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Contents 1 Paul McCartney 2 George Harrison 3 Macca, again 4 Let It Be (album) 5 New 'Beatles' editor 6 Wikipedia Day Awards

Paul McCartney

We badly need people to read through the article and to spot anything untoward (or crap, in modern parlance) and then to leave a note on the talk page, or to correct the problem. --andreasegde 04:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

The article isn't bad, but needs some cleaning up. I've made a start. See comments there. Raymond Arritt 01:18, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, Raymond. You made some good points. --That bloke with the girls' name 02:33, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

George Harrison

Are any members able to help me make this into a good article?? I would appreciate the help, as this member of the Beatles definitely deserves to be a good article. Any advice appreciated. Thanks, --SunStar Net^talk 20:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Use Paul McCartney as a guide. LuciferMorgan 23:51, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

George's article isn't bad at all. The first thing to do would be to add inline citations. That would probably get it GA. FA would need some more work. --kingboyk 08:09, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Get a book and put page numbers in, and search on respectable news sites. Be careful though, and don't add too much 'trivial' information, or the article will become too long (as we are experiencing on the McCartney page... :) --andreasegde 17:05, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Macca, again

We need your votes on Macca's talk page about which section to fork. (1,000 words less and we have it in the bag...) --andreasegde 05:09, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I apologise - we don't need to cut much more. After a little prose cleaning, who's going to put it up for an FA review? --andreasegde 23:59, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

'Macca' is now under 10,000 words. --andreasegde 07:16, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

McCartney needs some kind soul to put it up for an FA. --The class of 2006 17:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Let It Be (album)

This article needs some work. It's mostly unsourced and perpetuates various old myths (e.g., the project started off as "Get Back", George quit because of an argument with Paul, and so on). I'll work on it from time to time but others please join in. Raymond Arritt 09:11, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

New 'Beatles' editor

The editor, Tvoz, is a wonderful addition to The Beatles pages. Someone should send him the newsletter. --andreasegde 01:10, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Hahahaha - typical male chauvinism. It's "her"! And thank you, truly. I'd love to be part of the project. Tvoz 01:19, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Do I feel like a total idiot? Yes. 'Doh!' Oh no, not the hair shirt again... --andreasegde 01:28, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

A Knight of the realm a total idiot Sir Sean? Never Sir! Et Beatlecus Liverpudlicum in Pertpetuernum eh Sir? Chin up old bean! Vera, Chuck & Dave 01:45, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Never fear - I am totally used to it, and I take no offense. Some of my best friends are guys, or something like that... Hey there, VC&D - I've seen your edits around these parts. Good to meetcha - I'm looking forward to this. Y'all seem like a friendly crowd, unlike some of the overly intense folks who frequent some of the darker corners of Wikipedia. So, is there a secret handshake or anything I should know? (And Andreasegde - I'd tell you to take the shirt off, but I don't want you to get the wrong idea.....) Tvoz 03:22, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Hair shirt? That's old hat - I'm getting ready for the flagellation now... Oh, woe is me (Ouch!) :)) --andreasegde 12:07, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Alright Queen? Nicetameetcha too, no there's no secrect handshake like, but it helps if yer stark ravin bonkers though! I'm gettin a bit worried about Sir Sean though, all this talk of Floggin an whippin like- mind you, typical of the landed gentry! Vera, Chuck & Dave 16:14, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

How dare you, you young whipper-snapper. We of the landed gentry are flogged to within of an inch of our lives shortly after birth, don't you know. It improves our view of the world, and maintains our upper-class perspective... (ouch!  :)) --Sir Sean de Garde 18:15, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

This is why I love the British. Oh, should I say "English"? Tvoz 20:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, straining upon the start. The game's afoot; follow your spirit, and upon this charge cry, "God for Harry, England and Saint George!" Harry V

To which many a soldier muttered, "He's at it again - which means some of us are gonna get stuffed today..." andreasegde 17:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, and me fresh out of arrows! A. Bowman

Oh, yea cannon-fodder, pluck up your courage and delve into the flames of honour. For what have we of the upper classes without the self-sacrificing doffing of your caps? Naught but Mater's jewels and silverware, and a quick one with the chambermaid, don't you know.. Hrumphh.... Sir Sean de Garde 16:44, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

And after all that, no one sent her the newsletter. Tvoz | talk 05:33, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Awards

Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 18:01, 29 December 2006 (UTC)