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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.

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!

  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)

Guidelines[edit]

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 |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}}

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 |access-date=4 June 2011}}</ref>

Further reading[edit]

Books used for references[edit]

Related projects[edit]

Parentage[edit]

The father of this WikiProject is WikiProject Music.

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]

Files for discussion

Peer reviews

Requested moves

  • 02 Apr 2024 – Imagine (John Lennon song) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Imagine (song) by Bandit Heeler (t · c); see discussion
  • 02 Apr 2024Good Night (Beatles song) (talk · edit · hist) move request to Good Night (song) by JohnCWiesenthal (t · c) was not moved; see discussion

Articles to be merged

Project assessment[edit]

Projects[edit]

  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):
    • 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.
  3. Insert other projects (big jobs) here from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Beatles

To-do list[edit]

WikiProject
Project talk
Log talk
Assessments talk
To do list talk
Media

Tasks[edit]

  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
    • 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)[reply]
    • 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)[reply]
  4. 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.
  5. Assess articles at Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Assessment
  6. 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.
  7. Add specific fair use rationales to Beatles-related copyrighted images, especially album covers (see Image:LetItBe.jpg for example).
  8. 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.
  9. 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.

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]

Please add yourself to the bottom of the list if you would like to take part.

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.

Active participants

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.

Inactive participants

This is the bottom of the Inactive list. Please add your name to the Active list up above...

Articles[edit]

Good Article/Featured Article[edit]

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

Nominations[edit]

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 :

Work schedule proposal
Album Current status Proposed date
Please Please Me C 2023
With The Beatles C 2024
A Hard Day's Night C TBA
Beatles for Sale B TBA
Help! C TBA
Rubber Soul B TBA
Revolver Good article GA -
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Featured list FA -
Magical Mystery Tour C TBA
White Album Good article GA -
Yellow Submarine Good article GA -
Abbey Road Good article GA -
Let It Be C TBA

Wikipedia articles on the Beatles[edit]

Status board[edit]

Featured articles[edit]

  1. Featured article Something (Beatles song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  2. Featured article Hey Jude (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  3. Featured article The Long and Winding Road (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  4. Featured article Lisa the Vegetarian (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  5. Featured article The Beatles (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  6. Featured article Say Say Say (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  7. Featured article John Lennon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  8. Featured article Paul McCartney (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  9. Featured article Imagine (John Lennon song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  10. Featured article George Harrison (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  11. Featured article Ringo Starr (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  12. Featured article Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FAC)
  13. Featured article I've Just Seen a Face (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]

  1. Featured list List of songs recorded by George Harrison (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FLC)
  2. Featured list List of songs recorded by John Lennon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FLC)
  3. Featured list List of songs recorded by Paul McCartney (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FLC)
  4. Featured list List of songs recorded by Ringo Starr (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FLC)
  5. Featured list List of songs recorded by the Beatles (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (FLC)

Featured list candidates[edit]

Good articles[edit]

The Beatles:

  1. Good article Neil Aspinall (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  2. Good article Mal Evans (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  3. Good article Brian Epstein (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  4. Good article Stuart Sutcliffe (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  5. Good article George Martin (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  6. Good article Pete Best (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  7. Good article Murder of John Lennon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  8. Good article The Quarrymen (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  9. Good article The Beatles in Hamburg (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  10. Good article The Beatles in India (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  11. Good article More popular than Jesus (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  12. Good article The Beatles' 1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Relatives, spouses, and girlfriends:

  1. Good article Mimi Smith (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  2. Good article Julia Lennon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  3. Good article Alfred Lennon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  4. Good article Cynthia Lennon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  5. Good article Astrid Kirchherr (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  6. Good article Yoko Ono (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  7. Good article May Pang (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  8. Good article Julia Baird (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  9. Good article Pattie Boyd (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  10. Good article George Toogood Smith (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  11. Good article Heather Mills (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  12. Good article Personal relationships of Paul McCartney (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Friends:

  1. Good article Mona Best (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  2. Good article The Casbah Coffee Club (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  3. Good article Rory Storm (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  4. Good article Magic Alex (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  5. Good article Ravi Shankar (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  6. Good article Bill Harry (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Albums:

  1. Good article Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  2. Good article Dark Horse (George Harrison album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  3. Good article Extra Texture (Read All About It) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  4. Good article Living in the Material World (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  5. Good article The Concert for Bangladesh (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  6. Good article The Best of George Harrison (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  7. Good article Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  8. Good article Kisses on the Bottom (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  9. Good article All Things Must Pass (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  10. Good article Mind Games (John Lennon album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  11. Good article Flaming Pie (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  12. Good article Live Peace in Toronto 1969 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  13. Good article Memory Almost Full (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  14. Good article Abbey Road (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  15. Good article Back to the Egg (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  16. Good article The Beatles (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  17. Good article Yellow Submarine (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  18. Good article Wonderwall Music (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  19. Good article Collaborations (Ravi Shankar and George Harrison album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  20. Good article Revolver (Beatles album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  21. Good article Beatle Country (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Songs:

  1. Good article Tomorrow Never Knows (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  2. Good article Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  3. Good article Free as a Bird (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  4. Good article Rain (The Beatles song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  5. Good article A Day in the Life (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  6. Good article Strawberry Fields Forever (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  7. Good article The Girl Is Mine (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  8. Good article Carolina in My Mind (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  9. Good article Revolution (Beatles song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  10. Good article Isn't It a Pity (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  11. Good article Bangla Desh (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  12. Good article My Sweet Lord (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  13. Good article All Things Must Pass (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  14. Good article Who Can See It (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  15. Good article What Is Life (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  16. Good article Wah-Wah (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  17. Good article Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  18. Good article Dark Horse (George Harrison song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  19. Good article Hari's on Tour (Express) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  20. Good article Ding Dong, Ding Dong (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  21. Good article I'd Have You Anytime (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  22. Good article The Answer's at the End (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  23. Good article Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  24. Good article Behind That Locked Door (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  25. Good article Sue Me, Sue You Blues (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  26. Good article You (George Harrison song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  27. Good article World of Stone (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  28. Good article This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  29. Good article Run of the Mill (George Harrison song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  30. Good article The Day the World Gets 'Round (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  31. Good article Let It Down (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  32. Good article Back Off Boogaloo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  33. Good article His Name Is Legs (Ladies and Gentlemen) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  34. Good article Instant Karma! (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  35. Good article Don't Let Me Wait Too Long (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  36. Good article Living in the Material World (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  37. Good article Photograph (Ringo Starr song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  38. Good article Try Some, Buy Some (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  39. Good article Awaiting on You All (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  40. Good article You Never Give Me Your Money (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  41. Good article Far East Man (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  42. Good article The Lord Loves the One (That Loves the Lord) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  43. Good article Deep Blue (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  44. Good article Band on the Run (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  45. Good article Be Here Now (George Harrison song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  46. Good article Hello, Goodbye (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  47. Good article Circles (George Harrison song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  48. Good article Love You To (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  49. Good article I'll Still Love You (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  50. Good article It's All Too Much (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  51. Good article It Is 'He' (Jai Sri Krishna) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  52. Good article Within You Without You (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  53. Good article Long, Long, Long (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  54. Good article Savoy Truffle (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  55. Good article The Inner Light (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  56. Good article Only a Northern Song (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  57. Good article Sour Milk Sea (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  58. Good article Blue Jay Way (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  59. Good article Piggies (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  60. Good article So Sad (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  61. Good article Simply Shady (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  62. Good article Sunshine Life for Me (Sail Away Raymond) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  63. Good article For You Blue (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
  64. Good article I'm the Greatest (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)