WikiProject Australian literature is a collaboration space and central forum for editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Australian literature. Relevant articles will be categorised so they can be easily accessed for assessment and cleanup, gaps in coverage of core topics will be identified, and resources will be available to help improve article quality. If you're interested in Australian writers and writing (fiction or non-fiction, poetry or prose, high brow or pop) and would like to see Wikipedia become an excellent source of information about Australian literature, join in and Be Bold!. The project acts as a joint general literature and narrative prose "work group"/"task force" of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia and the Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels.
Australian literature articles by quality and importance
To coordinate and improve articles related to Australian literature;
To foster collaboration between editors in the Australian literature and other literature projects;
To establish appropriate linkages with the Wikipedia Australia project and portal;
To ascertain and identify the Australian literature component of other Wikipedia projects;
To seek peer review and collaboration of editors in other Wikipedia projects.
Specific goals
To encourage coverage of historical and contemporary Australian literature to give balance to historical and contemporary contexts.
To improve iconic and high-profile Australian literature articles to GA and FA quality.
People: Writers, dramatists, essayists, poets.
History: Australian regional and State and territory literary histories. Nineteenth century Australian literary history, Twentieth century Australian literary history.
Genres: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Plays, Essays.
Controversies: Fraud, Hoaxes, Critical,
Project scope
WikiProject Australian Literature maintains and improves articles within the Australian Literature category structure.
"Wikipedia articles on works of fiction should contain real-world context and sourced analysis, offering detail on a work's achievements, impact or historical significance, not solely a summary of that work's plot. A plot summary may be appropriate as an aspect of a larger topic."
KteachK joined in 2011. Will contribute mostly biographical information on Australian writers.
Kevinalewis (talk·contribs), joined 17 May 2007 - Interested in fictional prose forms known as Novels, Novellas, Novelettes and Short Stories.
Perry Middlemiss, joined 28 May 2007 - interested in Australian poetry 1850-1939, modern Australian literary fiction, Miles Franklin award, Australian/Vogel Award, Australian crime and science fiction.
Stella started sometime this June 2007 updating categories for writers, mainly Australian women writers. Found lots missing. Currently working through literary awards to find modern writers.
Sterry2607 started editing and creating articles in May 2007, particularly in the area of Australian women writers
Outcast44. Interested in Australian horror fiction and speculative fiction.
Daniel99091 - Interested in novels for young adults.
Lady Nimue of the Lake (talk) 05:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC) - Interested in young adult novels, fantasy, science fiction novels...etc.[reply]
Ali Kayn Interest: Work by Australian C20th and C21st authors, especially crimes, science fiction and fantasy
ANZLitLovers, (Lisa Hill) joined 28.2.2009, Interested in Australian Literary Fiction, Biographies of Australian authors & Australian Literary Awards & Prizes
Tyranny Sue: Interested in Kate Grenville and Garth Nix. Could possibly help with any awards lists and want to learn more about categorisation. (Also involved with several Australian comedy articles.)
punkrocker1991Talk joined 2010-12-17. Interested in Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror (speculative fiction), with a focus on 1991-present.
SenatorSteve Grandmother, Cecilia Brown, was born in 1924 and raised until the age of 22 in Melbourne. Met Ralph Chapin, a US MP on RR from Michigan, US. Made five wonderful children, who sadly only produced three children from one family. (No cousins). Still alive with relatives still in Australia! Slowly, but surely participating!
The_Cardigan_Kid Not a frequent Wiki editor, but my core interest is in Australian literary fiction, especially 20th century.
User:WomenOutLoud Interested in underappreciated Australian Women, particularly literary fiction.
User:michaelgfalk Interested mainly in colonial literature, but I will try to take a look at twentieth-century poetry, fiction and non-fiction when I can!
User:BindiS interested in contemporary Australian literature and also experienced from working in Australian literature for young children
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Please note that while the project is under construction and getting ready - any - that is any Australian literature articles you know of - need to be
gathered in and tagged - or listed on a sub-page of this project - please give some thought to help us 'capture' the Australian literature articles...
not yet setup but coming soon
Featured content
Candidates
New articles
Please feel free to list your new Australian literature-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 Page. (Remove entries over one month old.)
to an article's main page. It will then appear in the category:
[[Category:Australia literature stubs]]
'Wikipedia:Notability'
Close monitoring of the cleanup project is needed to maintain a close understanding of what is happening in this area.
Requested images
For Australian literature-related articles needing an image, use ((reqphotoin|Australia literature)) in the talk page. These will appear in this category;