Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles
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WikiProject The Beatles
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Several Wikipedians have formed a WikiProject to better organize information in articles related to the Beatles (including Apple Records). This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and/or see the to-do list.
The Beatles are the quintessential pop/rock group, indisputably the most celebrated and influential in history and, arguably, the most popular (as measured by several metrics: number of #1 hits, total sales, Beatlemania, etc.). There are already a considerable number of articles about the Beatles on Wikipedia, of varying levels of quality and depth. These range from featured articles, such as John Lennon, down to stubs of the lowest quality. This project seeks to marshall the efforts of interested editors to improve and unify these articles and to raise the overall standard of the Beatles' coverage on Wikipedia.
Contents
- 1 Scope
- 2 Goals
- 3 Guidelines
- 4 Related projects
- 5 Log
- 6 Project assessment
- 7 Projects
- 8 Members
- 9 Articles
- 10 Review and assessment
- 11 Categories
- 12 Quiz
- 13 Shortcuts
- 14 Templates
- 15 Resources
Scope[edit]
The scope of the project is articles about the Beatles and their work, and people and things directly related to - or who have achieved a significant part of their notability through their connection to - The Beatles as a group and individually.
Goals[edit]
Please discuss on the talk page or be bold and add some!
- Unify and improve articles about albums
- Unify and improve articles about the Fab Four
- Unify and improve song articles
- Unify and improve articles about post Beatles bands (i.e. Traveling Wilburys)
Guidelines[edit]
Consensus per this RfC closure is to use "the Beatles" mid-sentence. |
Book references[edit]
In accordance with Wikipedia policy, facts and assertions should be attributed to verifiable, reliable sources wherever possible (see WP:V and WP:RS).
The Project's preferred method for this is inline citations using the <ref> tag.
Usage is very simple:
Put the book in the "references" section:
* {{cite book|first=Mark |last=Lewisohn|authorlink=Mark Lewisohn|title=The Complete Beatles Chronicle|publisher=Chronicle Press|year=1996|isbn=978-1851529759|ref={{SfnRef|Lewisohn|1996}}}}
Citing the book in the article:
{{sfn|Lewisohn|1996|p=77}}
References from web pages[edit]
<ref name="WEBpageLennon">{{cite web|url=URLwebpage |title=Lennon and McCartney: The Truth |first=Andreas |last=Egde |page=1|publisher=[[The Times]] |date=8 December 2006 |accessdate=4 June 2011}}</ref>
Further reading[edit]
- Wikipedia:Footnotes - More details about the ref tag and footnotes
- Wikipedia:Citing sources - A more general overview
Books used for references[edit]
- Aldridge, Alan (1999). The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics. Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 1-57912-058-X.
- Babiuk, Andy (2002). Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four's Instruments, from Stage to Studio (Revised ed.). Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-662-9.
- Badman, Keith (1999). The Beatles After the Breakup 1970-2000: A day-by-day diary. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-7520-5.
- The Beatles (2000). The Beatles Anthology. Chronicle Books. ISBN 0-811-82684-8.
- The Beatles (2003). The Beatles Anthology (DVD). Apple Records. ASIN: B00008GKEG.
- Best, Pete (1989). BEATLE! The Pete Best Story. Plexus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0859650779.
- Braun, Michael (1995). Love Me Do: The Beatles' Progress (Reprint ed.). London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-002278-3.
- Bresler, Fenton (1990). Who Killed John Lennon. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-92367-8.
- Brown, Peter; Gaines, Steven (1983). The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-36134-2.
- Brown, Peter; Gaines, Steven (2002). The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles (Reprint ed.). NAL Tradem. ISBN 978-0451207357.
- Coleman, Ray (1989). Brian Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles. Viking Press. ISBN 0-670-81474-1.
- Coleman, Ray (1989). Lennon: The Definitive Biography. Harper. ISBN 0-330-48330-7.
- Connolly, Ray (1981). John Lennon 1940–1980. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-636405-4.
- Cross, Craig (2005). The Beatles: Day-by-Day, Song-by-Song, Record-by-Record. iUniverse. ISBN 978-0595346639.
- Davies, Hunter (2004). The Beatles: The Authorized Biography (Revised ed.). Cassell Illustrated. ISBN 1-84403-104-7.
- DiLello, Richard (1973). The Longest Cocktail Party: An Insider's Diary of the Beatles, Their Million-dollar Apple Empire and Its Wild Rise and Fall. Playboy Press. ISBN 1-84195-602-3.
- Doggett, Peter (2011) [2009]. You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup. It Books. ISBN 978-0-06-177418-8.
- Emerick, Geoff (2006). Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles. Gotham. ISBN 978-1592401796.
- Epstein, Brian (1964). A Cellarful of Noise. Byron Preiss. ISBN 978-0-671-01196-3. OCLC 39211052.
- Everett, Walter (2001). The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul. US: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-514105-9.
- Everett, Walter (1999). The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver through the Anthology Project. US: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-512941-5.
- Flippo, Chet (1988). Yesterday. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385234825.
- Frame, Pete (1999). Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland. Music Sales Group. ISBN 0-7119-6973-6.
- Gambaccini, Paul (1993). Paul McCartney: In His Own Words. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0860012399.
- Geller, Deborah (1999). The Brian Epstein Story. Faber and Faber Ltd. ISBN 0-571-20156-3.
- Giuliano, Geoffrey (1997). Dark Horse: The Life and Art of George Harrison (Revised ed.). New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80747-5.
- Gould, Jonathan (2008). Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain and America. Piatkus Books. ISBN 978-0-7499-2988-6.
- Granados, Stefan (2002). Those Were the Days: An Unofficial History of the Beatles Apple Organization 1967-2001. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 978-1901447125.
- Greene, Joshua M. (2007). Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-470-12780-5.
- Harrison, George (1980). I, Me, Mine. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-42787-3.
- Harry, Bill (1992). The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-86369-681-3.
- Harry, Bill (1997). The Encyclopedia of Beatles People. Blandford Pr. ISBN 978-0713726060.
- Harry, Bill (2000). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated. London: Virgin Publishing. ISBN 0-7535-0481-2.
- Harry, Bill (2002). The Paul McCartney Encyclopedia. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0716-1.
- Huntley, Elliot J. (2004). Mystical One: George Harrison: After the Break-up of the Beatles. Guernica Editions. ISBN 1-55071-197-0.
- Ingham, Chris (2006). The Rough Guide to the Beatles. Rough Guides. ISBN 1843537206.
- Leng, Simon (2006). While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison. Hal Leonard. ISBN 1-4234-0609-5.
- Lennon, Cynthia (1978). A Twist of Lennon. Avon.
- Lennon, Cynthia (2006). John. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-89828-3.
- Leonard, Hal (1993). The Beatles - Complete Scores. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-7935-1832-6.
- Lipack, Richard Warren (1996). Epoch Moments and Secrets. Barrister Publishers. ISBN 978-0965095914.
- Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
- Lewisohn, Mark (1992). The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-681-03189-1.
- Lewisohn, Mark (1996). The Complete Beatles Chronicle. Chronicle Press. ISBN 1-85152-975-6.
- Lewisohn, Mark (2002). Wingspan. Little, Brown and Company (New York). ISBN 0-316-86032-8.
- MacDonald, Ian (1995). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties. Vintage. ISBN 0-7126-6697-4.
- MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-844-13828-3.
- Madinger, Chip; Easter, Mark (2000). Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium. 44.1 Productions. ISBN 0-615-11724-4.
- Manning, Sean (2008). Rock and Roll Cagematch: Music's Greatest Rivalries, Decided. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0307396273.
- Martin, George; Pearson, William (1994). With a Little Help from My Friends: The Making of Sgt. Pepper. Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-54783-2.
- Martin, George; Hornsby, Jeremy (1994). All You Need Is Ears. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-11482-6.
- McCabe, Peter; Schonfeld, Robert D. (1984). John Lennon: For the Record. Bantam Books. ISBN 9780553248029.
- Miles, Barry (1997). Many Years From Now. Vintage-Random House. ISBN 0-7493-8658-4.
- Miles, Barry (1998). The Beatles Diary. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0711963153.
- Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith (2001). The Beatles Diary: After the Break-Up 1970-2001. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0711983076.
- Norman, Philip (2008). John Lennon: The Life. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-075401-3.
- Norman, Philip (1993). Shout!. Pan Books. ISBN 978-0330487689.
- O'Brien, Ray (2001). There are Places I'll Remember 1. London: Ray O'Brien. ISBN 0-954-44730-1.
- Pang, May (1983). Loving John. Warner Books. ISBN 978-0-446-37916-8.
- Pang, May (2008). Instamatic Karma: Photographs of John Lennon. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-37741-0.
- Pawlowski, Gareth L (1990). How They Became The Beatles. McDonald & Co. ISBN 0-356-19052-8.
- Pedler, Dominic (2003). The Songwriting Secrets of The Beatles. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-8167-1.
- Peel, Ian (2002). The Unknown Paul McCartney. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-36-6.
- Ryan, David Stuart (1990). John Lennon's Secret: A Biography. Kozmik Press. ISBN 978-0905116204.
- Sandford, Christopher (2006). McCartney. Random House. ISBN 978-0786716142.
- Schechter, Danny (1997). The More You Watch, the Less You Know: News Wars/Submerged Hopes/Media Adventures. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1-888363-80-0.
- Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-25464-4.
- Spitz, Bob (2005). The Beatles: The Biography. New York: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 1-84513-160-6.
- Spizer, Bruce (2003). The Beatles Are Coming!: The Birth of Beatlemania in America. Four Ninety-Eight Productions. ISBN 978-0-9662649-8-2.
- Wenner, Jann S (2000). Lennon Remembers. London: Verso. ISBN 1-85984-600-9.
- Wiener, Jon (1995). Come Together: John Lennon In His Time. Random House. ISBN 978-0-571-13576-9.
- Wiener, Jon (1999). Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22246-6.
Related projects[edit]
Parentage[edit]
The father of this WikiProject is WikiProject Music.
Related portals[edit]
WikiProject The Beatles also manages The Beatles Portal: Portal:The Beatles.
Log[edit]
The achievements of the WikiProject so far are recorded at Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Log. If you create a new article, perform a merge or achieve some other goal on behalf of the project please record it in the log. It's helpful and motivating for us all to see how we've progressed as a team.
Article alerts[edit]
- Good article nominees
- 22 Mar 2016 – Only a Northern Song (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JG66 (t · c); start discussion
- 19 Dec 2015 – Savoy Truffle (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JG66 (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Nov 2015 – The Inner Light (song) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JG66 (t · c); see discussion
- Peer reviews
- 17 Nov 2015 – The Beatles (album) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Ritchie333 (t · c); see discussion
- Requested moves
- 02 Mar 2016 – Choba B CCCP (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by PikaSka (t · c); see discussion
Project assessment[edit]
The Beatles articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | Total | ||
FA | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||
GA | 10 | 26 | 22 | 58 | 116 | ||
B | 6 | 15 | 12 | 61 | 94 | ||
C | 12 | 53 | 73 | 260 | 398 | ||
Start | 3 | 26 | 71 | 647 | 747 | ||
Stub | 1 | 2 | 15 | 262 | 280 | ||
List | 6 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 25 | ||
Book | 9 | 9 | |||||
Category | 328 | 328 | |||||
Disambig | 18 | 18 | |||||
File | 888 | 888 | |||||
Portal | 10 | 10 | |||||
Project | 46 | 46 | |||||
Redirect | 1,914 | 1,914 | |||||
Template | 85 | 85 | |||||
NA | 8 | 8 | |||||
Other | 1 | 1 | |||||
Assessed | 44 | 128 | 207 | 1,297 | 3,306 | 4,982 | |
Total | 44 | 128 | 207 | 1,297 | 3,306 | 4,982 | |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = | 7,525Ω = 4.57 |
Projects[edit]
- Compile a list of current and missing articles, and catalogue them by status - see Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Assessment and Wikipedia:WikiProject_The_Beatles#Wikipedia_articles_on_The_Beatles
- Restore The Beatles to, and upgrade History of The Beatles to, featured article status. Alternative approaches (see Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/The Beatles history):
- Seek peer review, and 'tweak'
- Plan the article structure anew and major edit. Maybe History can be merged back in, and less substantial stuff forked out.
- Insert other projects (big jobs) here from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Beatles
To-do list[edit]
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Cleanup listing for this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
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Tasks[edit]
- Buy a book about The Beatles
- Invite new members by contacting editors who have made substantial Beatles-related edits in the past
- Fix templates to talk pages
- To do this, does anyone have a suggestion as to how to develop a list of the articles to do this to? There are so many different partial sets (the categories help). Or should an article only get the tagging as it is reviewed by one of us and improved? ++Lar: t/c 21:12, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Yep, use What Links Here for the Beatles' template, as discussed elsewhere on this (ever growing) page. That'll locate every article which uses the template, and any not properly categorised articles can be dealt with at the same time. But please don't mess up the lovely cat tree I spent a lot of time tidying :)
- If you're gonna do it, and if you're gonna do it in a web browser, might be best to reset your link cache first? Then you can see where you've been and where you haven't. With the cats, subcats and the template usage you'll find most articles more than once. --kingboyk 21:48, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
- Construct Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Assessment by following the category 'tree'(what that means is update this table: Wikipedia:WikiProject_The_Beatles/Categories as the automated code reads it and using what links here for The Beatles template. Can do the talk page notices at the same time.
- Assess articles at Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Assessment
- Apple Records discography - Needs British LPs and singles, and US LPs. Needs restructuring. I'd propose using the Brit catalog as the basis, and having only those releases which are different in the US section. This might not be practical, however, if the cat. no.s are different (they are for the singles, not sure for the albums).
Blue links need to be checked for and, if they aren't already, added to Category:Apple Records singles or Category:Apple Records albums, and the same for The Beatles/solo members singles/albums categories. - Add specific fair use rationales to Beatles-related copyrighted images, especially album covers (see Image:LetItBe.jpg for example).
Add the geographic coordinates of The Beatles significant places as : Tittenhurst Park, Savile Row, St. Peter's Church, etc. As already exist for the Shea Stadium, Abbey Road or Friar Park.Completed by User:Billy.- insert other tasks (smaller jobs) here from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Beatles
Adopt an article[edit]
Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
The Beatles 1962-1966adopted by PhattyFattThe Beatles 1967-1970adopted by Mr. ManuApple RecordsandApple Corpsadopted by kingboykThe Beatles' Christmas AlbumAdopted by Danthemankhan(talk)Flying (Beatles instrumental)adopted by Grutness...wha?It Don't Come Easyadopted by ZincOrbie & simontheboldMy Sweet LordAdopted by DakotaAlistair TaylorAdopted by AlexcalamaroKlaus Voormannadopted by Mr. ManuWoman Is the Nigger of the WorldAdopted by Tezkag72 (talk)No One's Gonna Change Our Worldadopted by simontheboldA Spaniard in the Worksadopted by Èŗüρтîöṇ257Tony Barrowabopted by Basketball110The Beatles bootleg recordingsadopted by paulisdead This has been something I've been working on for a while now. I'd love to get this one up to Wikipedia standards.- Mike McCartney
I Am the Walrusadopted by Raiku Lucifer Samiyaza.The Beatles (No. 1)adopted by Yeepsi (Talk to me!) 17:05, 18 March 2011 (UTC)Christmas Time (Is Here Again)adopted PaulZMarsh (talk) Helping to make Wikipedia better one page at a time. 06:37, 30 July 2013 (UTC)Hello, Goodbyeadopted by Beatleswhobeachboys (talk) 19:52, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
Members[edit]
- The following are participants in Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles... Anyone may join!
- To join simply click here and add yourself at the bottom of the list.
- Please use the {{user|username}} template
Active participants[edit]
From time to time, the participants list may be trimmed and seemingly inactive members moved to "Inactive". Please don't be offended; if you're here and editing Beatles articles or working on administration of the WikiProject, just put yourself back on the main list.
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Inactive, or have just popped out for a cup of tea...[edit]
If your name has been moved here in error, please feel free to move it back.
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Articles[edit]
Good Article/Featured Article[edit]
Periodically, project members collaborate on an article to bring it up to Good Article/Featured Article status.
The current GAR collaboration is:
Nominations[edit]
Nominations for future collaborations can be made here:
- Apple Corps. --kingboyk 11:46, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
- All My Loving - I would like assistance to bring this article to good article status. I would particularly like to include information about the musical structureNimbusWeb (talk) 08:53, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia articles on The Beatles[edit]
- Articles using The Beatles template (indicated by "(inclusion)" after the article's name).
Status board[edit]
Featured articles[edit]
- Something (Beatles song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
- Hey Jude (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
- The Long and Winding Road (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
- Lisa the Vegetarian (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
- The Beatles (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
- Say Say Say (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
- John Lennon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
- Paul McCartney (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
- Imagine (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
- George Harrison (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
- Ringo Starr (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
Featured article candidates[edit]
Featured article review[edit]
Featured pictures[edit]
Featured picture candidates[edit]
Featured lists[edit]
Featured list candidates[edit]
Good articles[edit]
The Beatles:
- Neil Aspinall (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Mal Evans (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Brian Epstein (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Stuart Sutcliffe (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- George Martin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Pete Best (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Death of John Lennon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Quarrymen (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Beatles in Hamburg (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Beatlemania in the United Kingdom (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Beatles in the United States (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Beatles in India (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- More popular than Jesus (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Relatives, spouses, and girlfriends:
- Mimi Smith (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Julia Lennon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Alfred Lennon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Cynthia Lennon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Astrid Kirchherr (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Jim and Mary McCartney (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Yoko Ono (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- May Pang (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Julia Baird (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Linda McCartney (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Pattie Boyd (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- George Toogood Smith (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Heather Mills (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Paul McCartney's relationships and marriages (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Friends:
- Mona Best (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Casbah Coffee Club (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Rory Storm (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Magic Alex (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Ravi Shankar (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Bill Harry (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Albums:
- Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Dark Horse (George Harrison album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Extra Texture (Read All About It) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Living in the Material World (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Concert for Bangladesh (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Best of George Harrison (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Kisses on the Bottom (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- All Things Must Pass (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Mind Games (John Lennon album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Flaming Pie (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Memory Almost Full (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Abbey Road (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Back to the Egg (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Beatles (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Yellow Submarine (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Wonderwall Music (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Collaborations (Ravi Shankar and George Harrison album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Songs:
- Tomorrow Never Knows (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Free as a Bird (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Rain (The Beatles song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- A Day in the Life (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Strawberry Fields Forever (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Girl Is Mine (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Carolina in My Mind (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Revolution (Beatles song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Isn't It a Pity (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Bangla Desh (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- My Sweet Lord (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- All Things Must Pass (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Who Can See It (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- What Is Life (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Wah-Wah (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Dark Horse (George Harrison song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Hari's on Tour (Express) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Ding Dong, Ding Dong (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- I'd Have You Anytime (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Answer's at the End (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Behind That Locked Door (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Sue Me, Sue You Blues (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- You (George Harrison song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- World of Stone (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Run of the Mill (George Harrison song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Day the World Gets 'Round (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Let It Down (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Back Off Boogaloo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- His Name Is Legs (Ladies and Gentlemen) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Instant Karma! (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Don't Let Me Wait Too Long (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Living in the Material World (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Photograph (Ringo Starr song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Try Some, Buy Some (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Awaiting on You All (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- You Never Give Me Your Money (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Far East Man (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Lord Loves the One (That Loves the Lord) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Deep Blue (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Band on the Run (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Be Here Now (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Hello, Goodbye (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Circles (George Harrison song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Love You To (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- I'll Still Love You (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- It's All Too Much (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- It Is 'He' (Jai Sri Krishna) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Within You Without You (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Long, Long, Long (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Companies:
- Phillips' Sound Recording Services (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Sony/ATV Music Publishing (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Seltaeb (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Places/Locations:
- Kenwood, St. George's Hill (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Savile Row (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Miscellaneous:
- A Hard Day's Night (film) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Chapter 27 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- The Concert for Bangladesh (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Songs by George Harrison (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
External:
GA nominations[edit]
- "The Inner Light" (under review)
- "Savoy Truffle"
- "Only a Northern Song"
Good article reassessment[edit]
Articles that could be GA[edit]
Review and assessment[edit]
Assessment[edit]
Please see the Assessment department for further info.
Unsourced personnel, track listing sections etc.[edit]
Like genre churn, an ongoing problem on Wikipedia is constant change to who played what instrument, who sang which vocals etc. In a proportion of Beatles articles, the relevant sections have been checked by editors against reliable sources and hence are supported by inline citations. This makes it a straightforward matter to revert any unexplained changes to the content of those sections. Please add articles where this has not yet been done to the list below. Include a diff if you want to provide an example of the churn that prompted the addition here.
For examples of sourced articles, see personnel sourced from Lewisohn and track listings sourced from Calkin and from Allmusic.
To take on one of the articles in this list, append Taken ~~~~ to the line, review and source the section in question, and then change "Taken" to "Done" here.
- You've Got to Hide Your Love Away [1]
- Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
- Rubber Soul (track listing only part sourced, and source doesn't support stated vocalists)
- Please Please Me#Track_listing (includes vocalists) [2]
Red links[edit]
See Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Red links for a full list
Missing Articles[edit]
Redlinks which need to be turned blue at the earliest opportunity need to be listed here. If you can help by creating a stub (or better!) please be bold and go right ahead (In brackets: number of incoming links from main space, excluding redirects and dab pages):
Created stubs with tracklists and infoboxes and ext links on all Julian Lennon albums... if someone would please have a look to see if they could add anything, that would be appreciated!NaLaochra 15:13, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Article suggestions/requests[edit]
- Beatle tours/dates (see e.g. Pink Floyd live performances) --kingboyk 15:21, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, I think this would be best as one article per tour, with press reports, cities played etc. --kingboyk 22:49, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
- Liverpool Legends [4], a Beatles cover band hand-picked by Louise Harrison, George's sister —Gordon P. Hemsley→✉ 06:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
- Beatle firsts Atricle discussing the ground-breaking stuff the Beatles did. e.g. First hidden track - Her Majesty; first group to occupy top 5 places in U.S. chart etc. The are loads of these, certainly enough for an article. simonthebold 17:04, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- John Lennon solo career- Feeling free
- Lennon/McCartney songs not originally released by the Beatles:
Article creation instructions[edit]
You're starting a new article? Great! Please follow these instructions:
- Articles about The Beatles are generally considered to be articles with a "strong tie" to the dialect of the United Kingdom and should be written in British English.
- Add the new article to the appropriate subcategory of Category:The Beatles, or to the parent category if most appropriate
- Add any appropriate template to the article, such as an album or single infobox
- Place a {{WPBeatles}} template on the new article's Talk page
- If the article is listed as a redlink on the to-do list please remove it from that list
- If the article needs a photo and you don't have one, place a {{Reqphoto}} template on the talk page and add the article to "Wanted Pics/Graphics" on the the to-do list
- List the article in the appropriate category on the Article Classification list. Don't classify it yourself, it's best if we classify each other's articles not our own
- Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYK has a 120 hour time limit (from the creation of the article, not the nomination).
- Finally (hooray!) record your wonderful achievement on the Project Log
Articles for deletion[edit]
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- Per current Wikipedia convention, articles on Beatles singles which are also the sole article for the song in question should belong to the following categories:
- Category:The Beatles songs
- Category:The Beatles singles
- Category:Year singles
- Category:Year songs
- Category:Parlophone singles or Category:Apple Records singles (if appropriate; and note that no Capitol Records single category exists at the time of writing)
Subpages[edit]
- List of all subpages of this page
Quiz[edit]
Please go to Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Quiz for a quiz about The Beatles in general.
Shortcuts[edit]
It is recommended that Project members add each of the above Project pages to their watchlists.
Templates[edit]
There are a lot of useful templates that may be relevant, infoboxes, notification boxes and so forth. If you know of any resources not listed here, please add them!
Infoboxes[edit]
There are several useful infoboxes that are relevant to this project, as the project covers a large number of types of articles.
Infobox Album[edit]
- The Beatles produced albums, together and individually. So the
{{Infobox Album}}
template is likely to be useful. Hopefully most relevant articles have it already by now, but this is something to check for. Some examples:
In addition to the writeup on the talk page of the infobox, the WikiProject Albums page has some discussion on how to effectively use these, color coding, and what some of the fields mean and so forth, as well as larger guidance on how Album pages ought to be done (how the track list is formatted, dates, usages, and so forth).
Some important points copied from that page: When you create or find a new album page, please add {{WikiProject Albums}} to the top of the talk page. If the page has no infobox, you should use {{WikiProject Albums|needs-infobox=yes}} instead. If the page has an incomplete infobox, note the missing details at Incomplete infobox. If the page has an old style infobox, add {{newinfobox|type=album}} to the bottom of the talk page.
Infobox Musical artist[edit]
- The Beatles are a band. Offshoots and side projects of members are also bands. So the
{{Infobox Musical artist}}
template is likely to be useful. Hopefully most relevant articles have it already by now, but this is something to check for. Some examples:
Infobox Person[edit]
- Members of The Beatles are people. So the
{{Infobox Person}}
template is likely to be useful. Hopefully most relevant articles have it already by now, but this is something to check for. Some examples:
Infobox Single[edit]
- The Beatles produced singles, together and individually. So the
{{Infobox Single}}
template is likely to be useful. Hopefully most relevant articles have it already by now, but this is something to check for. Some examples:- Please Please Me (song) (first single, chronology starts here)
- Help! (song)
- Say Say Say (note, uses a custom subst'd variant of the infobox since this is not a Beatles' single per se, it's a collaboration between Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson and it has two covers... use your judgement)
Note that the template supports ordering of singles by when they charted.
Invite user[edit]
If you see someone that might have an interest in the project, you can place {{WikiProject The Beatles Invite}}
on their userpage to invite them:
- DO put some commentary below it, explaining WHY they might be interested, and sign. Alternatively, you may leave a message and sign within the template by supplying an optional parameter
- DO NOT spam people extensively, give it some thought first and don't invite too many people at once.
It makes sense to grow the project participation slowly so use with care. But it's a fun template, a bit more attention grabbing than just a note.
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- Use
{{The Beatles main}}
for major articles. Place it at the bottom of the article. The result is:
- Use
{{The Beatles albums}}
on articles about albums:
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{{The Beatles singles}}
on articles about singles and b-side releases:
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- Use
{{The Beatles compilations}}
on articles about compilation albums:
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- Use
{{People associated with The Beatles}}
on articles about people associated with the Beatles:
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- Use
{{Ex-members of the Beatles and the Quarrymen}}
on articles about ex-members of the Beatles and the Quarrymen:
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- Use
{{Beatles filmography and videography}}
on articles about films and videos:
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- Use
{{Apple Corps}}
for articles about the company:
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Project banner[edit]
Place {{WikiProject The Beatles|class= |importance= }}
on the talk page of an article that you think belongs in the project:
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- This template is used for article classification. See also: usage instructions. Do not subst it!
Stubs[edit]
{{beatles-song-stub}}
lists articles in Category:The Beatles song stubs. There are currently about 95 songs listed, though some of these are songs recorded by the members of the band as soloists after 1970.
- NOTE: stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on creating stub templates and categories. It is inadbisable to create new stub templates without consultation as these will probably be nominated for deletion.
Userboxes[edit]
You can place {{User WikiProject The Beatles}}
on your userpage to show project membership:
This user is a member of WikiProject The Beatles. |
Alternatively or in addition, you can place {{User WikiProject The Beatles 2}}
on your userpage to show project membership:
Abbey Road | This user is a member of WikiProject The Beatles, which aims to expand and improve coverage of The Beatles on Wikipedia. Please feel free to join us! |
Placing one of these on your pages is entirely optional, but it is a way to show your involvement to others... That's good for the project, as we have lots of work to do!
Resources[edit]
Definitions from Wiktionary | |
Media from Commons | |
News stories from Wikinews | |
Quotations from Wikiquote | |
Source texts from Wikisource | |
Textbooks from Wikibooks | |
Learning resources from Wikiversity |
This should be a list of useful resources to the project that will aid in research, article creation, or that may be a source of images that are freely usable by the project. Please add to this list as you find items. Assume that project members know about common things, like IMDB.
- Musicologist Allan W. Pollack has taken an in-depth look at each of the Beatles' songs from a musicological point of view. Wordy, but with a lot of meat, and definitely helpful in adding length to articles on songs - also useful to add as an external link to song articles.
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