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[edit] Linguistics

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Linguistics	yes				Linguistics	Portal:English; Portal:English grammar; Portal:Low Saxon; Portal:Personal life
Anthroponymy	yes	yes
→	anthroponymy - Arabic names task force
Basque	(main listing here)
Chinese surnames	(main listing here)
Classical Tamil	yes
Constructed languages	yes	yes			Constructed languages
→	Constructed languages/Esperanto task force				Esperanto	Portal:Constructed languages
Deaf	yes
Dravidian languages	yes
Endangered languages	yes
English	yes
Etymology	no	yes
French dialects	no
Hebrew languages	no				Israel	Portal:Judaism
Hindustani and allied languages	yes	yes	yes	yes	India
Language families	no
Languages	yes	yes
Phonetics	yes
Regional English dialects	no
Sociolinguistics/Slang	no
Theoretical Linguistics	yes
Writing systems	(main listing here)

[edit] Writing systems

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Writing systems	yes	yes			Language	Portal:Writing
→	Writing systems - Transliteration task force					Portal:Writing
Ancient Germanic studies - Runes task force	(main listing here)

[edit] Literature

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Literature	yes	yes		yes	Literature	Portal:Folklore; Portal:Oscar Wilde; Portal:Rhetoric; Portal:Writing
Academic Journals	yes
Alternate History	yes	yes
Audiobooks	no				Arts
Australian literature	yes	yes	yes	yes
Authors	(main listing here)
Bible	(main listing here)
Biography	(main listing here)
Biography - Arts and entertainment work group - Writers and critics	(main listing here)
Blogging	no
Books	yes	yes			Books	Portal:Arts; Portal:Literature; Portal:Charles Dickens; Portal:Edgar Allan Poe;
Balzac	yes
Children's literature	(main listing here)
Comics	(main listing here)
Critical Theory	(main listing here)
Fan Fiction	(main listing here)
Federalist Papers	no
Films based on books	(main listing here)
Free book covers	no					Dedicated to replacing fair use images of pre-1923 books with original or early versions in the public domain
Gilbert and Sullivan	(main listing here)
Hadith	(main listing here)
Horror	(main listing here)
Indian literature	(main listing here)
Irish literature	no
Japanese Bibliography	(main listing here)
Manga	yes	yes	yes		Anime and Manga	Project's scope includes manga, light novels, and visual novels from Japan
Middle East Textbooks	no	yes
Mythology	(main listing here)
Novels	yes	yes	yes	yes	Literature	Portal:Arts; Portal:Charles Dickens; Portal:Edgar Allan Poe;
→	Novels - 19th century task force
→	Novels - Australian literature task force
→	Novels - Chronicles of Narnia task force				Narnia
→	Novels - Crime task force
→	Novels - Fantasy task force				Speculative fiction
→	Novels - His Dark Materials task force
→	Novels - Lemony Snicket task force
→	Novels - Percy Jackson task force
→	Novels - Science fiction task force				Speculative fiction
→	Novels - Shannara task force				Shannara
→	Novels - Short story task force
→	Novels - Sword of Truth task force
→	Novels - Twilight task force
Persian literature	no	yes
Poetry	(main listing here)
Science Fiction	(main listing here)
Science pearls	no
Screenwriters	yes					"We are nascent. Join us and discover what screenwriting is actually about."
Shakespeare	(main listing here)
Wikipedia	yes	yes

[edit] Biography

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Biography	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography
→	Arts and Entertainment Work Group				Biography	Portal:Arts; Portal:Geography
→	Arts and Entertainment Work Group - Actors				Biography	Portal:Arts; Portal:Film
→	Arts and Entertainment Work Group - Musicians				Biography	Portal:Arts; Portal:Music; Portal:Guitar; Portal:Hip hop; Portal:The Beatles; Portal:Punk rock
→	Arts and Entertainment Work Group - Writers and critics				Biography	Portal:Arts; Portal:Literature
→	Military Work Group				Biography	Portal:War; Portal:Geography
→	Military Work Group - United States				Biography	Portal:War; Portal:United States
→	Politics and Government Work Group				Biography	Portal:Politics; Portal:History
→	Politics and Government - Canada Work Group				Biography	Portal:Politics; Portal:Canada;
→	Politics and Government - China Work Group				Biography	Portal:Politics; Portal:China; Portal:Hong Kong; Portal:People's Republic of China; Portal:Republic of China; Portal:Taiwan
→	Royalty Work Group				Biography	Portal:Heraldry; Portal:History
→	Royalty and Nobility Work Group - British Isles				Biography	Portal:Heraldry; Portal:History; Portal:United Kingdom; Portal:England; Portal:Scotland; Portal:Wales
→	Royalty and Nobility Work Group - Germany				Biography	Portal:Heraldry; Portal:History; Portal:Ancient Germanic culture;
→	Science and academia Work Group				Biography
→	Sports and games				Biography
Academics	yes				Biography
Actors and Filmmakers	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography	Portal:Academy Award
Baronetcies	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography
British Royalty	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography
Comics - Comics creators work group	yes	yes	yes	yes	Comics
Einstein Family	yes	yes
English Numeral Royalty Redirect	yes
Genealogy	yes
Hugo and Nebula Award Winners	yes
Japan - Gaijin tarento taskforce	yes	yes
Japan - Royalty and nobility taskforce	yes	yes			Japan	Portal:Biography
Leaders by year	no
Military history - Military biography task force	(main listing here)
Musicians	yes	yes	yes	yes	Music	Portal:AC/DC;
Peerage	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography
Persondata	yes
Royalty	yes	yes	yes	yes	Biography
Rugby union - Biography work group	yes	yes	yes		Rugby union	Portal:Biography
US Governors	yes
United States politicians	no

[edit] Children's literature

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Children's literature	yes	yes			Children and Young Adult Literature	Portal:Literature
Artemis Fowl	(main listing here)
Fablehaven	(main listing here)
Harry Potter	(main listing here)
Redwall	(main listing here)
SpongeBob SquarePants	(main listing here)
Thomas	(main listing here)

[edit] Chinese literature

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Water Margin	yes

[edit] Fan fiction

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Fan Fiction	yes
Harry Potter	(main listing here)
Star Trek	(main listing here)
Star Wars	(main listing here)

[edit] Media franchises

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Media franchises	yes	yes
24	(main listing here)
Alias	(main listing here)
Alien	yes	yes			Alien	Portal:Speculative fiction
Artemis Fowl	yes				Speculative fiction
Buffyverse	(main listing here)
Comics	(main listing here)
The Dark Tower	yes	yes			The Dark Tower	Portal:Speculative fiction
Dinotopia	yes
Discworld	yes				Discworld	Portal:Speculative fiction
Doctor Who	(main listing here)
Dragonlance	(main listing here)
EastEnders	(main listing here)
Emmerdale	(main listing here)
Firefly	(main listing here)
Forgotten Realms	(main listing here)
Guardians of Time Trilogy	no				Guardians of Time Trilogy	Portal:Speculative fiction
Halo	(main listing here)
Harry Potter	yes	yes			Harry Potter	Portal:Speculative fiction
Highlander	yes				Speculative fiction
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	yes				Speculative fiction
Indiana Jones	yes
Inheritance Cycle	yes	yes			Speculative fiction
James Bond	yes	yes			James Bond
King Arthur	yes	yes			King Arthur
Lego	(main listing here)
Middle-earth	(main listing here)
Mortal Kombat	yes	yes
Napoleonic Fiction	no
Nyeusigrube	no				Speculative fiction
Oz	yes				Oz	Portal:Speculative fiction
Raymond E. Feist series	yes
Redwall	yes				Speculative fiction
Sherlock Holmes	yes
A Song of Ice and Fire	yes				Speculative fiction
SpongeBob SquarePants	(main listing here)
Star Trek	(main listing here)
Star Wars	yes	yes		yes	Star Wars	Portal:Speculative fiction
Stargate	yes				Stargate	Portal:Speculative fiction
Superman	(main listing here)
The Boondocks	no	yes
Thomas	yes
24	(main listing here)
View Askew	no
Warriors	yes

[edit] Middle-earth

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Middle-earth	yes	yes			Middle-earth	Portal:Speculative fiction
→	Silmarillion					inactive

[edit] Horror

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Horror	(main listing here)

[edit] Journalism

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Journalism	yes	yes			Journalism
Current events	no				Current events
Academic Journals	yes				Literature	Portal:University
Punch cartoons	no
Magazines	yes	yes

[edit] Poetry

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Poetry	yes				Poetry	Portal:Edgar Allan Poe
Catullus	no

[edit] Religious texts

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Religious texts	yes	yes			Bible	Portal:Book of Mormon
Bible	(main listing here)

[edit] Bible

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Bible	yes	yes			Bible
→	Bible - Biblical Criticism work group				Bible

[edit] Science Fiction

Project	Active	Assessment	Peer review	Collaboration	Portal	Notes
Science Fiction	yes	yes
Hugo and Nebula Award Winners	yes