category: Films based on Kurt Vonnegut's works." So feel free to populate. Cheers, Her Pegship 19:18, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stephen King & Kurt Vonnegut 

message: I propose another sub-cat: , as it seem nearly all her works have been adapted, some more than once. Her Pegship 23:14, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New FBOBBA sub-cat 

message: I've created a new chart/list for films/tv series (or episodes) based on Philip K. Dick's work.  Not sure if anyone working on this project would find a use for it or the idea of such a list/chart.  List of Films or TV series based on Philip K. Dick material is the list, and the list is also included (for now) in the Philip K. Dick author page (in the film adaptations section).  I hope to create something similar for war books->films, if at all possible. Currently, Dick's films are not in a separate "Films adapted from Philip K. Dick work" category.  MikeBriggs 18:42, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: List of films based on spy books created. MikeBriggs 19:38, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Chart/List created  

message: I put a second category on the three non-fiction categories of our:
*:Category:Films based on non-fiction books is also in :Category:Non-fiction.
*:Category:Films based on the Bible is also in :Category:Bible.
*:Category:Films based on biographies is also in :Category:Biographies.
Hopefully this will help get us a little more notice and get more films added to those categories.
And yes, I am still working around here on the edges. :) --Lady Aleena 15:22, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fabulous. ♥ Her Pegship♥ 02:04, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-fiction categories more noticable 

message: I have been doing some thinking lately, and since we now have films based on books pretty well established, we may want to consider broadening the scope of this project. We are a crossover project of both the Films and Books WikiProjects, so why not change this project to Films with books tie-in project or something similarly named. There is a whole classification of books called TV/Movie tie-ins that may be given short shrift in our parents projects, so why don't we look into it? If a film had a book written for it after it was out in the theater, we could give the film a new infobox with the book's information in it, a combined film/book infobox, since the tie-in book may not be notable enough on its own. What do you think?—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 17:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds sensible. Book/film tie-in project sounds reasonable, as long as it's clear that it's for books derived from the film and not books as sources for film. But I have faith you'll come up with something suitably specific. <g> ♥ Her Pegship♥ 19:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have been cudgelling my brain on ways to broaden this project, however, I need to know from the participants what aspect I can broaden. Do we want to stay with films and broaden to Films based on other media? Do we want to stay with books and broaden to Media based on books? This will help me determine into which direction we will go. We could get really ambitious and be Media based on other media, but that is a bit much for now in my opinion. - LA @ 05:46, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I vote for sticking with one prodigious project at a time...<g> I think your initial idea of media based on books/written material is best for now, until we see just how broad that really is. Cheers! ♥ Her Pegship♥ 15:15, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broaden the scope 

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replies: text: Sorry if you tried to update it before, and the corrections were gone. I have now put the new draft in the old directory pages, so the links should work better. My apologies for any confusion this may have caused you. B2T2 23:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project Directory 

message: For your consideration, there's a discussion of the consistency of  over at cfd. Her Pegship 02:17, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Films based on books 

message: Take a look at The Godfather.  A new editor has made 187 uninterrupted edits over the past two days, and is still doing so.  No edit summaries.
Thank you.  Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 17:24, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Urgent! The Godfather ... again!