User talk:Goldom

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My talk page info:

  • Anything is welcome here, thanks, complaints, requests, personal attacks. Well, those aren't really welcome, but they won't be removed. They just make you look bad. Only reverts I will do are for vandalising other peoples' comments.
  • Where will I reply: I will generally reply on your talk page for anything that requires further conversation or which it is important that you actually see. If it is something minor, like "thank you!" it'll just be here. After the end of a conversation, (or in the middle, if I get around to it), I will copy any parts appearing only on your talk page to mine, for ease of finding later.

Archives:

  • /Archive 1, 47 entries from The Beginning of Time to July 5, 2006
  • /Archive 2, 26 entries from July 7, 2006 to August 10, 2006

Contents

[edit] The David Tench program

Sorry mate :( It looks like the virdict is leaning towards keep, and even it did come out as delete I think it would be incredulous for it to be deleted, a show of this style with American celebrities actually appearing in it.

Can't win them all, eh. JayKeaton 13:55, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

It's nothing personal, I don't mind it being kept if it should be. In fact my last comment was that some of it should be kept, once I learned that the article of the show had been deleted too. Seems that, at least, is notable enough. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 21:57, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Daniel.Bryant's RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA! I withdrew at (2/7/2) because I realised that I made a misjudged action by accepting the nomination so soon after a couple of edits which I whole-heartedly regret. I invite you to take the opportunity to read an explanation I gave for those diffs. In no way am I defending my actions, as I now realise they were wrong, but I still feel that if you understand the reasons I have given both with my withdrawal statement, as well as my RfA talk page, we may be able to travel the path of understanding. Daniel.Bryant

[edit] Your RfA

I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:

Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 13:10, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Let me add my congratulations. I'm very glad to see you have been en-mopped. I am a recent admin myself, so if you have any questions about the learning curve or just want to chat, feel free to leave me a message or email. Welcome to the cabal janitor's club. Gwernol 13:13, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! ViridaeTalk 14:07, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, everyone! I've been having fun trying out all the new features today (both in admin itself, as well as the admin-only .js mods), and trying not to mess things up too badly :) Let me know if you need anything. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 03:53, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rationales for Movie Sex and Nudity

Should I have just redirected the article? I wasn't exactly sure what to do, but I figured deleting it would solve the problem. -FateSmiled&DestinyLaughed 00:17, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, I made it into a redirect because it is at least a probable typo (capitalizing the title), so this way someone typing that will just end up at the right place, and it will also keep it from being recreated when the article already exists at the target. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 00:20, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: 911TM template

I had created a good faith project on 9/11 Truth, but people assumed i was up to no good and voted to shut it down after it had existed for 40 minutes. Notably, they did not state anything wrong with the content of the project, they only objected to me being the one that created it. So the project is no more, and neither is the template. --Striver 01:13, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok. Well, it's gone now. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 01:16, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your RfA

Congratulations on your promotion, and you're very welcome! --Merovingian - Talk 04:33, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats. You are very welcome. :) Dlohcierekim 04:36, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, both of you! -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 04:53, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Congrats, I'm glad to see you being very active. =D Yanksox 05:07, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations, and you're welcome. Jayjg (talk) 05:20, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Well done! I'm glad to see that you have passed the RfA process. If you need any help with your admin powers then please ask! Regards,  (aeropagitica)   (talk)  07:09, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on your new and shiny mop and bucket! :) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 14:44, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you to all the congrats since the last one :) -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 14:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks.

Thanks for helping me block B&W Anime Fan - the user had done numerous disgusting and perverted edits to my userpage and to my comments on his own userpage. Hope to be able to work with you in the future! –- kungming·2 | (Talk·Contact) 06:37, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. I only blocked him for a day for now, since he did previously have decent edits. I'll watch his talk page to see if he comes back and causes any more trouble. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 06:38, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Interestingly, he just deleted your block notice as well as his previous unblock request. Was he unblocked? His deletion of vandalism notices is also vandalism. Thanks. –- kungming·2 | (Talk·Contact) 17:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Also Thanks

Thanks for deleting the articles relating to the fictional Doloja. It was really suspicious at first, especially due to the user who wrote the articles (emperor of doloja) as a vanity page. The supposed emperor's name returned 0 hits on google though. Thanks anyway. - SpLoT 11:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome :) -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 11:51, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry to say but Doloja is not fictional but merely a micronation, so please do not say slanderous comments. I was informed my article did not have notibility thus was reasonably promptly deleted.

[edit] Image:We Can Rebuild Him.jpg

Hello Goldom,

The consensus on the Image talk:We Can Rebuild Him.jpg is that this image should be deleted since we don't have persmission to use it and no articles link to it. --Loremaster 11:54, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Oops, I didn't realize how long the image had been around. Didn't notice the consensus to delete either ^_^;;. It's been done now. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 11:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] socks

Here's one account who's name is an probably is an attack name and so far seems to exist to revert my edits. User:Aknophobiac He's probably a sockpuppet of User:EnthusiastFRANCE. --Aknorals 12:24, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll keep an eye on him, it's just ambiguous enough I don't want to block him immediately. Be sure to leave warnings for him if he starts vandalizing. Though, I'm going to bed soon, so if it gets bad and he remains unblocked, let WP:AIV know. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 12:26, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Doesn't his name go against the user naming policy? Also: [1] seems to have nothing better to do than tag accounts that probably don't exist as sockpuppets of user:EnthusiastFRANCE presumably to insult various admins as well as myself -Aknorals 12:29, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Same goes with This person --Aknorals 12:32, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
And this one --Aknorals 12:35, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Well that's certainly all very odd, I think I'll ask about that, as it could just be him doing that too... It would be against naming policy if it was referring to you, but what I meant was that it could possibly not be. He also doesn't seem to have done anything else since then yet, at least. Also, thanks for catching that fake signature on my page. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 12:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Even if the latter 3 aren't him, they are disrupting wikipedia to prove a point. -Aknorals 13:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Well, I posted it all on WP:ANI to ask for another opinion of what was happening, and all the ones from the last two have been deleted, and them blocked. I think the person doing it didn't notice the link to the first, so I'll do that now. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 14:21, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
These are obviously EnthusiastFRANCE socks. He always attacks aknorals and edits japanese related topics. Next time, just beleive Aknorals, this guy has been harassing him long enough that he knows who it is. Thanks. pschemp | talk 18:25, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] vandalism

Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Feminism. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Syvanen 12:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

note: this was actually written by 61.216.176.251 (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log) btw -Aknorals 12:52, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I'd like to apologize for the vandalism

Sorry about all this. My little brother's friend is trying to act "cool" right now, and he thinks vandalizing Wikipedia is neat. Please forgive him, he's only 7, but you should probably delete his account. I am very sorry he disrupted you so badly this morning. --152.163.100.135 14:00, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wow

I can't believe all the trolling you're attracting on your first day on the job! Talk about a baptism of fire! Sarah Ewart (Talk) 14:15, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

I know, there's quite a lot going on all of the sudden. I suppose that's inevitable, though, when I went and did over 200 deletions (mostly speedies, few expired prods) on the first day. (I got a bit too excited, heh) -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 14:16, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats

Hey Goldom,

Just a quick note to wish you congrats on a successful RfA. Happy mopping! :) --Firsfron of Ronchester 18:32, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] B&W Anime Fan

I just wanted to get someone's opinion on this, since I'm just a brand new admin, and I saw you'd been dealing with him too... at first I'd blocked him for 24h, since he had had real edits in the past. Then after he was spamming his userpage about WoW I changed it to indef. All things considered, it's pretty clear he isn't really WoW, and does seem to want to come back a lot. Should I change it back to another 24/48hours or something, and give him another chance before making it perminant? -Goldom

Unblocking should be ok, I had a quick look and I guess he's made reasonable edits in the past. I would either (a) Unblock completely or (b) reduce the block to expire the same as the original block. (Can't remember how long that was or if it has already expired), but either way make sure he knows that he is on a tight leash. --pgk(talk) 22:03, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

‽‽‽ ⁂ 21:59, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi again, today B&W is claiming he is still blocked, even though it should have expired about 14 hours ago. I tried re/un blocking him manually to fix it, but I have to leave now and won't be around to see if he's still saying it didn't. So if you're around, if you could check and see, that would be good. Thanks. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 18:36, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jeffrey Jordan

I've added a prod tag to the Jeffrey Jordan article, however, I'm curious what you find asserts notability in there? He plays for an AAU basketball team (AAU standing for Amateur Athletics Union) which is not notable, so his only claim to notability is being the son of Michael Jordan, but I thought we had a policy somewhere that notability isn't hereditary...or am I imagining that? I think I saw that once somewhere...maybe in regards to the brother of John Kerry or something. I'm just looking for clarification because I thought I had seen that as a policy/guideline/suggestion/rule of thumb somewhere. Thanks, Metros232 00:41, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, between those two things, it seemed it was at least claiming he is of some importance, which is enough to not be speedy deleted. Whether he is actually notable or not would be the decision of the prod/afd. It's borderline, I guess, but there's also a chance some may want to merge info with his father's article. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 00:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pure rubbish

The article was actually recreated under Pure Rubbish. I moved the talk page over there instead.--Crossmr 05:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I thought I'd seen that page with a different delete history earlier. Thanks. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 05:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo - Shinken

Man, that was a fun article name to type in manually.

Hi -- you certainly had good reason to remove my {{db-author}} tag from the article in question, and it probably is unnecessary with the {{prod}} in place. However, the author did blank the page at one point -- doesn't that make it qualify for the author tag? -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 23:55, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

You're right, sorry, I didn't check to see if he had blanked it, just saw it wasn't him tagging. Looks unlikely to survive a prod at any rate, and he blanked again after I removed it, so I have now deleted it. Thanks for pointing that out. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 23:58, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Totally cool. Oh, look -- it's already a redlink. I love that.
Sorry to bug you, by the way -- I was actually gonna put comments to this effect in an edit summary, but then the article started receiving constant edits so I gave up and took it to a more stable page. Have a good one! -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 00:00, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Oh, you're an admin! Thanks for taking care of that. -- Omicronpersei8 (talk) 00:01, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re Shirin Guild

I wonder why you meddle with the SHIRIN GUILD article stub, There are no grounds for delition what so ever, in accordance with any Wiki policy. Pantherarosa 23:58, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Assuming you mean Shirin Guild, my actions on the page were to remove the speedy tag, and I then supported keeping it in the AfD. So... -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 00:04, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The penis showing game

I noticed you speedied this. It was brought to my attention earlier today, and I'm pretty sure I can make an article out of it. Could you undelete what you've got for now? Thanks. --badlydrawnjeff talk 19:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for giving me the heads up. I really appreciate it.

Bearingbreaker92 03:25, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for deleting the template subpage. Rama's arrow 16:54, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism and 3RR

Hello admin. Technajunky keeps deleting sources and facts from the article Timur (in this case, it is a quote from the Encyclopaedia of Islam, which is one of the most reliable and authoritative sources in regard of Islamic history). Besides that, he has violated the 3RR. Please revert his changes and maybe block the article for a while. Thanks. Tājik 07:39, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

PS: here is another well-respected source disproving his claim: "Timur" in The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2005, Columbia University Press)

Tājik 18:21, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguating RIBO

Hi Goldom. I believe you moved RIBO (as was) to Radioactive Ion Beam Optimization, which is exactly what it needed. I seem to have been trying to do a similar thing at the same time and created a disambig page for RIBO with a redirect. Trouble is that RIBO (as is now) redirects straight to Radioactive Ion Beam Optimization rather than the RIBO disambig page. Did I stuff up somewhere? Maias 06:54, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
For protecting wiki's ideals Stlet.Rozinsky 04:18, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 152.163.100.136

Because of the fast changeing of IPs produced by AOL warnings are meaningless. you block on patturns of behaviour. In this case we know the patturn so a short range block in is order and has been carried out.Geni 18:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You deleted my page...

( makes me sad... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cleverlycreated (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Excellent work!

It hasn't even been a month, and you're already putting those admin powers to great use. Good job! --Gray Porpoise 21:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 02:05, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for picture of matrix

Image:Savannahcat.jpg

Hi Goldom, Thanks very much for adding the picture of a type casting matrix to Matrix (printing). The article needs it. In appreciation I give you this Sacred cat of Halicarnassus, bringer of good vibes.

Would it be okay if I edit your pic to make the details clearer? Arbo 10:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC) @

[edit] What Really Happened

I appreciate your comments, but you should know that the last Afd was a massive meatpuppet-fest from the What Really Happened website. Believe me when I say that the What Really Happened people will recreate the article if given an inch to do so. Please please please speedy delete and permanently protect from recreation. I beg you. Morton devonshire 06:53, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I remember the AfD. But I understand, I will protect it as a redirect. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 20:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Long-Overdue RfA Thanks from Alphachimp

 Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which was successful with a an overwhelmingly flattering and deeply humbling total of 138/2/2 (putting me #10 on the RfA WP:100). I guess infinite monkey theorem has been officially proven. Chimps really can get somewhere on Wikipedia.

With new buttons come great responsibility, and I'll try my best to live up to your expectations. If you need assistance with something, don't hesitate to swing by my talk page or email me (trust me, I do respond :)). The same goes for any complaints or comments in regard to my administrative actions. Remember, I'm here for you.

(Thanks go to Blnguyen for the incredible photo to the right.) alphaChimp laudare 05:26, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


dont delete my contributions—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Omnipotenttitan (talk • contribs) .

[edit] St. George Dragons

Dear Goldom Could I ask you to help me revert a page to a previous version ? I regret I don't know how to do this. Please see St. George Dragons where you edited a link in August 2006. I appeasr ton have been signifcnatly vandalised this morning by Georgie's; then an attempt at rectification today by 881 101 395; but that rectifcation appears to have left the page looking nothing like it appeared yesterday. Can you help me ? Sticks66 04:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I reverted it for you. DVD+ R/W 04:31, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 5, September 2006


WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 005 – September 2006
Beatles News
Project News
  • Unfortunately, the Featured Article badge on The Beatles was revoked. The article was immediately nominated for Good Article status, which it received later that same day. Project member Kingboyk said of the nomination, "I'm quite happy about it really, as I feel that GA is about where we're at and gives some incentive to work on the article."
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  • Liverpool Scouse has offered to take any desired pictures of the Liverpool area, upon request.
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The featured article status of The Beatles was revoked.

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[edit] Please look into malformed AFD

Hi, you're the most recent successful AFD person to post a "if there's anything I can do to help" than you to my talk page. I notice that a new user has nominated Steve Nguyen for deletion, the article has previously survived an AFD, and the user has just added the new AFD discussion to the 1st nom page. Can you help straighten this out by making a 2nd nom page? Thanks. Pete.Hurd 05:14, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Looks like it's already been done. Let me know if you need anything else. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 08:53, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Hello. If you could take a quick look at User:Mulderism I would greatly appreciate it, since you're so experienced with deletes. I'm not sure if this page should be blanked because WP is not a webhosting service/the user page is not a soapbox for users who have never contributed anywhere else, or whether the info should go somewhere else... Thanks a lot! (and where should something like this be discussed in the future?) Dar-Ape (talk • contribs) 02:08, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I'm surprised I haven't run into MfD before, but I suppose this is the first time I had a need for it. I have left a message as you suggested, and will list it at MfD soon if the user does not reply. Je via sano, Dar-Ape (talk • contribs) 02:34, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Halloween yard, etc.

Since when does the author's wishes have anything to do with the speedy hastening of the AfD process? I've seen many an AfD where the article was voted kept despite the original author's pleas to delete for whatever reason. wikipediatrix 04:01, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] vandalism

Please keep an eye on 81.155.126.155. He just wrote "This user is a loser!" on my userpage.--B&W Anime Fan 17:29, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Postal dude: gamecruft not cfd

Sorry about that. I guess I should have read the CFD article before using it. In my own defense I saw a cfd used on another gamecruft article so it's all his fault :p. Anyways, I've read the article now, won't happen again. --Karafias 07:48, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

While it isn't a CSD, in an article like that I would normally suggest a WP:PROD or WP:AFD instead, as it probably would be deleted in such a case. However, since the article on the game did not have any mention of the character, I put up a merge tag instead. -Goldom ‽‽‽ ⁂ 07:50, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 6, October 2006


WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 006 – October 2006
Beatles News
  • The site of the former Casbah Club, operated by Mona Best (mother of Pete) in the basement of her house, and where the nascent Beatles played and rehearsed, has been accorded Grade II Listed status following a recommendation by British Heritage.
Project News
  • Some Project articles are having their Featured Article status reviewed, and the comments are not encouraging. The articles are A Day in the Life and A Hard Day's Night (song). (She Loves You has already had its FA status revoked.) Please participate in the discussion and help improve the articles!
Member News
  • New members to the project since the last issue include I Am The Walrus and NaLaochra.
  • As usual, the self-effacing individuals who contribute to the Project are far too modest to mention any Barnstars or other awards they may have received. Obviously they feel their editing/contributing is reward enough.
Issue of the Month

The lead article of the Project recently lost its FA status, and now some of the other articles are being reviewed. Citations and references within articles are again the major concern. Contributors who have literature (books, magazines, links, etc.) are especially needed to provide the necessary citations. It is not enough for editors to know the facts; they need to be backed up by other sources. All help, both within the articles and the discussion, would be appreciated.

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[edit] WikiProject Disambiguation Talk Request

This is a form message being sent to all WikiProject Disambiguation participants. I recently left a proposed banner idea on the WikiProject Disambiguation talk page and I would appreciate any input you could provide. Before it can be approved or denied, I would prefer a lot of feedback from multiple participants in the project. So if you have the time please join in the discussion to help improve the WikiProject. Keep up the good work in link repair and thanks for your time. Nehrams2020 21:27, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recent deletes

Thanks for deleting Jim henson animations. I wasn't sure what was going with that article. The editor also created Muppets goes to the moon the movie, can you delete that one, too? There is also the badly drawn fake corporate logo, Image:Jim henson animations.jpg that went along with Jim henson animations. I left a comment (perhaps a bit too formal in tone) on the editor's Talk page, but didn't get a response. -- Gogo Dodo 06:55, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Scratch my request. Sarah Ewart took care of those two. -- Gogo Dodo 07:09, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 7, November 2006


WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 007 – November 2006
Issue of the Month

Again, the issue of the month is inline citations. A Day in the Life, A Hard Day's Night (song), and Get Back have all been defeatured, as they failed to satisfy criterion 1(c) of What is a featured article?, and other song FAs are due for the chopping block. Inline citations are an important aspect of articles—they ensure verifiability and reliability, and they remove original research. Additionally, they give readers the option to read the original source material and view it within context.

Basically:

  1. All direct quotations attributed to Beatles members pooled from interviews need full inline citations.
  2. All critical comments about songs or albums need full inline citations to notable music critics, magazines opinions, or reviews, as opposed to being merely comments by Wikipedians.
  3. Inline citations need: author name, article name, publication date, and name of publication. Such info is still preferable even if quoting from an interview posted upon a website; when this is the case, place the URL link at the end of the citation with the date it was last accessed. (This will help editors retrieve the page using the Wayback Machine, should the link go dead in the future.)
Beatles News
  • The Beatles are due to release a soundtrack album, LOVE, at the end of November, as a companion to their Cirque du Soleil adaptation of the same name. It will feature remastered and remixed versions of their previously released songs, including some new medleys.
  • Paul's getting a divorce. Pain, arguing, and fighting abound.
Project News
  • The Wings tours are really nicely documented now (see Category:Wings tours), but Category:The Beatles tours is almost empty. Kingboyk and the rest of us would love to see (and read) articles on each Beatles tour, including the pre-fame tours of the UK—and the Hamburg trips, of course!
  • The hottest Project page this month has been Paul McCartney, involved in the Featured Article drive, as mentioned above.
Member News
  • Our project members are too modest to report any awards they may have given or received.
From the Editors

Wherever possible, editors should help to trim down on list-like prose within Beatles articles. They should convert list-like sections into fluent, cohesive prose which ties an article's sections together. Lists make articles disjointed, awkward, and difficult to read.

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[edit] WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 8, December 2006

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter
Issue 008 – December 2006
Issue of the Month

Wikipedia's standards are improving all the time, with the result that many articles in The Beatles Wikiproject are being nominated for review of their FA and GA status - and many are losing that accolade. It is difficult, with such a large number of articles and the ease with which editors may make changes which are detrimental, to maintain the standard of articles, let alone improve them. As ever, members efforts are both appreciated and needed to keep the Project on course.

Beatles News
  • A Beatles compilation called "Love", featuring tracks remastered by George Martin (with his son Giles), has been released and has made number 1 in Canada.
  • The impending divorce between Paul McCartney and the former Heather Mills continues to make the pages in the tabloid press in the UK.
Project News
  • The hottest Project page this month has been Paul McCartney (see above and below).
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If one is to be mercenary about the subject, it should be noted that Paul McCartney is going to be more noteworthy than usual in the near future as his divorce case comes to court. In that case it is great to note that a small group of Project Members (plus another individual who does not feel compelled to register himself despite important contributions) have worked very hard, and in an atmosphere of good humour, to take the McCartney piece to a succesful Good Article nomination. Perhaps this is the method to use for future articles, a small dedicated team concentrating on one subject at a time. Of course, all members are invited to join any existing group or even go about forming their own. Please note any such action in the Project Log.

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