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Wikipedia: Wikiproject Life On Mars & Ashes to Ashes

**PLEASE NOTE**: This Project also covers Ashes to Ashes and related articles.

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Welcome!

Welcome to the Life On Mars Wikiproject in the English Wikipedia! We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to Life On Mars..

Plenty of Wikipipedians put the point across that Life On Mars does not deserve to have a project to itself, but in fact it does because this programme despite it being two series has gained an incredible viewing tally and many many awards that even long running programmes have not achieved. Plus all the character articles for Life On Mars and eventually when Ashes to Ashes comes out we will have a big job on our hands as when tat starts we will have even more character profiles to create and or edit. So this does deserve a project, and if you think differently...well thats ok afterall everyone is entitles to an opinion.

A Wikiproject solely devoted to the articles that are based upon or around Life On Mars, such as actor and character pages and all articles that come under this Wikiprojects remit. Its a hugely popular programme in both the USA and the UK. And Wikipedia has a fair few articles written on the subject so it would make sense to have a Project dedicated to its upkeep and maintenance. It has attracted wide spread popularity because of its unusual storyline and plot twists. The programme's story line is that a Police Officer DCI Sam Tyler gets run over in 2006 and upon waking he finds himself in 1973, 33 years in the past. But the corruption of the department he works in often makes him angry as they would much rather beat up a prisoner or plant evidence to get a result rather than doing real detective work. Something whitch Sam prides himself upon - Being a real detective and policing by-the-book. The show won the Primetime Emmy Award, Best Drama Series, Best Continuing Series and Best Television Episode Teleplay. And has been voted one of the best programmes ever spawned by the BBC.

"My name is Sam Tyler. I had an accident and I woke up in 1973. Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time? Whatever's happened, it's like I've landed on a different planet. Now maybe if I work out the reason, I can get home."

These were the words that introduced us to 'Life On Mars' one of the greatest shows from the extensive catalogue of the BBC. It tells the story of Sam Tyler, who fter being involved in a car accident in 2006, wakes up to find himself in 1973, the era of 'Sweeney' type policing, Mark III Cortinas, and flared trousers. In this strange new environment, Sam must try to educate a police force with his new way of thinking, while dealing with supposed messages from the future he left behind, in the form of strange phonecalls and TV broadcasts.

Thanks to John Alexander and John McKay we were given a reason to stay in and watch TV and the show will be sorely missed now that it's over, but it will always have a place in TV history! But then again we still have Ashes to Ashes to look forward to.

This Project also covers Ashes to Ashes related articles.

Article Watch List

Have no mercy on Vandalism.

Articles that are vandalised on a regular bases:

DC Chris Skelton - Pathetic arbitrary word vandalism
John Simm - Potential for edit wars, keep watching.
Ashes to Ashes (TV series) an unprecidented amount of vandalism from a rambling weirdo.

Main Goals

Improving coverage of Wikipedia's LOM Pages Some LOM articles are very poorly done we aim to put a stop to this.

Foundations of the project:

Join, Create and Assess: This project needs to expand to show its true potential, Add your name to the list of participants if you are interested! and get stuck into writing articles.

No vandalism, no conflict: Never vandalise there is no need for its presence in this project, no conflict, this project will have a community of good will editors and this should always be kept in mind while going about your daily activities on Wikipedia. Lets be honest, hard working and polite because thats the best way to base a project.

Teamwork is essential if this does not take place the project will never get off the ground, if the editors just go and sit in their own corners (So to speak) no one would get anywhere. All editors need to Cooperate and if disputes arise over edits. No edit wars should take place, you both put points across on the discussion page and see what version is the best.

Participants:

Interested Wikipedians, please add your name and display Wikiproject Identification userbox (The one made by J. Naven) on your page, Thanks.

New members are advised to have a userpage to avoid their name being red linked

Current active members:

Former members:

Thanks for your contributions!

User:Tony Sidaway

Projects Scope

Characters Profiles such as Gene Hunt infamously known for his one liners, Sam Tyler for his by-the-book policing. And Annie Cartwright for affection towards Sam and her looks. Phyllis Dobbs. And less known characters but still of importance, like Nelson, (Life On Mars) the pub barman. I thought it would be better if the character Nelson had Life On Mars in its name as if it didnt it would link to Horatio Nelson etc. Also DC Chris Skelton and DS Ray Carling

LOM Actor Articles Such as Philip Glenister (Gene Hunt) John Simm (Sam Tyler) Marshall Lancaster (DC Chris Skelton) and Liz White who portrayes Annie Cartwright

Episode's and their listings Such as the detailed plot for each episode and what the key scenes are in them that change a character etc. Such as episode 3 Series 2 where DS Ray Carling is caught in the explosion of a suspected IRA bomb and gets PTSD from the aftermath.

Ashes to Ashes information needed while LOM will cover the creation and upkeep of Ashes to Ashes character/actor profiles, an episode listing article and an article on all the important characters.

Some articles of the characters exclusing Annie Cartwrights need a picture of the character.

Article Requsitions:

References and sources are needed on most articles

Resources for news and reviews

The company that produces Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes for BBC Wales is called Kudos.

These resources are intended to form a checklist of reliable sources for information about Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, and the scheduled US remake.

BBC and Kudos

BBC Press Office
Kudos website (technical problems as of 16 February, 2008)

Quality newspapers

In general, it's best to avoid tabloids which deal mostly in gossip.

The Guardian
- TV and radio section (reviews, etc)
- Media Guardian--television (trade journal)
The Telegraph
- Telegraph TV & Radio (reviews, news)
The Times
- The Times TV and Radio (reviews, news)
The Independent
- The Independent Film and TV

Images

As with many projects related to television, nearly all of our images will be non-free, used on Wikipedia only under fair use.

Images that are added to an article one week and deleted the next are no good.

To avoid that happening, we need to be pro-active about selection and display of images on articles.

Make sure images added to articles:

are justifiable under Wikipedia's Non-free content criteria, with due attention to the Image use policy
bear the appropriate image copyright tag
- Most TV-related content will be under Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free
have a separate Non-free use rationale guideline for each and every article on which it is to be used

For images in lists of characters, lists of episodes, etc:

Wikipedia:Non-free content#Non-free_image_use_in_list_articles

For logos:

Wikipedia:Logos

Sometimes (especially with actors) it may be possible to obtain a free image:

User:R. Baley/Acquire a free image

General copyright questions:

Wikipedia:Copyright FAQ

Official policy on copyright:

Wikipedia:Copyrights

Image size

As well as being required for fair-use of non-free images so as to minimise the potential for copyright infringement, using the smallest image practical also has advantages for usability. Web guidelines generally recommend a maximum file size of about 20kb per image, and in practice this is enough for most (though obviously not all) of the illustrative uses we employ images for. Consider scaling and cropping your images before uploading.

Vandal Identification List

For identification of know vandals.

User talk:77.57.100.222

User talk:85.235.21.9

User talk:86.29.251.94

Articles

In need of improvement:

All episode articles
List of Life On Mars characters‎
List of Ashes to Ashes characters‎
- Subarticles for the main characters in Ashes to Ashes are also in desperate need of good writing

Slang list/Relevent ranks, for reference

All the ranks you will need to include in each character profile:

DC - Detective Constable (Lowest Rank)

WPC/DC - Woman Police Constable/Detective Constable. Until 1999 all woman police officers had the "woman" prefix before the police rank.

DS - Detective Sergeant (Second highest from Constable)

DI - Detective Inspector (Senior to Seageant)

DCI - Detective Chief Inspector (Head of department, higher than Inspector)

CID - Unit in all British Police Forces, Criminal Investigation Department which Sam Tyler and associates are in.

Plod - CID slang for Uniformed Officers like Annie Cartwright was in Series 1

Jessie - A 1970's Northern English word for wimpish or effeminate

General Miscellaneous information

The pub which Nelson runs and the CID team drink in is called the Railway Arms

The vehicle DCI Gene Hunt drives around in with the team is a Ford Cortina Mk 3

The Pistols used in Life on Mars were Webley & Scott revolvers and in Ashes to Ashes they use a much more advanced firearm such as the magazine fed Browning High Power Pistol

Userboxes:

Newsletters

This page contains all of current and past newsletters for the project.

Please note that this project is by NO WAY supported by Life on Mars, BBC or any of the actors and does not claim to be.

Welcome Template, to welcome new users

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