Talk:Norman Mailer’s Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969

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edit·history·watch·refresh Stock post message.svg To-do list for Norman Mailer’s Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969:

You might want to "claim" an item below (like I did with the intro) so we don't overlap in our posting responsibilities. We can all proofread and revise, though. Once we've completed the item, let's use <s>. . .</s> to strike it off.

  • All pages should use {{aade-sm}} somewhere on the page. ~~(Dmcgonagill (talk) 16:17, 15 April 2019 (UTC)) This gives the appropriate categories and a banner about the page’s part on the project
  • Introduction needs to be posted (subpage)Grlucas (talk) 15:16, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
  • 76 letters need to be posted (see Bob Begiebing, April 19, 1989 as a model. I have begun listing them and linking them off of the AAD:Letters page). JVbird (talk) I am working on January 1964 through March 1964 Dillbug I am working on dec 11 '63-end of dec '63 to start(Dmcgonagill (talk) 21:09, 8 April 2019 (UTC))(I will take the first letterGrlucas (talk) 19:37, 29 March 2019 (UTC))
    • all need to be listed and linked (continuing the table I started) from the main letters page. I will start on this Dillbug
    • use header for all: {{NMletter}} ~~(Dmcgonagill (talk) 16:02, 15 April 2019 (UTC))
    • use footer navbar for all: {{Aad-letters}}
    • linked off of the AAD Letters page and the footer navbar
  • Bibliography needs to be updated. I’ve been working on this, but help would be appreciated. —Grlucas (talk) 23:12, 15 April 2019 (UTC) Done! --Jules Carry (talk) 07:52, 25 April 2019 (EDT)
  • Post timeline as subpage (Appendix III.doc) Dmcgonagill (talk)
  • Post word count table as subpage (Appendix IV.doc) Ssimsjones
  • Add notes, links (PM and Wikipedia), and other research, like identifying important people, events, publications, etc. Namir
Priority 1 (top)

Translating this book from print to digital will be our primary objective for the spring 2019. Here are some things we have to decide:

Should each letter have its own page? I’m leaning toward yes here.

Yes. —Grlucas (talk) 12:06, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

How should each page be named so each is unique? I think subpages would be the way to go here, like Structured Vision, but then what do we call each page? “To: So and So”, like: Norman Mailer's Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969/To: Eiichi Yaminishi? What do we do when we have more than one letter to Eiichi Yaminishi? Should we add the date? Norman Mailer's Letters on An American Dream, 1963–1969/To: Eiichi Yaminishi (November 25, 1963) It’s beginning to get unwieldy. Suggestions?

I decided against using subpages, so each letter will have its own page, linked both off of AAD:Letters and Norman Mailer’s Letters. —Grlucas (talk) 12:06, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

How should they be formatted? I.e., how should they appear on the screen? I think we should create a navbar to link them. Other ideas? Check out WD entries for ideas.

Each will use two templates: {{NMletter}} as a header and {{aade-sm}} somewhere on the page to identify it as part of this project. —Grlucas (talk) 12:06, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

What will be our category schema?

Each of the above templates will include appropriate categories. —Grlucas (talk) 12:06, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Notes