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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] Featured articles

[edit] Did you know articles

[edit] Good articles

[edit] Article alerts

Proposed deletion

Articles for deletion

Good article nominations

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[edit] Cleanup listing

Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature/Cleanup listing

[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

[edit] Books

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


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.

Things you can do


[edit] Templates

[edit] Project banner

Add this template to article talk pages and fill in with appropriate assessment information.

{{WikiProject Children's literature}}

{{WikiProject Children's literature
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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.



Contact with WP Children's literature
See also: assessed article categories. Last update: July 1, 2009
Children and young adult literature
articles
Importance
Top High Mid Low None Total
Quality
Featured article FA 3 9 4 1 17
Featured list FL 1 1
Good article GA 5 7 8 6 26
B 14 35 54 13 116
C 6 15 33 13 67
Start 16 90 554 207 867
Stub 4 42 1556 1567 1 3170
List 35 7 42
Assessed 48 198 2245 1814 1 4306
Unassessed 1 1
Total 48 198 2245 1815 1 4307

[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

[edit] Importance scale

The criteria used for rating article importance are meant to be an probable indication of how significant the topic is to a reader of literature, and how likely it would be covered in a serious encyclopedia.

Note that general notability need not be from the perspective of editor demographics; generally notable topics should be rated similarly regardless of the country or region in which they hold said notability. Thus, topics which may seem obscure to a Western audience—but which are of high notability in other places—should still be highly rated.

Article importance grading scheme
Label Criteria
Top Subject is a "core" topic for literature.
High Subject is very notable or significant within its field of literature.
Mid Subject is notable or significant within the field of literature (or to a historian), but not necessarily outside it.
Low Subject is not particularly notable (but notable enough to be included on Wikipedia) or significant even within the field of literature, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of a notable author or other notable subject.

[edit] Requesting an assessment

If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below. (Note that this is not required; any editor may assess or re-assess an article on their own, if acting in good faith.)

If you assess an article, please strike it off so that other editors will not waste time going there too. Comments are not mandatory and any should be left at the article's talk page; the list below will be wiped periodically.

  1. The 39 Clues This article is rated stub class now. I'm not sure how it should be rated, but it certainly should not be rated stub class. Ag97 (talk) 19:52, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
  2. The Highfield Mole Severely cleaned this page up. Dracoster (talk) 00:30, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
  3. Christopher Smart and his Hymns for the Amusement of Children and The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
  4. If you mean the thing in the Talk pg., One False Note of the 39th clues.
  5. Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Septimus Heap, Jenna Heap, Marcia Overstrand - all have been changed substantially since their last rating. Please review them once again. "Legolas" (talk) 06:59, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
  6. Fabulous Histories - This is a new article I created when I stumbled upon the children's lit portal and discovered it was a redlink. I need help expanding it, and was pointed here by DuncanHill. H2O Shipper 00:50, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
  7. The Lightning Thief - It's listed as stub-class, but I think it's beyond that now. DreamHaze (talk) 17:14, 23 February 2009 (UTC) (Forgot to sign before)
  8. The Dead and the Gone - Hasn't been rated, yet, and I'd appreciate an outside opinion of how it can be improved. DreamHaze (talk) 17:14, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
  9. It's Just a Plant - Hasn't been rated yet, I significantly expanded the article from a two sentence stub.
  10. Sea Change (Armstrong novel) - currently rated stub, recently expanded. Robina Fox (talk) 00:43, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
  11. Kay Tracey - currently listed as a stub; I have expanded it considerably. Ricardiana (talk) 01:50, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
  12. The Dana Girls - another stub that I expanded. Ricardiana (talk) 01:51, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
  13. Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis - currently listed as a stub, I have expanded significantly since the last assessment. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 14:56, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
  14. Thunder Oak - I'm still working on this, but I'm confident to say it isn't a stub anymore, at least. Zekiw (talk) 00:50, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
  15. List of Stratemeyer Syndicate series This is a new article and has not yet been rated. Ricardiana (talk) 04:01, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
  16. Otto of the Silver Hand A new article that has not yet been rated. Caleb Jontalk 23:59, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Participants

This is a list of Wikipedians who are committed to this WikiProject. If you're interested in helping with this project, please, feel free to join by clicking edit on the right, and signing your name at the bottom of the list with four tildes (~~~~), with an optional comment. A

Add this template to your user page {{user WikiProject Children's literature}}

This user is a member of the Children and Young Adult Literature WikiProject.


You don't need to be actively writing articles to be a participant. Please add your name to the list below (you may add a comment if you wish).

Editors who make no edits to Wikipedia at all in six months will be pruned from the list. Editors can always join the list again when they return to Wikipedia.

[edit] Active members

  1. melopoeia (talk · contribs) - I would like to focus on expanding/editing the History and Scholarship articles (specifically literary theory), as these are my areas of expertise. My other articles primarily would be on nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century British and American texts. I can start with The Wind in the Willows.
  2. Awadewit (talk · contribs) – Most of my articles will be on eighteenth-century British children's authors and texts since that is my area of scholarly expertise
  3. Aurum ore (talk · contribs) – 5 September 2008
  4. Cgingold (talk · contribs) – writer of non-fiction children's history, etc.
  5. D3t3ctiv3 (talk · contribs) - I probably won't write any new articles,but try to improve existing ones.I am an avid reader,and hopefully can help make a featured article.
  6. Fairweather01 (talk · contribs) - 29 September 2008
  7. Freechild (talk · contribs) – 9 January 2008
  8. Joyous! (talk · contribs) – 1 October 2008 – Concentrating for now on Newbery Honor books
  9. Hurricanewest (talk · contribs) - 2 March 2009 - right now concentrating on bring the Percy Jackson series up to snuff, but am more than willing to help where ever I can
  10. Kethra (talk · contribs) - 5 November 2008 - many interests, including young adult fantasy and sci-fi
  11. KGV (talk · contribs)
  12. Ladywitchthought (talk · contribs) – Joined 28 March 2008, Updated 3 October 2008 – Helping with ASOUE and The Faraway Tree Series
  13. Legolas2186 (talk · contribs) - 13 January 2009, Developing the Septimus Heap world
 14. (user/camgal)Cheryl Moore-Murnane Brandt-Guardian Ad Litem-Ramsey County-Developing Children with disability story handouts
  1. Mavarin (talk · contribs) – 28 July 2006 – Concentrating on L'Engle primarily
  2. Merpin (talk · contribs)
  3. Mervyn (talk · contribs) – Wide-ranging interests.
  4. Mistsrider (talk · contribs) – 7 February 2008 – Particularly interested in Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea and other female authors I believe are underappreciated (Susan Cooper, Patricia C. Wrede), as well as literature with odd stories and/or female protagonists, but will help out wherever I can.
  5. Mr. Absurd (talk · contribs) – 14 June 2008
  6. N p holmes (talk · contribs) – 23 Feb 2008
  7. Paycheckgurl (talk) 00:01, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
  8. plad2 (talk · contribs) Joined 20 February 2008. I'm a Publisher at Random House Children's Books UK.
  9. Pegship (talk · contribs)
  10. Ricardiana (talk · contribs)
  11. Robina Fox (talk · contribs) – 7 July 2008 - particularly interested in children's historical novels. Would also like to improve coverage of Carnegie Medal winners.
  12. Sabiona (talk · contribs) – 26 May 2009 - I'm a teacher-librarian in a middle school. Specific interests include anything that appeal to reluctant readers.
  13. Sanilrivka (talk) 18:38, 7 March 2009 (UTC) - Interested in cleaning up and providing sources for Sweet Valley High and other similar series.
  14. Schuym1 (talk · contribs)
  15. Strdst grl (talk · contribs) - Working mostly on assessing articles.
  16. TCO (talk · contribs) - 01 November 2008 - Just getting to know the project now. Will try to contribute articles for classic books that should be here and aren't.
  17. Tem2 (talk · contribs) - Available for grunt work on request and will check in as time permits. Interests include fantasy/sci-fi middle grade novels, New England authors, and debut authors.
  18. voceditenore (talk · contribs) - 2 October 2008. Usually write on opera but recently 'rescued' Parts and No Jumping on the Bed! and enjoyed it. Hope to do more.
  19. Pmlinediter (talk · contribs) - 13:59, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
  20. Simpsons lover 909 (talk · contribs)- writes the Barawa book awards
  21. DreamHaze (talk · contribs) - I have a tendency to edit children's literature articles, so I figured that I could make it official.
  22. Miriam.newman (talk · contribs)

[edit] Inactive members

  1. 60 Delta (talk · contribs)
  2. Aidoflight (talk · contribs)
  3. BengalRenaissanceEccentrica (talk · contribs)
  4. Cheesefee (talk · contribs)
  5. Chicopac (talk · contribs) – interning at the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database. Fan of some kid's books.
  6. Elizabeth_Lund (talk · contribs)
  7. FinFangFoom (talk · contribs)
  8. KittyRainbow (talk · contribs) – 24 October 2007
  9. Lbr123 (talk · contribs)
  10. Lemonsour (talk · contribs)
  11. Nuclear froggy (talk · contribs) Joined on 29 April 2007
  12. Sanjay Tiwari (talk · contribs) Joined on 18 September 2006. I'm very interested in Victorian and Edwardian (British) children's literature, especially the out-of-prints authors. I've created templates for 18th Century British Children's Literature, 19th Century British Children's Literature, and Early 20th Century British Children's Literature.
  13. Stratford490 (talk · contribs) – 15 June 2008
  14. Sudhirn (talk · contribs) Sudhir Neerattupuram, Writing various children books. His various books are published by the leading publishers in Kerala like Kairali Children Book Trust (DC Books), Kurushetra Prakashan, Bala Sahity Prakashan etc. His books are Iswarante Chiri, Swami Vivekanandan Paranja Kadakal, Subhashita Saram, Amritavachanagal, Ramayana Prasnotiri, etc.
  15. Tomandlu (talk · contribs)
  16. Tyciol (talk · contribs)
  17. Woggly (talk · contribs)
  18. WTGDMan1986 (talk · contribs) – 23 August 2008 – I have been writing fiction and young adult literature since December 25, 1994 - and I have written four books since September 24, 2004. I wish to protect the Twilight and Harry Potter articles from unnecessary vandalism.


[edit] Former members

The following users have retired from this WikiProject.

  1. Abbeybufo (talk · contribs)I fear that at the moment I have insufficient time to do more than visit Wikipedia occasionally - will check back in when I can.
  2. Bellwether_BC (talk · contribs) (Retired from Wikipedia in May 2008)
  3. Gears of War (talk · contribs) – 25 June 2008 (Retired from Wikipedia in August 2008)
  4. Kitia (talk · contribs) I've been working on this for a while now, but have never officially joined. (Blocked indefinitely)
  5. Nothing444 (talk · contribs) (Blocked indefinitely)


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