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 Kingboyk. The story had an interesting second wave in the news and on Wikipedia - we won't spoil the story for you, just be sure to read the article on Guy Goma!
Paul McCartney and Heather Mills have been reported by various external news sources to have seperated. Other than a brief update in the McCartney article and a couple of small paragraphs on the Mills page, this has gone largely uncommented on Wikipedia.
The hottest Project page this month has been Policy Talk where some lively discussion has taken place in regard to the (perrenial) 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. Although lively, the discussion remained civilised and had the added bonus of bringing in some new members.
Six new items have appeared in the New Articles log in May (link to project page, pretty please).
news item 7
Project member (and "co-instigator" of The Beatles Project) Lar was promoted to Adminship status. Project member Kingboyk (the other guilty party re the Project) 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. Congratulations to both! (Please include your promotions/awards in future issues. Don't be shy!!)
From the Editors
A warm welcome to Issue 002.
Whilst there has been a couple of Beatles related items in the news recently, the work on The Beatles Project continues as before. This newsletter is intended to keep you up to date with what has been happening and, perhaps more importantly, what needs to be done.
Any other person(s) recently joined should add their name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. Not only will you get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter, but you will get it delivered to your userpage.
Complete Todo List (make visible/invisible by clicking show/hide):
Other :Project: Add {{WikiProject The Beatles}} to the talk pages of all Beatles-related articles. Send a newsletter to members, canvas for new members and coordinate tasks. Enter articles assessed as stubs onto this list, also list articles needing cleanup 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.