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[[File:Antique-books-woodward.jpg|thumb|250px|"Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me
<br />From mine own library with volumes that
<br />I prize above my dukedom."
<p align=right>– Prospero to Miranda in ''[[The Tempest]]'', Act 1 Scene 2, by [[William Shakespeare]]</p>]]

Welcome to the '''Literature Wikiproject''' main page.  This project is devoted to increasing the quality of articles dealing with general [[literature]] subjects, [[literary criticism]], and literary terms or genres which encompass several different types of writing.  Anyone is invited to join in the effort by adding their name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature#Members|members list]].  A list of current jobs needing to be done can be found in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature#To do|to do]] section.  We call special attention to our current effort to gather new members and determine project scope and status.

For information on assessments of articles within the scope of the project, please go to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature/Assessment|/Assessment]]. For deletion discussions related to literature, see: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Literature|Deletion sorting/Literature]]. For the project's most popular pages, see: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature/Popular pages|/Popular pages]].

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==To do==
===Improve the bird's eye view===
Wikipedia's coverage of the entire subject is intended to be summarized in the '''[[Outline of literature]]'''. It in turn is part of [[Portal:Contents/Outlines|Wikipedia's outline system]] which is one of [[Portal:Contents|Wikipedia's main contents systems]]. '''''[[Outline of literature|Please look it over and fill-in missing topics]].''''' If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them.
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=== Missing articles ===

==== Books originally in English with articles in other wikis ====
* [[George Miles Cycle]] (can be translated from the Spanish: [[:es:Ciclo de George Miles|es]])

==== Books translated into English with articles in other wikis ====
* [[Elena Knows]] (can be translated from the Spanish: [[:es:Elena sabe|es]])
* [[Cockfight (book)]] (can be translated from the Spanish: [[:es:Pelea de gallos (libro)|es]])
* [[Human sacrifices (book)]] (can be translated from the Spanish: [[:es:Sacrificios humanos (libro)|es]])
* [[Jawbone (novel)]] (can be translated from the Spanish: [[:es:Mandíbula (novela)|es]])
* [[Undiscovered (novel)]] (can be translated from the Spanish: [[:es:Huaco retrato (novela)|es]])
* [[Brickmakers]] (can be translated from the Spanish: [[:es:Ladrilleros|es]])
* [[Seeing Red (novel)]] (can be translated from the Spanish: [[:es:Sangre en el ojo|es]])
* [[The Naked Woman (novel)]] (can be translated from the Spanish: [[:es:La mujer desnuda (novela)|es]])
* [[Natural Histories (novel)]] (can be translated from the Spanish: [[:es:El matrimonio de los peces rojos|es]])
* [[Sleeping Dragons]] (can be translated from the Spanish: [[:es:La composición de la sal|es]])

===Article alerts===
{{Article alerts columns|Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature/Article alerts}}

==Scope and Related WikiProjects==
'''WikiProject Literature''' was assembled to organize and promote quality coverage of literary concepts and other general pages on literature on Wikipedia. 
:Articles concerning people, such as authors, can be directed to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography|WikiProject Biography]].
:Articles concerning books and book publishers can be directed to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Books|WikiProject Books]].
:Articles concerning fiction can be directed to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels|WikiProject Novels]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature|WikiProject Children's literature]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Fictional characters|WikiProject Fictional characters]].
:Articles on poems can be directed to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Poetry|WikiProject Poetry]].
:Articles on films can be directed to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Films|WikiProject Films]].
:Articles on theatre and drama can be directed to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Poetry|WikiProject Theatre]].
:Articles on comics can be directed to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics|WikiProject Comics]].
:Articles on magazines and journals can be directed to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Magazines|WikiProject Magazines]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals|WikiProject Academic Journals]].

==Project organization==

===Members===
*If this project interests you, you are encouraged to '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature/Members|Join]]''' by adding yourself to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature/Members|membership list]].

*If you are a member, you are welcome to post this userbox on your user page:

{{User WikiProject Literature}}

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===Departments===
====[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature/Assessment|Assessment]]====
The assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Literature articles. The article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in a set of categories that serves as the basis for an automatically generated worklist.

====Collaboration====
The project's Collaboration department seeks to identify particular articles that would benefit from a significant collaborative effort.  A single article is selected as the focus, and the project attempts to improve it, potentially to [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article|featured article standards]].  The current collaboration article is '''''[[Literature]]'''''.

Any Literature article is eligible, and everyone is invited to nominate articles.

===Task forces===
Task forces are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the field of Literature (as defined in the "scope" above); all project members are encouraged to participate in any task forces that interest them.

==Recognized content==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature/Recognized content}}

==Templates==
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|Navigation link to portal for article pages.
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| Put it on the page of pages included in [[:Category:Literary genres]] and its subcategories.  Note that the example in the box to the right doesn't look good; see e.g. [[Spiritual autobiography]] for a better example.
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==Awards==
Writing good literature articles can be hard work! Why not reward someone you've seen do some good work in the area; decorate their userpage with one of these:

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|[[Image:Book barnstar2.png|100px]]
| The Literary barnstar
|{{Tlsp|The Literary Barnstar|message <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}
|For commendable contributions to articles about literature. Designed by [[User:Scartol]] in September 2007.
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|[[File:Writer's barnstar.png|100px]]
| The Writer's barnstar
|{{Tlsp|The Writer's Barnstar|message <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}
|In regards to this wikiproject, for Wikipedians writing articles about writers and books.<br />
Introduced by [[User:Kubek15]] on April 2, 2008 and designed by [[User:Penubag]]
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|[[Image:RWP Barnstar.png|100px]]
|The Real-world perspective Barnstar
|{{Tlsp|Real-world perspective Barnstar|message <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>}}
|The '''Real-world perspective Barnstar''' may be awarded to Wikipedians who improve an article on a book or other piece of literature by adding material on criticism or reception, or other relevance to the real world. Created and designed by [[User:Dorftrottel]] on 6th April 2008.
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