Wikipedia:WikiProject Oz


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This project is designed to organize and create better articles about the The Oz books and their authors, (Baum, Thompson, et al.), illustrators (Denslow, Neill), characters, and stage/film adaptations (The Wizard of Oz (1939 movie), The Wiz, Return to Oz, etc.)

This project also covers the Wicked books and plays by Gregory Maguire.

[[Image:Searchtool.svg|23px|Scope]] Goals

 * 1) To detail the Oz books, its stage and screen adaptations and the fictional world of the Land of Oz.
 * 2) To ensure the detail is structured as well as possible.
 * 3) To make Wikipedia one of the most detailed definitive guide to all things Oz on the internet.

Parentage

 * WikiProject Media franchises
 * WikiProject Books
 * WikiProject Children's literature

Related WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Novels
 * WikiProject Terry Pratchett's Discworld
 * WikiProject Harry Potter
 * WikiProject Shannara

[[Image:Nuvola apps kdmconfig.png|23px|2 people]] Participants
Please sign with 3 tildes:. I would love to help out on all things Wicked-The Musical. Nathan Cohen (ncohen73@yahoo.com
 * I'd love to help! I have researched Oz thoroughly and am a huge fan.
 * talk
 * Oz is the only thing I actually know anything substantial about! I'll be sure to help out! Luckynumber78 (talk)
 * Cbrown1023 19:18, 15 October 2006 (UTC)--I'm going to add the tag to all your articles.
 * Ian &equiv; talk Happy to help but very busy at the mo'. Good luck.
 * Deborah-jl Talk, when I can
 * We're off to see the wizard! &mdash;Gordon P. Hemsley&rarr; &#x2709;
 * Scottandrewhutchins 14:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)Scottandrewhutchins (Long time Oz & Baum fan and International Wizard of Oz Club member; currently reading the Aunt Jane's Nieces series; also on several Oz mailing lists, and in communication with Michael Patrick Hearn, John Fricke, and Sally Roesch Wagner)
 * Icarus_23 (24.176.0.225 00:10, 17 October 2006 (UTC))
 * &mdash; [[User:JonMoore|&mdash;Jo nMo * ore  20:24, 29 May 2006 (UTC)]]
 * The_stuart
 * Woggly - when I can. Keep in mind I'll be VERY busy for next 6 months or so.
 * Wootking 'Tom'
 * Zappernapper wow, it seems like there's only a couple people working on these articles...
 * Zephyrprince
 * Typicalst When I can. I'll do my best.
 * Jonks 10:43, 13 December 2006 (UTC) I'll also help when I can. I've just finished a dissertation on Oz, including substantial work on the new Oz stories by Gregory Maguire, Philip Jose Farmer and Geoff Ryman.
 * Kmilne - Happy to help when I can - am following the new Oz prequel series by Darren Reid
 * AshsEvilHand - 06/10/07 8:09 PM - Excited to help out.
 * Witchzilla I will help where I can, but pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
 * WizardofOzfan39 17:57, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yoda317 Yoda317
 * Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 00:27, 11 October 2007 (UTC) I've been editing Oz articles sporadically for some time now, so I suppose I may as well add myself formally to the project.
 * Limetolime - After solely doing major construction on The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, I will try and help wherever I can. Limetolime (talk)
 * Alpheta (talk) - yeah I'll join, I'm an Ozite myself.
 * grant (talk) 18:17, 8 December 2014 (UTC) I can chip in when I can!
 * 𝕋𝕙𝕖ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕟 (talk) 01:47, 30 January 2020 (UTC) Here we are together, searchin' for a dream...

Assessment
Please see WikiProject Oz/Assessment for information on assessing the quality of Oz articles in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program.

Templates
Oz will create:

Oz-project will create:

For User Pages
will create:

and include the user in Category:Wikipedians_who_read_L._Frank_Baum

Stub templates
Use Oz-stub to create:

and place the article in Category:Oz stubs

Categories and articles
Please keep this list updated! If you create a new Oz article or category, or add an existing Oz article to a category, please list it below:

''As of June 2015, evidently since July 2011,  is the top cat. Most subcategory names differ from those listed here.''

Articles to work on

 * List of characters in the Oz books
 * Let's work on adding articles for the redlinks. --Scottandrewhutchins 19:02, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

New Wikipedia articles related to Oz
''Please feel free to list your new Oz-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article. Also, please add one of the above categories to any new articles, and add them to the above lists.''

I have created The Wizard of Oz (pinball). Feel free to expand the article. --Fluffystar (talk) 19:12, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

I have created a page for the first of Shanower's Oz non-canonical graphic novels, The Enchanted Apples of Oz. I haven't put it under any of the categories other than Oz, because it doesn't really fit into them.

I added The Sword of Oz into the Oz listing as it fits into the series as a prequel and is supposed to accompany the "cannon" series

Peer review
Please submit any articles you would like to see featured to peer review before submitting them as a Featured article candidate.

Former featured articles

 * The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Current featured lists

 * The Oz books

Good articles

 * Wicked (musical)
 * The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Ongoing Wikipedia surveys

 * Requested moves:
 * Requests for Comments:


 * Votes for deletion (Article deletion):
 * Votes for undelete (Article undeletion}:
 * Templates for deletion:
 * Categories for deletion:
 * Images for deletion:
 * Redirects for deletion:

Pre-39 films
Has anyone done any work on articles about the various silent Oz films prior to MGM's? I'm thinking primarily of 1925's Wizard of Oz and the sequel His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz, both of which co-starred Oliver Hardy and have been available on DVD for a number of years (and were most recently added to the 1939 film as a bonus DVD feature. 23skidoo 04:41, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

1933's Wizard of Oz animated short starts in black and white and goes to color. Storyline is almost cheesy, but informative on a historic level. One of L. Frank Baum's son was involved in the production. This is included on the Wizard of OZ 3 disc DVD set. Updated Saturday, July 1, 2006

1930s Radio Show
Does anyone know anything about the 1930s radio broadcasts starring Nancy Kelly as Dorothy that were sponsored by Jell-O? I've got the info somewhere, but I'd have to find it. Scottandrewhutchins 19:27, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Hollow Earth Theories
Has anyone here read any scholarship (or entertaining speculation) linking Baum's weird maps to his experience in the Theosophical Society and possible exposure to Hollow Earth theories?

Because the East-West inversion (and the various ways of getting to Oz - through cracks in the Earth past the Vegetable Kingdom, the tunnel that the dragon flies through from China and so forth) make sense from the perspective of Oz being inside a hollow sphere, the way Cyrus Teed thought we were all living. The Nomes simply travel through a layer of crust several miles thick.... grant (talk) 18:51, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Resources
HIS MAJESTY THE SCARECROW OF OZ was the third of the Oz Film Manufacturing Co.'s Oz films. Oliver Hardy was not in this film.

Archives

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The Children's literature tag
It seems all the Oz books are tagged as Kid's books regardless of the appropriateness of label. The books in the Wicked Years series: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men  are not children's books something the author makes very clear. I am also pretty sure Was is not a children's book either. A close look should be taken at the Oz books to make sure the are not inappropriately categorized as kids books as some aren't. Tydoni (talk) 16:34, 3 March 2010 (UTC)