• try to record the sentence in the exact same way as it was in the book. no added emphasis, no case change, nothing. the typographical capitalisation added by the publisher can be ignored.
• everything is ordered alphabeticaly, works, authors, translated versions, everything. and so all the author WikiNames are surname first. Phillip K. Dick becomes DickPhillipK and not PhillipsKDick or DickKPhillips:
  [[DickPhillipK Dick, Phillip K.]]
  some languages, notably hungarian and japanese have surname first officialy, these names do not require a comma for seperation, e.g.
  [[SzerbAntal Szerb Antal]]
  an exception to the everything alphabeticaly rule: series. does not make sense to order the Dune series or the Hitchhiker's guide books alphabeticaly, does it? always apply common sense.
• special characters are not allowed in links, so instead of e.g.
  [[BrontëEmily Brontë, Emily]] use
  [[BronteEmily Brontë, Emily]] (note the 'ë' in the text of the link, that's ok)
• short stories are ok. if there's a whole collection by the same author (e.g. Slow Learner by Pynchon) put the collection title before every short story title: Slow Learner: The Small Rain.
• multiple authors: put the stuff under the first (or main) author's name and use cross-references. example: AdamsDouglas: Last Chance to See...
• translations: any language is welcome, the more translations the better. please specify the language and the name of the translator for reference in parentheses under the first sentence, e.g.:
  
• poems are all right. really.
• movies are fine, as long as there is no published literary piece it was based on. usually the later is better, so preferably submit that one. the author is of course the scriptwriter (if not noted otherwise). they should go into Drama :)
• if there are more editions/publications of the same piece, and it's not clear which one is the one to rule them all (this one also does not qualify, you hear me?), all versions may be presented with proper annotation.
• if the author is unknown or disputable, use TrulyAnonymous (becasue as we all know, there was an actual chronicler called Anonymous, although i still can't find his book on the net.)
• a brief note about a particular change (Please add a note on your edit. under the main edit window) is mostly welcome.
• the sitemap goes like this (example in parentheses):
  
  Deletions:
  ~- only and only the first sentence. fight the temptation even when the second sentence is much better/funnier/whatever as the first one.
• try to record the sentence in the exact same way as it was in the book. no added emphasis, no case change, nothing. the typographical capitalisation added by the publisher can be ignored.
• everything is ordered alphabeticaly, works, authors, translated versions, everything. and so all the author WikiNames are surname first. Phillip K. Dick becomes DickPhillipK and not PhillipsKDick or DickKPhillips:
  [[DickPhillipK Dick, Phillip K.]]
  some languages, notably hungarian and japanese have surname first officialy, these names do not require a comma for seperation, e.g.
  [[SzerbAntal Szerb Antal]]
  an exception to the everything alphabeticaly rule: series. does not make sense to order the Dune series or the Hitchhiker's guide books alphabeticaly, does it? always apply common sense.
• special characters are not allowed in links, so instead of e.g.
  [[BrontëEmily Brontë, Emily]] use
  [[BronteEmily Brontë, Emily]] (note the 'ë' in the text of the link, that's ok)
• short stories are ok. if there's a whole collection by the same author (e.g. Slow Learner by Pynchon) put the collection title before every short story title: Slow Learner: The Small Rain.
• multiple authors: put the stuff under the first (or main) author's name and use cross-references. example: AdamsDouglas: Last Chance to See...
• translations: any language is welcome, the more translations the better. please specify the language and the name of the translator for reference in parentheses under the first sentence, e.g.:
  
• poems are all right. really.
• movies are fine, as long as there is no published literary piece it was based on. usually the later is better, so preferably submit that one. the author is of course the scriptwriter (if not noted otherwise). they should go into Drama :)
• if there are more editions/publications of the same piece, and it's not clear which one is the one to rule them all (this one also does not qualify, you hear me?), all versions may be presented with proper annotation.
• if the author is unknown or disputable, use TrulyAnonymous (becasue as we all know, there was an actual chronicler called Anonymous, although i still can't find his book on the net.)
• a brief note about a particular change (Please add a note on your edit. under the main edit window) is mostly welcome.
• this is a wiki, so we do categories. the main genre categories contain the alphabet as further categories. the authors should not be made into categories, all their creations should be listed in one page.
• the sitemap goes like this (example in parentheses):
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-02-22 01:05:11 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  “first sentence” is the text starting at the first letter on the first non-colophon∞ page of a particular work up to and including the ending full stop. if there is no such thing (hello modernists...), the first structural change (paragraph, section, strophe, etc) qualifies as the stopping point. forewords, editor's notes, publisher's notes, friend's notes or anybody's notes, dedications and the kind do not qualify. the first sentence for a movie is the first uttered sentence.
  
  Deletions:
  “first sentence” is the text starting at the first letter on the first non-colophon∞ page of a particular (e)book or poem up to and including the ending full stop. if there is no such thing (hello modernists...), the first structural change (paragraph, section, strophe, etc) qualifies as the stopping point. forewords, editor's notes, publisher's notes, friend's notes or anybody else's notes, dedications and the kind do not qualify. the first sentence for a movie is the first uttered sentence.
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-02-22 01:02:55 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  “first sentence” is the text starting at the first letter on the first non-colophon∞ page of a particular (e)book or poem up to and including the ending full stop. if there is no such thing (hello modernists...), the first structural change (paragraph, section, strophe, etc) qualifies as the stopping point. forewords, editor's notes, publisher's notes, friend's notes or anybody else's notes, dedications and the kind do not qualify. the first sentence for a movie is the first uttered sentence.
  
  Deletions:
  “first sentence” is the text starting at the first letter on the first non-colophon∞ page of a particular (e)book or poem up to and including the ending full stop. if there is no such thing (hello modernists...), the first structural change (paragraph, section, strophe, etc) or the end of the first page (whichever comes first) qualifies as the stopping point. forewords, editor's notes, publisher's notes, friend's notes or anybody else's notes, dedications and the kind do not qualify. the first sentence for a movie is the first uttered sentence.
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-02-21 19:51:41 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  » magyarul
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-02-21 19:50:49 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  “first sentence” is the text starting at the first letter on the first non-colophon∞ page of a particular (e)book or poem up to and including the ending full stop. if there is no such thing (hello modernists...), the first structural change (paragraph, section, strophe, etc) or the end of the first page (whichever comes first) qualifies as the stopping point. forewords, editor's notes, publisher's notes, friend's notes or anybody else's notes, dedications and the kind do not qualify. the first sentence for a movie is the first uttered sentence.
  
  Deletions:
  “first sentence” is the text starting at the first letter on the first non-colophon page of a particular (e)book up to and including the ending full stop. if there is no such thing (hello modernists...), the first structural change (paragraph, section, strophe, etc) or the end of the first page (whichever comes first) qualifies as the stopping point. forewords, editor's notes, publisher's notes, friend's notes, dedications and the kind do not qualify. the first sentence for a movie is the first uttered sentence.
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-01-30 22:37:09 by MinusF
  
  Deletions:
  
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-01-30 22:29:37 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  ~- try to record the sentence in the exact same way as it was in the book. no added emphasis, no case change, nothing. the typographical capitalisation added by the publisher can be ignored.
• everything is ordered alphabeticaly, works, authors, translated versions, everything. and so all the author WikiNames are surname first. Phillip K. Dick becomes DickPhillipK and not PhillipsKDick or DickKPhillips:
  [[DickPhillipK Dick, Phillip K.]]
  some languages, notably hungarian and japanese have surname first officialy, these names do not require a comma for seperation, e.g.
  [[SzerbAntal Szerb Antal]]
  an exception to the everything alphabeticaly rule: series. does not make sense to order the Dune series or the Hitchhiker's guide books alphabeticaly, does it? always apply common sense.
• short stories are ok. if there's a whole collection by the same author (e.g. Slow Learner by Pynchon) put the collection title before every short story title: Slow Learner: The Small Rain.
• multiple authors: put the stuff under the first (or main) author's name and use cross-references. example: AdamsDouglas: Last Chance to See...
• translations: any language is welcome, the more translations the better. please specify the language and the name of the translator for reference in parentheses under the first sentence, e.g.:
  
• movies are fine, as long as there is no published literary piece it was based on. usually the later is better, so preferably submit that one. the author is of course the scriptwriter (if not noted otherwise). they should go into Drama :)
  
  Deletions:
  ~- try to record the sentence in the exact same way as it was in the book. no added emphasis, no case change, nothing. the only exception is that the typographical capitalisation added by the publisher can be ignored.
• everything is ordered alphabeticaly, works, authors, translated versions, everything. and so all the author WikiNames are surname first. Phillip K. Dick becomes DickPhillipK and not PhillipsKDick or DickKPhillips:
  [[DickPhillipK Dick, Phillip K.]]
  some languages, notably hungarian and japanese have surname first officialy, these names do not require a comma for seperation, e.g.
  [[SzerbAntal Szerb Antal]]
  an exception to the everything alphabeticaly rule: series. does not make sense to order the Dune series or the Hitchhiker's guide books alphabeticaly, does it? use your common sense.
• short stories are ok, it's prose after all. if it's a collection by the same author, and has a collective title (e.g. Slow Learner by Pynchon) prepend this title with a colon to every short story title: Slow Learner: The Small Rain.
• multiple authors: put the stuff under the first (or main) author's name and use crossreferences. example: AdamsDouglas: Last Chance to See...
• translations: any language is welcome, the more translations the better. please specify the language and the name of the translator for reference in parentheses under the first sentence:
  
• movies are fine, as long as there is no published literary piece it was based on. usually the later is better, so preferably submit that one. the author is of course the scriptwriter (if not noted otherwise). put them in Drama :-).
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-01-30 22:19:08 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  ~- a brief note about a particular change (Please add a note on your edit. under the main edit window) is mostly welcome.
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-01-10 14:31:51 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  ~- everything is ordered alphabeticaly, works, authors, translated versions, everything. and so all the author WikiNames are surname first. Phillip K. Dick becomes DickPhillipK and not PhillipsKDick or DickKPhillips:
  [[DickPhillipK Dick, Phillip K.]]
  some languages, notably hungarian and japanese have surname first officialy, these names do not require a comma for seperation, e.g.
  [[SzerbAntal Szerb Antal]]
  an exception to the everything alphabeticaly rule: series. does not make sense to order the Dune series or the Hitchhiker's guide books alphabeticaly, does it? use your common sense.
  
  Deletions:
  ~- everything is ordered alphabeticaly, works, authors, translated versions, everything. and so all the author WikiNames are surname first. Phillip K. Dick becomes DickPhillipK and not PhillipsKDick or DickKPhillips. another exception: series. does not make sense to order the Dune series by HerbertFrank alphabeticaly or the Hitchhiker's guide books, does it? use your common sense.
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-01-10 14:09:09 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  ~- special characters are not allowed in links, so instead of e.g.
  [[BrontëEmily Brontë, Emily]] use
  [[BronteEmily Brontë, Emily]] (note the 'ë' in the text of the link, that's ok)
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-01-09 22:58:16 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  

  Au, Thor

  
  
  Deletions:
  

  A. U., Thor

  
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-01-09 14:44:57 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  ~- everything is ordered alphabeticaly, works, authors, translated versions, everything. and so all the author WikiNames are surname first. Phillip K. Dick becomes DickPhillipK and not PhillipsKDick or DickKPhillips. another exception: series. does not make sense to order the Dune series by HerbertFrank alphabeticaly or the Hitchhiker's guide books, does it? use your common sense.
  
  Deletions:
  ~- everything is ordered alphabeticaly, works, authors, translated versions, everything. and so all the author WikiNames are surname first. Phillip K. Dick becomes DickPhillipK and not PhillipsKDick or DickKPhillips. another exception: series. does not make sense to order the Dune series by HerbertFrank alphabeticaly, does it? use your common sense.
  
  

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  Edited on 2006-01-09 14:02:33 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  “first sentence” is the text starting at the first letter on the first non-colophon page of a particular (e)book up to and including the ending full stop. if there is no such thing (hello modernists...), the first structural change (paragraph, section, strophe, etc) or the end of the first page (whichever comes first) qualifies as the stopping point. forewords, editor's notes, publisher's notes, friend's notes, dedications and the kind do not qualify. the first sentence for a movie is the first uttered sentence.

• try to record the sentence in the exact same way as it was in the book. no added emphasis, no case change, nothing. the only exception is that the typographical capitalisation added by the publisher can be ignored.
• everything is ordered alphabeticaly, works, authors, translated versions, everything. and so all the author WikiNames are surname first. Phillip K. Dick becomes DickPhillipK and not PhillipsKDick or DickKPhillips. another exception: series. does not make sense to order the Dune series by HerbertFrank alphabeticaly, does it? use your common sense.
• multiple authors: put the stuff under the first (or main) author's name and use crossreferences. example: AdamsDouglas: Last Chance to See...
• translations: any language is welcome, the more translations the better. please specify the language and the name of the translator for reference in parentheses under the first sentence:
  (hungarian translation by Killgore Trout)
  please note, that it's in the translator's power to make the first sentence shorter or longer (in one word: different) than the original.
  
• movies are fine, as long as there is no published literary piece it was based on. usually the later is better, so preferably submit that one. the author is of course the scriptwriter (if not noted otherwise). put them in Drama :-).
• the sitemap goes like this (example in parentheses):
  1. genre (prose),
  2. initial of the author surname (A),
  3. name of the author (AdamsDouglas),
  4. book (hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy)
• if in doubt, always look at the existing wiki markup how to format the author name, and the other titles, texts.

Templates

Letter page template

Author page template

[[CategoryProse Prose]]
{{lastedit}}

[[ProseX X]] | [[CategoryProse Prose]]
{{lastedit}}

• forewords, editor's notes, publisher's notes, friend's notes and the kind do not qualify.
  
  Deletions:
  ~- forewords and the kind do not qualify.
  
  

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  Edited on 2005-12-11 14:52:14 by MinusF
  
  Additions:
  

  copy-n-paste code for easy editing: Author page