Talk:Your Sinclair

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Your Sinclair has had a peer review by Wikipedia editors which is now archived. It may contain ideas you can use to improve this article.

Excellent article! - Mmartins 21:09, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Thanks... it was the first thing I did on wikipedia, before I even registered a username. --Stevefarrell 14:41, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

• Thanks very much Steve :) Hope someone keeps archives of issue scans and stuff - I know I will -- 203.133.255.34 00:55, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Issue scans can be found at World of Spectrum. At least they used to be. --Stevefarrell 22:02, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• You can put in a request to have it assigned to your username here, though it'll prolly take a few weeks for them to process it - Mmartins 05:17, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Just want to second my praise for this; I've never seen an article start as full and thorough as this one. Absolutely brilliant. Could we get away with finding a picture (front cover, say; or even the back cover of the last one ["Our work here is done"]) for it? Kinitawowi 14:44, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Revamp 2 Wackymacs 3 Some suggested corrections 4 A crazy idea 5 Where are they now? 6 Sources 7 YS italics

[edit] Revamp

As the article's original author (as stated above) this time last year, in fact, I'm planning on doing a revamp of the whole article, expanding on 'legendary' writers, articles and other stuff, possibly including a 'where are they now?' section.

Basically because this article is looking rather thin in comparison to the one about AP, which expands on many key features and writers.

I'm wary of using any copyio stuff, but I'll certainly be using the likes of the YS Rock 'n' Roll Years as sources. I'm not saying I'll be able to get it up to the standard required for a feature article (not many people outside the UK will even have heard of YS, anyway) although that would be nice, just an improvement on what's already here.

Stay tuned. Or not. Whatever springs your lock.

Use this talk page for suggestions, if any.

--Stevefarrell 02:33, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wackymacs

The parts you removed from the article did not need to be removed. Especially the bit about issue 94. However, your username amuses me, so I'll let it go.

--Stevefarrell 13:01, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

• The general tone of the article isn't very sufficient for an encyclopedia, thanks for the comment of my username ;), the article actually needs quite a cleanup. It has some issues with the wikification and tone. If you can make the information I removed sound better then rewrite it and add it back. — Wackymacs 13:17, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Some suggested corrections

I'd like to suggest some corrections and updates to this article, as I was there (Pete Shaw, Deputy Editor of Your Spectrum/Your Sinclair and more often called Troubleshootin' Pete within the pages of YS).

End of the second paragraph. The language of YS was not culled from Monty Python or Viz (actually, I think Viz may have culled from YS, as an early edition was bundled with YS and that caused an outcry from parents who 'didn't expect to get that filt with little Tommy's computer magazine'). The language really was the invention of the first editor, Roger Munford, who stamped the personality on the publication which effectively lasted throughout its existance.

End of the 4th paragraph. The Flannel Panel was the internal name for the publishing info boilerplate (ie, the bit that told you who the editor was, who contributed, the address, etc). Don't think this was an exclusive YS term, as it was commonly used on all titles at Dennis Publishing.

Pete

Done and done. This article was my baby, so it pleases me no end to find an actual bona fide YS writer has read it (and is pointing out factual inaccuracies).

I was supposed to grow up to write for YS, but that boat seems to have sailed now, what with it not being published any more and me not having an English degree --Stevefarrell 20:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A crazy idea

Is anyone up for trying to get this to 'featured article' type quality? I know it's unlikely that a British magazine that's been dead for thirteen years would ever actually get featured on the front page, but I feel like this article has potential to be "good", in Wikipedia terms. --Stevefarrell 01:56, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Where are they now?

Marcus Berkmann crops up all over the place, he's written a few books and I think I saw him on University Challenge a few months back. --84.64.76.94 08:28, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

Everything in this article is true. However, as someone pointed out at the peer review, there are no sources cited. Well, there are two now, but still not enough. So I need help in finding exact sources to cite. Most of the information is culled from the four websites linked to - YS - A Celebration; The YS Rock 'n' Roll Years, YS2/100 and YRUA? - The Unofficial Your Spectrum Archive. Some information, however, comes from the magazine itself, in particular the 94th issue produced for Retro Gamer. So if you care about this article being considered 'good' at some point, please help me cite sources, and add any you think are useful. --Stevefarrell 11:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Steve - I've popped a few refs on there, hope this helps. --Oscarthecat 21:38, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Excellent stuff. Thanks a lot for doing that. There's still more needs doing to the article, but at least no one can accuse it of not citing it's sources now. Which is good - I was dreading someone putting one of those awful templates up. --Stevefarrell 23:11, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] YS italics

If YS2 and YS3 get italics, shouldn't YS itself also be in italics? --Oscarthecat 20:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Maybe not every instance (since it's used several times throughout), but certainly at the beginning of the article. --Stevefarrell 20:20, 31 August 2006 (UTC)