User:BilledMammal/Ïvana/sandbox/TFP book template
| Author | author - this should be a Wikipedia article link if they have a wikipedia page |
|---|---|
| Original title | original title, if not in English |
| Language | language of original book |
| Subject | Should be an hlist of links. Example: |
| Publisher | publisher - make this a link as well e.g. Columbia University Press |
Publication date | date published (1st edition) (can be just a year) |
| Publication place | country of original publication |
| Media type | print / digital |
| Pages | number of pages |
| Awards | awards if any |
| ISBN | Look this up and fill it in. If a book has multiple editions usually choose the first one. Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character (optional) If a book has multiple editions, use this to specify which the ISBN is for. |
| LC Class | A US Library of Congress call number. Most books published in the US will have these. You can look them up in the book, on book databases, or on the LoC website |
| Website | for the publisher's or author's website about the book |
DISCLAIMER: DO NOT UPDATE THIS TEMPLATE. Click on "Edit" to be able to see the code, and copy/paste whatever you need into the newly created draft. Any non authorized change made here will be reverted. Copy only what you need (notes, comments, and observations are unnecessary). DO NOT PUBLISH THE ENTIRE TEMPLATE AGAIN IN THE DRAFT. There should be no trace of it in the newly created article's history.
Name of the book is a «year of publication» «literary genre(s)» book written by «author(s)» and published by «publishing company».
That's the standard first sentence. For the rest of the lead include introductory details about the book (sources should be in the body of the article). Publisher can also be excluded for the lead, but if you don't have much for that section it is a nice addition.
Background
[edit]Optional. Depends on the type of book. Makes more sense for non-fiction ones if you wanna go on over what prompted the book's creation. Can also talk about inspiration behind the book, anything that shaped the writer(s) life/experiences that prompted them to write it, what was their research, etc etc. Can include pictures of the author(s) or anything relevant to the subject of the book.
If the author has written other books with Wikipedia pages, these can be a good way to get inspiration and sources for the background section.
Overview/Contents/Synopsis/Summary
[edit]Any of the proposed titles for the heading are fine. General overview of the book.
A good way to get this info without reading the book is to find several reviews of the book from reputable sources (e.g. publications that exist to review books or academic journals). This also gives you sources you can cite for your overview.
Reception/Critical reception
[edit]Optional. Again, any of the proposed titles are fine. If the book received any awards they could be included here or in a separate Awards section.
See also
[edit]Optional. Related Wikipedia articles. If the author has an article it should not be added here; link it in the lead section.
References
[edit]All you need to do is add {{reflist}} and it will automatically compile all of the references of the article in this section.
Further reading
[edit]Optional. Can link to related articles, preferably from reliable/non obscure sources.
External links
[edit]Optional. Examples: official website of the book, official website of the author(s), author(s) interviews, editorial reviews, book excerpts, etc.
Categories go below the external links with the format [[:Category:«name of category»]] (the ":" is added to disable the categories while the article is still a draft, per WP:DRAFTNOCAT). There are thousands of categories to choose from, and this is an optional parameter. You could search for books related to the same subject and copy the ones used there.
NOTES/OBSERVATIONS:
Content
[edit]- WP:CCPOL - core content policies
- MOS:LEAD - how the lead section/introduction should be structured
- MOS:AT - rules for article titles, sections, and headings
- MOS:LINK - when links should and should not be used, and how to format them
- MOS:WTW - words to watch
- WP:NCBOOKS - naming conventions for books
- WP:CATSPECIFIC - how to categorize a page
Citations
[edit]- WP:CITE - how to properly cite and format sources
- MOS:CITEPUNCT - rules for refs and adjacent punctuations
- WP:RSPSS - list of sources with their status (reliable, deprecated, biased etc)
- WP:SOURCE - what counts as a reliable source
- WP:QUESTIONABLE - how to identify questionable sources
- WP:OWNWORDS - copyright guidelines when using sources
Useful templates
[edit]- Template:Short description - used to add a description that will appear in Wikipedia searches and elsewhere
- Template:Infobox book - used to present a consistently-formatted table for use in articles about books
- Template:Use mdy dates - for Wikipedia articles that use mmmm d, yyyy (American) dates
- Template:Use dmy dates - for Wikipedia articles that use d mmmm yyyy dates
- Template:Official website - to format the official website of the book in the infobox
Additional comments
[edit]You can create the draft by clicking here.
If the author of the book has an article, link their name to it in the lead and optionally the first mention after that. In the lead section you should also include their nationality and maybe occupation, if known. You can use sources already present in the author's article. Sometimes one of the references will refer to this book and could also be used here.
The lead section doesn't need to contain any references as long as that content is referenced in the body of the article.
If the author has books with their own WP page, you can check them out and draw inspiration from them. See what categories they're using, what information about the author they include, what are the external links, etc etc. If there are no such articles you can apply the same logic to similar books that cover the same topic.
Adding WikiProject tags can speed up the review process. The option will be available after submitting the draft. You can see a list of projects here.
For more information regarding article development, check this guide.