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This page contains standards and regulations related to Works [[CZ:Subpages|subpages]].
''We would like a historian, literary scholar, philosopher, or other humanist to help fill out this page.  It should describe our policies with regard to lists of written works (books, poems, written music, etc.).''
''We would like a historian, literary scholar, philosopher, or other humanist to help fill out this page.  It should describe our policies with regard to lists of written works (books, poems, written music, etc.).''


== What are Works pages? ==
== What are Works pages? ==
I think they should list the works OF the person in the article, assuming the article is about a person. Works ABOUT the person should, IMHO, be in the Bibliography pages.
"Works" subpages contain lists of books, articles, artworks, etc., (but not films or music, which would go on the Videography or Discography subpages) authored or otherwise created by the person who is the subject of the main article. They are separate from "Bibliography" pages, which contain lists of books, articles, etc., ''about'' the subject of the main article.


I can't think what function a Works page would have in articles not about persons. What would be the "works" of [[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]? Or [[Mathematics]]? Or [[Onslow Beach]]?
== Purpose ==
"Works" subpages fulfill a very particular need: they provide a listing of the works which appeared in an author's lifetime (and, in some cases, posthumously).  The "works" subpage is not the location for a detailed discussion of the chronology of different works or a discussion of the contexts or causes of the work's creation.  These sorts of discussions properly belong in the main article. It may be proper to discuss briefly changes made in different editions of an author's work, unless the text becomes too long or too burdened.  In which cases these sorts of discussions should be moved into the main article.


Maybe the above fits best on the talk page, but since there wasn't anything here but an empty framework, I put them here to get something started. [[User:Louis F. Sander|Louis F. Sander]] 19:51, 6 September 2007 (CDT)
Each work should include title, publisher, and date of original publication.
:I think all your points are valid. This subpage would only be used for articles about people, I assume. There would be no need to use it for article not about persons.  This is the reason most subpages are optional. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] [[User talk:Chris Day|(talk)]] 19:56, 6 September 2007 (CDT)
 
== Purpose ==
To list the major works of the person in the article.


== Heading and format standards ==
== Heading and format standards ==
On the "Works" subpage, the name of the author need not be included except where there was a co-author.  It is understood that the author of the work is the person named in the main article.


== Guidelines for editing ==
== Guidelines for editing ==
Since there's nothing here yet, I will provide a pointer to an article that has one of these: [[Claude Shannon]].  I was working on this article and others felt that the works needed to go on a separate tab, which I personally would not have chosen, since I intended to center the article around a discussion of these works, but after I saw it, I thought I could live with it, and that it was perhaps even rather nice.[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 15:15, 10 May 2008 (CDT)
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Latest revision as of 20:08, 9 December 2008

This page contains standards and regulations related to Works subpages.

We would like a historian, literary scholar, philosopher, or other humanist to help fill out this page. It should describe our policies with regard to lists of written works (books, poems, written music, etc.).

What are Works pages?

"Works" subpages contain lists of books, articles, artworks, etc., (but not films or music, which would go on the Videography or Discography subpages) authored or otherwise created by the person who is the subject of the main article. They are separate from "Bibliography" pages, which contain lists of books, articles, etc., about the subject of the main article.

Purpose

"Works" subpages fulfill a very particular need: they provide a listing of the works which appeared in an author's lifetime (and, in some cases, posthumously). The "works" subpage is not the location for a detailed discussion of the chronology of different works or a discussion of the contexts or causes of the work's creation. These sorts of discussions properly belong in the main article. It may be proper to discuss briefly changes made in different editions of an author's work, unless the text becomes too long or too burdened. In which cases these sorts of discussions should be moved into the main article.

Each work should include title, publisher, and date of original publication.

Heading and format standards

On the "Works" subpage, the name of the author need not be included except where there was a co-author. It is understood that the author of the work is the person named in the main article.

Guidelines for editing

Since there's nothing here yet, I will provide a pointer to an article that has one of these: Claude Shannon. I was working on this article and others felt that the works needed to go on a separate tab, which I personally would not have chosen, since I intended to center the article around a discussion of these works, but after I saw it, I thought I could live with it, and that it was perhaps even rather nice.Pat Palmer 15:15, 10 May 2008 (CDT)

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