Talk:Beatle Barkers

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Google: [1] doesn't seem to turn up much notability. Amazon doesn't have it, and they have a lot of obscure stuff... Neither of those are definitive but I'd say give it a week or two, maybe contact some of the folk on this list to ask for info, if nothing pops up, AfD it... that usually gets people to improve articles if they're improvable. Agree it does not belong in the main Beatles category. ++Lar: t/c 05:15, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll start by leaving a message for the article creator, Longhair. --kingboyk 16:57, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on your talk page. -- Longhair 17:23, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree with the removal of the importance tag. It's an album by dogs not by The Beatles :-) I'm sure it's fun - I'd like a copy myself - but is it notable? --kingboyk 17:26, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have any sales information handy, and I'm looking about to see what else this group released. All Music Guide has a listing, though it's rather blank on information :( . I'm not too fussed about the removal from the Beatles category. It's not Beatles material afterall. -- Longhair 17:36, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If it stays, we can look at moving it into a subcategory. It doesn't belong in the parent category, subcat is fine. --kingboyk 17:46, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Concerns about content removal

This page reverted back to an original form, basically a stub, in February 2011 after someone removed a thoroughly researched article about the true origin and owners of the Beatle Barkers concept. Many hours of effort were put into verifying content and ensuring it was up to Wikipedia style and standards. it's actually quite an entertaining story and certainly deserves more than a stub with inaccurate information. I have replaced the content back and hope that any efforts to further edit it will begin with the courtesy of contacting myself beforehand to discuss and agree on any points of contention. I am certainly open to this and stand by the informaiton on the page as at March 4, 2011 - Keith Newman "Keith Newman 22:26, 4 March 2011 (UTC)"

This page is definitely not up to Wikipedia standards. The content is not sourced and the punny nature is not only unencyclopaedic but also makes the story difficult to understand. While the content removal may have been overdoing it, from a Wikipedia standpoint it was justified. Please try to change the article to a more sober style. --Ulkomaalainen (talk) 00:12, 19 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple editors agree with this type of "unencylopediac tone/style" concern. User:Keith Newman, you might want to read WP:TONE and help construct a formal encyclopedia article rather than a lampoon style (even if the subject of the article itself is a parody). There also appear to be uncited statements that violate WP:BLP policy. That's completely unacceptable regardless of style. DMacks (talk) 04:54, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment

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*Considered outside scope and AFDable... I feel we as a Project don't have to take 'ownership' of this one. It's not a Beatles article, it's an article about an 'amusing' covers album. I've tagged it with {{importance}}; save for a badly worded IP edit saying it was played at parties in "rural Florida" and once got played on a student radio station, there's no assertion of notability. 0 incoming links from mainspace. Probably shouldn't be in category and I think it's a strong AFD candidate too (but I haven't Googled for it yet; waiting for others' comments first). -- Steve (6 March 2006)

Update 22 Mar 06, result of AfD was keep. Suppose we have to take it under our wing? If so, what to do? It's a start class article at best. ++Lar: t/c 17:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

We might need a new category to put the Beatles-related stuff into (see discussion below at Beatlemania (musical)). For now, just regrade it as stub or start class or I guess. --kingboyk 18:10, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 00:29, 4 July 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 09:17, 29 April 2016 (UTC)