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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to document the notable activities of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty (The KLF) in a high-quality, encyclopedic fashion. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians.
Please note that this is a very small, highly focused WikiProject (a "micro Project"). This should be considered a central meeting point for discussing how to proceed on articles relating to The KLF. If you've helped with KLF articles in the past, want to help in the future, or just want to keep an eye us, please sign up below. If you would like to help or require more information you may also inquire on the talk page. Please also note that this isn't an attempt to inflate the importance of The KLF, it's simply that they're a band we love - for their antics as much as the music - and we enjoy making high quality articles about them.
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[edit] Scope
The Project is concerned with all notable activities of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, better known as The KLF, and related articles.
[edit] Goals
- Bring The KLF from B-Class to Featured Article (achieved)
- Produce articles of at least Good Article standard for The KLF's albums and notable songs
- Avoid fancruft, report published opinion
- Do we want to aim for
the discographyand K Foundation to be featured too? - Yes! --Vinoir 02:43, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Current projects
- Bring The Magnificent to GA
- Bring The K Foundation burn a million quid to FA
- Bring Chill Out (album) to FA
[edit] Participants
- Guilty as charged. --kingboyk (Founder) 11:53, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
- Oh yes. --Vinoir 21:24, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
- Drstuey 23:22, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikimania 2006 awards
The KLF was named best article in the Humanities & Culture class at Wikimania 2006 I (User:Kingboyk) found out that my hard work (along with the hard work of User:Vinoir) had won a prize by finding a mention of it in Google (that is, won a prize for the nominator). Thanks for letting me know folks!
[edit] Guestbook
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- Mate, those KLF articles are simply stunning. kudos. W guice 14:07, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
- Keep up the good work! ItsGrimUpNorth 23:46, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
- Hi, been a big fan of the KLF, but I don't know enough about them to contribute. Great Job you're doing! Monoblonde 16:14, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
- LuciferMorgan, a rock/metal music interviewer for www.lucemfero.com[1], left the following comment at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song) which he has agreed may be placed here: This is the best song article I've seen on Wikipedia so far, and wipes the floor with the other FA song articles. Comments like this make the hard work worthwhile, so thank you very much.
[edit] Essential reading
Too bad we didn't think of this before, but from now on if I find a really captivating piece about The KLF it will be added here. These are the "wow" articles, the ones I'd quote verbatim if I could.
Of course, WP:KLF's articles are all anyone needs to read ;), but if you want to take your reading further check these out:
- "Who Killed The KLF?", Select Magazine, July 1992. Essential career round-up and reaction to the retirement.
- Alix Sharkey, "Trash Art & Kreation", The Guardian Weekend, 21 May 1994. Detailed, analytical piece.
- Reid, Jim, "Money to burn", The Observer, 25 September 1994. This article is a first-hand account by freelance journalist Jim Reid, the only independent witness to the burning.
- Harrison, A., The White Room review, Splendid Magazine. Enthusiastic review of the stadium house tracks and Justified & Ancient. "Couldn't give a shit" about the other tracks though, which is a shame, as I think there's a great deal of beauty in "Build A Fire", "The Church of The KLF" and "Make It Rain".
[edit] To-do list
Here's a list of the KLF Communications music articles which need more work and then (for those not yet Good Articles formally) nomination. Our main initiative on this front is to tackle the duo's singles and albums in chronological order (but please do feel free to contribute wherever you feel so inspired). We will be attempting to get the quality of all of these up to A-Class (that is, barring minor edits or new information, they should be "complete"). Depending on length and the availability of sources, the goal may be Featured Article status (FA).
Most of The JAMs/pre-KLF stuff is now tidying up, nominating for editorial validation (GA, FA) and finding references. The serious work is on Bill Drummond, Jimmy Cauty, and the KLF recordings and I - Kingboyk would like to make fixing those articles up a priority for my wiki work. If you can help, and can write/research to the high standard we've been aiming for, your help would be greatly appreciated.
Let's get the JAMs stuff sorted and move onto The KLF!
This list is sorted in approximately chronological order. The most important articles are emboldened.
Article | Year | FA/GA? | FAC contender now? | FAC eventually? | To-do list/comments |
Scott Piering | 1946 | None | No | ? | |
Bill Drummond | 1953 | None | No | Yes | I've started adding references and quotes (there's no shortage of material). We need a section on Bill's art projects. The article is currently in a rough state but has great potential.
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Jimmy Cauty | 1956 | None | No | Yes | Have also started improving this one, but it's harder because Bill said a lot more, most articles are about "The KLF" or "Bill"; also we might struggle for sources on that other vital part of Jimmy's career - ambient house
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Alan Goodrick (Gimpo) | ? | None | No | No | |
Big in Japan | 1977 | None | No | Probably not |
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From Y to Z and Never Again | 1978 | None | No | No | |
Zoo Records | 1978 | None | No | Not from WP:KLF | |
Brilliant (band) | 1983 | None | No | Doubtful |
GA was placed on hold:
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The Man (album) | 1986 | None | No | ? | Failed GA (and not up to that standard I feel).
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The KLF | 1987 | FA | N/A | N/A | |
KLF Communications | 1987 | GA | No | No | This failed as a featured list candidate, with something of a culture clash it has to be said. No plans to butcher the article just to get it featured. |
All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song) | 1987 | FA | N/A | N/A | |
1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) | 1987 | FA | N/A | N/A | |
Whitney Joins The JAMs | 1987 | GA | Almost there | Yes | Possible FA contender after a copyedit - short but comprehensive. Lack of sources is a bit of a worry for this one, though.
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Disco 2000 | 1987 | None | No | ? |
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Down Town | 1987 | GA | Possibly | Yes | A nice read but I'm not sure if it's up to scratch or not, and Peer Review doesn't seem much use these days.
It's probably as complete and comprehensive as it can be, which ought to be enough for FA. I'm not sure I'm brave enough to throw it out to FAC to find out though :) As with other possibles on this page, feedback from other folks would be most welcome.
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The Moody Boys | 1988 | None | No | Doubtful |
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Who Killed The JAMs? | 1988 | None yet | No | ? |
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Burn the Bastards | 1988 | GA | Possibly | Yes | This article has gone as far as it can I think. FA standard? Again, not sure - references are a real problem with this one; I've asked Stuart (Librarian of Mu) if he has anything. Same as "Down Town" really.
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Doctorin' the Tardis | 1988 | GA | Not yet | Yes |
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The Manual | 1988 | None | No | ? | |
What Time Is Love? | 1988 | GA | No | Yes |
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A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld | 1989 | None | No | No | Not started by WP:KLF but within scope (Cauty-era Orb landmark track) |
Shag Times | 1989 | None | GA | Probably too short | |
3 a.m. Eternal | 1989 | None | No | Yes but a long way off | Quite woeful for such an important part of the canon.
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The "What Time Is Love?" Story | 1989 | None | No | Doubtful | Failed GA. A bit lightweight on its own, but the What Time Is Love? article already covers 3 singles and adding an album too just overloads the article.
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The KLF films | 1989 | None | No | No, placeholder article |
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Kylie Said To Jason | 1989 | None | No | ? | |
Chill Out (album) | 1990 | GA | Needs a little more work | Yes |
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Space (album) | 1990 | None | No | Don't know |
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Last Train to Trancentral | 1990 | GA | No | Yes | A solid start. Need to provide more context and, if possible, more press reaction. Shouldn't be too hard to get this up to FA standard.
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The White Room | 1991 | None yet | No | Essential | Way below par.
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It's Grim Up North | 1991 | GA | No | Probably |
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Justified and Ancient | 1991 | GA | Not yet | Yes | A nice piece but a few uncited opinions there. GA and has further potential, but will need work before FAC.
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The Black Room | 1992 | None | No | Probably not |
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K Foundation | 1993 | GA | Maybe | Yes | Current GA nominee. This is an overview piece, which brings together the KF projects but sends readers to the longer articles on each specific KF project for the real detail.
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K Cera Cera | 1993 | None | No | Probably not |
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K Foundation art award | 1993 | GA | Soon? | Yes | Current GA nominee.
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The K Foundation burn a million quid | 1994 | None | Get GA first | Yes |
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Fuck the Millennium | 1997 | FA | N/A | N/A | |
45 (book) | 2000 | None | No | Possible |
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Transit Kings | 2001 | None | No | ? |
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Blacksmoke | 2003 | None | No | Doubtful |
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Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God | 2006 | Redlink | No | ? | New album by Transit Kings. Cauty involved in about half the tracks, so within our remit. |
[edit] Redirects and redlinks
- The Stadium House Trilogy
- Waiting
- The Rites of Mu
- "Eternity Project One"
- "I Wanna 1-2-1 With You"
- Bad Wisdom
[edit] Other subpages
- Project Log
- Additional Communicators - An article on the people who worked and collaborated with The KLF. This text has been part of The KLF, KLF Communications, and a standalone article. It's living here until we decide once and for all what - if anything - to do with it!
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{{The KLF}}
The KLF |
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Bill Drummond | Jimmy Cauty |
Also known as |
The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu | The Timelords | K Foundation | One World Orchestra | 2K | K2 Plant Hire |
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1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) | Who Killed The JAMs? | Chill Out | The White Room |
Related articles |
Discography | Films | The Manual | Disco 2000 | Space | The Black Room | The K Foundation Burn a Million Quid |
{{The KLF singles}}
The KLF / KLF Communications singles chronology |
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1987 | All You Need Is Love | Whitney Joins The JAMs | 1987 (The JAMs 45 Edits) | I Gotta CD | Down Town |
1988 | Burn the Bastards | One Love Nation | Doctorin' the Tardis | What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance) |
1989 | Uptight | 3 a.m. Eternal (Pure Trance) | Kylie Said To Jason | 1990 | Last Train to Trancentral (Pure Trance) |
What Time Is Love? (Live...) | 1991 | 3 a.m. Eternal (Live...) | Last Train to Trancentral (Live...) |
America: What Time Is Love? | It's Grim Up North | Justified and Ancient | 1992 | 3 a.m. Eternal (The KLF vs ENT version) |
1993 | K Cera Cera | 1997 | Fuck the Millennium |
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[edit] Articles
Importance ratings are importance within the KLF project (or within an electronic music project). Enyclopedic importance in a general sense will of course be much lower.
[edit] Current "Good article" nominees
[edit] Failed "Good article" nominees to clean and resubmit
[edit] Articles nearing GA standard
[edit] Peer review
[edit] Archived Peer reviews and Featured article candidacies
- The KLF was peer reviewed at Wikipedia:Peer review/The KLF.
- The KLF was a Featured Article candidate (now archived; article promoted).
- Fuck the Millennium - Peer review
- 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) - Peer review
- The KLF discography - Peer review
- Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/The KLF discography - Failed
- Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fuck the Millennium (promoted)
- Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song) (promoted)
- Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) (promoted)
[edit] Featured article candidates
[edit] Articles to prepare for Featured article candidacy
[edit] Project log
[edit] Project milestones
- The project began at Category talk:The KLF with a list of current and proposed articles on 23 Feb 2006
- Between that date and May 2006, several KLF related articles were created and raised to Good Article status
- The KLF became a Featured Article on 21 May 2006
- The WikiProject was formalised in Project namespace on 21 May 2006
- Category:The KLF articles by quality was created, and conditional code added to {{KLF}}, by Kingboyk on 25 May 2006
- The KLF was selected for the Version 0.5 release of Wikipedia on 21 July 2006
- The KLF was named best article in the Humanities & Culture class at Wikimania 2006 (August 06)
- Fuck the Millennium became a Featured Article on 4 September 2006 (article at promotion)
- All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song) became a Featured Article on 1 October 2006 (article at promotion)
- The KLF was on the front page of Wikipedia as "Today's featured article" on 9 March 2007.
[edit] New articles
New KLF-related articles created since the project began:
Name | Date | Started by | Project member? |
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The KLF discography | 26 February 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | KLF discography and information about KLF Communications and KLF collaborators | |
Zoo Records | 27 February 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | record label formed by Bill Drummond and David Balfe | |
Disco 2000 | 28 February 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | KLF spinoff band featuring Cressida Cauty | |
1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) | 4 March 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | The JAMs' debut album | |
Who Killed The JAMs? | 11 March 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | The JAMs' second album | |
Last Train to Trancentral | 23 March 2006 | Vinoir | Yes | One of The KLF's signature tunes | |
What Time Is Love? | 23 March 2006 | Vinoir | Yes | Another of The KLF's signature tunes | |
Scott Piering | 28 March 2006 | Vinoir | Yes | Erstwhile KLF colleague/plugger | |
Justified and Ancient | 30 March 2006 | Vinoir | Yes | Another of The KLF's signature tunes | |
Shag Times | 5 April 2006 | Vinoir | Yes | JAMS/KLF compilation | |
The "What Time Is Love?" Story | 5 April 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | KLF compilation | |
Brilliant (band) | 8 April 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | Jimmy Cauty's pre-KLF band | |
Doctorin' the Tardis | 10 April 2006 | Vinoir | Yes | "Excrutiating" number one hit single | |
The Man (album) | 15 April 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | Drummond's solo album | |
The KLF films | 18 April 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | Overview of The KLF in celluloid | |
The Moody Boys | 22 April 2006 | Vinoir | Yes | Remixers of The KLF and possibly featuring Jimmy Cauty | |
All You Need Is Love (The JAMs) | 26 April 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | JAMs' debut single | |
Fuck the Millennium | 11 May 2006 | Vinoir | Yes | 1997 comeback single | |
Whitney Joins The JAMs | 22 May 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | JAMs' second single | |
Down Town | 31 May 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | Minor JAMs single | |
45 (book) | 3 June 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | Book by Mr William Drummond | |
Burn the Bastards | 10 June 2006 | Vinoir | Yes | JAMs/KLF single | |
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld | 30 August 2006 | Feduciary | No | I'm not sure of scope, but if Big in Japan and Brilliant's early works are within scope, a Cauty-era Orb classic has to be. We can narrow scope if an Orb WikiProject ever starts. | |
K Cera Cera | 27 September 2006 | (kingboyk) | Yes | (Split from K Foundation) | |
Kylie Said To Jason | 6 October 2006 | kingboyk | Yes | 1989 KLF single. All songs released as one or more singles now have an article, I think. | |
The Magnificent | 14 March 2007 | Vinoir | Yes | 1995 song for The Help Album |
[edit] Featured articles
- The KLF - see Wikipedia:Goings-on/May 21, 2006 ("definitive revision" approved by the WikiProject)
- Fuck the Millennium - see Wikipedia:Goings-on/September 3, 2006 ("definitive revision" approved by the WikiProject)
- All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song) - see Wikipedia:Goings-on/October 1, 2006 (promoted revision)
- 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) - see Wikipedia:Goings-on/October 22, 2006 (promoted revision)
[edit] Good Articles
- As of 21 May 2006, six KLF-related articles have the "Good Article" badge - we dominate the recordings and compositions category, having 6 of the 24 listings.
- 29 May 2006 (7/25 listings) received the GA badge on
- 11 June 2006 (8/27 listings) received the GA badge on
- 12 June 2006 (9/28 listings) received the GA badge on
- 16 June 2006 (10/29 listings) received the GA badge on
- 18 June 2006 (11/31 listings) received the GA badge on
- 21 June 2006 (12/32 listings) received the GA badge on
- 14 September 2006 (13/40 listings) received the GA badge on
- 12 October 2006 received the GA badge on
- 12 October 2006 (12/41 for recordings and compositions; previous 13 at last count, +1 new, -2 which are now FA) received the GA badge on
- 14 October 2006 received the GA badge on
[edit] Front-page appearances
- Justified and Ancient was a Did You Know? selection on 3 April 2006
- Kylie Said To Jason was a Did You Know? selection on 9 October 2006
- The KLF appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on 9 March 2007 (Screenshot)
- The Magnificent was a Did You Know? selection on 19 March 2007
[edit] Articles by quality log
[edit] Resources
- Library of Mu - online library of KLF-related press clippings etc.
- The KLF discography - fan-maintained for 10 years and subject to much peer review.
[edit] Parentage
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