Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature:
This WikiProject is a project to better organize information in articles related to children's and young-adult literature. The main aims of this WikiProject are to:
- Improve the overall quality of articles relating to children's and young-adult literature, including books, authors, and theory
- Identify those articles which need to be created, merged, or deleted
- Improve the categorization of these articles
- Define easily maintainable, useable, and well-documented templates and infoboxes related to this WikiProject
- Improve source citation in all these articles
- Propose criteria for (author, book, etc) list creation and inclusion
- Expand stub articles relating to Children's literature
- Perform cleanup on certain articles
[edit] Accomplishments
[edit] Style guides and resources
All articles should conform to the Wikipedia style guides. Some helpful resources include:
Secondary style guide are specific to different projects. Conflict between any of these may arise, but discussion on the article's talk page will help to reach consensus.
Some other helpful guides may be:
For nominating articles to good article status:
For nominating articles to featured article status:
[edit] Categories
[edit] Stub completion
[edit] Other WikiProjects
This WikiProject is a child project of WikiProjects Literature, Books, and Novels, and a sister project of WikiProjects Artemis Fowl, Harry Potter, Redwall, and Fablehaven.
[edit] Criteria for inclusion
[edit] Authors
What authors get their own articles? Probably almost all non-self-published authors, per bio guidelines that specify Published authors, editors, and photographers who have written books with an audience of 5,000 or more or in periodicals with a circulation of 5,000 or more
What books get their own articles?
- Award-winners
- Best sellers
- Cult classics
- Classics
- Frequently taught books
- Controverisal books
- pop culture books
[edit] Fictional characters and place names
Individual articles on characters, locations, and other elements of a work of fiction are subject to Wikipedia's fictional elements notability guidelines—be aware of these guidelines before creating articles.
[edit] Projects
[edit] Meta-projects
- We need to tag articles as members of this wikiproject
- We need a list of articles that need cleanup
- We need a list of articles that need work
WikiProject Children's Literature Open Tasks
Here are some open tasks for WikiProject Children's literature, an attempt to create and standardize articles related to children's literature. Feel free to help with any of the following tasks. |
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Update author biography articles and write about new books written for children
Expand articles in the Demonata series by Darren Shan
Create new articles relating to children's literature
Add this template ( {{Children'sLiteratureWikiProject}} ) to the talk pages of articles relating to Children's Literature.
Expand and edit the Children and Young Adult Literature Portal
Cooperate with Wikipedians who belong to similar WikiProjects
Discuss matters involving children's literature on this WikiProject's talk page
Clean up the Philip Ardagh article
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[edit] Templates
[edit] Project banner
Add this template to article talk pages and fill in with appropriate assessment information.
{{Children'sLiteratureWikiProject}}
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[edit] Portal link
This template adds a link to Portal:Children and Young Adult Literature. Add it to relevant articles under the "See also" section.
{{tl|Children and Young Adult Literature Portal}}
[edit] User template
Project participants can add this template to their user pages to identify themselves as members of this WikiProject.
{{tl|user WikiProject Children's literature}}
[edit] Welcome template
Place this template onto new participant's talk pages (be sure to substitute).
{{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature/Welcome}}
[edit] Assessment
Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature
Welcome to the assessment department of the Children's Literature WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's children's and young-adult literature related articles. Much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, but the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.
Children and young adult literature
articles |
Importance |
| Top |
High |
Mid |
Low |
None |
Total |
| Quality |
 FA |
3 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
|
13 |
| A |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
 GA |
4 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
|
20 |
| B |
15 |
22 |
30 |
9 |
|
76 |
| C |
4 |
7 |
9 |
4 |
|
24 |
| Start |
12 |
73 |
295 |
103 |
|
483 |
| Stub |
5 |
32 |
894 |
931 |
|
1862 |
| List |
|
|
3 |
1 |
26 |
30 |
| Assessed |
44 |
144 |
1241 |
1054 |
26 |
2509 |
| Unassessed |
|
1 |
|
|
632 |
633 |
| Total |
44 |
145 |
1241 |
1054 |
658 |
3142 |
[edit] Frequently asked questions
- How do I add an article to the WikiProject?
- Just add {{Children'sLiteratureWikiProject}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
- Someone put a {{Children'sLiteratureWikiProject}} template on an article, but it doesn't seem appropriate. What should I do?
- If you notice one, feel free to remove the tag, and optionally leave a note on the talk page of the project (or directly with the person who tagged the article).
- How can I get my article rated?
- Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
- Who can assess articles?
- Any member of the Children's Literature WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article.
- Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?
- Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article; they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.
- What if I don't agree with a rating?
- You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can ask any member of the project to rate the article again.
- Aren't the ratings subjective?
- Yes, they are (see, in particular, the disclaimers on the importance scale), but it's the best system WP:1.0 have been able to devise; if you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!
- What if I have a question not listed here?
- Leave a message at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Children's literature.
[edit] Instructions
An article's assessment is generated from the class and importance parameters in the {{Children'sLiteratureWikiProject}} project banner on its talk page:
- {{NovelsWikiProject| ... | class=??? | importance=??? | ...}}
The following values may be used for the class parameter:
The following values may be used for the importance parameter:
The parameter is not used if an article's class is set to NA, and may be omitted in those cases.
[edit] Quality scale
WikiProject article progress grading scheme [ v • d • e ]
| Label |
Criteria |
Reader's experience |
Editing suggestions |
Example |
FA
{{FA-Class}} |
The article has attained Featured article status.
| More detailed criteria |
| The article must meet the featured article criteria:
A featured article exemplifies our very best work and features professional standards of writing and presentation. In addition to meeting the requirements for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.
- It is—
- (a) well-written: its prose is engaging, even brilliant, and of a professional standard;
- (b) comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details;
- (c) factually accurate: claims are verifiable against reliable sources, accurately represent the relevant body of published knowledge, and are supported with specific evidence and external citations; this requires a "References" section in which sources are listed, complemented by inline citations where appropriate;
- (d) neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; and
- (e) stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process.
- It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of:
- (a) a lead—a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections;
- (b) appropriate structure—a system of hierarchical headings and a substantial but not overwhelming table of contents (see section help); and
- (c) consistent citations—where required by Criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using either footnotes[1] or Harvard referencing (Smith 2007, p. 1) (see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references; for articles with footnotes, the meta:cite format is recommended).
- Images. It has images and other media where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly.
- Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
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Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information. |
No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. |
Tourette Syndrome
(as of June 2008) |
FL
{{FL-Class}} |
The article has attained Featured list status.
| More detailed criteria |
The article must meet the featured list criteria:
- Prose. It features professional standards of writing.
- Lead. It has an engaging lead section that introduces the subject, and defines the scope and inclusion criteria of the list.
- Comprehensiveness. It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing a complete set of items where practical, or otherwise at least all of the major items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about entries.
- Structure. It is easy to navigate, and includes—where helpful—section headings and table sort facilities.
- Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages.
- Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour; it has images if they are appropriate to the subject, with succinct captions or "alt" text; and it has a minimal proportion of red links.
- Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.
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FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
(as of January 2008) |
A
{{A-Class}} |
The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been reviewed by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere.
| More detailed criteria |
| Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:How to write a great article. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history, WikiProject Films). |
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Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject matter would typically find nothing wanting. |
Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style issues may need addressing. Peer-review may help. |
Durian
(as of March 2007) |
GA
{{GA-Class}} |
The article has attained Good article status.
| More detailed criteria |
The article must meet the good article criteria:
- Well written:
- (a) the prose is clear and the spelling and grammar are correct; and
- (b) it complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, jargon, words to avoid, fiction, and list incorporation.
- Factually accurate and verifiable:
- (a) it provides references to all sources of information, and at minimum contains a section dedicated to the attribution of those sources in accordance with the guide to layout;
- (b) at minimum, it provides in-line citations from reliable sources for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons; and
- (c) it contains no original research.
- Broad in its coverage:
- (a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and
- (b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
- Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without bias.
- Stable: it does not change significantly from day-to-day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
- Illustrated, if possible, by images:
- (a) images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content; and
- (b) images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
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Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (although not equalling) the quality of a professional encyclopedia. |
Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing. |
International Space Station
(as of February 2007) |
B
{{B-Class}} |
The article is mostly complete and without major issues, but requires some further work to reach Good Article standards. B-Class articles should meet the six B-Class criteria.
| More detailed criteria |
- The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations where necessary. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. The use of citation templates such as {{cite web}} is not required, but the use of <ref></ref> tags is encouraged.
- The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.
- The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.
- The article is reasonably well written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it certainly need not be "brilliant". The Manual of Style need not be followed rigorously.
- The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams and an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.
- The article presents its content in an appropriately accessible way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. Although Wikipedia is more than just a general encyclopedia, the article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.
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No reader should be left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher. |
A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed, and expert knowledge is increasingly needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should also be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the manual of style and related style guidelines. |
Jammu and Kashmir
(as of October 2007) |
C
{{C-Class}} |
The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains a lot of irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant issues or require substantial cleanup.
| More detailed criteria |
| The article is better developed in style, structure and quality than Start-Class, but fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements; need editing for clarity, balance or flow; or contain policy violations such as bias or original research. Articles on fictional topics are likely to be marked as C-Class if they are written from an in-universe perspective. |
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Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study. |
Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and address cleanup issues. |
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