Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles#Participants

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.

Please discuss on the talk page or be bold and add some!

1. Unify and improve articles about albums
2. Unify and improve articles about the Fab Four
3. Unify and improve song articles
4. Unify and improve articles about post-Beatles bands (i.e. Traveling Wilburys)

{{Notice|Consensus per [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_mediation/The_Beatles#Closure this RfC closure] is to use "the Beatles" mid-sentence.}}

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 tag.

Usage is very simple:

Put the book in the "references" section:

* {{cite book |last=Lewisohn |first=Mark |year=1992 |edition=2010 |location=Chicago |title=The Complete Beatles Chronicle:The Definitive Day-By-Day Guide To the Beatles' Entire Career |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=978-1-56976-534-0 }}

Citing the book in the article:

{{sfn|Lewisohn|1996|p=77}}

{{cite web|url=URLwebpage |title=Lennon and McCartney: The Truth |first=Andreas |last=Egde |page=1|publisher=The Times |date=8 December 2006 |access-date=4 June 2011}}

• Wikipedia:Footnotes – More details about the ref tag and footnotes
• Wikipedia:Citing sources – A more general overview

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• {{cite book|first=Alan |last=Aldridge|author-link=Alan Aldridge|title=The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics|publisher=Black Dog & Leventhal|year=1999|isbn=1-57912-058-X}}
• {{Cite book |last=Armstrong |first=Greg |title=When We Was Fab: Inside the Beatles Australasian Tour 1964 |last2=Neill |first2=Andy |publisher= Woodslane Press, Warriewood NSW, Australia |date=2024 |isbn=978-1-922800-68-8}}
• {{cite book |first=Andy |last=Babiuk |title=Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four's Instruments, from Stage to Studio |publisher=Backbeat Books |edition=Revised |year=2002 |isbn=0-87930-662-9}}
• {{cite book |first=Keith |last=Badman |title=The Beatles After the Breakup 1970-2000: A day-by-day diary |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=1999 |isbn=0-7119-7520-5}}
• {{cite book |author=The Beatles |author-link=The Beatles |title=The Beatles Anthology |publisher=Chronicle Books |year=2000 |isbn=0-811-82684-8}}
• {{cite book |author=The Beatles |author-link=The Beatles |title=The Beatles Anthology (DVD) |publisher=Apple Records |year=2003 |id={{ASIN|B00008GKEG}} }}
• {{cite book |last=Best |first=Pete |author-link=Pete Best |title=BEATLE! The Pete Best Story |publisher=Plexus Publishing Ltd |year=1989 |isbn=978-0859650779}}
• {{cite book |last=Braun |first=Michael |title=Love Me Do: The Beatles' Progress |location=London |publisher=Penguin Books |year=1995 |edition=Reprint |isbn=0-14-002278-3}}
• {{cite book |last=Bresler |first=Fenton |title=Who Killed John Lennon |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=1990 |isbn=0-312-92367-8}}
• {{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Peter |author-link=Peter Brown (music industry) |last2=Gaines |first2=Steven |authorlink2=Steven Gaines |title=The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles |publisher=Macmillan |year=1983 |isbn=0-333-36134-2 }}
• {{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Peter |author-link=Peter Brown (music industry) |last2=Gaines |first2=Steven |authorlink2=Steven Gaines |title=The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles |publisher=NAL Tradem |edition=Reprint |year=2002 |isbn=978-0451207357 }}
• {{cite book |last=Coleman |first=Ray |author-link=Ray Coleman |title=Brian Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles |publisher=Viking Press |year=1989 |isbn=0-670-81474-1}}
• {{cite book |last=Coleman |first=Ray |author-link=Ray Coleman |title=Lennon: The Definitive Biography |publisher=Harper |year=1989 |isbn=0-330-48330-7}}
• {{cite book |last=Connolly |first=Ray |author-link=Ray Connolly |title=John Lennon 1940–1980 |publisher=HarperCollins |year=1981 |isbn=978-0-00-636405-4}}
• {{cite book |last=Davies |first=Hunter |author-link=Hunter Davies |title=The Beatles: The Authorized Biography |publisher=Cassell Illustrated |edition=Revised |year=2004 |isbn=1-84403-104-7}}
• {{cite book |last=DiLello |first=Richard |title=The Longest Cocktail Party: An Insider's Diary of the Beatles, Their Million-dollar Apple Empire and Its Wild Rise and Fall |publisher=Playboy Press |year=1973 |isbn=1-84195-602-3}}
• {{cite book |last=Doggett |first=Peter |title=You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup |publisher=It Books |year=2011 |orig-year=2009 |isbn=978-0-06-177418-8}}
• {{cite book |last=Emerick |first=Geoff |author-link=Geoff Emerick |title=Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles |publisher=Gotham |year=2006 |isbn=978-1592401796}}
• {{cite book |title=A Cellarful of Noise |last=Epstein |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Epstein |year=1964 |publisher=Byron Preiss |isbn=978-0-671-01196-3 |oclc=39211052}}
• {{cite book |last=Everett |first=Walter |author-link=Walter Everett (musicologist) |title=The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=US |year=2001 |isbn=0-19-514105-9}}
• {{cite book |last=Everett |first=Walter |author-link=Walter Everett (musicologist) |title=The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver through the Anthology Project |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=US |year=1999 |isbn=0-19-512941-5}}
• {{cite book |last=Flippo |first=Chet |title=Yesterday |publisher=Doubleday |year=1988 |isbn=978-0385234825}}
• {{cite book |last=Frame |first=Pete |author-link=Pete Frame |title=Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland |publisher=Music Sales Group |year=1999 |isbn=0-7119-6973-6}}
• {{cite book |last=Gambaccini |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Gambaccini |title=Paul McCartney: In His Own Words |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=1993 |isbn=978-0860012399}}
• {{cite book |last=Geller |first=Deborah |title=The Brian Epstein Story |publisher=Faber and Faber Ltd. |year=1999 |isbn=0-571-20156-3}}
• {{cite book |last=Giuliano |first=Geoffrey |title=Dark Horse: The Life and Art of George Harrison |edition=Revised |publisher=Da Capo Press |location=New York |year=1997 |isbn=0-306-80747-5}}
• {{cite book |last=Gould |first=Jonathan |title=Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain and America |publisher=Piatkus Books |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-7499-2988-6}}
• {{cite book |last=Granados |first=Stefan |title=Those Were the Days: An Unofficial History of the Beatles Apple Organization 1967-2001 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |year=2002 |isbn=978-1901447125}}
• {{cite book |last=Greene |first=Joshua M. |title=Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison |publisher=John Wiley and Sons |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-470-12780-3}}
• {{cite book |last=Harrison |first=George |author-link=George Harrison |title=I, Me, Mine |year=1980 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |isbn=0-671-42787-3}}
• {{cite book |last=Harry |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Harry |title=The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia |publisher=Virgin Books |year=1992 |isbn=0-86369-681-3}}
• {{cite book |last=Harry |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Harry |title=The Encyclopedia of Beatles People |publisher=Blandford Pr |year=1997 |isbn=978-0713726060}}
• {{cite book |last=Harry |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Harry |title=The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated |year=2000 |publisher=Virgin Publishing |location=London |isbn=0-7535-0481-2}}
• {{cite book |last=Harry |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Harry |title=The Paul McCartney Encyclopedia |publisher=Virgin Books |year=2002 |isbn=0-7535-0716-1}}
• {{cite book |last=Huntley |first=Elliot J. |title=Mystical One: George Harrison: After the Break-up of the Beatles |publisher=Guernica Editions |year=2004 |isbn=1-55071-197-0}}
• {{cite book |last=Ingham |first=Chris |title=The Rough Guide to the Beatles |publisher=Rough Guides |year=2006 |isbn=1843537206}}
• {{cite book |last=Leng |first=Simon |title=While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison |publisher=Hal Leonard |year=2006 |isbn=1-4234-0609-5}}
• {{cite book |last=Lennon |first=Cynthia |author-link=Cynthia Lennon |title=A Twist of Lennon |publisher=Avon |year=1978}}
• {{cite book |last=Lennon |first=Cynthia |author-link=Cynthia Lennon |title=John |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |year=2006 |isbn=0-340-89828-3}}
• {{cite book |last=Leonard |first=Hal |author-link=Hal Leonard |title=The Beatles - Complete Scores |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-7935-1832-6}}
• {{cite book |last=Lipack |first=Richard Warren |title=Epoch Moments and Secrets |publisher=Barrister Publishers |year=1996 |isbn=978-0965095914}}
• {{cite book |last=Lewisohn |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Lewisohn |title=The Beatles Recording Sessions |publisher=Harmony Books |year=1988 |isbn=0-517-57066-1}}
• {{cite book |last=Lewisohn |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Lewisohn |title=The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years |publisher=Hamlyn |year=1992 |isbn=0-681-03189-1}}
• {{cite book |last=Lewisohn |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Lewisohn |title=The Complete Beatles Chronicle |publisher=Chronicle Press |year=1996 |isbn=1-85152-975-6}}
• {{cite book |last=Lewisohn |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Lewisohn |title=Wingspan |publisher=Little, Brown and Company (New York) |year=2002 |isbn=0-316-86032-8}}
• {{cite book |author=Lewisohn, Mark |author-link=Mark Lewisohn |title=The Beatles: All These Years: Volume I: Tune In |publisher=Crown Archetype |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4000-8305-3}}
• {{cite book |last1=Lopez |first1=Rosaura |author-link=Rosaura Lopez |title=En casa de John Lennon (At John Lennon's House) |date=2005 |publisher=Hercules Ediciones |isbn=978-8496314184 |pages=160}}
• {{cite book |last=MacDonald |first=Ian |author-link=Ian MacDonald |title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties |year=1995 |publisher=Vintage |isbn=0-7126-6697-4}}
• {{cite book |last=MacDonald |first=Ian |author-link=Ian MacDonald |title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties |year=2005 |edition=Second Revised |publisher=Pimlico (Rand) |location=London |isbn=1-844-13828-3}}
• {{cite book |last1=Madinger |first1=Chip |last2=Easter |first2=Mark |title=Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium |publisher=44.1 Productions |year=2000 |isbn=0-615-11724-4}}
• {{cite book |last=Manning |first=Sean |title=Rock and Roll Cagematch: Music's Greatest Rivalries, Decided |publisher=Crown Publishing Group |year=2008 |isbn=978-0307396273}}
• {{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=George |author-link=George Martin |last2=Pearson |first2=William |title=With a Little Help from My Friends: The Making of Sgt. Pepper |year=1994 |publisher=Little, Brown |location=Boston |isbn=0-316-54783-2}}
• {{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=George |author-link=George Martin |last2=Hornsby |first2=Jeremy |title=All You Need Is Ears |year=1994 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=0-312-11482-6}}
• {{cite book |last1=McCabe |first1=Peter |author-link=Peter McCabe |last2=Schonfeld |first2=Robert D. |title=John Lennon: For the Record |publisher=Bantam Books |year=1984 |isbn=9780553248029}}
• {{cite book |first1=Paul |last1=McCartney|first2=Paul |last2=Muldoon |author1-link=Paul McCartney |author2-link=Paul Muldoon |title=The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present |date=2023 |publisher=Liveright |isbn=9781324094685}}
• {{cite book |last=Miles |first=Barry |author-link=Barry Miles |title=Many Years From Now |publisher=Vintage-Random House |year=1997 |isbn=0-7493-8658-4}}
• {{cite book |last=Miles |first=Barry |author-link=Barry Miles |title=The Beatles Diary |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=1998 |isbn=978-0711963153}}
• {{cite book |last1=Miles |first1=Barry |author-link=Barry Miles |last2=Badman |first2=Keith |title=The Beatles Diary: After the Break-Up 1970-2001 |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-0711983076}}
• {{cite book |last=Norman |first=Philip |author-link=Philip Norman (author) |title=John Lennon: The Life |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-06-075401-3}}
• {{cite book |last=Norman |first=Philip |author-link=Philip Norman (author) |title=Paul McCartney: The Life |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |year=2017 |isbn=978-0316327978}}
• {{cite book |last=Norman |first=Philip |author-link=Philip Norman (author) |title=Shout! |publisher=Pan Books |year=1993 |isbn=978-0330487689}}
• {{cite book |last=Pang |first=May |author-link=May Pang |title=Loving John |publisher=Warner Books |year=1983 |isbn=978-0-446-37916-8}}
• {{cite book |last=Pang |first=May |author-link=May Pang |title=Instamatic Karma: Photographs of John Lennon |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-312-37741-0}}
• {{cite book |last=Pawlowski |first=Gareth L |title=How They Became The Beatles |publisher=McDonald & Co |year=1990 |isbn=0-356-19052-8}}
• {{cite book |last=Pedler |first=Dominic |title=The Songwriting Secrets of The Beatles |year=2003 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=0-7119-8167-1}}
• {{cite book |last=Peel |first=Ian |title=The Unknown Paul McCartney |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |year=2002 |isbn=1-903111-36-6}}
• {{cite book |last=Ryan |first=David Stuart |title=John Lennon's Secret: A Biography |publisher=Kozmik Press |year=1990 |isbn=978-0905116204}}
• {{cite book |last=Sandford |first=Christopher |title=McCartney |publisher=Random House |year=2006 |isbn=978-0786716142}}
• {{cite book |last=Schechter |first=Danny |author-link=Danny Schechter |title=The More You Watch, the Less You Know: News Wars/Submerged Hopes/Media Adventures |publisher=Seven Stories Press |year=1997 |isbn=1-888363-80-0}}
• {{cite book |last=Sheff |first=David |author-link=David Sheff |title=All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono |year=2000 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=0-312-25464-4}}
• {{cite book |last=Spitz |first=Bob |author-link=Bob Spitz |title=The Beatles: The Biography |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |location=New York |year=2005 |isbn=1-84513-160-6}}
• {{cite book |last=Spizer |first=Bruce |author-link=Bruce Spizer |title=The Beatles Are Coming!: The Birth of Beatlemania in America |publisher=Four Ninety-Eight Productions |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-9662649-8-2}}
• {{cite book |last=Wenner |first=Jann S |author-link=Jann Wenner |title=Lennon Remembers |publisher=Verso |location=London |year=2000 |isbn=1-85984-600-9}}
• {{cite book |last=Wiener |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Wiener |title=Come Together: John Lennon In His Time |publisher=Random House |year=1995 |isbn=978-0-571-13576-9}}
• {{cite book |last=Wiener |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Wiener |title=Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files |publisher=University of California Press |year=1999 |isbn=0-520-22246-6}}
• {{cite book |last=Womack |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Womack |title=Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin (The Early Years, 1926-1966) |publisher=Chicago Review Press |location=Chicago |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-61373-189-5}}
• {{cite book |last=Womack |first=Kenneth |author-link=Kenneth Womack |title=Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin (The Later Years, 1966-2016) |publisher=Chicago Review Press |location=Chicago |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-91277-774-0}}

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The father of this WikiProject is WikiProject Music.

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.

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1. 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
2. Restore The Beatles to, and upgrade History of The Beatles to, featured article status. Alternative approaches (see Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/The Beatles history):
3. *Seek peer review, and 'tweak'
4. *Plan the article structure anew and major edit. Maybe History can be merged back in, and less substantial stuff forked out.
5. Insert other projects (big jobs) here from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Beatles

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1. Buy a book about the Beatles
2. Invite new members by contacting editors who have made substantial Beatles-related edits in the past
3. Fix templates to talk pages
4. *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)
5. :*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 :)
6. ::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)
7. 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.
8. Assess articles at Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Assessment
9. 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.
10. Add specific fair use rationales to Beatles-related copyrighted images, especially album covers (see :Image:LetItBe.jpg for example).
11. 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.
12. insert other tasks (smaller jobs) here from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Beatles

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.

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Periodically, project members collaborate on an article to bring it up to Good Article/Featured Article status.

{{as of|April 2022}}, GAR collaboration is: Please Please Me album

We are assembling a "task force" to get every album to at least GA status (see discussion). Below is the proposed schedule for future collaborations :

• Articles using The Beatles template (indicated by "(inclusion)" after the article's name).

1. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|Something (Beatles song)}} (FAC)
2. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|Hey Jude}} (FAC)
3. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|The Long and Winding Road}} (FAC)
4. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|Lisa the Vegetarian}} (FAC)
5. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|The Beatles}} (FAC)
6. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|Say Say Say}} (FAC)
7. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|John Lennon}} (FAC)
8. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|Paul McCartney}} (FAC)
9. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|Imagine (John Lennon song)}} (FAC)
10. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|George Harrison}} (FAC)
11. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|Ringo Starr}} (FAC)
12. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band}} (FAC)
13. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|I've Just Seen a Face}} (FAC)

1. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|List of songs recorded by George Harrison}} (FLC)
2. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|List of songs recorded by John Lennon}} (FLC)
3. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|List of songs recorded by Paul McCartney}} (FLC)
4. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|List of songs recorded by Ringo Starr}} (FLC)
5. Image:Featured article star.svg {{article|List of songs recorded by the Beatles}} (FLC)

• Badfinger

Please see the Assessment department for further info.

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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Please_Please_Me&oldid=377629146#Personnel personnel sourced from Lewisohn] and track listings [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band&oldid=377077001#Track_listing sourced from Calkin] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rubber_Soul&oldid=377464575#Track_listing 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27ve_Got_to_Hide_Your_Love_Away&curid=2243558&diff=377588148&oldid=375371738]
• 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) [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Please_Please_Me&curid=65835&diff=380600057&oldid=380581862]

See Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Red links for a full list

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• Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Bands and musicians

{{See also|Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Categories}}

{{category tree|The Beatles}}

{{category tree|Apple Corps}}

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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)

• List of {{subpages}}

Please go to Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Quiz for a quiz about The Beatles in general.

It is recommended that Project members add each of the above Project pages to their watchlists.

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!

There are several useful infoboxes that are relevant to this project, as the project covers a large number of types of articles.

• The Beatles produced albums, together and individually. So the {{tlx|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:
• Help! (album)
• Band on the Run
• Dark Horse (George Harrison album)

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 {{tl|WikiProject Albums}} to the top of the talk page. If the page has no infobox, you should use {{tlp|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 {{tlp|newinfobox|type=album}} to the bottom of the talk page.

• The Beatles are a band. Offshoots and side projects of members are also bands. So the {{tlx|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:
• The Beatles
• Wings (band)
• Traveling Wilburys

• Members of The Beatles are people. So the {{tlx|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:
• George Harrison
• George Martin
• Linda McCartney
• Mimi Smith
• Julia Lennon
• Alfred Lennon

• The Beatles produced singles, together and individually. So the {{tl|Infobox song}} 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.

If you see someone that might have an interest in the project, you can place {{tlx|WikiProject The Beatles Invite}} on their userpage to invite them:

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{{WikiProject The Beatles Invite}}

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• 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.

• Use {{tlx|The Beatles}} for major articles. Place it at the bottom of the article. The result is:

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{{The Beatles}}

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• Use {{tlx|The Beatles albums}} on articles about albums:

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{{The Beatles albums}}

{{Clear}}

• Use {{tlx|The Beatles singles}} on articles about singles and b-side releases:

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{{The Beatles singles}}

{{Clear}}

• Use {{tlx|The Beatles compilations}} on articles about compilation albums:

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{{The Beatles compilations}}

{{Clear}}

• Use {{tlx|The Beatles filmography and videography}} on articles about films and videos:

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{{The Beatles filmography and videography}}

{{Clear}}

• Use {{tlx|Apple Corps}} for articles about the company:

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{{Apple Corps}}

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Place {{tlx|WikiProject The Beatles|class{{=}} |importance{{=}} }} on the talk page of an article that you think belongs in the project:

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{{WikiProject The Beatles|class=Start|importance=Mid|category=no}}

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• This template is used for article classification. See also: usage instructions. Do not subst it!

• {{tlx|beatles-song-stub}} lists articles in {{cl|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.

You can place {{tlx|User WikiProject The Beatles}} on your userpage to show project membership:

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{{User WikiProject The Beatles}}

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Alternatively or in addition, you can place {{tlx|User WikiProject The Beatles 2}} on your userpage to show project membership:

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{{User WikiProject The Beatles 2}}

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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!

The {{tl|Beatles barnstar}} may be awarded by any editor to another editor who has made a significant contribution to the WikiProject and/or to articles about the Beatles and related topics. Neither editor need be a registered member of the WikiProject.

To award the template, add the following to the recipient's talk page:

{{subst:Beatles barnstar|Put your message here. ~~~~}}

{{Beatles barnstar|We all live in a yellow submarine --kingboyk (talk) 00:45, 20 March 2020 (UTC)}}

{{Sisterlinks|The Beatles|commons=Category:The Beatles}}

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.

• [http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/awp-alphabet.shtml Soundscapes].

: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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