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Series/book list

I came to this page wondering if there was a related list of urban fantasy series, perhaps organized (as I would like to see it anyway) by location/city in order to highlight the "urban" in urban fantasy. As someone noted above, the list of authors contain things that don't meet the definition as stated in the article (Charlaine Harris coming to mind as the most obvious example). I see that someone suggested having a List of urban fantasy authors. Do you think that a List of urban fantasy series would be considered notable enough for inclusion? It might solve some of the problem on this page as well, as a place for more information about the series themselves, and links to individual pages when appropriate. (I'm happy to do this myself, but wanted some opinions from the group on notability and need before going to the trouble.) Caseylf (talk) 19:33, 6 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I like your idea, but think it might be best served by taking it off Wikipedia and put directly on a web page.

That would allow genre-specific cross-referencing, avoid WP issues (eg: notability, referencing, &c.) should sharing plot-information or other data be encouraged, perhaps encourage authors to post, or sharing of fan-written fiction, &c.

Some of the most successful of sites with the broadest scope and longest history include The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (https://www.isfdb.org/), the mystery site Stop You're Killing Me (http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/index.html), Historical Novels Info (http://www.historicalnovels.info/), and - of course - Fantastic Fiction (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/). There are others for romance, Westerns, and other more-specific genres.

Ethnic laundry (talk) 05:15, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think the page would benefit from adding a more comprehensive list of media outside of books, such as movies, tv shows, graphic novels, and so on. This would likely help clarify the distinction of urban fantasy vs paranormal romance. MeganDees24 (talk) 09:45, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Blank and redirect from Contemporary fantasy

Per discussion on Talk:Contemporary fantasy, I have just blanked Contemporary fantasy and redirected it here. CohenTheBohemian (talk) 05:44, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In the paragraph “21st Century”

What does the reference BFSA mean? Is it Black Faculty and Staff Assoc.? Please add a footnote. Mastrude (talk) 20:55, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Have added a link to the BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) page for clarification. Glitterspont (talk) 15:19, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Where to go for East Asian (*commercial) Urban Fantasy?

This article is only focused on the Eurocentric/Anglosphere literary works. How about those works of other countries in the 21st Century? I'm mostly asking about the JP and KR (light) literature and because CN works are much more distinct.

- If you sincerely don't know what I'm talking about, ask your kids.

180.248.8.6 (talk) 03:26, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unreliable / light-weight sources

This article cites several sources that are not among the most reliable according to WP:RS, including self-published material and blog posts. Although there was a time when there were few other sources to use, there are now more than enough reliable sources to cite.

Would anyone object to my doing some cleaning up? (Don't want to step on toes.) Glitterspont (talk) 15:43, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd argue Wikipedia policy is pretty clear here – we'd prefer better sources if they're available, and it would be much appreciated if you'd be willing to add them/rewrite the article based on later research. /Julle (talk) 02:27, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]