Hello, Baby ifritah, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} after the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! SuperzoharTalk 16:56, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your comments are good ones. Never be afraid to get in there and make the edits! --Steve (Stephen) talk 05:49, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Let me second Steve's remark above. As a librarian - are you up for writing Robbery Under Arms, which is currently redlinked in the Bushrangers article?Garrie 03:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The Magic Pudding is another Australian novel that is available free online at Project Gutenburg. So its' article may be worth a look.
It is missing a fair-use image of the cover art - although, when first relaeased it would not have had any such thing.
One thing to not for Robbery is that it was first released as a serial, I don't know if it was changed much when released as a novel - in the first novel release it was in three volumes is the extent of my knowledge.Garrie 10:19, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This page is not in any categories. It is always a good idea to use categories to link new articles to other similar articles, and to prevent the article from being tagged as an orpan.
If you have access to reviews for his writing, then everything you are saying about the meaning and plot of his work should be cited. And if you have references for his scriptwriting with the BBC, cite that as well.
It is in quite a good state for a first effort at an article, well done! Garrie 03:20, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
PS. Categories are just "tacked on" at the bottom of the page, don't put them in a seperate section (just edit the "References" section and put them in there at the end). Make sure you use the pipe feature so he shows up in lists sorted by his surname, like this: [[Category:English drama|Boardman-Jacobs, Sam]].Garrie 03:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
All you really need is a small sentence "X is openly gay" and add a citation for it. I can't find anything in immediate reach, but as someone who I'm sure must know quite a bit about him, I'm sure you can. You might want develop some sentences about his work in gay and lesbian theatre, but as it stands it's quite good. Needs citations though! Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 14:05, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm willing to adopt you. I lived in Kyneton around the turn of the century.
The article Indigenous Australians has all the content it needs, possible more then necessary. It's really at the end stage now just needing a little nudge to get to Featured articlestandards. What the article needs is copy editing(spelling, grammer, wikifying and layout), adding/cleaning up of citations for various sections/statement, linking to associated articles and sense checking of stats against sources. Gnangarra 13:36, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Doesnt really matter it's still in user space. Normally when sections disappears its because you left a reference open you had <ref/> instead of </ref>. I also added reference tag to the reference section you see that all the sources now appear but they need to be formatted so that they can be read see WP:CITE for details on layout. Also trivia sections are disliked, generally if the information is important enough to be included in the article then do using prose in a specific section.
Another point is that the lead should be a summary of the article, such that any fact in the lead is expanded upon in the main text of the article. Books movies etc normally include a section on critics both at time of publishing and at various releases, even more so when its historically acclaimed like this is. Anyhow the layout looks fine I'm off for the night but drop me a note if have any questions and I'll answer when I'm back on. Gnangarra 14:29, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
something I just noticed is Robbery Under Arms already exists even though its a stub, I recommend you merge your asandbox page into this article. you can always expand on once its there but this'll save other editors doing unnecessary work. Gnangarra 02:54, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have added a single reference to a copy I have seen as a basis for a full reference section. I have also rationised the footnotes as you suggested. It is possible for some paper based repeated footnoting to perhaps make use of a "reference" entry to the work with footnotes making use of this with specific page numbers. Thanks :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 09:58, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, you are cordially invited to join the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to fiction books often referred to as "Novels". We make no length distinction so all narrative prose fiction is of interest. This includes Novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories. Articles about the works themselves and the forms and genres.
As you have shown an interest in Robbery Under Arms we thought you might like to take an interest in this well established WikiProject.
Hi, and welcome to the Novels WikiProject! As you may have guessed, we're a group of editors working to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to fiction books often referred to as "Novels".
A few features that you might find helpful:
Our navigation box points to most of the useful pages within the project.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the members, and we'll be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We look forward to seeing you around! :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 13:16, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please do not take my didsain on the oz project page the wrong way - its just that starting with one WP (I have been involved in starting a few - not in every detail but getting the various wizs to help out etc) I would say start with one - and if it gets too big then split up - rather than the other way around - very good idea - have you seen any in other countries/place that are up and running? that would be the other thing to do - see how other countries have stuff SatuSuro 02:12, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey the oz lit main page was for a while appropriated by some jerk who thought oral poetry was the central aspect of oz lit. Amongst some eds - they are either historically or geographically challenged to the point of embarrsment. I suppose my suggestion is to start with the new project- and when it gets too big break out into other things- rather than the other way around. So we need the start - there are hundreds of oz poets and novelists who simply are stubs or not even there - either by state, or by era - my teenagers are computer obsessed - and i thats any indication theres a whole generation of australians who are doomed to have their cultural history lost if things like this wikipedia project dosnt inject a sense of curiosity in users of wikipedia - which is why I say more power to the oz lit project and lets get on with it! and scuse late night ramblings - cheers SatuSuro 13:52, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
HI Baby ifritah, as your adopter recommend that you dont go it alone in establishing the project the work involved in establishing then maintaining is very time consuming. I suggest that you listen to the advice of User:SatuSuro who just started WP:NTA and also seek out advice from User:cj. I'll help if you do decide to go ahead with the project, but Australian literature isnt an area where I have detailed knowledge. Gnangarra 01:25, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey v busy today - will post long rumbuctious objectionable charles bukowski type rave about the whole thing this pm or tomoorow - if cj finds himself mentioned and numps in - fine - otherwise I'll out waits tom - and think of a few sollipsistic crunches of terms to get the whole damned thing running on chicken feet before you can work out the hell I am up to - heheh - tonight and may the babe sleep well SatuSuro 04:04, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Be good if you canemail as thereare someoff wikicomments aboutall ofthis stuffcheersSatuSuro 04:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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On 6 May, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robbery Under Arms, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.
Forogt to say im trying to get cj help to get it up and out now - sorry forgot to leave a message. oops bad form sorry SatuSuro 03:03, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey you have two at your sub page - one should be still 'out there!' SatuSuro 06:19, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Probably /possibly worth doing a redirect from your sub-page to the one out there. Also if grutness gives ok for aus-lit-stub - thats bloody great! (Theres a story about his signature - sometime off wiki) cheers SatuSuro 01:19, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I certainly agree with your caution. However these issues of "only Plot" and "too much plot", and "in-universe" and "tone" are a general blight here and the volume of the problem is immense.
I would use {{tone}}, {{plot}} and occasionally {{advert}} if that is too blatant.
Then I would try and get your "Australian literature" group up and running and see if you can gather a few editors to focus on the national prose article collection.
Why I say this is the original editors seem often unwilling, unable or just plain "gone" and will never return to their work. It seems more productive to gather others to improve the articles. We can establish a Novels task force to support this initiative and hopefully we can focus some effort. If I knew some of the works I would feel more able to contribute more myself.
Given the way you are adding {{plot}} I'm not sure it is the most appropriate. The template says quite a bit about "plot" length and you are adding it the article that sometimes bearly have more than a couple fo sentences. So I'm not sure this is best. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 13:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I understand your dilemma, I'll have a hunt round and see if I can find something more appropriate. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 14:05, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Maroon or green either are ok i reckon btw you sure a good designer!SatuSuro 03:47, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ummm the red is a bit um - in the face - any chance of toning down slightly? SatuSuro 11:14, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I like the last one - but thats me :) SatuSuro 12:22, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I sort of gone cold on waiting for the crowds I reckon we need to replace the basketball - and start tagging (gently) SatuSuro 12:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nah no sub cats yet - we need to fill the project page with thing like names of poets/novelists - sort of the big names of the last 150 years stuff - and check to see whether theyre even in the ballpark -SatuSuro 13:10, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That bloody basketball needs to be exterminated actually - thats one thing SatuSuro 13:15, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
One thing we have to learn is to be patient - I might or might not get anything done due to off wiki things - hey sometime soon :) SatuSuro 13:26, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Australian Literature Project - Science Fiction & Fantasy[edit]
Thx for your message Baby ifiritah ! Am glad to help out and will work on mainly the Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy sections, plus contribute to what other else appears that i can work on. Yeah there is a lot happening for Australia in this field now so looking forward to see what is needed or missing. Will be starting soon on expanding and improving Ian Irvine as he is becoming more and more popular worldwide. Regards Boylo 07:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC) Ps. Thx for the navigation bar code, its very handy[reply]
Thx for that new message as i was in the process of writing to you regarding all that when i received it. I been checking the links to Fantasy articles and see there is much to be done there. I found that you have to add literature=yes as lit=yes didnt seem to work for me. Most articles are need of Info Boxs too. Have i been adding the right type of articles to your listing ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Boylo (talk • contribs) 03:21, 11 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Hey, I've been peeking in your contributions and watching your developement, its especially noticable that your successfully decyphering User:SatuSuro talk page messages. While I'm happy to continue with you being an adoptee, I think you can change the adoption sign to {{AdopteeGrad}}. Just drop a note if you have any questions or comments my talk page is always open. Gnangarra 13:25, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hehehe - hey he used me as a parameter (silly boy) - just wait till I try explaining what we have further to do with the Oz lit project to get it out and screaming from the skyscrapers that we are off and running. Congrats on your grad anyway !!!SatuSuro 14:24, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
hello. good to see more anarchists here, & WP:ALIT was a very good idea. i've started a 'to do' list User:Bsnowball/draft compiled from the reds in oz novel & poets lists, the oz project 'to do' list & the left-overs from here User:Stumps/To_do, it's heavily biased towards 'serious' lit but it's a start. where shld it go in the project? ben ⇒ bsnowball 15:55, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're right, copyright has expired on photos taken in Australia before 1955. Many libraries and repositories mislead the public by leaving contradictory notices on their websites. Whether it's deliberate or laziness in fixing the website I'm not sure, but either way, its safe to just ignore. —Moondyne 15:43, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
But actually, the copyright link you posted does say "Photographs taken before 1 January 1955 are out of copyright and are not affected by these new rules.". —Moondyne 15:45, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeehah! real cowboy stuff now - riding a acotf and trying to get the project out of 'underconstruction' all at the same time - heheh - what a fortnight this'll be :) SatuSuro 14:26, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm trying to get Scott to put up - I hope he will SatuSuro 14:53, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Done - what else does the project need to be able to get rid of the ugly green banner? It might put interested people off at exactly the time new people might look. --Scott DavisTalk 15:07, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Further late into the night the adelaide admin goes to bed and the crazy from perth does a bigger YEHAH - its lost its L plates and is running! SatuSuro 15:39, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Still a bit delayed in getting the assessment pages up and running (need to check on some advice from the admins, sigh) otherwise we can now go forth and tag to our hearts content - anything that might look as though it belongs. Trust all is well, Perth is freezing, cheers SatuSuro 03:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds serious (the note at oz lit) - hey just look after yourself and caspar - the project takes a life of its own! SatuSuro 05:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hope Caspar is doing okay now. We are all missing you and looking forward to your return when the lil guy is better.Boylo 07:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. This is a reminder to people on the Melbourne meetup participation list that the next meetup has been arranged for 19 June. Could you indicate on the meetup page your likely attendence, or otherwise. Regards. - Cuddy Wifter 23:06, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XIII - June 2007[edit]
This newsletter was unfortunately delayed till now - my apologes for that - I needed to respond to a whole host of image challenges that appears on my personal talk pages. So, if you have uploaded non-free book covers that are being used under fair use terms, please add your own "Fair Use Rationale" to the images.
Member news
The project has currently 236 members, 7 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of May 2007
Other news
The Brothers Karamazov (nom.) was demoted from Featured Article status for concerns over sources, structure, and coverage/focus.
The 2007 Wikipedia Selection for schools, targeted around the UK National Curriculum, included 39 novels. Volunteers at Wikipedia had suggested articles considered valuable and relevant for inclusion. See here and the WP Signpost news.
Novel related news
Shantaram to marry PrincessGregory David Roberts, author of Shantaram, a reformed Australian convicted armed robber has just announced his engagement to Princess Francoise Sturdza of Switzerland, who he plans to marry soon. His life has changed dramatically for the best after the release of his first novel four years ago, which depicted his life in India after escaping from prison. A movie based on his novel is planned for production later this year, starring Johnny Depp in the lead role. [1]
Shannara series purchased by Warner Bros
The film rights to The Shannara Series by Terry Brooks have been picked up by Warner Bros. They plan to first develop The Elfstones of Shannara, the second book in the series as the opening movie and writers are now being sought for the adaptation. The first book The Sword of Shannara, was published in 1977 and was the first fantasy book to reach, and then top, the New York Times Best Seller list.
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Special: Year in review, first Newsletter in June 2006
The Newsletter was started on 14 June 2006 by Kevinalewis.
Issue I in June 2006 informed us that the project had 88 members with 30 of them having joined after 1 May 2006. A year later the project had 236 members.
Welcome to the thirteenth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
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The demand for fair use rationales for book covers has generated a discussion among wikipedians and also WP:NOVELS members. See the discussion here it has some potentially very important ideas to consider and possibly contribute to.
Member news
The project has currently 247 members, 11 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of June 2007
What is a novel? What are the elements that must be found in any piece of writing for it to be considered a novel? I think it fair to say that traditional definitions of the word “novel” work along these lines: A novel is a fictitious prose story of book length. In my view, a novel has six basic elements: 1) It must have a society of characters; 2) They must be undergoing transformations; 3) And those must be in the course of a sustained prose narrative; 4) The sustained prose narrative must be impelled by a plot; 5) And it must be unified by clearly discernible central themes; 6) And to the extent possible, it must be universalised by a complex architecture of allegorical and symbolical sub-strata. If I write those six basic elements into a single definition, I come up with this: A novel is a society of characters, undergoing transformations, in the course of a sustained prose narrative, which is impelled by a plot, unified by clearly discernible central themes, and universalised by a complex architecture of allegorical and symbolical sub-strata.
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On {{Infobox_Book}} we have new debates on ISBN format and coding ideas. Also we have the possibility of making or asserting COinS usage, for those who know more about this please get involved.
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Last month's As For Me and My House challenge was getting left so I Kevinalewis (talk·contribs) had a pop at it. Please add anything you can find about this important work of Canadian literature. .
During August we signed up to the WikiProject advertising facility {{wikipedia ads}} initiative.
Our tagged articles now number over 14,000 and more are being added every day. In reality the article count for our project scope is likely to be much higher so the more who can get involved and assist the process of improving the quality of the articles the better.
Member news
The project has currently 261 members, 7 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of August 2007.
A number of editors have signed up to our "task forces" without signing to the main project so the figure could be slightly higher.
Other news
Although many editors are doing sterling work actually working on writing and maintaining articles we could always do with more volunteers to assist with the project wide tasks.
Our Collaboration of the Month is in need of more suggested articles for our attention and more votes for those already proposed.
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XVII - October 2007[edit]
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XVII - October 2007[edit]
The Articles-Images in danger of deletion noticeboard page was created for the project. The page can be used by project editors to alert each other where articles or images are under challenge in some way in Wikipedia.
The project has currently 274 members, 13 joined & 0 leavers since the last newsletter at the start of September 2007
Other news
Reminder: the ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned after 1 January2007, and 10 digits long if assigned before 2007. ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 can both be used in the book template, see related discussion here. In either case just prefix the number with the string "ISBN".
Enthusiastic Novel's WP members are welcome to edit the list of missing works available in The Literary Encyclopedia — a part of WikiProject Missing articles, an effort to use outside sources to determine what articles are missing from Wikipedia.
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Hello Baby ifritah! The Melburnians are having another meet-up! Please consult this page if you are interested to participate in the discussion! Thanks! Phgao 03:19, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XIX - December 2007[edit]
A fairly quiet month in November. However we had a fairly successful COTM with the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland article with 85 modifications made. The success of which I will leave to your assessment.
Member news
The project has currently 290 members, 8 joined & 0 leavers since the start of November 2007
Task force news
The Fantasy task force has got off to a really good start with now 13 members. Do cooperate one with another and make it really work for us.
If any group of editors sees a need for a new "task force" then let us know. Also we can link a WikiProject in as a task force (as Australian task force), this has the benefit of reducing the level of effort dissipation and also advertising interest areas in more than one location.
Some discussion is going on about the "Activation of Members". To which end a "clearing house" of jobs and volunteers is being trialled at Novels Job Centre. Have a look and see what you think.
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The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XX - January 2008[edit]
During 2007 we have seen membership grow from just below 200 to just below 300. Also our tagged article count now runs at about 16,000 considerably up on this time last year. It highlights the message given from last year that there is much work to do improving and caring for this corner of our "wikiworld". Sadly our Auto-list editor moved on and we sorely need an able replacement. On a more positive note we have seen the establishment of task forces, style guidelines and peer review. Our latest outreach initiative is the Novels Job Centre.
Member news
The project has currently 299 members, 9 joined & 0 leavers since the start of November 2007
n.b. this graph copy has been included as a "one off" example just for this newsletter to let you see the addition to our membership page.
The Australian task force (i.e. WikiProject Australian literature) is always welcoming new participants interested in Australian fiction.
Novel related news
The 2007 Costa Books Awards were announced on the 3rd January by Joanna Trollope. The two novel awards were the "2007 Costa Novel Award" A. L. Kennedy - Day and "2007 Costa First Novel Award" Catherine O'Flynn - What Was Lost
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Hi Baby
Thanks for leaving such useful notes in the discussion section of this article (and for writing it in the first place.) I enjoyed the novel over the Christmas break, and it was useful to know what should have been in the article so I knew what to look for when reading it. I've added (possibly too much) plot outline and (possibly too little) themes to the article. I doubt I would have bothered without your quality start to the page.WotherspoonSmith (talk) 13:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXI - February 2008[edit]
We have had a solid month with an increase of project tagging work. We now have a bit of a backlog of assessments needed.
Member news
The project has currently 305 members, 6 joined & 0 leavers since the start of January 2008.
The member page has been reorganized with it being noted that many member are largely inactive. However this is not unusual for WikiProjects and we have a very loyal core of editors who work diligently away often without recognition.
Other news
Many book cover images were tagged for deletion because of missing or incorrect fair use rationales in January. Several notes on this subject were placed on the General Forum.
Task force news
There is a new 19th century task force. if this is an area of interest for you join in and help out.
Novel related news
23 January, 2008 - The Nestlé Smarties Book Prize is discontinued as of 2008 Guardian
The Jaipur Literature Festival, was held on the 23 - 27 January 2008, and is India's biggest festival of literature. British Council news site
The short story taskforce talk page has a discussion relating to the (non)inclusion of articles on stories by well known authors. Find the debate here.
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Although Aust Lit is not my forte, I noticed recently a glaring hole on Wikipedia: the absence of an article on Joanna Murray-Smith.
While researching her, I noticed that you did already some considerable work. It's too late in the day now (midnight), but I will place the material I have so far onto my userpage tomorrow or Tuesday, so you can have a look at it. Maybe we can launch some kind of co-operation on this.
On the other hand, it seems to me that you might no longer be all that active here anymore, in which case I will just pinch your work :-)
An election has been proposed to elect a council that will govern the whole project for a month or more, if you would like to debate this, go to the general discussion forum here
Member news
The project has currently 312 members, 7 joined & 0 leavers since the start of February 2008.
Other news
Last months collaboration brought few improvements it would be nice if more got involved with the one for this month.
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Last month's challenge (The Field of Vision) was completed by member User:Elizabennet as a fairly basic "stub" if anyone knows more to enhance it, please do.
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Elections are now taking place for coordinators of the project for the next three months. Any editors interested in seeking a coordinator position, or who want a say in who is selected, should indicate as much here.
Member news
The project has currently 381 members, 69 joined & 0 leavers since the start of March 2008.
Other news
The project's long-time lead coordinator, Kevinalewis, has announced he is not standing as a candidate for another term in that capacity. We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to him for the extraordinary work he has done for this project.
Welcome to the Twenty Third issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
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Last month's challenge (South Wind) was completed by member User:Blathnaid with a nice starting stub.
The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Kate Christensen's 2008 PEN/Faulkner award winner The Great Man.
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Welcome to the Twenty Fourth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
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Welcome to the Twenty Fourth issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.
We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.
WikiProject Australia newsletter,December 2008[edit]
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The WikiProject Novels Newsletter - July 2009[edit]
The July 2009 issue of the Novels WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Alan16(talk)
17 positions remain unfilled at the Job Centre. Members who are active project contributors are encouraged to apply even if they can only do a position for a short time.
Project news
ON July 26, a fact about F. Springer's novel Bougainville appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the DYK section.
On July 27, a fact about Arnon Grunberg's award-winning 2003 novel The Asylum Seeker appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section.
On July 28, a fact about Austrian writer Felix Salten appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the DYK section.
On August 1, a fact about Scottish novelist Walter Scott appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section.
On August 12, a fact about American author Jeffrey McClanahan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section.
- Contributors were Alan16 and Sabiona (who searched the archives).
Task force and related news
The members of the Chronicles of Narnia task force have created a new ad encouraging people to join. You can display it on your user page or talk page using the following code: {{Wikipedia ads|ad=190}}.
Hello, I am a school librarian in my ‘real life’ and so I use Wikipedia a lot with students ageing from twelve to eighteen. While helping students research various topics I’ve run across many holes in Wikipedia that need to be filled so I created an account and began editing pieces. I’m taking a break from teaching for a few years while I raise two boys of my own, so I created a personal account a couple months ago and am focusing on editing articles on literature as well as the upper Midwest area of the United States and theatre. I enjoy all forms of literature but most often read fantasy and mystery. I am an occasional editor with no intent to run for any post; instead, I look at one or two articles a month that need help and do what I can. My public library system allows home access to a number of academic and professional databases, which is where I find most of my sources. Finally, I am currently working on filling in some of the red links on the Newbery Medal page and then hope to turn the stubs into full articles. Anyone want to help? I'd be interested in starting a Award Winners workgroup. I am also active in the WikiProject Biography and in the Children and Young Adult Literature WikiProject. They all have areas of focus that compliment each other and my interests.
I was approached after the last newsletter by somebody who wanted to reach out to some of the readers, so here we are – Alan16(talk).
Hi all, the Sword of Truth Task Force is restarting to clean up the articles related to Terry Goodkind's books and there adaptations. With the new TV series, The Legend of the Seeker, the books and the TV show are getting more critical attention, which means more real world material to document this great series of book. I would love to have other's help, as I have only just recently joined to find no other active members. The other members, as listed, have mostly left Wikipedia or removed themselves from the task force. If you are interested I would love to talk at the forum: Wikipedia:WikiProject Sword of Truth/General Forum, or send me a message. Hope to talk to some of you soon, SADADS (talk).
All members are asked to assist where they can.
The next months collaboration will be selected on 21 September 2009.
Newsletter challenge
Last months newsletter challenge, The Cater Street Hangman was completed by Sabiona. Members are encouraged to help improve this article.
The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This months newsletter challenge is Oberon Past and Present by Anthony Burgess.
Announcements and open tasks
WikiProject Novels • (inc. novellas, novelettes & short stories) Announcements and open tasks
Recently a new worklist had been created and quietly arrived, the Cleanup listing which gives a fairly comprehensive hit list of "novels" related articles that have been tagged for something or other.
Since then a new Article alerts listing has also been added of more topic and "urgent" items worthy of our attention.
17 positions remain unfilled at the Job Centre. Members who are active project contributors are encouraged to apply even if they can only do a position for a short time.
Project news
On November 1, a fact about the novel Madol Doova appeared in the DYK? section on Wikipedia's main page.
On November 22, a fact about the book Acquainted with the Night appeared on Wikipedia's main page in the Did You Know? section.
On December 1, a fact about the book Blown for Good appeared on Wikipedia's main page in the DYK? section.
On December 11, a fact about the novel Kajsa Kavat by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren appeared on Wikipedia's main page in the Did You Know? section.
- Contributor was Alan16 (who searched the archives).
Task force and related news
A new Military fiction task force has been recently created by SADADS. The group focuses on military fiction that is not primarily associated with fantasy and science-fiction, and is calling for users to help support the integration of the Military fiction task force, including template development, tagging, and assesment. Anyone interested in joining can sign up here.
Hello all. As you're probably aware this is the first newsletter since August. I had hoped that although I was unable to write one for the ensuing months, somebody would have picked it up, but that was sadly not to be. However I am back, and that should hopefully mean a new newsletter every month, like it used to be. There has been a lot of work done on novel related articles in my absence, however the project does not appeared to have progressed very much, which I'm sure you would all agree, is a shame as it holds such promise for Wikipedia. But with the new year approaching I am hoping that things will turn around, so I urge you all to get involved with the project in whatever way you can, and help it achieve its full potential. All that's left for me now is to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Début novelist 29 year old Evie Wyld won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for her novel After The Fire, A Small Still Voice.
Collaboration of the Month
There have been no novels nominated at the Collaboration department for the past few months, so this months collaboration will remain: The Sound and the Fury.
All members are asked to assist where they can.
If you think there is an article which requires the projects collaboration, you can nominate it here.
The next months collaboration will be selected on 17 January 2010.
This months newsletter challenge is to create an article for The Spoilt City by Olivia Manning. The first person to start the article will be mentioned in the next newsletter.
Announcements and open tasks
WikiProject Novels • (inc. novellas, novelettes & short stories) Announcements and open tasks
Recently a new worklist had been created and quietly arrived, the Cleanup listing which gives a fairly comprehensive hit list of "novels" related articles that have been tagged for something or other.
Since then a new Article alerts listing has also been added of more topic and "urgent" items worthy of our attention.
Lord Chaitanya knows everything that happens in all three phases (past, present, and future, of time. He knows that in the future some demoni people will serve Lord Advaita.
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They will refer to Lord Advaita by the name "Shri Krishna". In this way they will reject the words of the true Vaishnavas.
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These sinners will thus disobey the devotees who affirm that Advaita is "the greatest Vaishnava".
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Many persons will consider themselves the followers of Lord Advaita, but they will not have the power to see how in the future they will be punished.
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Lord Chaitanya, the crest jewel of they who know everything, knew all this. Therefore He did something to try to stop this from happening.
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By punishing His mother, Lord Chaitanya showed the result that comes from offending Lord Advaita or any other Vaishnava.
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No one can protect a person who has offended a Vaishnava.
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Therefore one should avoid persons who offend Vaishnava.
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One should avoid an offender, even if the offender is otherwise very qualified. A little association with an offender will make one fall down.
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Who has the power to understand why the Lord gives punishment? By punishing His mother, He taught everyone.
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Anyone who blasphemes they who use the word `Vaishnava" to address Lord Advaita will be punished. He will perish.
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Lord Chaitanya is theSupreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all. To be called His follower is very great praise.
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Without any intention to deceive, Lord Chaitanya openly said that Lord Nityananda is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.
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By Lord Nityananda's mercy I know Lord Chaitanya. By Lord Nityananda's mercy I know the Vaishnavas.
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By Lord Nityananda's mercy offenses are destroyed. By Lord Nityananda's mercy one attains devotion to Lord Vishnu.
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Blasphemy directed to Lord Nityananda's servants never enters my mouth. Day and night I happily sing Lord Chaitanya's glories
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I carefully serve Lord Nityananda's devotees. Lord Chaitanya is the life and wealth of Lord Nityananda's servants.
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A person who has only a little good fortune will not become Lord Nityananda's servant, for Lord Nityananda's servant is able to see Lord Chaitanya.
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Anyone who hears this story of Lord Visvarupa becomes a servant of the limitless Supreme Personality of Godhead. He feels that Lord Nityananda is his very life.
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Lord Nityananda and Lord Visvarupa do not have different bodies. This Mother Saci knew. Some other great souls also knew.
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Glory to Lord Nityananda, who takes shelter of Lord Chaitanya! Glory, glory to Lord Nityananda, who is thousand-faced Ananta Sesha!
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O Lord Nityananda, O king of Gauda-desa, glory to You! Who can attain Lord Chaitanya without first attaining Your mercy?
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Anyone who loses Lord Nityananda will not be happy in this life.
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Will I some day see Lord Chaitanya, Lord Nityananda, and their associates all thogether in one place?
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Lord Chaitanya is my master. With great faith and hope I meditate on Him within my heart.
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I bow down before Lord Advaita's feet. I pray that he will always be dear to me and that He will always stay in my thoughts.
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The two moons Shri Krishna Chaitanya and Shri Nityananda are my life and soul. I, Vrindavana dasa, sing the glories of Their feet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.132.82.156 (talk) 14:09, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. Just inviting you to the Melbourne meetup this Sunday at 11am, to celebrate our 11th anniversary. Details on that page. Hope to see you there! SteveBot (talk) 01:49, 11 January 2012 (UTC) (on behalf of Steven Zhang)[reply]
Hi All. Just letting you know that we have another meetup planned for Melbourne, on Sunday, 26th February at 11am. More details can be found at the meetup page. Pizza will be provided. Look forward to seeing all of you there :-) SteveBot (talk) 22:49, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hey all, just a reminder that there's a meetup tomorrow at 11am in North Melbourne. There are more details at the meetup page. Hope to see you tomorrow! SteveBot (talk) 03:43, 24 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there! You are cordially invited to a meetup next Sunday (6 January). Details and an attendee list are at Wikipedia:Meetup/Melbourne 26. Hope to see you there! John Vandenberg 04:57, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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