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The WikiProject Television Buffyverse taskforce is an attempt to organize, categorize, and standardize articles about the Buffyverse (Buffy, Angel, Fray, & its novels/comics). All Buffyverse articles can be found at this index. This immense project needs many writers, editors, readers, researchers, etc. Anyone with a knowledge/interest in the Buffyverse is welcome to join this project. Feel free to contact members for help getting to grips with everything.

Writing and editing can currently be done from:

Goals[edit]

Scope - Project focuses on the works derived from Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer including Angel and non-televised medium, such as comics and novels.

Short Term

  1. implement naming conventions for Buffyverse articles
  2. continue implementing format conventions for characters / episodes


Long Term

  1. re-categorize Buffyverse articles (incl. a parent category with browsable and specific subcategories)
  2. implement a more seamless browsability between articles

Structure

Here are examples of the structures that should be used, the infoboxes that should be used are found on the example pages:

Characters[edit]

Archived discussion: Buffyverse character discussion
Example: "Spike (Buffyverse)"

There has been a move in 2010-2011 to change character articles to redirects to a list of characters despite such articles getting hits daily. The list contains less information, and less room for useful real-world context. To counter this, the project will benefit from improving the character articles. Many of the character articles are written primarily from an in-universe perspective. The articles would benefit from more real-world context. E.g. comments from writers, actors, and reviewers. As this is done we could add sections such as "Notes and references" section and cite any sources for this real-world context. This process has already started for some of the character articles which have been given a "Writing and acting" section which deals with the characters from an out-of-Buffyverse perspective. E.g. see Riley Finn#Writing and acting, Tara Maclay#Writing and acting, Allen Francis Doyle#Writing and acting, Maggie Walsh#Writing and acting, Jonathan Levinson#Writing and acting.

Also the Wesley Wyndam-Pryce has been given extensive out-of-Buffyverse perspective from writers and Denisof, and this perspective has been merged with the in-Buffyverse perspective.

We may require further discussions on the best way to further improve the character articles.

Episode work[edit]

See main article: Wikipedia:WikiProject Buffyverse/Episodes
Example: "Lessons".

Our key task is to improve the behind the scenes information (citing our sources as we go). Sections in episodes articles:


Research using:

Checklist[edit]

The following checklist is designed to highlight articles needing work on, please strike off articles once the work needed has been done. NOTE: (The separate sub-page contains the check list of episodes, and details of work needing to be done Wikipedia:WikiProject Buffy/Episodes)

Episode articles needing appropriate 'Summary'

The summary should be around 100-200 words:

Episodes without any/enough quotes

Several Angel episodes have very few (or no) quotes:

Places

Groups

Example: Wolfram and Hart

Writers

Example: Jane Espenson

Lists

Newly created articles[edit]

Newer articles may have had less editing than longer-existing ones. For a list of more recent articles see:

Wikipedia:WikiProject Buffyverse/Newly created articles

Subforums and Discussion[edit]

Managing Articles

Managing the Project

Awards[edit]

This barnstar can be used to award Wikipedians who make any outstanding contributions to Buffyverse-related articles. To use it, just paste the code (copy it whilst in edit-mode of this page) on the Wikipedian's discussion page with a message relevant to their contributions e.g. "Well done on improving behind the scenes information of Buffy episode articles". Wikipedians who are not fans of the Buffyverse who significatnly help out this wikiproject might especially deserve this.

The Buffyverse Barnstar
(write message giving reasons why this Wikipedian deserves the award)
Winners

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