Wikipedia:WikiProject Fawlty Towers

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This project has been formed to improve and organize information in articles related to Fawlty Towers. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page or see the to-do list below.

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Contents 1 Scope 2 Participants 3 Parentage 4 Similar WikiProjects 5 Structure 5.1 Episodes 5.2 Characters 6 Goals 7 To Do List 7.1 To Do 7.2 Done 8 Related Wikiportals 9 Related pages in Sister projects 10 Adopt an article 11 Templates 11.1 Infoboxes 11.1.1 Episode Infobox 11.1.2 Guest Character Infobox 11.2 Stub templates 11.3 Project notice 11.4 Userboxes 11.4.1 Member Userbox 11.4.2 Fawlty Towers Fan Userbox 11.5 Link template 12 Categories 13 Articles 13.1 Wikipedia articles on Fawlty Towers 13.2 New Wikipedia articles related to Fawlty Towers

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject's primary goal is to organize, improve, elaborate and expand articles relating to the BBC television situation comedy Fawlty Towers. This project would like to produce extremely well written articles about this phenomenal television series. We would like to create information about this television series that will encourage more people to enjoy perhaps one of the greatest programmes of all time.

[edit] Participants

Please put your name at the bottom of this list:

• Foxearth (talk • contribs) (Founder) - He's from Barcelona.
• Crestville (talk • contribs)
• Davard (talk • contribs)
• Fauxvegan (talk • contribs)
• Mollsmolyneux (talk • contribs)
• Newton2 (talk • contribs)
• Majorly (talk • contribs)
• Rocksong (talk • contribs) - Let me explain...
• PhattyFatt (talk • contribs)
• Woohookitty (talk • contribs) - Que?
• Ido50 (talk • contribs)
• Lofty (talk • contribs)
• PacificBoy (talk • contribs) - a semitone higher
• BMan1113VR (talk • contribs) - Won't mention the war
• Umpajug (talk • contribs) - So, that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Hermann Goering, and four Colditz salads.
• Hugo999 (talk • contribs) aka John

[edit] Parentage

WikiProject British TV shows WikiProject BBC Sitcoms

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

Similar WikiProjects are:

• WikiProject Doctor Who
• WikiProject Dad's Army
• WikiProject Blackadder
• WikiProject Monty Python
• WikiProject Only Fools and Horses

[edit] Structure

[edit] Episodes

All episodes must feature a similar structure based around the narrowing down of: Infobox/Synopsis/Cast/Plot/Trivia, which has taken its influence from the Doctor Who episode structures. Two of the twelve episodes have not yet been created, and I hope to improve the standard of the articles already created by the inclusion of new facts and information that readers will find intriguing. Other related categories wihin episodes could include: Goofs and Crew - but they are a little unnecessary, so feedback and initiative would be most helpful. Pictures (screenshots) from the episodes (famous scenes such as: Fawlty hitting car with branch in Gourmet Night etc.) would enhance readability.

[edit] Characters

I have designated the time to create articles based around the characters: Basil, Sybil, Manuel, Polly and also The Ladies, Major Gowen, Terry, and a very, very crude List of Fawlty Towers guest characters! Hopefully we can improve the quality of these articles by adding information about the storylines, adventures and misadventures on screen as an addition to their background. A template (infobox) might be necessary for the Guest characters list, as well as accompanying pictures. As you may have guessed, Im new to this lark - I am embarrassed to admit - so a group effort might be more appropriate. Teamwork is the operative word!

[edit] Goals

1. To create and expand detailed Fawlty Towers related articles

[edit] To Do List

[edit] To Do

1. Compile an extensive list of guest stars in the List of guest characters in Fawlty Towers page.
2. Improve the standard of the main Fawlty Towers article
3. Add related pictures that will boost standard of articles
4. Advertise this project to increase awareness amongst Wikipedia community
5. Include in the List of Fawlty Towers cast members and episode cast lists (with name of actor) any speaking parts not credited, also any non-speaking parts named in the script (eg Lady Morris in A Touch of Class). In A Touch of Class I have added the Policeman who says “Sorry, Mr Fawlty” and restrains Basil from having a go at Lord Melbury. Who plays Chris, the 3rd hotel inspector, who has one line? Likewise the newspaper boy.

[edit] Done

1. Create related stubs and wikiproject templates
2. Create a page for each and every Fawlty Towers TV episode.
3. Make an infobox for each episode.
4. Convince at least 10 users to join the project.

[edit] Related Wikiportals

No related Wikiportals have been named.

[edit] Related pages in Sister projects

No related sister projects have been named

[edit] Adopt an article

Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.

• Example article: User:Example

[edit] Templates

[edit] Infoboxes

[edit] Episode Infobox

“A Touch of Class”
Fawlty Towers episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 1
Written by	John Cleese & Connie Booth
Directed by	John Howard Davies
Production no.	01
Original airdate	19 September 1975
Episode chronology
← Previous	Next →
–	"The Builders"
List of Fawlty Towers episodes

This is how the infobox should be filed in on each episode page. If you want the original template go to {{Infobox Television episode}}. If you need any help just ask another user who knows how to use info boxes.

[edit] Guest Character Infobox

Fawlty Towers character
Image:Joan_sanderson.jpg
Mrs. Alice Richards
Occupation	Retired Pensioner
Episode	Communication Problems
Portrayed by	Joan Sanderson

I have created this userbox for the guest characters page, to make them easier to read. It should be filed in on each guest character. The original template is at {{Fawlty Towers character}}. If you believe it necessary, these infoboxes can be added to main character pages as well.

[edit] Stub templates

It is recommended that this stub notice be placed on any article that you believe requires expansion.

Code: {{FawltyTowers-stub}}

Result:

[edit] Project notice

This is the project notice, designed to be placed in the talk page of any article that has been edited as part of this Wikiproject.

Code: {{Fawltytowersproject}}

Result:

This article is part of WikiProject Fawlty Towers, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Fawlty Towers on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this notice, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.

[edit] Userboxes

[edit] Member Userbox

This is a userbox that any members can put on their userpage to tell people that they are a member of this project.

Code	Result
{{User WPFawlty Towers}}	F This user is a member of the Fawlty Towers Wikiproject.

[edit] Fawlty Towers Fan Userbox

For those users who are fans of the series, they can place this on their userpage.

Code	Result
{{User Fawlty Towers}}	This user is a fan of Fawlty Towers.

[edit] Link template

A box of links to connected articles to be placed on the bottom of pages.

Code: {{Template:Fawltytowers}}

Result:

Fawlty Towers

Characters:

Basil Fawlty | Sybil Fawlty | Manuel | Polly Sherman Major Gowen | Terry the Chef | Miss Tibbs & Miss Gatsby Audrey | Notable guests

Episodes:

A Touch of Class | The Builders | The Wedding Party | The Hotel Inspectors | Gourmet Night | The Germans Communication Problems | The Psychiatrist | Waldorf Salad | The Kipper and the Corpse | The Anniversary | Basil the Rat The "thirteenth episode" rumour

Cast and crew:

John Cleese | Connie Booth | Prunella Scales | Andrew Sachs Ballard Berkeley | Gilly Flower | Renee Roberts | Brian Hall John Howard Davies | Bob Spiers

See also:

Donald Sinclair | Wooburn Grange Country Club | Torquay | The hotel | Don't Mention the World Cup

[edit] Categories

• Category:Fawlty Towers
• Category:Fawlty Towers stubs
• Category:Fawlty Towers actors
• Category:Fawlty Towers episodes
• Category:Fawlty Towers characters

[edit] Articles

[edit] Wikipedia articles on Fawlty Towers

• Fawlty Towers
• List of Fawlty Towers episodes
• List of notable guest characters in Fawlty Towers
• List of Fawlty Towers cast members

for Characters, Episodes, Cast & Crew, Locations etc see the Fawltytowers box.

[edit] New Wikipedia articles related to Fawlty Towers

Please feel free to list your new Fawlty Towers-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.