We have had a solid month with an increase of project tagging work. We now have a bit of a backlog of assessments needed.
Member news
The project has currently 305 members, 6 joined & 0 leavers since the start of January 2008.
The member page has been reorganized with it being noted that many member are largely inactive. However this is not unusual for WikiProjects and we have a very loyal core of editors who work diligently away often without recognition.
Other news
Many book cover images were tagged for deletion because of missing or incorrect fair use rationales in January. Several notes on this subject were placed on the General Forum.
Task force news
There is a new 19th century task force. if this is an area of interest for you join in and help out.
Novel related news
23 January, 2008 - The Nestlé Smarties Book Prize is discontinued as of 2008 Guardian
The Jaipur Literature Festival, was held on the 23 - 27 January 2008, and is India's biggest festival of literature. British Council news site
The short story taskforce talk page has a discussion relating to the (non)inclusion of articles on stories by well known authors. Find the debate here.
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