Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Outreach/Newsletter April 2008

Project news

• Elections are now taking place for coordinators of the project for the next six months. Any editors interested in seeking a coordinator position, or who want a say in who is selected, should indicate as much here.

Member news

• The project has currently 381 members, 69 joined & 0 leavers since the start of March 2008.

Other news

• The project's long-time lead coordinator, Kevinalewis, has announced he is not standing as a candidate for another term in that capacity. We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to him for the extraordinary work he has done for this project.
• To Kill a Mockingbird and El Señor Presidente were both recently promoted to Featured Article status. This brings the novel FA count to 14!
• It has been suggested that WikiProject Sword of Truth be merged into WP:NOVELS, perhaps as a task force.

Task force news

• The Shannara WikiProject was merged into the project as the Shannara task force. Anyone who can help would be appreciated.
• Two inactive projects were converted into task forces, so Chronicles of Narnia task force and Lemony Snicket task force have been created. People interested in the aforementioned subjects are encouraged to support the new task forces. (Thank to Wassupwestcoast for the tip)

Novel related news

• The science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke died on 19 March aged 90.
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz won both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 2007.

Current debates

• There is a discussion regarding further task forces for other genres of fiction now taking place here.

From the Members

Welcome to the Twenty Third issue of the Novels WikiProject's newsletter! Use this newsletter as a mechanism to inform yourselves about progress at the project and please be inspired to take more active roles in what we do.

We would encourage all members to get more involved and if you are wondering what with, please ask.

Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk), Initiating Editor

Collaboration of the Month

• This month's Collaboration has been selected by popular vote and is A Farewell to Arms .

Newsletter challenge

Last month's challenge (South Wind ) was completed by member User:Blathnaid with a nice starting stub.

• The first person to start the article is mentioned in the next newsletter. This month's article is Kate Christensen's 2008 PEN/Faulkner award winner The Great Man .