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WikiProject The Apprentice Talk Page

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[edit] Talk template

Nice idea to create this project and give some organisation to these articles! Unfortunately, the image Image:Sugar_and_assistants.jpg is copyright and used on Wikipedia under fair use grounds. This prohibits its use on things such as Template:Apprentice_uk_project (from Wikipedia:Fair_use: Fair use images may be used only in the article namespace. Used outside article space, they are not covered under the fair use doctrine. They should never be used on templates (including stub templates and navigation boxes) or on user pages. They should be linked, not inlined, from talk pages when they are the topic of discussion. This is because it is the policy of the Wikimedia Foundation to allow an unfree image only if no free alternative exists and only if it significantly improves the article it is included on. All other uses, even if legal under the fair use clauses of copyright law, should be avoided to keep the use of unfree images to a minimum). I've removed it from your template, accordingly. _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 09:26, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tasks

I'm intrigued about your only two tasks:

1. Make sure all pages are categorised, if possible.
2. Add logos to all pages.

Firstly, what logo should be added to all pages? Secondly, all of what pages should be categorised? All articles relating to the Apprentice are already in Category:The Apprentice UK... _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 18:49, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

If adding logos, bear in mind that copyright logos used as fair use have strict limits on their use as decoration. Notinasnaid 11:45, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comic Relief Does The Apprentice

Following a comment from Dale, members may be interested in discussions regarding my recent changes at Talk:Comic Relief Does The Apprentice and Template talk:The Apprentice UK. Many thanks, _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 19:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Need userbox

I need Apprentice fan userbox. Anwar 15:14, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Episode coverage

The WikiProject Television episode coverage taskforce have recently been working on a review process for episode articles. There are a rash of articles about individual episodes which fail notability, and are unlikely to ever reach such requirements. Many contributors are unaware of the specific guidelines to assess notability in episode pages: Wikipedia:Television episodes. We have expanded these guidelines to make them more helpful and explanatory, and we invite you to read the guidelines, and make any comments on its talk page. After much discussion, we have created a proposed review process for dealing with problem articles. See: Wikipedia:Television article review process. We invite discussion of this process on its talk page. General comments about this whole process are welcome at the episode coverage taskforce talkpage. Thanks! Gwinva 10:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Series article titles

I recently moved the articles in accordance with standard Wikipedia nomenclature as such: The Apprentice (UK Series One) to The Apprentice (UK series 1) etc. I was then told that they were supposed to be named "one" instead of "1" because of some BBC thing. This is fine, except disambiguatory text in brackets should always be lowercase, i.e. "UK series one". Are there any objections to the articles being named like that? - LeonWhite 20:23, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't particularly mind, however this discussion has come up before - a few of the regular editors are on Wikibreaks and I know some of them raised the point that because these were titles, they should be capitalised. Personally, I'd say leave it for now as there's no need to change it. Remember, Leon, that the conventions you are bringing up are not set in stone, they are guidelines. Exceptions, such as this, are allowed. Seaserpent⁸⁵_Talk 21:40, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I re-watched the You're Hired! episode of series three the other day, where Adrian Chiles introduced Simon and Kristina as the winner and runner up of The Apprentice 2007 respectivley. I have just finished reading Michelle Dewberry's autobiography, in which she says that Chiles introduced her onto the stage as the winner of The Apprentice 2006. Maybe they should be named The Apprentice 2005 (UK) and so on. The Big Brother UK articles used to be called Big Brother (UK series 7) and so on, until someone on their WikiProject raised that Davina (the host) always says "...and the winner of [Celebrity] Big Brother 200[0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7] is...", so it was changed. Should we follow this also? Dalejenkins | 16:20, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

The official website and all BBC literature still refers to the series by numbers. I'd have an issue with the year format as the actual filming takes place the year before - ie. what would be the 2007 series was filmed in 2006. Whatever happens I don't feel we should follow the Big Brother example - each series is known as The Apprentice when it airs, anything else (whether it be the year of the series number) should be in the disambiguatory brackets. Seaserpent⁸⁵_Talk 22:02, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You invited me?

Hi, you invited me to help with the project, but I'm not entirely sure what I should do, can somebody help? CyberWiki (talk) 19:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nick Hewer

I've improved it a bit. XCharltonTilliDieX^Talk/_Contribs 16:30, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Apprentice Template

Not meaning to show off or brag here, just pointing out that the 5 or so articles listed in the Apprentice UK template that were previously missing it have now had it added. The only one that doesn't is the Apprentice US, because I assume it doesn't need it. A surprisingly easy thing to overlook actually, I reckon I should spend more time here attaching templates to articles that should have them that don't...Caissa's DeathAngel (talk) 02:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

They weren't overlooked - besides James Max (an article with a history of being dleted and redirected) all of the ones you've readded did originally have the template on but have since been removed by their respective editors. Articles such as Talkback Thames and Dru Masters could end up with hundreds of navboxes on if you put every related series on. You also have to think whether someone reading an article on Dru Masters would be interested in every aspect of the Apprentice, or whether (more likely, IMHO) they would - if interested - follow a wikilink to the main series and explore from there if they wanted. Just a heads up for you :) Seaserpent⁸⁵ 11:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Formatting

Hi, I have worked quite hard to try and retain formatting across ALL four seasons of the Apprentice. This includes candidate profiles (and linking to any relevant articles), and the weekly challenges (structure, formatting). I'm not very familiar with he use of templates but understand they are a bit like macros, in that they replace repetitive procedures? Well, I see someone has attempted to create a template, but should we all come to a consensus? I would like to get all these articles up to good status. I started a discussion here about it. Any comments are appreciated. Many thanks, δ²_(Talk) 01:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)