Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels

RfC on book review aggregators

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Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Novels § RfC on book review aggregators

Any input would be appreciated. Οἶδα (talk) 09:57, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

I have started a discussion at

I have started a discussion at Talk:Confessions (Minato novel)#Subject of article and invite participation from other editors. Should the subject of the article be the original novel or its English translation? TSventon (talk) 10:16, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Two Doctors (short story)#Requested move 17 April 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Two Doctors (short story)#Requested move 17 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Valorrr ^{(lets chat)} 04:39, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Revising section of Harry Potter page

Since the Harry Potter action task force seems to be dormant, I was wondering if anyone here had any additional in input on suggestions for improving the "Back to Hogwarts" section of the Harry Potter article, as being discussed here: Talk:Harry Potter#Renewed attempt at revising Back to Hogwarts paragraph. newsjunkie (talk) 19:20, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Sir Ector#Requested move 25 May 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Sir Ector#Requested move 25 May 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 08:44, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Serial killers in fiction category

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 May 31 § Category:Works about fictional serial killers, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. User:jc37 has proposed over the course of this discussion that all categories about fictional serial killers (which would include Category:Novels about serial killers and affect the categorization of articles about various serial killer characters in literary works) be eliminated and the topic converted to a list. More opinions on the matter are desired. silviaASH (inquire within) 21:03, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Novel series - what's a useful article structure to follow?

Hello all, I've been expanding coverage of works by romance writer Jilly Cooper and there's an article for her main series the Rutshire Chronicles, which I've added more references to. The issue I'm having is that the series as a whole isn't covered very much, so it's difficult to reflect critique of it without getting a bit WP:SYNTH. Do editors here have advice for a good structure to follow for an article on a series? To what extent can you aggregate information about individual works on an article for a series? Many thanks Lajmmoore (talk) 18:26, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

In my experience, I see two main structures/concepts for series. The first would be something One and Only (book series) where not all of the books really merit standalone articles. In that case the series article becomes the place to put a fairly robust section on each book, like putting several stubs in one place, and the article can end up quite long. The other case, more relevant here, treats the series article more like an organizational/navigational overview. Earthsea is an example here, or canon of Sherlock Holmes. Oh, or Bridgerton (novel series). This approach tends to shorter articles because there’s no need to repeat the “meat” of the individual book articles. Personally, I think a fair bit of aggregation is OK— ie, comparing the bestselling ranks of each book, or giving a unified list of characters. For the Rutshire Chronicles specifically it might make sense to have a section generally about the author’s influence on the “bonkbuster”. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 04:03, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Featured article review for J. K. Rowling

User:Adam Cuerden has nominated J. K. Rowling for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:30, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Aubrey-Maturin AFD

More input is sought at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series. MichaelMaggs (talk) 15:47, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Historias de un arrabal parisino

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Tagged as Unreferenced and as an essay for 14 Years. Author is a red link and not notable.

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