- Member news
- Coordinator election. In the recent Coordinator Election, Kevinalewis achieved the most votes, and will therefore be taking up the role of Lead Coordinator. Alan16 and Pmlineditor came a close second, and will therefore both will become Assistant Coordinators. There were a total of 39 votes cast, by 19 editors.
- The Novels Project now has 132 active members.
- 18 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.
- Finally, back by popular demand is the opt-in opt-out system for the newsletter. A link to the newsletter will be given to all active members of the project by default. However if you would like the full content delivered to you, add your name to this list. And if you do not want the newsletter at all you should add your name to this list. Also, any non-members who would like either a link to the newsletter or the full content should add their name to this list.
- Project news
- On July 7, a fact about Wilkins Micawber, a character in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield, appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section.
- On July 8, a fact about Robert Keable's 1921 novel Simon Called Peter appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the DYK section.
- On July 11, a fact about the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow appeared on the main page in the DYK section.
- On July 12, a fact about Lee Child's novel, Echo Burning, appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the DYK section.
- On July 15, a fact about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer appeared on the main page in the Did you know? section.
- On July 23, a fact about crime writer Agatha Christie appeared on the main page in the DYK section.
- On July 24, a fact about Dutch writer Louis Ferron appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? section.
- Contributor was Alan16 (who searched the archives).
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- Task force and related news
- – The position of Task Force Coordinator is still available at the Job Centre.
- Peer review and assessment news
- – Alan16(talk)
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- Member in Focus
- I have been a member of this project for five months now, and am the coordinator of WP:PJTF and WP:HDMTF. I have been active at both the projects and also have edited Harry Potter, Twilight articles. Recently, I became an editor of this newsletter J. I’m currently standing for coordinator election and hope that I succeed. I have many plans for this year which I have posted at the forum and look forward to working with Kevin and Alan to revive this project. I usher all interested users to sign up and improve the Novels articles. Regards, Pmlineditor 15:38, 10 July 2009 (UTC).[reply]
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- Current debates
- A discussion on whether Audio books fall within the scope of the Project and whether they are notable enough for their own articles, is currently being undertaken on the Project Talk Page.
- Novel related news
- A new literary award for African writers, the Penguin Prize for African Writing, has been announced by South African publishers, Penguin Books.
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- From the Outreach Department
The Collaboration Department has gone yet another month with next to no interest. As you will see below, this has meant that the decision has once again fallen in to my lap. The Coordinator Election was more of a success than the previous attempt - twelve times as many votes - yet there were still over a hundred editors who did not vote. This Project needs some serious work, and at the Coordinator Election there was a useful discussion into ways to get people interested. I would encourage all members of the Project to check it out and to add to it.
–Alan16(talk)
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- Collaboration of the Month
- Because there has been little activity on our Collaboration page once again, I have had to choose our Collaboration of the month. This month the collaboration will therefore be The Oregon Files
All members are asked to assist where they can.
The next collaboration is due for selection on 25 August, 2009 so nominate and vote.
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- Newsletter challenge
This months newsletter's challenge is The Cater Street Hangman, a previous uncompleted challenge.
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- Announcements and open tasks
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WikiProject Novels • (inc. novellas, novelettes & short stories)
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