Talk:Waverley novels

New title
'Novels' need not be capitalized. The name should be Waverly novels.- Gilliam (talk) 02:17, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

No, the name should be Waverley novels. --Mabzilla (talk) 18:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Non-Waverley Novels
Are any of Scott's novels besides the Tales of my Landlord series not considered Waverley? If so, it would be appropriate to list them or provide a wikilink to a list. D A Patriarche, BSc 07:32, 24 March 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by D A Patriarche (talk • contribs)

Requested move 1 June 2023

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The result of the move request was: Moved  (t &#183; c)  buidhe  03:54, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Waverley Novels → Waverley novels – The word "novels" is just a descriptive term, not a proper name. The phrase "Waverley novels" is not consistently capitalised in a substantial majority of sources (see n-gram, which actually shows more capitalisation than it should because it doesn't do anything to exclude use in title-case titles/headings/headlines). Move also per WP:CONSISTENT to agree with, e.g., Palliser novels, The Merchanter novels, Santangelo novels, The Chanur novels, Deryni novels, The Bolitho novels, Being Human novels, Dungeons & Dragons novels, List of Charmed novels and short stories, List of Angel novels, List of Star Trek novels, List of Monogatari novels, List of Buffyverse novels, List of Star Trek: Enterprise novels, etc., etc. This move was proposed (above) back in 2014, but no one actually listed it at RM. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:59, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

PS: I did find a handful of other cases of this over-capitalisation, but each case should probably be taken on its own: Neapolitan Novels, The Courtney Novels, Galaxy Science Fiction Novels, The Paradise Novels, Pacesetter Novels; that seems to be all of them. And Aubrey–Maturin series should probably be moved to Aubrey–Maturin novels for consistency with the "Foo novels" pattern. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:59, 1 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Support. This a common name rather than a proper name, should not be capitalized. Walrasiad (talk) 05:51, 1 June 2023 (UTC)