Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles/Assessment
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The project manages around 2,000 articles related to the Beatles, excepting redirects, categories, and others, with a broad and nested hierarchy of categories covering them. This section collects these herds of articles into tables by theme, importance, quality, so on, so that anyone interested can see which ones need the most work.
Should one wish to change an article's assessment or otherwise assess it for the first time, they can place or replace the parameters of this template: {{WikiProject The Beatles|class= |importance= }} on a relevant article's talk page; this page gathers all the parameters of categories to be used and how one should use them. For example, {{WikiProject The Beatles}} can be altered to {{WikiProject The Beatles|class=B|importance=Low|paul=yes|song=yes}} if one thinks it's a B-class article on an insignificant McCartney number.
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In the edit summary, if one thinks the assessment may reasonably be challenged, they should explain why it deserves that assessment. If the article needs a photo, an {{Image requested}} template should be placed onto the article's talk page.
Assessment tables
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John Lennon pages by quality Quality Total
FA3
FL1
GA16 B 20 C 47 Start 125 Stub 21 List 2 Category 21 Disambig 3 File 67 Project 4 Redirect 280 Template 10 Assessed 620 Total 620 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,031 Ω = 4.44 Paul McCartney pages by quality Quality Total
FA4
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GA15 B 27 C 80 Start 202 Stub 46 List 5 Category 33 Disambig 5 File 124 Project 6 Redirect 475 Template 12 Assessed 1,035 Total 1,035 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,717 Ω = 4.59 George Harrison pages by quality Quality Total
FA3
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GA69 B 69 C 46 Start 55 Stub 18 List 1 Category 29 Disambig 2 File 96 Project 4 Redirect 301 Template 8 Assessed 702 Total 702 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 912 Ω = 3.51 Ringo Starr pages by quality Quality Total
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FL1
GA11 B 11 C 31 Start 67 Stub 16 List 2 Category 13 File 59 Project 3 Redirect 223 Template 3 Assessed 442 Total 442 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 610 Ω = 4.42 Apple Corps and Apple Records pages by quality Quality Total
FA8
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GA49 B 50 C 91 Start 82 Stub 13 List 1 Category 10 Disambig 2 File 141 Project 3 Redirect 192 Template 4 Assessed 648 Total 648 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,100 Ω = 3.75 George Martin pages by quality Quality Total
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GA35 B 53 C 112 Start 82 Stub 6 Category 6 Disambig 4 File 3 Project 3 Redirect 31 Assessed 342 Total 342 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,123 Ω = 3.81 Brian Epstein pages by quality Quality Total
FA1
GA2 B 3 C 6 Start 10 Stub 1 File 6 Project 3 Redirect 5 Assessed 37 Total 37 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 93 Ω = 4.04 Yoko Ono pages by quality Quality Total
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GA2 B 5 C 19 Start 63 Stub 8 Category 10 File 62 Project 1 Redirect 221 Template 3 Assessed 395 Total 395 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 458 Ω = 4.67 Quick links
Here are the links related to the above:
- The Beatles (Index · Statistics · Log)
- John Lennon (Index · Statistics · Log)
- Paul McCartney (Index · Statistics · Log)
- George Harrison (Index · Statistics · Log)
- Ringo Starr (Index · Statistics · Log)
- Apple Corps and Apple Records (Index · Statistics · Log)
- George Martin (Index · Statistics · Log)
- Brian Epstein (Index · Statistics · Log)
- Yoko Ono (Index · Statistics · Log)
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[edit]All snapshots of the examples listed were the most recent on 24 August 2026.
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| The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured article criteria:
A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.
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Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information. | No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. | ||
| The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured list criteria:
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Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items. | No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. | ||
| The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria
The article meets the A-Class criteria:
Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history). |
Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting. | Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help. | None; the A-class rarely appears in Wikipedia's music realm. | |
| The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria
A good article is:
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Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication. | Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing. | ||
| B | The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria
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Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher. | A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines. | |
| C | The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria
The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.
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Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study. | Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems. | |
| Start | An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following:
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Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more. | Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Improve the grammar, spelling, and writing style; decrease the use of jargon. | |
| Stub | A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. | Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant. | Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant. | |
| List | Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area. | There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader. | Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized. |
| Importance | Criteria | Example |
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| Top | This article forms the basis of all information on the Beatles or concerns an event, object, or person pivotal to the group. | |
| High | This article deals with a general area of knowledge or a very notable Beatles-related event, object, or person. | |
| Mid | This article fills in some more specific knowledge of certain areas or covers a less important but still notable subject. | |
| Low | This article covers a very specific field of knowledge, obscure trivia, or an event, object, or person hardly related to the band. | |
| ??? | This article remains to be analyzed. You can help! | N/A |
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Project brag sheet
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[edit]Here is a graph showing number of good and featured articles and lists by year, as of the end of the respective year. It does include good and featured articles and lists that were listed at the time but later delisted. It may not account for all Beatles-related articles, as some may not have been grouped under the project yet. The modern good articles system only came about in 2006.
The yellow bars mark the age before or just as the project was being formed—rather unamusingly, 2006 saw the most discussion and interest in the project; the pink bars mark a mostly active time when andreasegde was the project's foremost editor; the blue bars indicate the age of JG66, when he wrote and revised many of the project's excellent and most important articles (other editors always did their all to sustain the project, such as GabeMc during this time; and the project's decline, in big part because of the loss of JG66 and almost all the original members, are marked by the gold bars. However, recent months have seen the project at its most active in a long time, and several members are contributing great articles instead of one person serving as the fountain of the project's quality.

Featured articles
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Something (Beatles song) (since 17 August 2004; review)
Hey Jude (since 17 August 2004; review)
The Long and Winding Road (since 22 September 2004; review)
Lisa the Vegetarian (since 18 August 2009; review)
The Beatles (since 3 November 2009; review)
The Beatles: Rock Band (since 15 November 2009; review)
Say Say Say (since 30 March 2010; review)
John Lennon (since 18 May 2010; (review)
Paul McCartney (since 9 July 2012; review)
Imagine (John Lennon song) (since 7 November 2012; review)
George Harrison (since 13 April 2013; review)
Ringo Starr (since 25 August 2013; review)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (since 23 May 2014; review)
I've Just Seen a Face (since 5 February 2022; review)
Featured lists[edit]
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Good articles
[edit]Former good and featured articles
[edit]Get these back to where they once belonged! This is probably not a complete list; and it doesn't include good articles delisted because they were merged into another article, such as Beatlemania in the United Kingdom.
Yesterday (song) (from 15 August 2004 until 15 June 2009; reassessment)
A Hard Day's Night (song) (from 7 November 2004 until 22 October 2006; reassessment)
She Loves You (from 15 March 2005 until 12 September 2006; reassessment)
Get Back (from 10 February 2005 until 30 October 2006; reassessment)
She Loves You (from 15 March 2005 until 12 September 2006; reassessment)
Real Love (Beatles song) (from 26 June 2005 until 11 May 2010; reassessment)
Let It Be (song) (from 29 October 2007 until 31 October 2010; reassessment)
Linda McCartney (from 18 February 2008 until 2 March 2014; reassessment)
Yoko Ono (from 29 April 2014 until 7 October 2021; reassessment)
A Hard Day's Night (film) (from 5 April 2008 until 5 September 2024; reassessment)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song) (from 12 February 2008 until 28 December 2024; reassessment)
Heather Mills (from 9 July 2008 until 11 July 2025; reassessment)
The Quarrymen (from 4 July 2008 until 28 September 2025; reassessment)
A Day in the Life (from 25 April 2008 until 2 November 2025; reassessment)
Memory Almost Full (from 20 July 2013 until 13 November 2025; reassessment)
George Martin (from 27 September 2007 until 25 November 2025; reassessment)
Julia Baird (teacher) (from 28 January 2008 until 12 April 2026; reassessment)
Noteworthy articles sorted by theme
[edit]One may be guided through the project by considering this section and seeing which articles most need a good brush.
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Last checked extensively on 25 October 2026. These are people related to the Beatles or intimately involved with their musical history as a group, as well as bands with whom they once toured or performed.
Bill Harry
Percy Francis Phillips
Royston Ellis
Allan Williams
Beno Dorn
Douglas Millings
Ivor Arbiter
Andy White
Richard Lester
Norman Smith
[Ken Scott (record producer)
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Last checked extensively on 8 November 2026. This is the classic lineup of the Beatles studio albums, excluding the compilation Past Masters.
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Last checked extensively on 14 October 2026. These are the rest of the songs from their main lineup of fourteen albums.
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Last checked extensively on 14 October 2026. These are all the other songs released on the Anthology albums, Live on the BBC, &c, that haven't been listed so far.
"In Spite of All the Danger"
"That'll Be the Day"
"Cayenne"
"Hallelujah I Love Her So"
"You'll Be Mine"
"Ain't She Sweet"
"Cry for a Shadow"
"My Bonnie"
"Nobody's Child"
"Sweet Georgia Brown"
"Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby"
"When the Saints Go Marching In"
"Why"
"Bésame Mucho"
"Hello Little Girl"
"How Do You Do It?"
"Like Dreamers Do"
"Searchin'"
"The Sheik of Araby"
"Three Cool Cats"
"Bad to Me"
"Beautiful Dreamer"
"Carol"
"Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
"Don't Ever Change"
"Glad All Over"
"Happy Birthday Dear Saturday Club"
"Hippy Hippy Shake"
"The Honeymoon Song"
"I Got a Woman"
"I Got to Find My Baby"
"I Just Don't Understand"
"I'll Be on My Way"
"I'm in Love"
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"
"I'm Talking About You"
"Keep Your Hands off My Baby"
"Lend Me Your Comb"
"Lonesome Tears in My Eyes"
"Lucille"
"Memphis, Tennessee"
"Moonlight Bay"
"Nothin' Shakin'"
"Ooh! My Soul"
"A Shot of Rhythm and Blues"
"So How Come (No One Loves Me)"
"Soldier of Love"
"Some Other Guy"
"Sure to Fall (in Love with You)"
"Sweet Little Sixteen"
"That's All Right (Mama)"
"To Know Her Is to Love Her"
"Too Much Monkey Business"
"Young Blood"
"I Forgot to Remember to Forget"
"Johnny B. Goode"
"Leave My Kitten Alone"
"Shout"
"You Know What to Do"
"12-Bar Original"
"If You've Got Trouble"
"Little Girl"
"That Means a Lot"
"Christmas Time (Is Here Again)"
"Blue Moon"
"Can You Take Me Back?"
"Jealous Guy"
"Circles"
"Junk"
"Not Guilty"
"Sour Milk Sea"
"Step Inside Love"
"Saint Louis Blues"
"What's the New Mary Jane"
"(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care"
"Ain't She Sweet"
"All Things Must Pass"
"Can You Dig It?"
"Come and Get It"
"Gimme Some Truth"
"God Save the Queen"
"I'm Ready"
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
"Fancy My Chances with You"
"Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues"
"Rip It Up"
"Shake, Rattle and Roll"
"Blue Suede Shoes"
"Teddy Boy"
"Wake Up Little Susie"
"The Walk"
"Without a Song"
"Free as a Bird"
"Real Love"
"Now and Then"
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Last checked extensively on 8 November 2026. These are all the Beatles live albums, compilation albums, North American releases, rereleases, and extended plays—those listed on this article that have a page of their own.
The Beatles with Tony Sheridan and Their Guests
Jolly What!
The Beatles' First!
The Beatles Beat
Les Beatles
Ain't She Sweet
The Beatles' Story
The Early Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles' Greatest
The Beatles in Italy
Les Beatles dans leurs 14 plus grands succès
Los Beatles
Greatest Hits Volume 1
A Collection of Beatles Oldies
Greatest Hits Volume 2
Very Together
In the Beginning (Circa 1960)
Hey Jude
Por Siempre Beatles
The Essential Beatles
1962–1966
1967–1970
The Singles Collection 1962–1970
Rock 'n' Roll Music
Love Songs
The Beatles Collection
Rarities
The Beatles Box
The Beatles EP Collection
The Beatles: The Collection
The Beatles Mono Collection
20 Golden Hits
The Beatles Ballads
Reel Music
20 Greatest Hits
The Number Ones
The Early Tapes of the Beatles
The Beatles Box Set
Past Masters
Anthology 1
Anthology 2
Anthology 3
Yellow Submarine Songtrack
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The Capitol Albums, Volume 1
The Capitol Albums, Volume 2
The Beatles in Mono
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)
Tomorrow Never Knows
The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963
Mono Masters
The U.S. Albums
The Japan Box
The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono
Anthology 4
My Bonnie
Twist and Shout
The Beatles' Hits
The Beatles (No. 1)
All My Loving
Souvenir of Their Visit to America
Four by the Beatles
Long Tall Sally
Extracts from the Film A Hard Day's Night
Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night
4 by the Beatles
Beatles for Sale (EP)
Beatles for Sale No. 2
The Beatles' Million Sellers
Yesterday
Nowhere Man
The Beatles' Christmas records
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Last checked extensively on 7 November 2026. These are all the solo Beatles'—as well as Yoko Ono's, Wings', and those of other groups closely affiliated with a Beatle—albums, live records, soundtracks, and extended play releases as listed in their respective discographies. It doesn't, however, include compilations and box sets. Neither does it include collaborations on which they only gave a small contribution, such as Thriller for McCartney.
Sentimental Journey
Beaucoups of Blues
Ringo
Goodnight Vienna
Ringo's Rotogravure
Ringo the 4th
Bad Boy
Stop and Smell the Roses
Old Wave
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
Time Takes Time
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux
Ringo Starr and His Third All-Starr Band Volume 1
Vertical Man
VH1 Storytellers
I Wanna Be Santa Claus
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band
Ringo Rama
Extended Versions
Tour 2003
Choose Love
Ringo Starr and Friends
Ringo Starr: Live at Soundstage
Liverpool 8
Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006
Y Not
Live at the Greek Theatre 2008
Ringo 2012
Postcards from Paradise
Give More Love
What's My Name
Zoom In
Change the World
EP3
Live at the Greek Theater 2019
Rewind Forward
Crooked Boy
Look Up
Long Long Road
The Family Way
McCartney
Ram
Wild Life
Red Rose Speedway
Band on the Run
Venus and Mars
Wings at the Speed of Sound
Wings over America
Thrillington
London Town
Back to the Egg
McCartney II
The McCartney Interview
Tug of War
Pipes of Peace
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Press to Play
CHOBA B CCCP
Flowers in the Dirt
Tripping the Live Fantastic
Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
Off the Ground
Paul Is Live
Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest
Flaming Pie
Standing Stone
Oobu Joobu – Ecology
Rushes
Run Devil Run
Working Classical
Liverpool Sound Collage
Driving Rain
Back in the U.S.
Twin Freaks
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Ecce Cor Meum
Memory Almost Full
Electric Arguments
Good Evening New York City
Ocean's Kingdom
Kisses on the Bottom
New
Egypt Station
Amoeba Gig
McCartney III
McCartney III Imagined
One Hand Clapping
The Boys of Dungeon Lane
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Last checked extensively on 28 October 2026. These are some other themes that don't fit neatly into the other sections, such as the band's history, their concerts, films, and places of their lives.
A Salute to the Beatles: Once upon a Time
The Compleat Beatles
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
The Beatles Anthology
All Together Now
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
How the Beatles Changed the World
Meeting the Beatles in India
The Beatles and India
The Beatles: Get Back
TWST / Things We Said Today
Beatles '64
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