User talk:Kevinalewis/2008archiveQ2

Welcome - to my April 2008 – June 2008 talk archive

Withdrawl of candidacy
It is really rather disheartening to hear that the man who has kept the Novels project going for several years wishes to retire from that post. I do have one question for you, though. If the other elected coordinators were to grant you an "emeritus coordinator" position, giving you the same basic recognition if not the same level of required activity, would you be willing to accept that role? There is an extant precedent with Kirill Lokshin recently being given the same title by the Military history project. The two years of experience you have had with the subject make you probably the single most informed person on wikipedia's content related to this subject, and I think it is a very bad idea for any project to lose such "experts". We even have a separate page relating to the subject, Expert retention. I have no doubt that the members of the novels project would be more than willing to accomodate you should you wish to continue at any level of activity. John Carter (talk) 20:05, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Please explain
- this has caused some angst to the (definitely not dead) subject. What was the source, please? Guy (Help!) 22:17, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Novels Collaboration of the Month
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Help with the Raymond E. Feist
Hey thought id ask you seen you appear to no alot about this part of wikipedia. What do you think of the Bibliography section on Feist's page, do you think it has too much infomation about the books? I would like your opinion on the matter if you dont mind. Salavat (talk) 01:43, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

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Nice to see You back. feydey (talk) 21:12, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Murder in the Cassava Patch
Kevin - I've added an Infobox to Murder in the Cassava Patch and quite a comprehensive plot summary. I can probably upload some cover artwork for it, at some point, too. Have a look at it, when you've a minute, to see if you agree that the stub template needs updating now.

--Quywompka (talk) 14:00, 11 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Easily a "B" class. More reviews, critical comment, real worl history etc would be the next stage. :: Kevinalewis  : (Talk Page) /(Desk)  09:15, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Script error?
I think you might be using a broken script to add categories and WikiProject banners to articles. I had to change the WikiProject banner and remove the categories from Mounseer Nongtongpaw because your script had labeled it a novel when it is a poem. Just a heads up. Awadewit (talk) 08:02, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

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ISBN
Hi Kevin, I put up Paul Auster's Leviathan (1992 novel) today. Am unsure what happens with ISBNs when you have ISBN10 ... and ISBN13... I put the first in the infobox. What is the difference, please? Btw, re your retirement I hope this means you will be happy with the change. I guess it's also about taking a break from so much to do. A good move if it means you are still around (I hope!). cheers, Julia Rossi (talk) 09:56, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Julia Rossi (talk) 00:06, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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Invention in the Arts
Hi, I am hoping that you will take a look at the section on Inventions in the Arts on the Invention page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention and contribute to the information. Thanks! --Sara USA (talk) 21:50, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

New Project
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Have you time for a review?
Kevin, I got your name from the WP Novels 19th Century Task Force participants list. I notice you've not edited much in the past month, but I figure it's worth a shot: I'm working on the article for La Peau de chagrin, an 1831 novel by Honoré de Balzac, with the goal of sending it to FAC. I wonder if you have time to do a peer review? I'd be ever so grateful! Cheers. – Scartol  •  Tok  17:59, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

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Robert Holdstock and Ryhope Series Novels
I have noticed some time back that you were interested in seeing the quality of the Robert Holdstock novel pages (specifically Lavondyss) being improved, but just did not have time. I have been working on revising and writing these novel pages within the Wikipedia guidelines over the past six months or so. I thought you might be interested in checking them out. If you have feedback, let me know, or feel free to edit them... Npd2983 (talk) 18:10, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Anthologies minitagging
Hey there Kevin! Wonder if you'd be interested in a little anthologies-Novels-series related project. To wit, since the 1632 series anthologies are using the same formatting (or will once I get back through them again), I was wondering whether doing a mini Infobox short story customized for the links to 1632 writers (See the workings of 16writ, et. al.) would have any benefits to your mind, and if so, would you care to write one up? Don't see that most fields in that template really have utility in a list article compendium as for example Grantville Gazette III. Do you? Seems great if and only if the article is dedicated to the single short story.

OTOH, I can see some merit in a formulaic template to handle canonical needs like setting, timeline, characters, and so forth. (GG03 is good 'type article' demonstrating the way things are working out... albeit, an unfinished and unpolished draft state. Many of those synopses need more work, particularly in giving them uniformity in the aforementioned parameters, style and so forth, and I include in that justification and adjustment across articles (using the best approach, natch!). [My wiki time is in dribs and drabs, alas! And I don't always start back where I left off, which is perhaps worse!]). In any event, I'd appreciate your input and any suggestions you might have given that example. (As of last month, there were over 1500 stories languishing on the forum 1632 Slushpile, most of which weren't gonna see publication. At 12-15 per issue (ebook) that's more than enough for eight years of the Gazettes! Per editor Goodlett by email, most likely only those submitted during the last six &months would likely make the cuts for the issue construction going forward from any epoch time one cares to choose&mdash;excepting any developmental tie-in with main series writing... which might revive a story. A large number of such were recently released as Ring of Fire II, and a third of those is planned for next year with a cut off date of next January) // Fra nkB 03:59, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

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