Wikipedia:WikiProject_Magical_Realism_Reconsidered
Wikipedia:WikiProject Magical Realism Reconsidered
The University of British Columbia's class SPAN365 ("Magical Realism Reconsidered: Survey of Spanish-American Literature since the 1820s") is contributing to Wikipedia during Spring 2010. Our aim is to bring a selection of articles on magic realism to featured article status (or as near as possible).
 | This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump. |
If you have any questions or comments, you can add them to the project's talk page or at my user talk page.
- To improve Wikipedia's coverage of selected articles on Latin American literature and magical realism.
- To submit these articles to Wikipedia review processes, such as peer review, good article nominations and featured article candidates.
- To increase the number of featured articles in this area.
- This project goes live the week of January 4, 2010. Please check back regularly for latest progress.
Featured articles
- None yet.
Good articles
B-class articles
Groups
Magic realism
Magic realism (talk · edit · history)
Miguel Ángel Asturias
Miguel Ángel Asturias (talk · edit · history)
Leyendas de Guatemala
Leyendas de Guatemala (talk · edit · history)
- --Kylabl (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
- --Liloljeffy (talk)
- --Sezekiel (talk)
- --Rekarrr (talk) 05:05, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia liaisons: Ceranthor (talk), Mike Christie (talk)
Alejo Carpentier
Alejo Carpentier (talk · edit · history)
- --Katie322 (talk) 04:59, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
- --Josiemitchell (talk) 06:33, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
- --Hannefj (talk)
- --JordiHUBC (talk) 18:24, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
- --Tniamath (talk) 13:55, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia liaisons: NuclearWarfare (talk), Moni3 (talk)
The Kingdom of this World
The Kingdom of this World (talk · edit · history)
- --Patrussell (talk)
- --Avneet86 (talk) 16:00, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
- --Chris Weber (talk) 23:37, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
- --Svetlana 365 (talk) 16:50, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
McOndo
McOndo (talk · edit · history)
- --TonyBill (talk) 17:48, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- --Thussen (talk)
- --jeremyblaugrana (talk)
- --robertsk88 (talk)
- --Lionthanatos (talk) 19:11, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Stages
These are the stages we need to pass through:
- Start. Get familiar with Wikipedia. Make some trial edits, however minor. Demystify the process. Leave behind any sense of intimidation. As Wikipedia puts it, learn to be bold. Learn basic editing skills. By January 8, everyone should have sent me their username, added themselves to a group (above) and the membership list (below), plus made at least one edit anywhere on Wikipedia.
There's no precise order for everything. Small, incremental change is always important. But over the course of the project we're looking for radical change, in some cases seeking to create a featured article from scratch. So we need also to be methodical.
NB see also what Wikipedia has to say about article development.
Style guides
To be awarded "good" or "featured" status, articles have to conform to the Wikipedia style guides. The three most important aspects of style are:
- Wikipedia:Layout – this guide describes heading and sub-headings.
- Wikipedia:Lead section – the all important abstract at the head of an article.
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style – the collection of rules.
Secondary style guide are specific to different projects. Articles must conform to these also. Conflict between any of these is inevitable and troublesome; editors simply have to work out conflicts through consensus.
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) - collection of rules for fiction.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Style guidelines – mostly lay out issues for articles on novels.
The simplest way to understand the various style guides is to examine articles that have passed GA or FA. Here is a recently-promoted featured article of a novelist: Mario Vargas Llosa. Here are a couple of featured articles of a novel: El Señor Presidente and The General in His Labyrinth. What's more, these three articles were all written by UBC students like you.
Resources
- Good article criteria
- Guide for nominating good articles
- Good article review cheatsheet
- Good article nominations
- Feature article criteria
- The differences between good and featured articles
- How to satisfy Criterion 1a
Co-ordinator
Students
- aellingboe (talk · contribs · count)
- Alikea (talk · contribs · count)
- avneet86 (talk · contribs · count)
- brhoads2 (talk · contribs · count)
- chrisweberbr (talk · contribs · count)
- Daquigg (talk · contribs · count)
- dolevsky (talk · contribs · count)
- ebenfc (talk · contribs · count)
- Ekguest (talk · contribs · count)
- fatemah.a (talk · contribs · count)
- GabrielaBadica (talk · contribs · count)
- hamblinca (talk · contribs · count)
- Hannefj (talk · contribs · count)
- jeremyblaugrana (talk · contribs · count)
- JordiHUBC (talk · contribs · count)
- Josiemitchell (talk · contribs · count)
- katie322 (talk · contribs · count)
- kayohk (talk · contribs · count)
- kylabl (talk · contribs · count)
- larodge (talk · contribs · count)
- Laurarosenielsen (talk · contribs · count)
- Liloljeffy (talk · contribs · count)
- Lionthanatos (talk · contribs · count)
- mariajc (talk · contribs · count)
- Mathertonvillegas (talk · contribs · count)
- Medge88 (talk · contribs · count)
- Mstmaurice (talk · contribs · count)
- Patricklivemon (talk · contribs · count)
- Patrussell (talk · contribs · count)
- phxalana (talk · contribs · count)
- pooneh_a (talk · contribs · count)
- Raluca Cretu (talk · contribs · count)
- rekarrr (talk · contribs · count)
- Robertsk88 (talk · contribs · count)
- sezekiel (talk · contribs · count)
- Svetlana 365 (talk · contribs · count)
- s_safarii (talk · contribs · count)
- Thussen (talk · contribs · count)
- TonyBill (talk · contribs · count)
- tniamath (talk · contribs · count)
- trowan (talk · contribs · count)
Non-students
We welcome participation and help from other Wikipedia editors. You may wish to add your username below.
- Awadewit (talk · contribs · count) – Magic realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Ceranthor (talk · contribs · count) – Leyendas de Guatemala or One Hundred Years of Solitude
- EyeSerene (talk · contribs · count) – The Kingdom of this World
- LadyofShalott (talk · contribs · count)
- Mike Christie (talk · contribs · count) – Leyendas de Guatemala
- Moni3 (talk · contribs · count)
- NuclearWarfare (talk · contribs · count) – Alejo Carpentier
- Ruhrfisch (talk · contribs · count) – McOndo
- Scartol (talk · contribs · count) – Miguel Ángel Asturias and/or Magic realism
Current assessment (January 11, 2010)
Initial assessment (January 4, 2010)
| Home | Top | High | Mid | Low | Unassessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FA |
|||||
 GA |
Gabriel García Márquez | ||||
| B |
One Hundred Years of Solitude | Miguel Ángel Asturias | |||
| C |
Magic realism | ||||
| Start |
Alejo Carpentier | ||||
| Stub |
The Kingdom of this World | Leyendas de Guatemala | |||
| Unassessed |
McOndo |
- Magical Realism Reconsidered, retrieved 2010-01-07. Course blog.