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Apple Records discography – Needs British LPs and singles, and US LPs. Needs restructuring. I'd propose using the Brit catalog as the basis, and having only those releases which are different in the US section. This might not be practical, however, if the cat. no.s are different (they are for the singles, not sure for the albums). Blue links need to be checked for and, if they aren't already, added to Category:Apple Records singles or Category:Apple Records albums, and the same for The Beatles/solo members singles/albums categories.
Add specific fair use rationales to Beatles-related copyrighted images, especially singles covers (see Image:In My Life - The Beatles.jpg, for example).
Improve all released Beatles songs and covers to C-class, at least.
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Ian Iachimoe is a pseudonym Paul McCartney used in 1966. It’s supposedly meant to be “Paul McCartney” phonetically backwards.
Paul wrote “Yours sincerely, Ian Iachimoe” under the handwritten lyrics of “Paperback Writer“. So I think it should be one his aliases. Neoogai (talk) 16:00, 18 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
I disagree. I don't think that it was used enough during his career, nor that there was enough traction around it to include it as one of his aliases. ContextCreator (talk) 23:39, 18 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
An indica art gallery Advertisement read: Ian Iachimoe, the Polish “new wave” film director, is offering a prize of 20 guineas to anyone who can supply the missing link in the following script. The dialogue is not needed, just the idea. Here is the outline of the story:
A woman (age 35-45) is fanatical about cleanliness. She is amazingly houseproud and obsessional about getting rid of dirt. This carries over in her dress, looks, and so on.
Something happens to make her have to crawl through a great load of dirt, old dustbins and so on. Good old honest dirt. WHAT IS THIS SOMETHING?
The story continues with the woman’s mind being snapped by her experiences with dirt. She goes mad and her obsession gets even worse.
WHAT IS NEEDED is the idea. What could have caused her to become involved with filth. (She is not forced to do it, but chooses to do it herself.)
SEND ALL ANSWERS, as many as you like, to Ian Iachimoe, c/o INDICA BOOKS & GALLERY, 6, Mason’s Yard, Duke St, St James’s. London SW1. WHI 1424
THIS COMPETITION IS FOR REAL – it seems strange but is real. Also, From International Times #11 – “Emergencies: Ian Iachimoe”, In March 1966, Paul McCartney’s friend Barry Miles, and John Hopkins, launched an underground magazine called “The Long Hair Times”. Under the pseudonym Ian Iachimoe, Paul announced a competition to complete a film script, with a prize of twenty guineas for the winner. Neoogai (talk) 01:32, 19 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
Not done I think you'll find that a piano is indeed a keyboard instrument. I'd agree that he's mostly associated with piano, but the article makes it clear that he has also played synthesizers. He notably played Mellotron on "Strawberry Fields Forever", although this is not mentioned in the article. Here he is demonstrating the instrument: Martinevans123 (talk) 11:07, 31 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Looks like it was added in May 2025. I agree that it's highly unlikely that anyone would be coming to this article looking for anyone other than one of most famous musicians in the world. I would be in favour of removal. Pawnkingthree (talk) 08:02, 8 August 2026 (UTC)Reply
level-5 vital article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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Not done: Michael Jackson's full name is already stated in the lead once so it complies with MOS:SURNAME. Qwerty123M (talk) 01:50, 20 May 2026 (UTC)