User:Ïvana/sandbox/TFP book template

DISCLAIMER: DO NOT UPDATE THIS TEMPLATE. Click on "Edit" to be able to see the code, and copy/paste whatever you need into the newly created draft. Any non authorized change made here will be reverted. Copy only what you need (notes, comments, and observations are unnecessary). DO NOT PUBLISH THE ENTIRE TEMPLATE AGAIN IN THE DRAFT. There should be no trace of it in the newly created article's history.

Name of the book is a «year of publication» «literary genre(s)» book written by «author(s)» and published by «publishing company».

That's the standard first sentence. For the rest of the lead include introductory details about the book (sources should be in the body of the article). Publisher can also be excluded for the lead, but if you don't have much for that section it is a nice addition.

Background
Optional. Depends on the type of book. Makes more sense for non-fiction ones if you wanna go on over what prompted the book's creation. Can also talk about inspiration behind the book, anything that shaped the writer(s) life/experiences that prompted them to write it, what was their research, etc etc. Can include pictures of the author(s) or anything relevant to the subject of the book.

If the author has written other books with Wikipedia pages, these can be a good way to get inspiration and sources for the background section.

Overview/Contents/Synopsis/Summary
Any of the proposed titles for the heading are fine. General overview of the book.

A good way to get this info without reading the book is to find several reviews of the book from reputable sources (e.g. publications that exist to review books or academic journals). This also gives you sources you can cite for your overview.

Reception/Critical reception
Optional. Again, any of the proposed titles are fine. If the book received any awards they could be included here or in a separate Awards section.

Content

 * WP:CCPOL - core content policies
 * MOS:LEAD - how the lead section/introduction should be structured
 * MOS:AT - rules for article titles, sections, and headings
 * MOS:LINK - when links should and should not be used, and how to format them
 * MOS:WTW - words to watch
 * WP:NCBOOKS - naming conventions for books
 * WP:CATSPECIFIC - how to categorize a page

Useful templates

 * Template:Short description - used to add a description that will appear in Wikipedia searches and elsewhere
 * Template:Infobox book - used to present a consistently-formatted table for use in articles about books
 * Template:Use mdy dates - for Wikipedia articles that use mmmm d, yyyy (American) dates
 * Template:Use dmy dates - for Wikipedia articles that use d mmmm yyyy dates
 * Template:Official website - to format the official website of the book in the infobox

Additional comments
You can create the draft by clicking here.

If the author of the book has an article, link their name to it in the lead and optionally the first mention after that. In the lead section you should also include their nationality and maybe occupation, if known. You can use sources already present in the author's article. Sometimes one of the references will refer to this book and could also be used here.

The lead section doesn't need to contain any references as long as that content is referenced in the body of the article.

If the author has books with their own WP page, you can check them out and draw inspiration from them. See what categories they're using, what information about the author they include, what are the external links, etc etc. If there are no such articles you can apply the same logic to similar books that cover the same topic.

Adding WikiProject tags can speed up the review process. The option will be available after submitting the draft. You can see a list of projects here.

For more information regarding article development, check this guide.