Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Crime task force
Welcome to the Crime task force of the Novels WikiProject!
Scope
This task force seeks to create, improve, maintain, and provide a standard of consistency for articles about Crime, Detective & Mystery novels, novellas, novelettes & short stories as well as create a forum in which interested editors can work together to improve articles.
Article alerts
Good article nominees
- 12 May 2025 – Gentlemen & Players (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ArthurTheGardener (t · c); see discussion
Participants
If you are interested in becoming a regular contributor to the efforts of this task force, please feel free to sign your name below with four tildes (~~~~). Also, if you have not already done so, we would encourage you to join our parent project, WikiProject Novels.
- Kevinalewis (talk · contribs), joined 8 February 2006
- Silverthorn (talk · contribs), joined 17 February 2007
- Barbara Osgood (talk · contribs), joined 4 March 2007
- Accounting4Taste (talk · contribs), joined 23 May 2007
- Rdgambola (talk · contribs), joined 28 July 2007
- Henry Merrivale (talk · contribs), joined 9 September 2007
- Escape Artist Swyer (talk · contribs), joined 9 September 2007
- Opark_77 (talk · contribs), joined 20 September 2007
- jtomlin1uk (talk · contribs), joined 9 January 2008
- Frao61 (talk · contribs), joined 3 February 2008
- MeegsC (talk · contribs), joined 22 February 2008
- Juru (talk · contribs), joined 30 April 2008
- Burntfingers (talk · contribs), joined 15 May 2008
- The man in the mask (talk · contribs), joined 26 May 2008
- Heslopian (talk · contribs), joined 5 September 2008
- RandyPng (talk · contribs), joined 27 October 2008
- Robin 05:13, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
- Darwin Naz (talk · contribs), joined 30 December 2018
- ClarityKTMpls (talk · contribs), joined 2 February 2020
Jane Digby (talk) 21:28, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[User:Jane Digby] 1 February 2024
Guestbook
If you are sympathetic to the cause of this project, but for whatever reason choose not to commit yourself to becoming a regular member, please feel free to show your support by signing the list below!:
- TimDuncan (talk · contribs)
- Bagmikanta (talk · contribs)
- LiPollis (talk) 14:45, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
- Pete Best Beatles (talk) 23:54, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
Tagging articles
Any article related to this task force should be marked with "crime-task-force=yes" to the {{WikiProject Novels}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Crime fiction task force articles.
The resulting code is usually:
{{WikiProject Novels |class= |importance= |crime-task-force=yes }}
Recognized content
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Featured content
Good articles
Erast Fandorin • "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
DYKs (Did You Know)s
- A fact from The Concrete Blonde appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on August 6, 2008
- A fact from The Rose Rent appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on August 11, 2008
- A fact from The Last Coyote appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on August 31, 2008
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections
Formerly recognized content
Former featured articles
Former good articles
To-do

A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
- Tag articles!
- Recruit more members!
- Collaborate and join the discussions. If you know things, teach! (If you don't know things, Ask.)
- Add new articles! There are plenty of crime, detective and mystery novels and shorter prose items still unaccounted for! Needed Articles
- Expand articles (or merge if appropriate). All of these stubs would welcome further care and attention.
- Start looking for featured articles and lists while getting familiar with and helping with assessment of prose fiction articles. Then add an "Articles" section to this project page.
- Add things here!
Literature Portal
The Literature Portal requires regular input and is always seeking volunteers. Help us keep this portal at Featured portal status!
Categories and lists
Associated interests
Templates
- For main project templates, see the main project page.
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