Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes discussion from Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals

 * Desciption: A project to deal with all content related to Sherlock Holmes, including the characters, stories, appearance in other media, etc.


 * Interested wikipedians (Please add your name)


 * 1)  John Carter (talk) 15:55, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Wryspy (talk) 21:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 21:35, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 21:35, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

A temporary project page has been created at WikiProject Sherlock Holmes. John Carter (talk) 15:55, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comments:
 * Taskforce at WikiProject Fictional series/Sherlock Holmes to cover all the media regarding the super sleuth. - LA @ 08:29, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Proposed merger
I think that it would possibly be useful to both this project and the fictional series project if it were to become either a formally named task force of that project or at least use the same banner. This subject is probably one of, if not the, most fully developed characters in all of fiction, with numerous appearances in almost literally any medium I can think of, and the article structure developed on this subject would be useful in any number of other similar subjects. Also, there have been several works in which Holmes and other fictional characters have appeared, many of whom would more directly fall within the scope of the other project, and some sort of closer relationship between the two groups might be extremely useful. I would support either renaming the group as a formal task force/work group, or at least possibly use the same banner, to reduce banner clutter and increase the level of cooperation between the two. John Carter (talk) 16:17, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Some help
If there are still active members of this project, would anyone be willing to take a look at C. Auguste Dupin, an earlier fictional detective by Edgar Allan Poe? I'm considering nominating this for Good Article but am curious what others think it will need to improve. Many thanks. --Midnightdreary (talk) 14:15, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Franchise naming convention discussion at WikiProject Media franchises
Dear WikiProject Sherlock Holmes participants...WikiProject Media franchises is currently discussing a naming convention for franchise articles. Since this may affect one or more articles in your project, we would like to get the opinions of all related projects before implimenting any sweeping changes. Please come and help us decide. Thanks! LA (T) @ 22:57, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Are there enough articles on this subject to justify an Outline of Sherlock Holmes?
By the way, here's a relevant discussion about subject development you might find interesting.

Now back to the question...

The Transhumanist 01:22, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

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Sherlock Holmes articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
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Series expansions
I created Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV series) and have added as much as I could with the books that I currently own. Both that article and Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series) could stand to be fleshed out more, the latter especially as I was quite surprised to find that an article on the Jeremy Brett series is adequate at best. I would have assumed with all the fans of that series the article would rival other series articles like Futurama, but sadly this isn't the case. I will peruse my library as see what I can add but I would appreciate help from other Sherlockians. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 17:15, 17 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I have added to and referenced the Sherlock Holmes (1954 TV series) article although there is definitely room for more improvement if anyone has any more references. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 18:12, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Sherlock Holmes play
I noticed that there was no article about the famous William Gillette Sherlock Holmes play so I began writing one, Sherlock Holmes (play). It could use a little help if anyone has the time. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 11:25, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Templates, etc
Is there a good way to see all of the templates that have been developed to help cover Sherlock Holmes?

I am not sure whether their Talk pages should carry WikiProject Media franchise, sherlockholmes=yes. I guess not, after visiting a few categories, which have no such banner. (But for categories I know of Special: Category tree], which is useful here because the one the eponymous category embraces so much.) --P64 (talk) 22:58, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Sherlock Holmes the Musical page
Hi everyone,

I'm a student at Cornell University and for my Online Communities class my partners and I are editing a Wikipedia page. Our page is Sherlock Holmes the musical. If anyone has any suggestions for how to restructure or improve the article please let me know. Also, if you have any ideas for more sources, please let me know those as well!

Thanks so much!

Jnd1091 (talk) 18:00, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

File:221B Door.jpg
File:221B Door.jpg has been nominatd for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 22:33, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

Adaptation vs. Non-Canonical Works
I hope this is the place for this. The main Sherlock Holmes article wants to distinguish between these two concepts, but in reviewing the dedicated pages for each, the Adaptation page seems to incorporate a lot of Non-Canonical works (ex. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Murder by Decree, Young Sherlock Holmes, Without a Clue are all non-canonical films). I am interested in helping to clean up the Film, possibly TV, section of these pages (I have already started on the Non-Canonical page), but want to make sure I'm not mistaken about the intended scope of the Adaptation page first. Thanks! --Morphovariant (talk) 18:56, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Portal:Sherlock Holmes
Hi, I have just created the portal. Comments are welcome. Thanks, Mat  ty. 007 19:29, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

The Bootmakers of Toronto
The Bootmakers of Toronto. 'Nuff said. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 00:30, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet for Wikiproject Sherlock Holmes at Wikimania 2014
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Banner?
What is the banner to add to my user page? WARNER one--9999 (talk) 20:35, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

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Harej (talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street
I don't know how active this WikiProject is anymore but I finally started an article for the famous William S. Baring-Gould Sherlockian book, Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street. Considering how many projects it has directly influenced I thought it about time Wikipedia had an article. Please add details if you have any. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 16:01, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

The Bootmakers of Toronto
The project page said this article was subject to AfD and needed some TLC to keep it up. I did the best I could but it was in pretty terrible shape they way I found it. Any help would be appreciated. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 18:09, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

List of actors who have played Dr. Watson
I have begun List of actors who have played Dr. Watson as a companion to List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes. Please add to it and help add links to other articles where appropriate. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 18:21, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

List of actors who have played Professor Moriarty
I have begun List of actors who have played Professor Moriarty as a companion to List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes and List of actors who have played Dr. Watson. Please add to it and help add links to other articles where appropriate. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 16:16, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

List of actors who have played Mycroft Holmes
Just like the above sections but List of actors who have played Mycroft Holmes. Please help if you are able. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 18:26, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

List of actors who have played Inspector Lestrade
Just like the above sections but List of actors who have played Inspector Lestrade. Please help if you are able. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 23:55, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

List of actors who have played Irene Adler
Just like the above sections but List of actors who have played Irene Adler. Please help if you are able. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 13:50, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

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Project Scope?
Hi, I'm pretty new to Wikipedia and very new to this WikiProject so apologies if this is a stupid question. I noticed that Benedict Cumberbatch is listed as an example of a good article on the project page (I'm assuming articles are only listed there if they fall under the project's scope?). Intuitively, this makes sense: he played Sherlock Holmes in a major adaptation. However, not only is this page not included in the Category:Sherlock Holmes, there's no obvious place where it would fit. Neither the subcategory Category:Sherlock (TV series) nor any other adaptation contains the pages of any actors who were involved in it. There is Category:Sherlock Holmes lists, which contains several articles of the form "List of actors who have played X", but can the scope of the project generally be said to include other articles that are linked to from an article that is included in the scope of the project?

In short, my question is: Are actors (and possibly writers etc) involved in adaptations of Sherlock Holmes currently within the project scope? Should they be?

Relatedly, if I made that thing some other projects have that lets you see all the articles and their status, would other people find that helpful? Allthegoodnamesaretaken2 (talk) 14:43, 24 October 2018 (UTC)


 * To my mind, if the actors are known for playing Sherlock Holmes they would absolutely fall within the project scope. Basil Rathbone, William Gillette, and Eille Norwood? Definitely. Robert Downey Jr. and Charlton Heston? Maybe not.
 * I would love it if you made the thing that lists articles and their status! ThaddeusSholto (talk) 14:59, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

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Nominated for deletion: List of time and places in cases of Sherlock Holmes
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