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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.

Scope

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

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

Book references

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

<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

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

Books used for references

• Aldridge, Alan (1999). The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics. Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 1-57912-058-X.
• Armstrong, Greg; Neill, Andy (2024). When We Was Fab: Inside the Beatles Australasian Tour 1964. Woodslane Press, Warriewood NSW, Australia. ISBN 978-1-922800-68-8.
• 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.
• 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 978-0-470-12780-3.
• 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.
• Lewisohn, Mark (2013). The Beatles: All These Years: Volume I: Tune In. Crown Archetype. ISBN 978-1-4000-8305-3.
• Lopez, Rosaura (2005). En casa de John Lennon (At John Lennon's House). Hercules Ediciones. p. 160. ISBN 978-8496314184.
• 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.
• McCartney, Paul; Muldoon, Paul (2023). The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present. Liveright. ISBN 9781324094685.
• 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 (2017). Paul McCartney: The Life. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316327978.
• Norman, Philip (1993). Shout!. Pan Books. ISBN 978-0330487689.
• 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.
• Womack, Kenneth (2017). Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin (The Early Years, 1926-1966). Chicago: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-61373-189-5.
• Womack, Kenneth (2018). Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin (The Later Years, 1966-2016). Chicago: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-0-91277-774-0.

Related projects

Parentage

The father of this WikiProject is WikiProject Music.

Log

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

Article alerts

Templates for discussion

• 18 Dec 2024 – Template:John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band tracks (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Jonesey95 (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 16 Dec 2024 – Maxwell's Silver Hammer (talk · edit · hist) FA nominated by BernaBotto (t · c) was not promoted; see discussion

Good article nominees

• 16 Dec 2024 – Her Majesty (song) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by BernaBotto (t · c); start discussion

Good article reassessments

• 20 Dec 2024 – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 16 Dec 2024 – Maxwell's Silver Hammer (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by BernaBotto (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 03 Dec 2024 – Amoeba's Secret (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Live in Los Angeles (Paul McCartney album) by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Nov 2024 – Live in Los Angeles (Paul McCartney album) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Amoeba's Secret by Elephantranges (t · c); see discussion

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Project assessment

The Beatles articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	6	3	2	3			14
FL		1	3	1			5
GA	8	28	25	85			146
B	8	26	29	98			161
C	11	50	67	291	2		421
Start	1	18	85	705	1	2	812
Stub			7	244	1		252
List	5	3	9	6		1	24
Category					308		308
Disambig					19		19
File					596		596
Project					53		53
Redirect	3	3	7	16	1,824		1,853
Template					72		72
NA				3	243		246
Other					5		5
Assessed	42	132	234	1,452	3,124	3	4,987
Unassessed				1		1	2
Total	42	132	234	1,453	3,124	4	4,989
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 8,031			Ω = 4.45

Projects

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

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

Tasks

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)

   • 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)

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

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

• 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

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

Kingboyk (talk · contribs) (Co-founder) "Shanghai Surprise" 4 March 2006 ++Lar: t/c (Co-founder) "I'm back... back... back in the US ... back in the US... back in the USSR!" 4 March 2006 Grutness...wha? 00:57, 6 March 2006 (UTC) (Cranberry sauce when I get time :) Alexcalamaro 20:58, 17 October 2006 (UTC) There's nothing you can do it can't be done. Beatleswhobeachboys (talk) 14:39, 30 May 2015 (UTC) Always been a fan of this great band: I look forward to helping out. Dralwik (talk · contribs) - Let's get the White Album up to featured status. Seltaeb Eht (talk) 23:55, 22 April 2014 (UTC) - Seriously, just check the username. DougHill (talk) - Citing a wealth of information (especially interviews) beginning at: the Beatles interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969). Twistandshout28 (talk) 18:41, 30 April 2015 (UTC) ElScorched (talk) 19:44, 14 October 2015 (UTC) Wishds (talk) 07:07, 19 February 2016 (UTC) Jellyman (talk) 14:37, 19 January 2017 (UTC) Ten somersets I'll undertake on solid ground. Zabboo (talk · contribs) Overhauling Ringo's albums and keeping an eye on his new material. Also watching Beatles' members timeline. The Wrong Tea (talk) 18:15, 4 April 2017 (UTC) Zmbro (talk · contribs) Strange I never added myself on here 23:34, 27 March 2019 (UTC) Sullay (talk · contribs) One Paperback Writer signing up! –Sullay (Let's talk about it) 12:04, 20 May 2019 (UTC) Fr.dror (talk · contribs) pretending I can help, I am the maker of the hebrew version of the project. Fr.dror (talk) 11:55, 11 October 2019 (UTC) JeanPaulGRingault (talk · contribs) ImprovedWikiImprovment (talk · contribs) HighlyLogicalVulcan (talk · contribs) 1993SDBC (talk · contribs) Blueskiesdry (talk · contribs) 684pika (talk · contribs) I am he as, you are me and, we are all together... KangarooGymnast (talk · contribs) The Midnite Wolf (talk · contribs) Writing about whatever interests me. Made the article for Pop Go the Beatles

Inactive, or have just popped out for a cup of tea...

If your name has been moved here in error, please feel free to move it back.

Inactive participants

Mr. Manu 12:19, 28 March 2006 (UTC) Los Beatles son terrible bakanes!!!!!!!!!!! XD Nufcmichael (talk · contribs) Johnleemk | Talk 19:39, 4 March 2006 (UTC) I guess so, since I've been a one-man Beatles WikiProject until lately. :p RENTAFOR LET? 18:55, 5 March 2006 (UTC) rogerd "If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow" 01:19, 6 March 2006 (UTC) Joining and adopting My Sweet Lord (have the cover).--Dakota ~ ° 02:36, 6 March 2006 (UTC) Estrose 03:32, 6 March 2006 (UTC) Banez 09:16, 6 March 2006 (UTC) (As the time allows). Vanky 13:03, 7 March 2006 (UTC) You may be a lover, but you ain't no dancer... Danthemankhan(talk) 05:26, 8 March 2006 (UTC) "MISTERRRRRRR MOOOOONLIGHT!!!" Hey, somebody has to like it. El Slameron 00:01, 9 March 2006 (UTC) I've got a feeling... Jerry Bakewell Here's the original My Sweet Lord cover! Happy to fill in any gaps or tidy up in the Apple/late Beatles/early solo areas. More soon. --IAMTHEEGGMAN (talk) need I say more, Choo Choo Cha Choob. warpozio 07:54, 21 March 2006 (UTC) Steiger 03:37, 24 March 2006 (UTC) TheImpossibleMan 13:15, 31 March 2006 (UTC) - Happy to lend a hand. Currently working on I Am the Walrus. FranksValli 17:44, 5 April 2006 (UTC) Wooo finally a project I can really get into :). Simonthebold "Because the wind is high, it blows my mind!" Count me in. Recording session stuff is my speciality. simonthebold 10:20, 11 April 2006 (UTC) Analogdemon (talk) The US albums are my area of expertise so I'll be more than happy to contribute wherever my knowledge might be needed. You know you should be glad - Highway Rainbow Sneakers 16:48, 15 May 2006 (UTC) Wootking 'Tom 00:29, 21 May 2006 (UTC)' JaymzSpyhunter 01:35, 29 May 2006 (UTC) Brian.D 01:58, 29 May 2006 (UTC) "move over baby, I'm travelling on that line..." User:DslSWF 5:17, 31 May 2006 I'll try to help as much as I can. I've read a lot and just created my 1st article on This Guitar (Can't Keep Me From Crying)! Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 22:55, 31 May 2006 (UTC) I figure after making those templates, I might as well stick around and see what else there is to do. Afghan Historian 07:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC) bl4d3 03:42, 19 June 2006 (UTC) - It's The Beatles, man! Doctorfreedom 12:13, 5 July 2006 (UTC) Red Alien 19:36, 5 July 2006 (UTC) PhattyFatt Caesar 04:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC) luckymustard 13:45, 15 August 2006 (UTC) The4sword Heyy! Just got You'll Be Mine done; sorry, it's a stub. I Am The Walrus 03:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC) NaLaochra 03:43, 13 September 2006 (UTC) Just a generally obsessive fan and trivia junkie who knows his Beatles... hope I can help NauticaShades(talk) 13:03, 9 October 2006 (UTC) Sitting in an English Garden, waiting for the Sun.. Raymond Arritt 03:51, 13 October 2006 (UTC) Have lots of reference books, and pics of Beatles sites in Liverpool and London (that I took myself so no copyright concerns). "You can talk to me." Willie the Walrein 12:39, 26 October 2006 (UTC) Peanut33Tillman "Keepin an eye on the World goin' by my window" 19:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC) Samboha 01:35, 31 October 2006 (UTC)number nine...number nine...number nine... Keithmall, pleased to help in any way I can Sturgeonman 02:10, 2 January 2007 (UTC), I'm in, and ready to help. Darrenhusted Eruption257 5:33 PM, 6 February 2007 (PST) Adopted A Spaniard in the Works Rbb l181 21:35, 8 February 2007 (UTC) Mezlo Hey jude, don't let me down Beatlesmaniac Takedashingen620 McTavidge 06:12, 6 January 2007 (UTC)I like editing. I like the Beatles. Fhqwgads 02:00, 6 August 2007 (UTC) mrmaroon25 Blackbird singin' in the dead of night ... take these sunken eyes and learn to see ... DiscordantNoteCntrbtns 01:37, 14 January 2007 (UTC) I do what I can, even if it's just updating a minor article in the project. Every bit helps! :-D Cbing01 14:35, 5 February 2007 (UTC) Juan de Dios | talk 13:21, 13 February 2007 (UTC) All you need is love! Freshacconci 18:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC) Second-gen Beatle fan since '79 Shrub_of_power 19:36, 11 February 2007 (UTC) "Clutching forks and knives, to eat their bacon" FMAFan1990 06:55, 8 April 2007 (UTC) Cyktoo 15:46, 5 May 2007 (UTC) Long signatures are kind of silly, don't you think? Snowfreak91287♣ 06:07 19 May 2007 (UTC) Psdubow 21:07, 13 June 2007 (UTC) Wikimaniac3651 22:45, 7 August 2007 (UTC) "In my life...I loved them all." Lighthead þ 22:30, 28 August 2007 (UTC) Bluegoblin7 17:44, 1 September 2007 (UTC) I LOVE The Beatles, and will help out with anything! thesailerman Beginning work on the "Across the Universe" film page. I love the Beatles, and I am currently living on the NYU campus, so I should be able to get many of the references. Butseriouslyfolks Happy to lend a velvet hand like a lizard on a window pane . . . Longestpants (talk) 01:51, 28 December 2007 (UTC) Ringo, Paul, George and John/Played a trick and put us on/Dropped hints Paul was dead as nails/And rocketed their record sales! -MAD Vera, Chuck & Dave 08:40, 24 May 2006 (UTC) Dear Prudence won't you open up your eyes? --Mal 03:41, 8 March 2006 (UTC) → jacĸrм ( talk | sign ) 11:30, 1 September 2007 (UTC) I have several related Beatles images in my images page. I've added them to some articles, but feel free to add them elsewhere if you feel it's appropriate! Rocket000 (talk) 06:13, 26 November 2007 (UTC) Ajayupai95 (talk) 15:24, 19 January 2013 (UTC) Beatlemania all the way!! I'm an ardent and noisy fan in possession of all Beatles' albums... And of course I wish to help and support this wikiproject... Bubba73 "I know everything there is to know about the Beatles." Kodster "I'm a mocker." Vint (talk) 02:36, 29 November 2007 (UTC) I still check in frequently, just not a whole lot of edits, sorry. If that means I count as inactive, I guess someone can move me back... (Dofis (talk)) Im a huge fan of The Beatles and would love to help out! Steelbeard1 01:26, 5 March 2006 (UTC) Count me in! —Gordon P. Hemsley→✉ 19:43, 1 April 2006 (UTC) Tvoz | talk 05:31, 11 February 2007 (UTC) (not really all that scary) paulisdead 09:35, 16 May 2007 BrianO 01:37, 27 August 2007 (UTC) Have begun work on All Those Years Ago faithless (speak) 04:52, 27 August 2007 (UTC) Cookie! apepper, created Influence on Recording Music article and enjoy reading all the Beatle stuff. Hotcop2The Beatles Wikiproject zone46 – nothing's gonna change my world Pawnkingthree Looking at songs, Paul McCartney ones in particular. Beggarsbanquet (talk) , massive Beatles fan, and Ph.D. student in musicology with one of my focuses being 1960s rock history. TFunk, I am a big Beatles and George Harrison solo fan SilkTork *YES! 20:03, 18 December 2008 (UTC) Irv 18:07, 23 July 2009 (UTC) Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland McLerristarr 18:31, 15 April 2009 (UTC) The Beatles are the best band in the world ever! I Am The Walrus! Ost (talk) CuriousEric (talk) 16:10, 1 January 2010 (UTC) – a fan since 1967; just missed Beatlemania; first four in Stereo! GoingBatty (talk) 06:11, 7 February 2010 (UTC) - cleaning up List of artists who have covered The Beatles and other misc edits Rlendog (talk) 00:41, 26 October 2011 (UTC) Mercurywoodrose, guess I am, by virtue of 2 articles created: ◌, ♠♣♥♦ (which i own).Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:56, 11 April 2012 (UTC) Miniapolis (talk · contribs) Copy editing and cleanup a specialty. Evanh2008 (talk · contribs) I'm in until someone decides to mention capitalisation again. 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Articles

Good Article/Featured Article

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

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	GA	-
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	FA	-
Magical Mystery Tour	C	TBA
White Album	GA	-
Yellow Submarine	GA	-
Abbey Road	GA	-
Let It Be	C	TBA

Wikipedia articles on the Beatles

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

Featured articles

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

Featured lists

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

Good articles

The Beatles:

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

Relatives, spouses, and girlfriends:

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

Friends:

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

Albums:

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

Songs:

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

Companies:

1. Phillips' Sound Recording Services (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
2. Sony/ATV Music Publishing (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
3. Seltaeb (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Places/Locations:

1. Kenwood, St. George's Hill (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
2. 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
3. Savile Row (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Miscellaneous:

1. A Hard Day's Night (film) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
2. Chapter 27 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
3. The Concert for Bangladesh (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
4. Songs by George Harrison (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
5. In His Own Write (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

External:

1. Homer's Barbershop Quartet (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
2. Brush with Greatness (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
3. Mellotron (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Articles that could be GA

• Badfinger

Review and assessment

Assessment

Please see the Assessment department for further info.

Unsourced personnel, track listing sections etc.

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

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

Missing Articles

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):

Article suggestions/requests

• Lennon/McCartney songs not originally released by the Beatles:
  • One and One is Two - The Strangers with Mike Shannon

This topic is obliquely treated in the article The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away. WWGB (talk) 02:08, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

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• If the article needs a photo and you don't have one, place a {{Photo requested}} 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

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Bands and musicians

Categories

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Categories

• 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

• List of all subpages of this page

Quiz

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

Shortcuts

Pagename	Redirects to page
WP:Beatles, WP:TB	This page (Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles)
WT:Beatles, WT:TB	This page's talk page (Wikipedia talk:WikiProject The Beatles)
WP:TBA	Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Assessment
WP:TBC	Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Categories
WP:TBD	Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Bands and musicians
WP:TBL	Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Log
WP:TBM	Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Missing articles
WP:TBR	Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Red links
WP:TBT	Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/To do
WP:TBCOTM	Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/COTM

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

Templates

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

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

Infobox album

• 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:
  • 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 {{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

• 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:
  • The Beatles
  • Wings (band)
  • Traveling Wilburys

Infobox person

• 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:
  • George Harrison
  • George Martin
  • Linda McCartney
  • Mimi Smith
  • Julia Lennon
  • Alfred Lennon

Infobox song

• The Beatles produced singles, together and individually. So the {{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.

Invite user

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:

	Hi! I've seen you around on The Beatles' articles... Would you consider becoming a member of WikiProject The Beatles, a WikiProject which aims to expand and improve coverage of The Beatles on Wikipedia? Please feel free to join us.
Abbey Road... You're not in this picture... yet! Todo list:

• 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.

Navboxes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Project banner

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

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

Stubs

• {{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

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

This user participates in
WikiProject The Beatles.

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

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!

Barnstar

The {{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. ~~~~}}

Example

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

Resources

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.

• 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.