Talk:Waverley novels

New title

'Novels' need not be capitalized. The name should be Waverly novels.- Gilliam (talk) 02:17, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

No, the name should be Waverley novels . --Mabzilla (talk) 18:35, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

Non-Waverley Novels

Are any of Scott's novels besides the Tales of my Landlord series not considered Waverley? If so, it would be appropriate to list them or provide a wikilink to a list. D A Patriarche, BSc 07:32, 24 March 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by D A Patriarche (talk • contribs)

Requested move 1 June 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 03:54, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

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Waverley Novels → Waverley novels – The word "novels" is just a descriptive term, not a proper name. The phrase "Waverley novels" is not consistently capitalised in a substantial majority of sources (see n-gram [1], which actually shows more capitalisation than it should because it doesn't do anything to exclude use in title-case titles/headings/headlines). Move also per WP:CONSISTENT to agree with, e.g., Palliser novels, The Merchanter novels, Santangelo novels, The Chanur novels, Deryni novels, The Bolitho novels, Being Human novels, Dungeons & Dragons novels, List of Charmed novels and short stories, List of Angel novels, List of Star Trek novels, List of Monogatari novels, List of Buffyverse novels, List of Star Trek: Enterprise novels, etc., etc. This move was proposed (above) back in 2014, but no one actually listed it at RM.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:59, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

PS: I did find a handful of other cases of this over-capitalisation, but each case should probably be taken on its own: Neapolitan Novels, The Courtney Novels, Galaxy Science Fiction Novels, The Paradise Novels, Pacesetter Novels; that seems to be all of them. And Aubrey–Maturin series should probably be moved to Aubrey–Maturin novels for consistency with the "Foo novels" pattern.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:59, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

• Support. This a common name rather than a proper name, should not be capitalized. Walrasiad (talk) 05:51, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Why is it a series?

Why is it considered a series? The novels don't appear to have anything in common. 92.24.207.13 (talk) 12:29, 17 August 2024 (UTC)