The poll about whether to use "the Beatles" or "The Beatles" in mid-sentence closed at 15 October 2012 00:00 (UTC). The result has been announced below, and there are also some follow-up questions that people can read. The poll itself is archived at Wikipedia talk:Requests for mediation/The Beatles/Archive 3. Following the poll there was also a Q&A session at Mr. Stradivarius's talk page in which Newyorkbrad answered questions about his closure of the RfC.