Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies/Draft types of bibliographies

Project members find it useful to keep track of different types of articles that fall under the collaborative interest of the Bibliography project. As such, the type parameter within the project banner [[Template:WikiProject Bibliographies ]] is used to further categorize bibliography articles into one of the following types:

• Author - the bibliography is an author bibliography listing the works of a specific author
• Topical - the bibliography is a topical bibliography listing the works on a specific topic
• Combination - the bibliography is both topical and author based
• Book - the bibliography article is actually about a published, notable bibliography
• Mixed - the bibliography articles contains other list of works types--filmography, discography, etc.
• Other - a catch all for articles that don't meet the above type criteria

This categorization is useful for identifying issues related to the bibliography type:

• potential naming issues, especially when WP:PRINCIPALNAMINGCRITERIA is applied to the article
• notability issues: WP:NOTESAL for lists and WP:Notability (Books) for published bibliographies
• inclusion or selection criteria

The following sections offer examples and advice on issues related to specific types of bibliographies of interest to the project.