Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Television/The Apprentice UK task force

Talk template
Nice idea to create this project and give some organisation to these articles! Unfortunately, the image Image:Sugar_and_assistants.jpg is copyright and used on Wikipedia under fair use grounds. This prohibits its use on things such as Template:Apprentice_uk_project (from Fair_use: Fair use images may be used only in the article namespace. Used outside article space, they are not covered under the fair use doctrine. They should never be used on templates (including stub templates and navigation boxes) or on user pages. They should be linked, not inlined, from talk pages when they are the topic of discussion. This is because it is the policy of the Wikimedia Foundation to allow an unfree image only if no free alternative exists and only if it significantly improves the article it is included on. All other uses, even if legal under the fair use clauses of copyright law, should be avoided to keep the use of unfree images to a minimum). I've removed it from your template, accordingly. └ UkPaolo/talk┐ 09:26, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Tasks
I'm intrigued about your only two tasks: Firstly, what logo should be added to all pages? Secondly, all of what pages should be categorised? All articles relating to the Apprentice are already in Category:The Apprentice UK... └ UkPaolo/talk┐ 18:49, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Make sure all pages are categorised, if possible.
 * 2) Add logos to all pages.
 * If adding logos, bear in mind that copyright logos used as fair use have strict limits on their use as decoration. Notinasnaid 11:45, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Comic Relief Does The Apprentice
Following a comment from Dale, members may be interested in discussions regarding my recent changes at Talk:Comic Relief Does The Apprentice and Template talk:The Apprentice UK. Many thanks, └ UkPaolo/talk┐ 19:24, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Need userbox
I need Apprentice fan userbox. Anwar 15:14, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

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Series article titles
I recently moved the articles in accordance with standard Wikipedia nomenclature as such: The Apprentice (UK Series One) to The Apprentice (UK series 1) etc. I was then told that they were supposed to be named "one" instead of "1" because of some BBC thing. This is fine, except disambiguatory text in brackets should always be lowercase, i.e. "UK series one". Are there any objections to the articles being named like that? - LeonWhite 20:23, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't particularly mind, however this discussion has come up before - a few of the regular editors are on Wikibreaks and I know some of them raised the point that because these were titles, they should be capitalised. Personally, I'd say leave it for now as there's no need to change it. Remember, Leon, that the conventions you are bringing up are not set in stone, they are guidelines. Exceptions, such as this, are allowed. Sea serpent 85Talk 21:40, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I re-watched the You're Hired! episode of series three the other day, where Adrian Chiles introduced Simon and Kristina as the winner and runner up of The Apprentice 2007 respectivley. I have just finished reading Michelle Dewberry's autobiography, in which she says that Chiles introduced her onto the stage as the winner of The Apprentice 2006. Maybe they should be named The Apprentice 2005 (UK) and so on. The Big Brother UK articles used to be called Big Brother (UK series 7) and so on, until someone on their WikiProject raised that Davina (the host) always says "...and the winner of [Celebrity] Big Brother 200[0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7] is...", so it was changed. Should we follow this also? Dalejenkins | 16:20, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The official website and all BBC literature still refers to the series by numbers. I'd have an issue with the year format as the actual filming takes place the year before - ie. what would be the 2007 series was filmed in 2006. Whatever happens I don't feel we should follow the Big Brother example - each series is known as The Apprentice when it airs, anything else (whether it be the year of the series number) should be in the disambiguatory brackets. Sea serpent 85Talk 22:02, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

You invited me?
Hi, you invited me to help with the project, but I'm not entirely sure what I should do, can somebody help? CyberWiki (talk) 19:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Nick Hewer
I've improved it a bit. user:SE7User_talk:SE7/Special:Contributions/SE7 16:30, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Apprentice Template
Not meaning to show off or brag here, just pointing out that the 5 or so articles listed in the Apprentice UK template that were previously missing it have now had it added. The only one that doesn't is the Apprentice US, because I assume it doesn't need it. A surprisingly easy thing to overlook actually, I reckon I should spend more time here attaching templates to articles that should have them that don't...Caissa&#39;s DeathAngel (talk) 02:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * They weren't overlooked - besides James Max (an article with a history of being dleted and redirected) all of the ones you've readded did originally have the template on but have since been removed by their respective editors. Articles such as Talkback Thames and Dru Masters could end up with hundreds of navboxes on if you put every related series on. You also have to think whether someone reading an article on Dru Masters would be interested in every aspect of the Apprentice, or whether (more likely, IMHO) they would - if interested - follow a wikilink to the main series and explore from there if they wanted. Just a heads up for you :) Sea serpent 85 11:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Formatting
Hi, I have worked quite hard to try and retain formatting across ALL four seasons of the Apprentice. This includes candidate profiles (and linking to any relevant articles), and the weekly challenges (structure, formatting). I'm not very familiar with he use of templates but understand they are a bit like macros, in that they replace repetitive procedures? Well, I see someone has attempted to create a template, but should we all come to a consensus? I would like to get all these articles up to good status. I started a discussion here about it. Any comments are appreciated. Many thanks,  δ ² ( Talk ) 01:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

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Changing the WikiProject to a worldwide venture
I've been thinking about removing the "UK-only" factor from this WikiProject and making it focus on the foreign version of the programme also, such as the US series, Irish series and other international versions of the programme. WP:BIGBRO does this, with collabirators from across the world, and it works well. Clearly, the interest is there as many editors are working on articles of the programme's foreign versions and we currently have just 26 articles in our WikiProject, which will probably expand to around 32 at most within the next 2 years. The American version's articles need the most work but, as mentioned, there are so many editors of these articles that I'm sure we'll be able to recruit enough people to join the project and make positive changes. Your thoughts? Dalejenkins | 20:30, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I see no problem with this, and our eyes on their articles and theirs on ours can only be a good thing as far as copy editing goes. We can also standardise formatting within the whole series, which would definitely improve readability. Caissa&#39;s DeathAngel (talk) 17:37, 2 September 2008 (UTC)


 * When I wish to expand and/or improve the British Apprentice articles, I use the equivalant American article. This would standardize infoboxes, categories etc. and increase the scope, the amount of possible editors and amount of articles. LizzieHarrison 17:17, 4 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Apologies for the delay, I've been in America all summer. Sounds like a great idea to me, when I'm back in the UK I'll be more than happy to help out with everything. Seaserpent 85 00:40, 17 September 2008 (UTC)


 * If the project was to incorporate as least the American series then I would join. I don't edit the UK series because BBC America is just now airing the first UK series.  ♪♫Al ucard   16♫♪  16:24, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * The articles that would need the most work would be the British ones, actually. The American Apprentice is the original show and the other articles should follow its pattern, not the contrary. --Tam001 (talk) 13:08, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

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It's that time of year...
Hello again all, I hope as many of you as possible are going to be back working on the WP again this year. Expect the Series Five article to get bombarded very soon, I think we've done a pretty good job in previous years of keeping the article readable throughout the airing of the series. Whilst it's still relatively quiet, anyone have any nominations for getting another article up to GA? Perhaps Series Four? Seaserpent 85 17:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello Seaserpant! It has been a jolly long while (I think a year) since I was last tempted to look here. And yet again I feel myself drawn back to edit. I would love to become involved once again at working to improve all the articles under this project, so GA status reviews will be good to get stuck into. Whilst I appreciate the series has started, we can still work on this quietly as this project hasn't received much attention. Want to discuss further? Leave me a message. Many thanks,  δ ² ( Talk ) 12:10, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

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Scope
Why WikiProject The Apprentice UK and not WikiProject The Apprentice? 28 articles seems way too few to warrant a project. It would make more sense to have a project encompassing all Apprentice articles, and even that would be a small project. --Jameboy (talk) 16:42, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

See the above discussion. - LizzieHarrison 14:00, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

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Nick Hewer Anomaly
This is the first time I've ever written on a Wiki talk, so apologies if this isn't the sort of thing it's for.

Having just read the Nick Hewer article I noticed a contradiction. The first sentence introduces him as residing in Writtle, Essex. However, later the article states that he lives in Northamptonshire. The reference for this statement is an interview published in the Telegraph in March 2009; should the introduction be amended to reflect this or am I missing something?

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