Talk:Julia Lennon

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[edit] Julia needs more than this

See Mimi Smith to see what it could look like... Julia bought Lennon's first guitar, and not Mimi, so Urban Legends will be corrected, so they will, by Jiminy Bob. andreasegde 19:59, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citations

I know that it looks as though there are a lot of Spitz quotes in here (yes, there are) but I will read through the other books soon. andreasegde 23:54, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Format

I'm slightly confused about where to put the different headings. andreasegde 00:26, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

I think it's OK now. andreasegde 03:15, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nearly done

I think I'm nearly done with it, apart from some web references for photos. Unfortunately no photo of Julia as yet. andreasegde 17:53, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Just some references from the other books to do. andreasegde 19:47, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA

I have put this article forward as a GA. It doesn't have a photo of Julia, but hopefully one will surface. andreasegde 21:47, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

I have taken it out until Mimi passes. andreasegde 20:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Mimi has passed GA, so Julia is next. andreasegde 18:08, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I have rated this as a B article. andreasegde 18:54, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talking to oneself

I may have to see a 'Shrink' about this.andreasegde 10:41, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Passed

I have passed this article as a GA. It is well written, was comprehensible and maintained NPOV, and had a large amount of well-cited citations. I see that there was some discussion earlier on the talk page expressing dismay that there were too many quotes from the "Spitz book". Unless you have doubts about the verifiability of the book, there should be no need for concern. The only major change that would be positive for the article would be the addition of a picture of Julia, but that didn't impede my passing of the article. ErleGrey 01:28, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stanley Family

This smacks of voodoo genealogy. All Stanleys are not descended from Lord Stanley. If a line of descent from Lord Stanley to Julia has been documented, that fact should be stated and duly sourced. Otherwise, it probably shouldn't even be mentioned. But I'll leave it in for now in case somebody has worked the line. -- Butseriouslyfolks 03:54, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I looked high and low for John Lennon's Stanley lineage but could not find anything tracing the line back beyond John's great-great-grandfather, William Henry Stanley, who was born in London around 1814. Certainly, a 20-generation leap of faith to Lord Stanley is too speculative to be included here. (Especially since it's already been quoted by hundreds of other websites.) I have therefore removed the references to the 15th Century Stanley family pending better authority than "they had the same surname". -- Butseriouslyfolks 09:00, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

You were right to change/remove it. andreasegde 16:43, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The cottage

It has to go in. --andreasegde 20:46, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

It's in. --andreasegde 06:08, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

Any edit made without a verifiable reference will be deleted, including edits that are slipped into referenced sentences, BTW. --andreasegde (talk) 02:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD

This GA article should be deleted? What a waste of time. --andreasegde (talk) 18:18, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notable?

I know I'm going to get hell for this, but is Julia Lennon actually a notable person? I mean, she was John Lennon's mother. That's about it. I understand that this is part of the Beatles WikiProject, but really, she had nothing to do with The Beatles except for the fact that she was the mother of a member. Yes, she gave him his first guitar, but that could be incorporated into his page, surely. If she has any notable value, apart from the fact that she is John Lennon's mum, PLEASE let me know, I'd like to hear it because I don't know much about her. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.153.137.95 (talk) 12:00, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

it's prolly on this page and i couldn't find it. but do you think the song "julia" was written in her honor. ~Zac