Wikipedia:Literature collaboration of the fortnight/History

This is a list of past LCOTWs. Newest are at the top

Doctor Zhivago (2)
Nearly made the regular COTW, but just missed out. Important text in dire need of work. Ambi 00:02, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Support
 * 1) Ambi 00:02, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) PlasmaDragon 19:16, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) NeoJustin 02:35, Oct 22, 2004 (UTC)

Comments

Faust, Part 1 (4)
If I may nominate something, this article really needs work. It is one of the most important works in the Western canon, and it is in abominable shape. I hope you consider it. Danny

Support Comments
 * 1) Danny
 * 2) [[User:OldakQuill|Oldak Quill]] 19:12, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) PlasmaDragon 19:16, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Maarten van Vliet 18:15, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

A Tale of Two Cities (4)

 * Nominated Oct. 7; needs 3 votes by Oct. 14 (minimum 3 votes per week)

Support: Comments:
 * 1) SimonP 01:59, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 22:37, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) J OHN C OLLISON | (Ludraman) 08:42, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) [[User:Aranel|Aranel ("Sarah")]] 18:33, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Very little on one of the most important works by one of the most important English language authors.

Became LCOTW on October 10th 2004

John B Keane (2)

 * Nominated October 8; needs 3 votes by October 15 (minimum 3 votes per week)

Support:
 * 1) CGorman 19:05, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) J OHN C OLLISON | (Ludraman) 08:42, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Comments:
 * John B Keane doesn,t even have an article at the moment - for such a famous playwright and writer - it's amazing. CGorman 19:05, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Oscar Wilde (4)

 * Nominated October 8; needs 3 votes by October 15 (minimum 3 votes per week)

Support:
 * 1) Filiocht 07:23, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) The Anome 12:51, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Deb 17:26, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) PedanticallySpeaking 18:19, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)

Comments:
 * A major figure with lots to write about and the current article, though long, is a mess. Filiocht 07:23, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * The LCOTW is meant for stubs. Although a mess this article isn't stubby at all. [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|(talk)]] 11:03, Oct 8, 2004 (UTC)
 * What is says at the top of the page is 'a specific literature-related topic (books, authors etc.) which initially either has no article, has only a basic stub-like page, or is in need of more information.' Wilde needs much more information!. Filiocht 11:05, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * I support working on this article too: it's a very fuzzy collection of facts about a major literary figure who deserves much better. -- The Anome 12:50, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)


 * COTW for week beginning Nov 7.

The Valley of Fear (4)

 * Nominated October 7th; needs 3 votes by October 14th (minimum 3 votes per week)

Support: Comments:
 * 1) J OHN C OLLISON | (Ludraman) 19:40, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Johnleemk | Talk 14:57, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Jwrosenzweig 06:59, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Filiocht 09:10, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
 * Pretty important book, one of the ones Conan Doyle wrote when Holmes was "dead" J OHN C OLLISON | (Ludraman) 19:40, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * COTW for week beginning Nov 15.

List of poetry anthologies and List of poetry collections (3)

 * Need sorting out to remove overlap and wrongly placed items and expanding beyond their current limits. Filiocht 12:13, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)

Support:
 * 1) Filiocht 08:56, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) gK 08:45, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Jwrosenzweig 23:24, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Comments:
 * There are a whole bunch of lists on the Wikipedia related to literature that need work, including the two that Filiocht listed. Some of them are way too English-centric (both language and country), others have entries that don't belong on their list, and others seem rather haphazardly put together, mixing the famous and obscure. I'd probably add the List of poets, and List of authors to this list, and I'm sure there are others that I've missed so far. All these lists are also a good way to check for articles and stubs that need to be written. gK 08:45, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * The point about those two is well-taken (quite easy to sort, though). The general question about 'notability' of authors is not going to be solved overnight. There are several angles (like wrote a lot, sold a lot, famous, literary merit) and that's before you get to language/cultural perspective. Charles Matthews 12:59, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * My biggest problem with the lists are that they are extremely English language oriented. I've added a few of the major historical Japanese poetry anthologies, but there are more to add (see List of Japanese Anthologies). There must be similar sorts of anthologies for other languages. There are some of the English-language Penguin Book poetry anthologies, but the Penguin Book of Japanese Verse is missing. gK 03:16, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Certainly English-oriented. I have quite a number of the Penguin 'regional' collections (eg Japanese verse, German verse, Greek verse). I did hesitate about the authoritative nature of, say, the Penguin Book of German Verse (better have a collection from Germany, really); but this might be too scrupulous, and I wouldn't criticise anyone who wanted to process any such collection. Charles Matthews 11:23, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Personally, I don't think a list of anthologies is all that interesting. Who knows how many poetry anthologies are printed every day. With the rare exeption (Norton's, for example), I don't think most anthologies are noteworthy or encyclopedic. Poets, on the other hand, are a whole different matter. This discussion has inspired me to create List of Hebrew language authors, with the forthcoming spinoffs List of Hebrew language poets and List of Hebrew language playwrights. --Woggly 12:00, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * The Japanese Imperial Anthologies like the Manyoshu are something very different since they were essentially very large anthologies of anthologies which might cover a century or more in time. There really isn't anything equivalent to them in English. gK [[User talk:GK|&iquest;?]] 12:17, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Some English anthologies are crucial in Lit history, 'Des Imagistes and Children of Albion: Poetry of the Underground in Britain being two cases in point. Filiocht 12:42, Nov 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * Ruth Pitter is an example of but one poet whose inclusion in an anthology had a reasonable impact on her stature and reputation. I think tracking the major anthologies is useful, if only to help us track the rising and falling fortunes of poets over time -- how detailed we are is, of course, very much up for debate. Jwrosenzweig 23:24, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * COTW for week beginning Nov 22.

Novel (3)

 * Inadequate article and I suspect we could all add to it. Filiocht 12:13, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
 * --Tslag 16:00, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)
 * Charles Matthews 05:33, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * COTW for week beginning Dec 6.

Alexandros Papadiamantis (8)

 * Nominated January 3; needs 3 votes by January 10 (minimum 3 votes per week)

Support: Comments: Links: here and here.
 * 1) Project2501a 16:33, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 2)  ALKIVAR &trade;[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 23:41, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC) - couldnt hurt :)
 * 3) Etz Haim 16:29, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Nkour 21:01, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Diomidis Spinellis 22:00, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Mavros 01:17, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Kostasge 08:50, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Kapnisma 12:29, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm nominating this because Alexandros Papadiamantis was a noted Greek author. His most noted novel "The Murderess" (&#919; &#934;&#972;&#957;&#953;&#963;&#963;&#945;), portrays a chilling depiction of life in pre-WWI Greece, life that led thousands of Greeks to immigrate to the USA, Germany and Australia by the end of the 1940s. His work in depicting Greek life, as nobel-winner poet Odyseas Elitis (yet another article waiting to be written), combined with that plain kind of narration that grips you of the writings of Nikos Kazantzakis, both of which were, by the way, contemporay to Papadiamantis'.

Scottish literature (4)

 * Nominated January 1; needs 3 votes by January 8 (minimum 3 votes per week)

Support:
 * 1) Deb 14:53, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Filiocht 15:31, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Awadewit 4 January 2005
 * 4) Man vyi 12:18, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments:
 * I'm nominating this because we should be able to find lots to say on the subject. It's criminal that it's just a stub at the moment


 * I agree with the previous comment. Perhaps we should work on this in periods? For example, although Hume has a huge article, it would be nice to explain his relationship to other Scottish writers of the time and the role of Scottish writers in the 18c more generally. Is that the kind of thing we're looking for here? Perhaps we could integrate the Scottish Renaissance page into this one as an individual section?   --Awadewit 4 January 2005

Arabic Literature

 * Nominated [17 February]; needs 3 votes by [24 February] (minimum 3 votes per week)

Support:
 * 1) 500LL 13:50, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Jmabel | Talk 18:57, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Danny 22:21, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC) | I added some a couple of weeks ago. I will try to add more.
 * 4) Darwinek 19:40, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Comments: There was only few information about this wide and important genre of literature.