User talk:Pte. Salt

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I'm toying with the idea to write a list article about Beatles museums worldwide. E.g. Liverpool, Halle, Siegen, Alkmaar, Dunedin, Stanardsville etc. The list would contain an introduction why these museums exist, the name, location, opening year and 'specialty' (short description) of the different museums.
 * Would this kind of article have a chance to be accepted?
 * If yes, what should be the title? (List of Beatles Museums? List of Beatles Museums worldwide? List of Museums related to The Beatles? ...)
 * Would it make sense also to include special locations (e.g. houses where the individual members lived which are now accessible to the publich or bear an official plate citing that state?
 * I appreciate rather more information about my plan than too little. Thanx. Pte. Salt (talk) 17:06, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm writing inbased on my general knoeldgeof how to buld up sections in WP; this is not really my field: we seem to have articles on only 3: Egri Road Beatles Múzeum in Eger, Hungary, Beatlemania Hamburg, and The Beatles Story in Liverpool. I would suggest the first step is adding some information on the others, not at first in separate articles, but as brief mentions within the "museums" section of the various cities so the information can be at least visible. What to do from there depends upon how much information you have. If there are multiple excellent sources showing the museums are known not just in the surrounding area, it will be possible to make an article for each. If not, ad whatever you do have to the relevant sections.
 * There are then two possibiltities: if good sources have been written about the general concept of "Beetles Museums", you can make an article based on those sources, containing a list of the individual ones. If such sources do not yet exist, for the general idea, just make a list. ( Don't use your own original ideas about the nature of the museums, but rely only on the sources. ) Link it to the existing articles for the individual museums, and to the sections of the other articles in which the museums are mentioned.    Then build from there.  mention your project on the talk page at [[WP: WikiProject The Beatles}}, and I would imagine   quite a few others interested will help you.
 * There are other ways--and 's suggestion should also work well.  DGG ( talk ) 23:34, 8 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello ! Maybe doable (not my area, really). I found List of music museums, which has about 7 Beatles Museums on it. Some redlinked, if you want to try to create articles. Consider starting a section for museums at Cultural impact of the Beatles or Tributes to the Beatles. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:55, 8 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Note "museums" should be lower-case, e.g., "List of Beatles museums" or "List of museums dedicated to the Beatles". —[ Alan M 1 (talk) ]— 23:48, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 * !Thanks so far! I keep searching and have found 13 (more or less) museums; not yet included museums (or exhibitions) which focus on only one of the band members. Cultural impact of the Beatles supplies material for an introduction. Still not decided for the title but "List of museums and xxx dedicated to the Beatles" (xxx will also be "material" like houses etc.) is my favorite.
 * Follow up question (before I move to WP: WikiProject The Beatles): Where can I find pre-made sortable tables to be used in the article? Pte. Salt (talk) 16:02, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * See Help:Table, at 5:2. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:37, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Perfect! Very hempful! Thanks! Pte. Salt (talk) 09:12, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

General tip
Like with your table-question, you can often find something by searching "WP:[what you're after]" (sometimes it's HELP: or MOS:). As you have noticed by now, WP has tons of helpful and well-meaning advice lying around, often with timesaving shortcuts like WP:SAID, WP:FLOWERY and WP:RSP. Happy editing! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:23, 10 January 2020 (UTC)