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Robin McKinley

Deborah - see [Comments re McKinley] Brookie 20:04, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Ha ha!

Now I know why you asked. Silly me, not to recognize you. Nice to bump into you here. You made valid points up on Talk:Children's literature about the two different purposes for the list, and perhaps you're right, perhaps there should be two different lists linked to from the article. Though they'd be a pain to maintain, people are forever adding their personal favorites and are bound to be upset if someone argues for their removal (been there). --Woggly 15:08, 15 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Grin. I've finally made the two lists; honestly, I'd just as soon neither list existed, but people keep adding them back whenever they're deleted. Deborah-jl 00:38, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wow

Your knowledge of children's lit dwarfs mine, I can assure you. I hope very much you're volunteering to write the article you described on Talk:CL, as I think it would be fantastic (I'm happy to help as much as I can....which I expect would amount to copyediting, minor edits for style, and the addition of perhaps one or two minor points of data). Let me know if you get started on it somewhere. :-) Jwrosenzweig 10:27, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Finally started this page; please add! Deborah-jl 00:43, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

DWJ list

It just occured to me to write you here, after a couple of emails I tried sending to you and the list have bounced back. I think I've somehow been booted off the DWJ mailing list. I've had no new mail since September 17... sorry to contact you here, hope you don't mind. --Woggly 11:09, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Globe political position

I see you filled out the infobox on the Boston Globe article for me, I completely forgot I added it, but anyways I noticed you put **. I went to the talk page and it was blank, I looked in the history but I don't get it. --Saint-Paddy 04:40, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I think someone else did that, and I just left it there. I wasn;t sure what they meant, either. Deborah-jl 05:28, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fictional octopi and squids

Your comments are requested at Category talk:Fictional octopi and squids regarding whether it would be best to move this to Category:Fictional octopuses and squids or Category:Fictional cephalopods. (I'm telling you this because you voted on the category's cfd.) All the best, – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 20:17, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

I'm glad to find someone else with an interest in children's literature: it's such a weak area here. My current goal is to fill in all the redlinks at Newbery Medal. I'm currently reading Up a Road Slowly, and wishing that I'd found it when I was a kid. I would have loved it then. Joyous | Talk 03:39, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Children's Literature

I wish you the best with your prospective WikiProject, but I don't think I can get involved in any usefully organised way.

Incidentally, did you know that the link in your autosignature goes to User:Example's user page instead of yours? --Paul A 07:37, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Westing Game

Good change to that article. I didn't like how much it gave away, either. I remembered reading it in 4th or 5th grade and I just wanted to see if adults found it interesting, too (so I could re-read it) and the article really ruined the whole story for me. It's much better now. Kafziel 14:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Day No Pigs Would Die

Deborah- I honor you for editing my article on Wikipedia, A Day No Pigs Would Die, but I created that article on SparkNotes, hence, I am the copyright owner. Would you please be kind enough to reverse that edit, I tried really hard to write that chapter by chapter outline. Pkazazes 14:20, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for doing that, Deborah, I am sorry I brought you into this controversy in the first place. Pkazazes 15:33, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A Day No Pigs Would Die

Hi Deborah. No, you're not going insane. :) We can't keep material that violates copyright even in the history of an article, so I've deleted all the revisions of the article that contained such material to leave only untainted edits. This means that, except to administrators, it will look as if the deleted edits never happened. Cheers, --Nick Boalch^?!? 22:51, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ghanaian children's writers

Is Category:Ghanaian children's writers necessary when the parent category Category:Ghanaian writers is barely populated? It seems to be a case of over-categorization. PS: I am not criticising you, and I dont intend to quarrell. I am just asking. --Ezeu 06:52, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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subst:Biography

Thanks. Following that direction does leave any article up for deletion since it contains no content. I may leave a comment on the project page to suggest that this be done a user page since that would be less of a problem. The other option would be to include the major edit template, sorry I forget the exact name, could be included and would probably give any editor time to work. Vegaswikian 03:15, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I just left a comment on the project talk page. Vegaswikian 03:20, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

that was stueped

that was stueped! i spwent my time doin that and i was usin it, ur kinda makin me think ur retarded..................... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.150.51.212 (talk • contribs) 10 March 2006

hi

hi i was just wondering, since i havent worked on a wikiproject before, when do we start for the Children's Literature project?

BengaliWikiGeek 16:47, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Metadata

"Metadata" is only plural in British English. WP guidelines discourage changing the dialect of an article. 121a0012 01:52, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adrian Mole categories

Just to let you know I've changed this back to the "Series of books" category, as these books are certainly not children's books now, and it's questionable whether they were ever intended to be. Note that Penguin books publishes them under its adult Penguin imprint, not its children's Puffin one. Vashti 16:01, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds appropriate. Thank you. :) Vashti 19:51, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Dorris

Hi Deborah-jl.

Thanks for the improvements you made on my edits to the Michael Dorris article. I think you were right to put the criticisms by Vizenor and Cook-Lynn into one section, however I think there's a problem with the title that you chose for it. Vizenor's critique is of Dorris' political campaigning on an issue. Cook-Lynn is openly (and characteristically) calling Dorris an outright fraud, and talking about his race. Neither of these points is a criticism of his scholarship, native or otherwise. Any ideas for a better title? I'm stumped. Vizjim 14:27, 30 March 2006 (UTC) (PS I wish that that page was a bit more focused on his books, but I haven't read them so I only know the tabloid bits about his wife and children etc. Can you fill the career part in any more?)[reply]

I've changed the heading along the lines you suggested, to "Criticisms of Michael Dorris", which I hope tackles the question you raised. Feel free to alter it further, of course! Vizjim 08:15, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Inheriance Trilogy

I'm sorry I havn't been answering you, I've been too busy. The reason I didn't put it in the list of proposed wikiprojects was because it said if you were pretty sure others would join, then you need not put it on there. Got to go, I'll finish the other questions later. Icelandic Hurricane #12 20:38, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WPIT

Before I go to school in a couple of minutes, I'd just like to say thanx for joining the WPIT! I think that with you in the project, things will be a lot better. Thanx again!

L'Engle Bio

Hi. This is just to say that I replied to your question on the Madeleine L'Engle talk page. Please let me know whether I need to do anything further. Thanks! Karen 16:54, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

organization

This WikiProject would probably be too extensive if we went far enough. How about separating this WikiProject into different WikiProjects, like the Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life. Bibliomaniac15 03:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

barnstar

		The Barnstar of High Culture
		in appreciation of your contributions to children's literature articles woggly 07:34, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, hope I'm posting in the right place. I've just joined-- wikipedia and the children's literature wikiproject-- and I'm really looking forward to helping with the latter. Is there any work in particular that you or others in the project are focusing on right now? I don't want to duplicate anyone else's work, and you've got any particular priorities or goals I'd like to help out with those. Elizabeth Lund 20:11, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Children's Literature Project

Hi, hope I'm posting in the right place. I've just joined-- wikipedia and the children's literature wikiproject-- and I'm really looking forward to helping with the latter. Is there any work in particular that you or others in the project are focusing on right now? I don't want to duplicate anyone else's work, and you've got any particular priorities or goals I'd like to help out with those. Elizabeth Lund 20:12, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I hope that you like the changes I made to your WikiProject's homepage. See WP page

Anonymous _anonymous_Have a Nice Day 11:05, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Shared universe

Hi! You created Category:Shared universe and while your contribs indicate you seem to 'have gone missing' lately, I was wondering if I could get you to add a clear purpose statement to the cat clearly deliniating it's scope.

I'd guess it's to indicate milieu's which are shared by the creating author with or without permission, but I thought I'd ask so we can all avoid the mind-reading bit. I'd use technological means, but my crystal ball doesn't seem to work in this shared universe either. ;-(

Thanks for your time and attention, I hope all is well for you and yours. // FrankB 14:28, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Struwwelpeter-40px.gif

Please see Wikipedia:Fair use criteria: "Fair use images may be used only in the article namespace." I'm sure you can find a free image for Template:Children'sLiteratureWikiProject, since much children's literature is out of copyright. Would Image:Alice par John Tenniel 30.png be acceptable? --NE2 20:12, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Caldecott Medals

Hi Deborah! I had started my own project a few weeks ago, cleaning up all the Caldecott Medal winners. I have added succession boxes and info boxes with pictures to all of them. My next step was to go through and fix publishers and expand the very short stubs, etc. I do have some ISBN questions, etc. When you have a moment, please stop by. --Knulclunk 02:06, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

children's literature

May I suggest adding information about how English, Library and Information Science and Education/Reading/English Education and Childhood Studies approach the study and use children's and young adult literature? The American Library Association/Young Adult Library Services Association/Association for Library Services for Children/American Association of School Librarians, International Reading Association/Graphic novels/Children's Literature and Reading/Adolescent Literature and Reading, National Council for Teachers of English/Children's Literature Association/Assembly for Literature for Adolescents, National Council for the Social Studies, Modern Literature Association/Children's Literature Division Mythopoeic Society Children's Literature Association Society of History of Children and Youth Boyhood Studies Girls' Studies Childhood Studies and apparently other groups have periodicals and awards about literature for young people

The IRA has Alternate Realities, Dragon Lode and Signal as journals about children's and young adult literature A new Girls' Studies journal comes out next year. The Journal of History of Children and Youth starts next year. Thymos, about Boyhood Studies, started this year. There is also one called Children's Geographies.

Just wanted to FYI Mluetkem 19:52, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sarah Trimmer & Young Adulthood

Hello, I'm looking for a little more information on the article about young adulthood and was hoping you could help me out! It says that this period of life was first noted by Sarah Trimmer in 1802 but I can't seem to find the exact reference for this anywhere (I'm a bit new to the whole wikipedia thing!) Anyways, I'm writing my thesis on young adult literature and would be really interested in finding out a bit more about this! Do you know where it came from or have any idea how I would find out? My email address is charlene.okane@gmail.com and I'd really appreciate any information you can give me.

Many thanks, --Charlene87 (talk) 19:55, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Alphabetization and collation

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Unreferenced BLPs

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