Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels/Fantasy task force

message: has been requested to be renamed, see template talk:Arthurian Legend -- 76.65.130.165 (talk) 11:37, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Template:Arthurian Legend

message: Under  what should be under ? What under  and perhaps in turn under ? 
Some current instances: Harry Potter universe is in both cats fantasy worlds and fictional universes. Middle-earth is in cat fantasy worlds but is called a "fictional universe setting" in its lead sentence; Tolkien's legendarium is in cat fictional universe but its lead sentence makes it a set of writings.  is in cat fantasy worlds but a map of Oz (image) is our primary illustration for the Fictional universe article. 
--P64 (talk) 01:53, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fantasy worlds, fictional universes 

message: Today Kit Whitfield was deleted as an expired PROD while I was checking the backlinks. Whitfield is listed on World Fantasy Award for Best Novel but only as being nominated in 2010. What irks me at this point is that this makes Whitfield the only redlinked author at the featured World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Also what got my attention was that it was an SPA placing the PROD and an IP was quick to remove incoming links after the article was deleted. I also left a note with the deleting admin  who responded favouring deletion but not minding me undeleting. What do the experts say? Is there a chance of a rescue, or is it best left buried? Agathoclea (talk) 17:26, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Kit Whitfield is a known author in fantasy publishing, but she doesn't publish as frequently as most authors. I'm not sure what sources there are that talk about her. I found a couple, but haven't been able to check how credible they are. There is an SSFWorld interview with her and then there is her World Fantasy Award nomination and she had a Locus award nomination. Her book In Great Waters seems like it could easily have enough sources for an article. I would rather have an article on the book first then an article on the author, but I think an article on Kit Whitfield could happen. Edit Ferret (talk) 15:34, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: There is always the option to bundle in the novel and the author into one page, and split them later as the content gets too unwieldy. We have a number of author pages floating around like that, Sadads (talk) 17:38, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kit Whitfield 

message: There is an RfC concerning whether it is appropriate to use pronouns such as "he", "she", or "who" when referring to fictional characters in out-of-universe portions of articles.  The discussion is at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comics#RFC: Are fictional characters people or objects? Curly Turkey ⚞¡gobble!⚟ 22:46, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The discussion has since been archived here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comics/Archive 48#RFC: Are fictional characters people or objects? V2Blast (talk) 01:38, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notice re: RFC: Are fictional characters people or objects? 

message: This series has been nominated for deletion here. I'd normally argue for deletion, but since it was tagged with the project's template, I thought I better ask here whether it's notable enough to be included here or whether someone's tagged it in error. LS1979 (talk) 19:12, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, even if it is decided that it is not notable, that wouldn't mean it was tagged in error. Tagging just means it is in the scope of the project; it's a separate question from notability. (That being said, members of this task force are good to weigh in on the notability question.) LadyofShalott 20:58, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, understood. I made the comment on the AfD that it looks like self-published work and therefore probably not particularly notable. LS1979 (talk) 21:39, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: [[The Isle of Octavia]] AfD

message: This is a notice about :Category:Novels/Fantasy task force articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock (talk) 19:46, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expert attention 

message: We need more eyes on Brandon Sanderson. Thanks. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:41, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  More eyes on [[Brandon Sanderson]] 

message: The usage and primary topic of  is under discussion, see talk:King of Hell (disambiguation) -- 67.70.32.190 (talk) 05:22, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  "King of Hell" 

message: Please take part in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#RfC: Are personal pronouns (including "who") to be avoided for fictional characters? Curly Turkey ¡gobble! 23:09, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC: Are personal pronouns (including "who") to be avoided for fictional characters? 

message: Please comment on stale proposal:
Request received to merge articles: Fantasy literature into Fantasy; Fantasy literature is a pretty small article, and its scope could easily be incorporated into Fantasy with a little expansion work. Both articles tagged and discussion started >>>HERE<<<. GenQuest "Talk to Me" 13:01, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: RfC: Merge of [[Fantasy literature]] into [[Fantasy]]

message: Please come over here to participate. Thanks. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 01:13, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shannara trilogy discussion 

message: Hi WikiProject Fantasy, I'm hosting a Wikipedia writing contest for new and improved pages for Utah SF/F writers and their works. You're welcome to join us and participate via the linked contest page. Let me know if you have any questions. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 15:38, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Utah SF/F writers and works competition 

message: See Talk:A Wizard of Earthsea#Request for comment about synopsis contents. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:19, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for comments 

message: Warriors (novel series), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. AIRcorn (talk) 23:37, 15 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warriors (novel series) 

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thread_title:  RRTF is hosting an Edit-A-Thon 

message: I'd appreciate some comments on the Talk pages, please. I'd like opinions about how I am doing. I have stated guidelines for these articles and I am revising them accordingly. Wastrel Way (talk) Wastrel Way (talk) 22:10, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I broke my rule against joining and joined. The Darkover article is nearly done. Darkover series still needs some work, but I am slowly progressing. I wonder if the low importance  and C-class could be upgraded since Darkover has so many fans. Wastrel Way (talk) 22:10, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:   Those 2 articles seem to include way too much unencyclopedic detail for Wikipedia that might be better suited to an external wiki devoted to the series/franchise; some of it seems like it could be useful for fans, but most of it's not really suited to Wikipedia. The "notes" sections especially are also full of original research. I took a stab at removing the latter, but there's still a lot of excessive detail in the Darkover article (though I did remove some of the subsections that were just indiscriminate lists of phrases and expressions); the same is true to a lesser extent in the Darkover series article. (I'm not sure whether the Darkover setting is even independently notable enough to warrant its own article, but I'm no expert on that subject.) V2Blast (talk) 02:15, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Darkover]] and [[Darkover series]] 

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message: The AfD suggesting merge/delete and redirect has closed, and another discussion about merging all three LotR volumes' articles into The Lord of the Rings has now opened at Talk:The Lord of the Rings#Proposed merge of The Fellowship of the Ring etc into The Lord of the Rings, as of February 4.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  10:08, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notice of re-proposal to merge all volumes of ''The Lord of the Rings'' to its main article 

message: Please come participate in the discussion at Talk:R. R. Virdi#Spacing in name. Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 15:31, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name spacing discussion 

message: :Category:Novels/Fantasy task force articles needing expert attention has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Peaceray (talk) 21:13, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: [[:Category:Novels/Fantasy task force articles needing expert attention]] has been nominated for discussion

message: List of fantasy worlds has been nominated for deletion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fantasy worlds. Thank you. Daranios (talk) 19:40, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: [[List of fantasy worlds]] has been nominated for deletion

message: I noticed that many WikiProjects have Article Alert reports ("automated subscription-based news delivery"). Example: WP:WikiProject Science Fiction#Article alerts. I thought this might be useful, so I added the fantasy task force to AAlertBot's list.
The bot should create the sub-page WP:WikiProject Novels/Fantasy task force/Article alerts in a day or two. Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 11:08, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fantasy article alert reports 

message: Please see: Talk:J. K. Rowling#RFC on how to include her trans-related views (and backlash) in the lead
I am "advertising" this RfC more broadly to relevant pages because someone selectively notified three socio-political wikiprojects that are likely to vote-stack the RfC with a single viewpoint, and the article already has a long history of factional PoV editwarring.
Central matters in this discussion and the threads leading up to it are labeling of Rowling, labeling of commenters on Rowling, why Rowling is notable, what is due or undue in the lead section, and whether quasi-numeric claims like "many", "a few", etc. in this context are legitimate or an OR/WEASEL issue.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  01:36, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The idea that WikiProject Feminism or WikiProject Women Writers are  seems self-satirizing, at least to me. But by all means, we do need fresh eyes on the lead of the arrivle, which has seen much whitewashing and FALSEBALANCE POV-based editing. Newimpartial (talk) 02:18, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC on whether and how to cover J. K. Rowling's trans-related views in the lead of her article 

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thread_title:  FAR notice re [[J. K. Rowling]] 

message: There are three Featured Article Save Award nominations at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/J. K. Rowling/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped assure this article would retain its featured status. SandyGeorgia (Talk)  23:17, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured Article Save Award for [[J. K. Rowling]] 

message: Hello, WikiProject,
It would be great if someone who knew more about tables and content creation than I could look over and fix this messed-up article. It probably just needs a few curly brackets in the right place. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 21:18, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like  fixed it here. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:17, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Women of the Otherworld]]

message: See discussion and list here. SandyGeorgia (Talk)  17:07, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  ELNEVER policy violations throughout the Harry Potter articles 

message: Hello WP:Novels and Fantasy Task Force, I'm currently working on the page Fantasy Cartography and would greatly appreciate any help/feedback to improve the article!
I'm working on it as part of my undergraduate degree - I'm taking a course in wikipedia editing so this is my fist serious foray into the wikipedian community. --Twomatters (talk) 01:02, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fantasy Cartography 

message: I've created WP:FANTASYREFS with a list of good fantasy sources and their availability; this is an offshoot of the science fiction list discussed at WT:WikiProject Science Fiction#References subpage. Please feel free to expand it, reorganize or suggest improvements. Olivaw-Daneel (talk) 22:28, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WP:FANTASYREFS|References subpage]] 

message: Please see: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject African diaspora#The trainwreck at Afro-Surrealism.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  05:32, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The trainwreck at [[Afro-Surrealism]] 

message: Recently there have been some edits to these pages, including moving History of fantasy to Tolkien and the history of fantasy and large-scale rewrites. I'm not entirely sure what's going on, but it seems better to discuss here to avoid messing up the edit history further.
 What do you think? And what are your plans?
:: CohenTheBohemian, I've reverted the article to how it was before I touched it, and restored its name at that time, History of fantasy. I won't edit it again. Of the materials I added, a small amount on the "input to Tolkien" side has been inserted with attribution into the existing article Tolkien's modern sources where they fit well. Of the "output from Tolkien" side material, I've cut it down and pasted it, again with full attribution, to Tolkien's impact on fantasy. I believe this leaves the WikiProject Novels/Fantasy article exactly as before, and updates WikiProject Middle-earth with the usable parts of the new material. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:17, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I saw your message on my talk page, and just wanted to reply here to say that I'm glad we've sorted things out. Tolkien's impact on fantasy is a necessary part of both the Middle-earth and Fantasy WikiProjects and I'm pleased you've found a home for your hard work. CohenTheBohemian (talk) 17:06, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of fantasy / Tolkien and the history of fantasy / Tolkien's influence on fantasy 

message: I've just listed this page for deletion. If you have comments, please leave them at the deletion discussion: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Contemporary_fantasy CohenTheBohemian (talk) 11:37, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article for deletion: Contemporary fantasy 

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thread_title: J.K.Rowling