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In light of like 3/4 of the Beach Boys song articles being deleted from the proper wikipedia (meanwhile, trash like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CGF_Z3yZAo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CGF_Z3yZAo) this has a wiki article for, I don't know, being done more recently?), I wanted to know if anyone would be interested in getting anything like this going? Obviously stuff like Andrew's site is invaluable to a fan, but I was compiling a mix for a few friends over the last few weeks and was looking for specific info on some songs and just couldn't find it. There's so much to know if you're interested and, unfortunately, it can be hard to track it all down sometimes.

I know nothing about getting one started, but would love to contribute! What says you?

I'm interested, but my knowledge is like the Wright brothers' plane compared to everyone else here's 747s.  :(

Meh. The whole idea is for everyone to contribute a bit, thus everyone from n00bz to someone like Andrew can have a part in it. Good tiemz will be had by all, rest assured.

Depends: what would be put on there that isn't already on Wikipedia?

I suppose it'd be good to have articles about their more obscure or unreleased songs since Wikipedia doesn't consider those notable enough. And the biographies on Wikipedia are a bit too slim for their own good.

Song articles?
If I'm thinking and looking right, I just saw a "song article" for Surfin'....am I thinking of the right thing?

Well if that's the case, boy am I glad I bought the BB Wikipedia book...anyone else own that?

Exactly, regarding slimness etc. of the articles there. It'd just be something to specialize in Beach Boys info. Any songs, listings and details of alternate versions, edits, mixes, etc. any people associated with the band, any albums, unreleased albums, anything.

Another personal reason I was looking for this sort of info is I've been collecting stereo/mono mixes, single mixes and edits, that sort of thing. The stereo and mono thing was easy with the bellagio site, but the others get a bit trickier.

Right :)

Sure.

I think a Beach Boys Wikipedia would be pretty cool and I would probably use it a lot. Who played what & sang on each song, etc. The actual Wikipedia pages are pretty weak with the information that's out there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_Smile

That's an example of a pretty damn weakipedia page. And I know the information is out there so it's definitely expanduponable.

I'd love to be a part of it but my knowledge is pretty ehhhhhh. I would be willing to moderate and proofread it.

Another important thing is that it would need a really cool name.... Seriously. Can't make a Wiki-type site without a cool name.  :hat

But what?

Smileypedia
Wilsonpedia
Kokomopedia
Dontworrypedia
WOULDNTITBENICEAPEDIA

... yeah, I got nothin'.


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This is interesting because I've found specialised Wikia sites very useful in the past (especially ones dedicated to TV shows, should one be nerdy enough to need one). Wikipedia has become too restricting; limited song pages only to those that are (in its' eyes) "noteworthy" or were released as singles... or every song on Pet Sounds.

Also, Smileypedia has a nice ring to it.

Awesome idea! I'm game. Smileypedia sounds cool. Woodypedia for example would sound kinda weird...

This is a great idea, I wonder how one of those special wikipedia pages are set up, I've heard it's pretty easy

I think this is a fantastic idea, the Wikipedia pages relating to The Beach Boys are dismal.

Pretty sure this is where you could get started if you want to do it on wikia
 
http://www.wikia.com/Special:CreateNewWiki?uselang=en (http://www.wikia.com/Special:CreateNewWiki?uselang=en)

Right now all we need is a name

Wilsonpedia gets my vote

Smileypedia sounds right to me.

Good wiki names, such as Wookiepedia (star wars) or Brickipedia (lego)  play on the name Wikipedia in a clever way, but with the exception of Wilsonpedia (which would be appropriate for a Brian Wilson Wiki, but not the BB imo), there is little in the BB universe that lends itself to a play on the word Wiki. As such I'd suggest the plain and simple 'Beach Boys Wiki'. Smileypedia, although great to lovers of Smile and the Smiley album (and this board) just seems a  bit niche to me, much that I like it. Sorry to be dull.

I'm confused, I thought you said they took down all the "song articles" for Beach Boys articles.

Well over half, I'd say.

I was totally joking with all those names, haha. I thought that'd be well understood with stuff like Wouldntitbeniceapedia and such :)

Yeah, I didn't mean your selection of names - more that 'smileypedia' was gaining favour within this thread, not that I don't like it as a name. I just thought 'Beach Boys Wiki' might serve the purpose better. Anyway, whatever name is chosen, I agree a dedicated BB wiki is a great idea. Would love to offer my assistance but to be honest I didn't even pick up on the 'Brian's sister' gaff in the Mojo 60s article!

Woodypedia floats my boat.  ;D

More importantly, who would be hosting it? Who would be the web master?

sooo anyone here interested in doing the bare minimum by hosting it? the rest of the wiki would practically write itself

...WikiSheNeedsMe...

I love the idea of a Beach Boys wiki, especially with it possibly being a means to host all manner of information as well as session details. I know Andrew's site already does that but I'd like to take it further than that. The problem is, of course, hosting. Two, some of the stuff we might wish to post on it might step on the wrong toes.

How so?

I don't know how to run a website or enough about The Beach Boys to write intelligently or accurately about them, but I would absolutely love to see something like this happen. You could look at Weezerpedia as an example. It has info on just about every song (who wrote it, sang it, dates, lyrics, single information, video information, recording information). And it's in the Wikipedia style which makes navigating it unbelievably simple, fun, and easy. It also has pretty extensive information about the band's members. This would be fantastic if a Beach Boys one existed.

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Maybe this site could host the wiki since he homepage is pretty much just blank since the hack attack. Would probably need many donations to keep up with increased traffic and data usage tho.