Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Romance

Excited
I'm so excited you've created a WikiProject. I've thought that we needed one for years, but I didn't want to take the initiative to make it. I hope that we can find others who are interested in the topic. WP's coverage of romance novels is horrific, IMO. I think we need a to-do list, with different categories. Perhaps that will help people find a way to help. Karanacs (talk) 21:12, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm going to post a recruitment call in my author loops in hopes that will help too. I started a WikiProject Romance/to do page earlier but definitely feel free to add/organize to it however you like. It appears in the navigation menu... plange (talk) 22:11, 1 June 2015 (UTC)


 * I realized I probably ought to declare a potential COI here, too. I am a relatively new member of RWA.  Shouldn't affect anything I might write on. Karanacs (talk) 14:46, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Same here--I'm actually a published romance author, but I don't meet notability plange (talk) 15:06, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * in fact I posted to the RWA INDUSTRY loop yesterday abt this project. You going to RWA? plange (talk) 15:59, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * No, I joined literally within the last few weeks. Still working to complete my first ms.  I'd love to go next year but that might conflict with some other stuff we already have planned :( . Karanacs (talk) 16:36, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Is this project still happening? I came to look at Victoria Alexander's page, and then fell down the rabbit hole of other writers -- so excited that there's a Project for Romance! Ploughmanslunch1 (talk) 22:09, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Assessment discussion
Just wanted to let you know I started a discussion here Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Romance/Assessment to try to hash out language and examples for importance. plange (talk) 13:46, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Pageview stats
After a recent request, I added WikiProject Romance to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at WikiProject Romance/Popular pages.

The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. You can view more results, request a new project be added to the list, or request a configuration change for this project using the Tool Labs tool. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Mr.Z-man 02:55, 14 June 2015 (UTC)

Invitation to our April event
(To subscribe, Women in Red/Invite list. Unsubscribe, Women in Red/Opt-out list) --Rosiestep (talk) 02:07, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Film, comic books, etc.
Shouldn't this also cover other mediums of romantic fiction? Films, anime and manga, Western comics, visual novels, dating sims, etc? WhisperToMe (talk) 22:54, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
 * I added this project to several GA and FA film articles WhisperToMe (talk) 23:18, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
Greetings Members!

This is a one-time-only message to inform you about a technical proposal to revive your Popular Pages list in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:


 * Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report

If the above proposal gets in the Top 10 based on the votes, there is a high likelihood of this bot being restored so your project will again see monthly updates of popular pages.

Further, there are over 260 proposals in all to review and vote for, across many aspects of wikis.

Thank you for your consideration. Please note that voting for proposals continues through December 12, 2016.

Best regards, — Delivered: 18:07, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Popular pages report
We – Community Tech – are happy to announce that the Popular pages bot is back up-and-running (after a one year hiatus)! You're receiving this message because your WikiProject or task force is signed up to receive the popular pages report. Every month, will post at /Popular pages with a list of the most-viewed pages over the previous month that are within the scope of. We've made some enhancements to the original report. Here's what's new:
 * The pageview data includes both desktop and mobile data.
 * The report will include a link to the pageviews tool for each article, to dig deeper into any surprises or anomalies.
 * The report will include the total pageviews for the entire project (including redirects).

We're grateful to for his original, and we wish his bot a happy robot retirement. Just as before, we hope the popular pages reports will aid you in understanding the reach of, and what articles may be deserving of more attention. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us at m:User talk:Community Tech bot.

Warm regards, the Community Tech Team 17:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

RfC about the author credits of first edition in first sentence in book article
RfC about the author credits of first edition in first sentence in a book article.

Please see Request for Comment, at Talk:Trump_Tower:_A_Novel. Sagecandor (talk) 19:00, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
 * – Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Love in X country
Greetings,

Hi, I am User:Bookku usually I work on information and knowledge gap on WP and promote such drafts and articles for expansion. One such article is Draft:Love in Pakistan this is quite a serious encyclopedic endeavour, still once one user exclaimed whether there would such articles for other countries too, my brief answer was why not if sufficient reliable sources available. Then very recently one Whataboutism user asked Why don't you write one such article on Love in India. My briefest answer would be if there would not have been 6 month restriction and other users too joined in then I would have created all such drafts previously itself for all those countries for which RS is available. I would welcome other interested users to try such drafts for other countries if reliable source are available which can pass WP policies.

Thanks and warm regards

&#32;Bookku, &#39;Encyclopedias &#61; expanding information &#38; knowledge&#39; (talk) 08:42, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Twilight (Meyer novel)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Twilight (Meyer novel) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 00:58, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Requested input on Talk:Shipping (fandom)
There's a discussion on Talk:Shipping (fandom) about whether (or not) to add a section about antis/anti-shippers to the article. Your input would be appreciated. Historyday01 (talk) 17:26, 25 October 2023 (UTC)