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Happy Spring celebration / Easter (as your preferences and beliefs dictate)

Happy Easter! ConDem^Talk 02:18, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Here's hoping that if the bunny leaves you any beans they're this kind! ++Lar: t/c 15:23, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Since you're clearly advertising (!) - Happy 21st!!! (again!) The gift is in the mail :) --kingboyk 07:49, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Heh cheers, big ears. :) Hope you're having a decent Easter. --Mal 07:53, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

User page and categories

I am sorry about having edited without your consent one of your user page. But, this page used categories. It don't like to see user page in categories when I am looking for something. That's just why I made this change. 82.67.183.125 18:51, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

I understand your reasons, and I kept the changes (although I think I had to re-add the categories and comment them out instead). But I think it would have been better to make a suggestion on here instead of going ahead and editing it. The end result is the same, and thank you for bringing it to my attention. --Mal 19:42, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Irish-Scots

Please keep an eye of the Irish-Scots page: a number of censors/revisionists have been doing damage to the page; deleting what they want and sanitizing the rest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.79.171 (talk • contribs)

• Hi Robert! Back again? - Ali-oops^✍ 06:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

re: Crack

No bother, mate :). Blackcap (talk) 05:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and I'd like to commend you for not reverting this edit. You'd have been wholly right to have done so, of course, but then I'm a strong believer in not reverting other's changes back to one's own (without discussion, anyway), and also in defending each other and not oneself. Fair play to ya. Blackcap (talk) 05:21, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

That's a good policy, and I think I could learn from that myself tbh. I'm not sure its always possible to avoid reverting back to your own edits (and obvious vandalism is a good example of an exception to the rule). But its certainly food for thought. The only reason I had moved the article to the new title in the first place was that there seemed to be a kind of concensus about it in the talk page.. I have known of the origins of the word for a good many years, and I've never spelled it other than crack (the few times I've had to write it down that is!). What does interest me is at what point it was adopted into the Irish language? A few webpages I've read about it suggest some time in the 1980s... unfortunately I'm not at Coleraine university any more, otherwise I would have access to a wealth of knowledge on the subject (that campus was a languages mainstay - particularly Irish). --Mal 08:17, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah good work on that talk page Mal, you have me convinced (and I know bugger all about it! :) - although I've had a good crack/craic with Irish backpackers on more than one occasion I can tell you!) --kingboyk 05:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Cheers mate. I could me a rather rude joke at this point regarding "bugger" and "crack".. but I'll not bother! lol --Mal 08:17, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Jimmy Stewart

Hi,

I noticed you added Jimmy Stewart back to the List of Northern Irish people article. I can find no mention of any Northern Irish decent relating to him; his biography makes no mention of it, apart from a "Scots-Irish decent" tag at the top. Did he consider himself Irish-American? If so, does he claim decent through his mother or father? Perhaps we can add this instead of simply stating "County Antrim" (which is rather confusing)? Cheers, MartinRobinson 15:00, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Martin. He was US-born, but his family lived in Antrim before moving to the USA. I honestly can't remember where, but I saw the info about him on a couple of websites recently when I had initially added him. I know older members of my family had always spoken about how him and John Wayne's families had come from Northern Ireland (well - Ulster I suppose, since they left before NI came into being!).

When I added John Wayne and Sam Neill, I put in County Antrim for the former and Omagh for the latter because that was the way I had been adding all the other people - name, then place of origin. Actually, I think I had put down that Wayne was a "proud Scots-Irishman" because I remember seeing him interviewed by Michael Parkinson or someone, and he had said how proud he was of his heritage. Someone changed that though I think. I just thought it was handy to note whereabouts their families (or the person themselves) had originated. --Mal 18:43, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi Mal, reading the info on the Jimmy Stewart page, its says that his parents owned a hardware store, and that it had been in the family for several generations. This led me to believe that his family had been resident in the US for quite a wee while. No matter though; if his family are from Antrim, he deserves his place on the list.

I'm afraid it was I who deleted the note that John Wayne was a "proud Scots-Irishman"; it just seemed somewhat out of step with how the information was presented elsewhere on the page (if I'm ever fortunate enough to find my way onto the page though, feel free to add "Martin Robinson, confused County Down man"...lol). Perhaps if you feel that the fact John Wayne was proud of his heritage warrants a mention, you could add it in an appropriate place on the John Wayne article (and/or add it back to the article)? I'm not adverse to documenting the geographical origins of people's families, but for someone who's clearly not from Northern Ireland, I think "family originated in County Antrim" works better than simply "County Antrim". If the list is to be useful, it should be readily apparent why someone is on it, IMHO. MartinRobinson 01:07, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

lol at the "confused County Down man"! I think you made a good decision regarding the Wayne edit - what I had added was indeed out of step. I have to say though that at the time I had added him, I was still finding my legs with the article itself, which I think is one of the ones I created.

As for your suggestion, yeah - something like what you have written above "family from County Antrim" sounds good to me. I'd love to be more specific - 99% of the other people there have specific towns, villages or cities cited. --Mal 16:29, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Devin79 is back again

Could you revert his pov changes to Provisional IRA please, as my browser can't support the whole article. Cheers. Jdorney 18:40, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry JD - I wasn't around yesterday. Its looks as though Boothy made the revert though. --Mal 16:33, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Guess who's back again? This is really getting boring. As usual I must appeal to people to revert this guy's changes on the PIRA article and also on the Provisional IRA campaign 1969-1997 article. I've had enough of this guy at this stage and am going to report his activities. Have a look at what he put inot the Henry McDonald article before I got rid of it. Aside completely from being rubbish, what he wrote was actually libelous. I'm starting to think that wikipedia can nver really work as there will always be people like Devin79 around to f*ck up everyone elses work. All the best, Jdorney 19:39, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Hey!

If yer gonna copy my writing, please give me a credit in the edit summary! :) I can see various parts of my handiwork over at your new WikiProject, you rascal you! :P

There's messages for you on my talk page. --kingboyk 15:18, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

lol I've not finished yet.. and frig knows what was yours, what was Lars' and even, dare I say it, what was mine! I'll probably credit both you and Lar on the main page. What do you think of it so far anyway? --Mal 15:23, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Well most of it was mine! The log, the policies etc etc! Geez, I dunno. Anyway, I have a question for you: What are you gonna call your articles subcategory? Category:WikiProject Northern Irish articles articles?! I await the outcome to this one with great interest :)

Looking good, of course - and so it should since I wrote most of it! ;) --kingboyk 15:26, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Ermmm .. I haven't thought about that yet. I'm not sure there's any need for it really... I think... :| --Mal 15:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Of course there is! You're gonna tag the talk pages with a project template and put them into a category aren't you?! Gosh, I'm gonna enjoy this! --kingboyk 01:26, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Nope. :P --Mal 10:09, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Northern Ireland might be a bit more conventional? --kingboyk 10:42, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Dunno mate. For a start, I haven't found the need for a Northern Irish articles articles(!) page yet. I might have a look at the equivalent page on the Beatles Proj and see what its all about. I named it 'Northern Irish articles because it wasn't only intended to be about Northern Ireland.. but about Northern Irish 'things' as well.. if you understand me. Besides which.. how easy would it be to change the name and all the links..? --Mal 10:49, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Quite hard, you'd have to move them all manually, but it would me much easier doing it now than doing it much further down the road, so have a think about it. --kingboyk 11:06, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

OK I've come up with a solution which will create less work - the category should be named Category:List of Northern Irish articles. What do you think? --Mal 11:58, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I think you might run into some opposition because of the unconventional name of your Project, but that's a risk you'll have to run :) Your suggestion is good. Dammit! :P --kingboyk 12:00, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

I edit-summarised a few of your articles vis a vis where they originated from, without noticing you'd given credit on the project page! (with undue prominence really, heh!). Sorry about that. Didn't mean to be a dick.

Mmm... I still think you ought to rename it "Northern Ireland". That wouldn't prevent you from including articles about NI people in your Project scope. You'll also need Project categories, but I refrained from creating them myself because of the naming question. Have a browse through Category:Regional WikiProjects and see what you think. --kingboyk 08:37, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Fergus Mór

Hello Mal, hope the sun is shining down on you; it's a fine day here. I've redone Fergus I of Dalriada/Fergus Mór, would you mind having a look through it ? I've tried to balance the very tenuous facts with his later importance as a "mythical" ancestor of Scots kings. I don't know if it works though, so please let me know if it's a load of old bollocks. Cheers ! Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:49, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 1

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 1 - May 2006
Project news Since the Project began on the 4th March, 14 new articles that we know of have been created - to see a list and add any we didn't know about, visit the Project Log. We've had 2 front-page appearances, with Carl Lindstrom Company and Souvenir of Their Visit to America being listed in Did You Know? We've got underway classifying our articles and building a first class Project infrastructure.	Some project tips Stick the following template {{Template:WPBeatles}} on relevant articles. We have 500+ already but may have missed some! Use British/English grammar and spelling per Policy A few moments checking other editors contributions is always appreciated. Don't be shy on using the talk pages. It's where a lot of stuff gets decided. From the Editors Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Beatles WikiProject's newsletter! We hope that this newsletter will help members—especially those who may be unable to keep up with some of the rapid developments that tend to occur—find new things to do within the project that they may wish to participate in. Please consider this inital issue to be a prototype; as always, any comments and suggestions are quite welcome. We would like to emphasise that this is a collaborative Project and all editors are equal - so next month the newsletter editor might be you! kingboyk, LessHeard vanU and Lar
Signpost The Project has got off to a great start but we really need your help to keep it going. Here's a few things you can do: Turn one of these links blue (let's aim to have at least half of them blue by next time) - Maureen Cleave, Dovedale Infants, The Family Way (film only - soundtrack is blue), Robert Freeman, Ken Townshend. Apple Records artists: Stephen Friedland (Brute Force), Chris Hodge, Radha Krishna Temple, Lon and Derek Van Eaton. Full list & further details. A small number of articles from the 1st batch still need to be classified (assessed). Some choice cuts remain, such as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band! Batch 2 will start soon so let's get these done! Discussion is underway about what to do with History of the Beatles. If you're feeling really bold, you might even want to make a start on it! If you create a new article related to The Beatles, whether or not it's on the above list, please follow these instructions. It's nothing heavy, it just helps us Project-structure wonks keep track of things. Finally, if you haven't yet adopted an article for improvement, please see the list here. Complete Todo List: Open tasks for WikiProject The Beatles. Edit or discuss these tasks. As the project is currently just starting, our more experienced editors are working on the project infrastructure, classifying articles, and listing/assessing red links. Your assistance is welcome. If you would prefer to just edit - and why wouldn't you? - we have a choice selection of red links to turn blue and articles to clean! Now let's get busy. Collaboration: To Expand: Geoff Emerick, Olivia Trinidad Arias, A World Without Love, MPL Communications. See also: Adopt an article To Clean up: Apple Records discography (wikify) To Merge: To Create: Maureen Cleave, The Family Way, Robert Freeman, Ken Townshend. Full list & instructions. Lists to complete: Wanted Pics/Graphics: Brian Epstein (now has a picture but would benefit from a better one), Mal Evans, Flying (song), Astrid Kirchherr, Jimmy Nicol, Cynthia Powell, The Quarrymen, Alistair Taylor, Ivan Vaughan, Tittenhurst Park. We need a better open-licenced photo for the project, to replace the Abbey Road crossing. If you provide a photo, please remove the ReqPhoto tag from the article's talk page and remove the article from this list. Policy Discussions: Individual songs vs longer album articles, Beatle wives, Merge/split proposals Project: Add {{WPBeatles}} to the talk pages of all Beatles-related articles. Send a newsletter to members, canvas for new members, and coordinate tasks. Enter articles classed as stubs into this list (under To Expand) and also list articles needing cleaning and other work here. If you complete one of these tasks, please remove it from the list and add your achievement to the project log.

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Premiership TV Rights

Mal -

I see you successfully bid for packages C and D of the 2007-2010 broadcasting rights for premiership football. Congratulations. What is the origin of your Wiki name, anyway, a mythical figure on an aeroplane? — SteveRwanda 15:01, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Blimey Mal, could you give me a cushy and ridiculously well paid job, please? :) --kingboyk 15:22, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

lol SteveRwanda - its based on the mythical figure. The username is usually taken up by others, so the first time this happened I added 'random' numbers to the end so I could keep the name. The only reason I chose 747 was because its pretty easy to remember.

Bit of history though - my first nickname on the internet back around 1991, was "Frodo". I changed this to "Hobbit" and I was known for a long time under that nick.. in some very popular Bulletin Board systems - eBBSes. Obviously those nicknames became increasingly popular again with the advent of the new Lord of the Rings films. Not one to particularly follow trends, I felt a change was needed. Cúchulainn was a common one, so I opted for the character's slightly less well-known original name instead.

KingboyK - I would love to - as soon as I get one meself! ;) --Mal 04:27, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I have a memory for promises like this you know - so in the lucky event you become the next Bill Gates expect to be hearing from me! :) --kingboyk 20:46, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Categories in userspace

Hi! I noticed that in your scratchpad / draft / alternative article User:Setanta747/Uluti you have the categories still activated, so it's showing up in Category:Irish mythology and a few others. Could I suggest that you deactivate them (by putting a colon before 'Category' in the link) until such time as the article is in the mainspace rather than the userspace? (As per WP:CG, "If you copy an article to your user namespace (for example, as a temporary draft or in response to an edit war) you should decategorize it".) Cheers, Ziggurat 21:27, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Yup Ziggurat - consider it done. Thanks for pointing it out. --Mal 04:29, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

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revert

Please read [[this discussion before you revert the image mentioned above. Maybe my version might be uglier, but it is more correct than the old one.--Hun2de Correct me! 10:31, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I had read the discussion before I reverted it. There's not really anything substantial there that supports the change you made to it in the first place. --Mal 00:30, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

"British aboriginals" in Ireland

You say on the England page that 'On top of this, people from the Republic of Ireland could also be described as British aboriginals, but not British by nationality'. How can they be "British aboriginals"? El Gringo 12:53, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for asking your question. I'm not sure I explained it on the England talk page properly as I have not looked at it in a while. But yes - people from the Republic of Ireland can be described as being aboriginal British. The origin of the word is older than both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, and the original form of the word was used to describe the inhabitants of these islands as a collective people. --Mal 00:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Template:User NIR

You might have noticed from your userpage, that we are not allowed to be proud to be Northern Irish. Thought since you created it you might like to know. Bye for now. theKeith 20:28, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

A simple revert fixed it. Thanks for pointing it out. --Mal 00:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

William of Orange and Pope Innocent XI

I didn't mean to cause conflict (or portray my ignorance of the events that took place). I was only attempting to remove contradictory statements from wikipedia. For the Pope Innocent XI article states that there is no proof that he supported William of Orange. If you have information about this (and a source) your help would be most appreciated. Thanks, Chooserr 04:24, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

• I would suggest that you look into changing the Pope Innocent XI article then. I will help when I get some time to verify something which I learned at school. --Mal 10:32, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

F1 portal featured article

The F1 portal (in which I assume you have some degree of interest, as your name is listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject_Formula_One) is intended to have a regular rotation of a 'featured article'. I've swapped a few in and out over the last couple of months, but I think it would be better if there were more of a community attempt at deciding this, proposals, votes, that kind of thing. So - why not pop over to Portal_talk:Formula_One#Suggestions_for_Featured_Article: and make a suggestion. Ta. 4u1e 00:29, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

BOPP'D!

Steve has bopped you on the top with a mop! Bops promote not only WikiLove, but also steady loss of brain cells! Hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the Moppage by bopping someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, and help the chief Mop achieve his goal of world domination. And to spread the Moppage, just use {{subst:User:Master of Puppets/Bop|<you>}} replacing <you> with your username. Happy editing! kingboyk 17:04, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey mate

I noticed that in your userpage you said 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense, which translates to, "shame on him who thinks evil of it".' well.. a while back I emailed the United kingdom passport authority asking them what it meant, and they say it means "Evil be to who he who evil thinks"

Sorry to nit pick..

Dom0803 23:30, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Ah - that's just a user box which has been created for use by Wikipedians. I had nothing to do with its creation to be honest. Perhaps you should drop a wee note on the talk page of the userbox. You can find the userbox here: Template:User uk wikipedian. --Mal 09:38, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

NI projects

I see you mentioned about doing NI projects.. I'd certainly enjoy helping, but I'm not sure how I could. I may have picked up wrong but all the projects seem to be in county fermanagha? Considerable distance from Dundonald :P If there is anything more local to Belfast I'm sure I could probably help out. I'm a photographer, so taking photos would probably be my thing, but i've also done a little journalism in my time, so I guess that too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dom0803 (talk • contribs)

Well, as you live in Northern Ireland, I'm sure you have plenty of experience and knowledge of the place.. family members who work in certain areas or whatever. I can't see that everything in the project pages is about Fermanagh, but I'll have to have a look to see what you mean! The Northern Irish article project covers everything from politics, to Samson & Goliath, to the Ulster Fry, to George Best - everything and anything that is related to Northern Ireland or the Northern Irish people.

I noticed someone has left you a message on your talk page regarding your creation of the Gilnahirk article - that's the sort of thing that Wikipedia needs - articles that are missing, and articles that need improving or correction. Congrats on that one by the way. As for photography - yes.. if its ever handy for you to take pictures of locations in Belfast for example, for particular articles, I'll maybe come to you if I can't find any free images on the 'net. :)

I grew up a wee bit up the road from Dundonald by the way. I'm hoping the Dundonald link turns blue here! --Mal 11:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 2, June 2006

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 2 – June 2006
Beatles News Apple Corps v. Apple Computer. A case brought by Apple Corps against Apple Computer, regarding possible infringement of a previous agreement between the two parties in respect of distribution of music, was heard in a London High Court. The story made Wikipedia's front page due to a nomination by our own Kingboyk. The story had an amusing second wave in the news and on Wikipedia; be sure to read the article on Guy Goma if you missed it! Project News The Beatles article has been approved for inclusion in Wikipedia Version 0.5, making it one of the first 20 articles to be selected and the first in the Music category. The Beatles discography has been improved, thanks particularly to the efforts of Analogdemon and Steelbeard1. The Ringo Starr solo single It Don't Come Easy has been co-adopted by simonthebold. Eleven new articles have been listed in the Project Log since 1 May. The hottest Project page this month has been Policy Talk, where some lively discussion has taken place regarding the (perennial) question of the capitalisation of the letter T in "The Beatles". After seeking the comments of Wikipedian third parties unrelated to the project, the proponents and opponents concluded that the current naming policy was correct. The discussion had the added bonus of bringing in some new members. Kingboyk and Lar have instigated an overhaul of the article classification system involving the project talk page template and the possible use of MathBot. Member News New members to the project this month include Analogdemon, HighwayCello, Wootking, Lukobe, Crestville, Vera, Chuck & Dave, JaymzSpyhunter and Brian.D. Project member (and "co-instigator" of The Beatles Project) Lar was made an Administrator. Project member Kingboyk (the other guilty party) has been awarded a Music Barnstar for his contributions, including his work within The Beatles Project, and has also stewarded the KLF article to Featured Article status this month. Sometimes-contributor ZincOrbie has also been awarded a Barnstar for his work on the Badfinger article. Congratulations to all!	Issue of the Month The matter of the article History of the Beatles and the History section of the main article The Beatles continues to concern various editors, including DavidWBrooks and Vera, Chuck & Dave. Suggestions, comments, or help with the task would be much appreciated. From the Editors The Beatles have been in the real world news recently, but work on The Beatles Project continues as before. This newsletter keeps you up-to-date with what has been happening with the project and, perhaps more importantly, what needs to be done (see the "Issue of the Month" above and the "To Do List" below-left). If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 003 – July 2006). All and any contributions are welcome. Just let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or start editing! Contributors to this Issue LessHeard vanU (Lead Editor) Kingboyk (Editor) GPHemsley (Editor) Lar (Editor, Distributor)
To Do List Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively. Open tasks for WikiProject The Beatles. Edit or discuss these tasks. As the project is currently just starting, our more experienced editors are working on the project infrastructure, classifying articles, and listing/assessing red links. Your assistance is welcome. If you would prefer to just edit - and why wouldn't you? - we have a choice selection of red links to turn blue and articles to clean! Now let's get busy. Collaboration: To Expand: Olivia Trinidad Arias, A World Without Love, MPL Communications. See also: Adopt an article To Clean up: Apple Records discography (wikify) To Merge: To Create: Maureen Cleave, The Family Way, Robert Freeman, Ken Townshend. Full list & instructions. Lists to complete: Wanted Pics/Graphics: Brian Epstein (now has a picture but would benefit from a better one), Mal Evans, Flying (song), Astrid Kirchherr, Jimmy Nicol, Cynthia Powell, The Quarrymen, Alistair Taylor, Ivan Vaughan, Tittenhurst Park. We need a better open-licenced photo for the project, to replace the Abbey Road crossing. If you provide a photo, please remove the ReqPhoto tag from the article's talk page and remove the article from this list. Policy Discussions: Individual songs vs longer album articles, Beatle wives, Merge/split proposals Project: Add {{WPBeatles}} to the talk pages of all Beatles-related articles. Send a newsletter to members, canvas for new members, and coordinate tasks. Enter articles classed as stubs into this list (under To Expand) and also list articles needing cleaning and other work here. If you complete one of these tasks, please remove it from the list and add your achievement to the project log.

Champ (food)

Someone already put it back up. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 09:35, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

If you don't want your articles to be speedy deleted you could write the article up in a text editor then post in Wikipeda. Whispering 13:51, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I work hard mate. If I did that, my hard drive would be absolutely littered. I like the organisation of Wikipedia. I like submitting short articles to which other editors can contribute straight away. Occasionally, I do put an article in my own userspace before submitting it as an (almost) complete article. But that's not generally how I work. I sometimes make a start to articles I have no intention of completing, if I feel there is a need for them.. and leave it to others to flesh them out. Sometimes, if an article I have created has sat around for weeks without any other additions, I will come back to them and flesh them out myself. I certainly don't expect them to be nominated for deletion two minutes after I have created them! --Mal 13:58, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Red Branch Knights

I agree with what you said in the discussion part of the Red Branch Knights article.However i couldn't be aresd doing it myself so feel free to do it.Dermo69

Selected articles on Portal:F1

Hello again.

I dropped notes round a while back to those who have listed themselves at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Formula_One to ask for suggestions for selected articles on portal:Formula One. There was a pretty good response, both in terms of how it might work and of articles suggested. Damon Hill came out with the most support and was brought up to Good Article standard after a lot of work by Skully Collins and others before going on as the F1 portal selected article a couple of weeks ago. It is now at Featured Article Candidates as a Featured Article candidate (why not drop by and see if you can help polish it further?).

Several people who responded to the original request suggested that a monthly or bi-weekly 'Selected Article' could act as a catalyst for an improvement drive to get more articles up to a higher standard. Although it wasn't quite what I had in mind when I started, this seemed to work pretty well for the Damon Hill article, so I've drafted up a process for doing this more regularly. See Portal_talk:Formula_One/Management_of_selected_articles for details. Essentially the suggestion is that we vote for an article to improve every couple of weeks and at the end of the improvement process the article goes on the portal as the new 'Selected Article'. I'd be grateful for any comments on how this might work - I'm sure some of you are more familiar with things 'Wiki' than me - as well as your votes for the next candidate (by 16 July).

You may also want to help with the article Gilles Villeneuve, which was the next most popular after Damon Hill. The idea is to try and get it up to GA standard by 16 July and then put it on the portal as the 'Selected Article'. I hope you can help! 4u1e 4u1e 17:01, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 3, July 2006

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 003 – July 2006
Beatles News Billy Preston, often considered the Fifth Beatle, died on 6 June at age 59. The American soul musician was a long term friend of The Beatles and was the only person to receive joint credit on a Beatles single ("Get Back"). Preston was an Apple Records recording artist and he performed at George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh and at the Concert for George, both energetic and memorable performances. He also played regularly with The Rolling Stones and a number of other artists. Apple Corps has combined forces with Cirque du Soleil to create a show called "LOVE", featuring music by The Beatles, to be produced at the Mirage theatre in Las Vegas. The deal is reportedly worth US$30 million. George Harrison had originally been involved, as well as George Martin and Giles Martin. Preview performances began June 2, with the gala opening occurring on June 30. [1] Project News New article classification system, for our use and for Wikipedia 1.0. Very important and we need editor involvement. How can you help? Rate articles! It's easy: Visit Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Article Classification and read about how to grade. Visit Category:Unassessed Beatles articles and select an article to review. After deciding what grade it should have, modify the invocation of {{WPBeatles}} on the talk page to add parms. The template itself gives you the parameters to use. For example, change {{WPBeatles}} to {{WPBeatles|B|Low}} if you think it's a low-importance, B-class article. Save your changes and make sure the talk page is now showing the ratings. Click on the link in the template to edit the /comments subpage and explain why you rated the article the way you did. Don't forget to sign with ~~~~. Save that too. Questions? Ask Kingboyk or Lar for help. Want to stay up on new project developments? Watchlist all of the WikiProject pages plus The Beatles and each of the 4 members, to get a feel for what's happening. Also monitor and regularly review Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/The Beatles articles by quality log. If an article is listed on there as "added", go check the article's history. If it's new since the Project began add it to the Project Log as a new article and up the counter by one :) The charity album No One's Gonna Change Our World has been adopted by simonthebold. Ten new articles have been listed in the Project Log since 1 June. Member News New members to the project since the last issue include DslSWF, Goldom, Afghan Historian, Scolaire, bl4d3, and Vint. LessHeard vanU and Lar have been awarded Barnstars for unrelated activities.	Issue of the Month Preparing articles for inclusion in Wikipedia 1.0. From the Editors It was a bit of a struggle to get this month's newsletter done, as we did it without a lead editor. Hopefully, next month you'll jump in and be our lead editor. Big news is that WP:1.0 is coming along nicely and our article classification system has changed to conform to it. If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 004 – August 2006). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Contributors to this Issue GPHemsley (Editor) LessHeard vanU (Editor) kingboyk (Editor) Lar (Editor, Distributor)
Complete To Do List Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively. Open tasks for WikiProject The Beatles. Edit or discuss these tasks. As the project is currently just starting, our more experienced editors are working on the project infrastructure, classifying articles, and listing/assessing red links. Your assistance is welcome. If you would prefer to just edit - and why wouldn't you? - we have a choice selection of red links to turn blue and articles to clean! Now let's get busy. To Expand: Olivia Trinidad Arias, A World Without Love, MPL Communications. See also: Adopt an article To Clean up: Apple Records discography (wikify) To Merge: To Create: Robert Freeman. Articles for the main albums by Julian Lennon, plus Category:Julian Lennon and Category:Julian Lennon albums Full list & instructions. Lists to complete: Wanted Pics/Graphics: Mal Evans, Flying (song), Astrid Kirchherr, Jimmy Nicol, Cynthia Powell, Alistair Taylor, Ivan Vaughan, Tittenhurst Park. We need a better open-licenced photo for the project, to replace the Abbey Road crossing. If you provide a photo, please remove the ReqPhoto tag from the article's talk page and remove the article from this list. Project Discussions: The Beatles history, Individual songs vs longer album articles, Beatle wives, Merge/split proposals Project: Add {{WPBeatles}} to the talk pages of all Beatles-related articles. Send a newsletter to members, canvas for new members, and coordinate tasks. Enter articles classed as stubs into this list (under To Expand) and also list articles needing cleaning and other work here. If you complete one of these tasks, please remove it from the list and add your achievement to the project log.

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Changing a Beatles article assessment

Hi Mal, nice to see you around. I rolled back your change to Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/The Beatles articles by quality/1 because that page is created automagically by Mathbot. What you need to do to change a rating is change the grade on the article's talk page and the bot will pick up the change when it runs overnight. Pretty cool, huh? :) Cheers mate. --kingboyk 15:34, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah right Steve. Sorry. I've not really done much with projects since this new thing got implemented. I still have to work out how to implement it for the NI articles project too. I'll change the rating on the talk page now though. Cheers. --Mal 15:50, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Do what everyone else has done and pinch the work of Lar and myself! hehe. If you want to keep it simple (no bad thing), my {{WPKLF}} template does the basic job with no frills. If you want to be flash, including having comments subpages, {{WPBeatles}} is yer man. --kingboyk 16:24, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Edit: I see you've done it already! :) --Mal 15:52, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Of course, think I'm slacking?! :P --kingboyk 16:24, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Featured portal

In general, the various featured *something* candidate pages work on a basis of all "actionable" objections being met. In effect, if there are any significant objections that aren't resolved, the candidacy will fail.

As far as getting more people to comment: given the small number of people who seem to be active on the portal candidate page, I think that getting more eyes there is a good thing. It's not a straight vote in any case, so there's little chance that this would actually constitute "canvassing for votes". Kirill Lokshin 00:15, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Just a quick thanks for your reply. I understand a bit more now, and I'm glad there won't be any danger of my having 'biased' a 'vote' in this instance. :) All for the greater good in the end hopefully. Thanks again Kirill. --Mal 21:33, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

{{Infobox Female Model Bio}}

Hey, I'm looking to update the template you created. Looking for some help. I think some things should be added and some if statements should be thrown in. --Jaysscholar 19:41, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem Jaysscholar. I created it, and it was nominated for deletion on the grounds of being a "ridiculous sexist template", for some reason. I created a different template, and that template is no longer in use for any articles that I have edited.

See Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 February 21#Template:Infobox Female Model Bio for the discussion on it. --Mal 22:07, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Northern Irish terrorists

Hi Mal, is Category:Northern Irish terrorists a good idea? Who goes in and who doesn't? I can just imagine the revert wars! Most people like Gray, Davison and whoever else is added to the category will already be in the relevant paramilitary group category - IRA, UDA etc. Given this, is it not better to just categorise individuals under their paramilitary group, and let people make their own decision on their status? Stu ^{’Bout ye!} 15:47, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I saw the category 'British terrorists' and thought it was logical to include a separate one for Northern Irish ones, under the British supercategory. Actually, what prompted my creation of the category was the fact that, while looking up the 'pedia for some info, I noticed a few people listed in the 'Northern Irish people' cat, and thought it a bit odd that they (and others in that supercat) weren't sub-cat'ed. As for status .. for the terrorists, there is one category and for suspected or alleged terrorists, there is another one. --Mal 20:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

British Isles

Re British Isles. Where were you this last month, it was heavy at times, with point scoring and pov remarks thrown about like snuff at a wake. I watched it but didn't wade in. Nobody conquered the other side. Last thing that is needed now is some "newcomer" coming in, stiring the shit again. What's your purpose? Why not just put the page on watch, and then respond. No point trying to recreate so called debate again.--86.42.131.215 10:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Firstly, who on Earth are you? If you're referring to me as "some newcomer", I would like to point out to you that I have been part of the debate on the British Isles article for a while now. This last month I have been too busy to contribute to Wikipedia by the way. --Mal 10:49, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter, Issue 4, August 2006

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 004 – August 2006
Issue of the Month Despite it being the lead news article of last month, there is still help required in the assessing of articles and the migrating of comments. Lar is willing to provide assistance to those unsure how to do this. Beatles News The Beatles in the news. Suggestions: [2] [3] Project News The Beatles article, the "Flagship" of the Project, is currently under review with regard to its Featured Article status. It is hoped that the review will identify those areas that need some(/lots of) remedial work, and that the Project participants and those editors who are involved in the the FA admin pages to can work together to "save" the status of the article. At the moment there is some discussion as to why it has been listed, and what may be needed to help it retain its FA status. It may well be that some work is going to be required in formulating a plan of action, and then some more in achieving those aims. The FA status is obviously quite important to the Project, and it would be appreciated if participants are able to provide assistance in keeping the article up to standard. The editors would be grateful if those persons receiving this Newsletter could spare some of their time, energy and brainpower in keeping this jewel in our crown in its proper place. Please go to Wikipedia:Featured article review/The Beatles and get involved! Thank you. Notable updates The compilation album The Beatles 1962-1966 has been adopted by PhattyFatt. Four new articles have been listed in the Project Log since 1 July: All You Need is Ears, the George Martin memoir (Stevage) Radha Krsna Temple, the ISKCON headquarters and album (Simon123, Kingboyk) A Cellar Full of Noise, the Brian Epstein autobiography (El Slameron) Wings Over Europe Tour, the Wings concert tour in Europe (Danthemankhan) Two Beatles related articles, The Beatles trivia [deletion debate] and George Smith (John Lennon) [deletion debate], were nominated for deletion. Both were kept on the basis that no consensus was reached. Member News New members to the project since the last issue include Doctorfreedom, Red Alien, dure, PhattyFatt and Caesar.	From the Editors As mentioned in the Project News section, The Beatles article has just been listed for a review of its Featured Article status. Working on this is quite important. If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 005 – September 2006). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Contributors to this Issue LessHeard vanU (Lead Editor) GPHemsley (Editor) kingboyk (Editor) Lar (Editor, Distributor)
Complete To Do List Make visible or invisible by clicking Show or Hide, respectively. Open tasks for WikiProject The Beatles. Edit or discuss these tasks. As the project is currently just starting, our more experienced editors are working on the project infrastructure, classifying articles, and listing/assessing red links. Your assistance is welcome. If you would prefer to just edit - and why wouldn't you? - we have a choice selection of red links to turn blue and articles to clean! Now let's get busy. To Expand: Apple Records (if you are an Apple Records collector/expert please see Talk:Apple Records and help expand/clean up this article). Also, new Apple related article in need of expert assistance: Radha Krsna Temple. Old requests: Olivia Trinidad Arias, A World Without Love, MPL Communications. See also: Adopt an article To Clean up: Apple Records discography (wikify) To Merge: To Create: Robert Freeman. Articles for the main albums by Julian Lennon, plus Category:Julian Lennon and Category:Julian Lennon albums Full list & instructions. Lists to complete: Wanted Pics/Graphics: Mal Evans, Flying (song), Astrid Kirchherr, Jimmy Nicol, Cynthia Powell, Alistair Taylor, Ivan Vaughan, Tittenhurst Park. We need a better open-licenced photo for the project, to replace the Abbey Road crossing. If you provide a photo, please remove the ReqPhoto tag from the article's talk page and remove the article from this list. Project Discussions: The Beatles history, Individual songs vs longer album articles, Beatle wives, Merge/split proposals Project: Add {{WPBeatles}} to the talk pages of all Beatles-related articles. Send a newsletter to members, canvas for new members, and coordinate tasks. Enter articles classed as stubs into this list (under To Expand) and also list articles needing cleaning and other work here. If you complete one of these tasks, please remove it from the list and add your achievement to the project log.

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