Talk:Compilation album/Archive 1

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I like how this article says that it's only a compilation album when more than one artist is represented, then in the very next sentence is describing single-artist greatest-hits albums as a type of compilation album. 11:56, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

What do you think about tribute records, i.e. different artist recording (but not necessarily playing together) Beatles song for a tribute album? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.253.104.59 (talk) 22:59, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Merger proposed (Budget cover albums)
The result was Merge Budget cover albums into Compilation album, by silent consensus. --B. Wolterding 17:31, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

I propose to merge the content of Budget cover albums into here, since the notability of that article has been questioned. In fact, if the information in that article is correct, it would nicely fit into Compilation album.

Please add your comments below. Proposed as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 10:18, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 01:53, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Compilation album → Compilation — Compilation albums are usually known simply as compilations. This is also the commonest use of the term compilation, so would be the primary topic for compilation. Cjc13 (talk) 11:48, 7 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Compilation → Compilation (disambiguation)


 * Oppose My impression is that the primary topic would be the dictionary definition, so leaving the dab page as the primary page appears to be most appropriate. Compilation can mean a whole lot more than music and frankly I think you need album at the end of the name to indicate that.--Labattblueboy (talk) 20:21, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * On that basis, Album should be a disambiguation page with a separate page for music albums. Album can mean a whole lot more than music. If compilation needs clarification, why use another ambiguous word like album? An alternative would be Music compilation. Cjc13 (talk) 13:37, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * My point was that I don't think that a music compilation is necessarily the primary meaning. IMO, the dictionary definition is primary meaning. A google search of "compilation" -wiki shows that music is not primary topic. How the page album is organized is entirely irrelevant to this discussion. --Labattblueboy (talk) 14:24, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * In the google search, there are other uses of the word compilation but they appear to be qualified, such as compilation of something or something compilation. Where compilation is used on its own without further explanation, its meaning is nearly always music compilation. Cjc13 (talk) 17:23, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The google search results seem to indicate otherwise.--Labattblueboy (talk) 15:50, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
 * If you want some figures, a google search of "compilation music -wiki" produces 24,600,000 results and for instance a google search of "compilation computer -wiki" produces 16,600,000, which is significantly fewer, but I think google search is not necessarily a reliable guide. Cjc13 (talk) 11:12, 14 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose A compilation album is so called because it is a compilation of tracks by different artists.  The dictionary definition is clearly the primary meaning.  Skinsmoke (talk) 15:32, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * You could say a compilation is so called because it is a compilation of tracks by different artists. If compilation is ambiguous, a "compilation album" could be an album of photographs, literature, stamps etc. Cjc13 (talk) 17:23, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Merge discussion (Greatest hits)
No consensus to merge. Adabow (talk · contribs) 05:43, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

I propose Greatest hits be merged here because, while not all compilation albums are greatest hits albums, pretty much a greatest hits album is a compilation of the artist(s)'s most successful compositions. Therefore, why not just include the greatest hits information in this article? Geeky Randy (talk) 19:41, 11 May 2010 (UTC) Oppose. In some ways any album is a compilation. In popular usage, a compilation album is an album of music by more than one artist. Greatest Hits is looked upon as being part of an artist's discography rather than a compilation but it is a sufficiently distinctive form to have its own article. Cjc13 (talk) 18:25, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge, per Geeky Randy. Crowz  RSA  00:10, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge, I know it's down to personal opinion but I hate the albums being marked as 'Greatest hits' in the infobox, rather than 'Compilation album'.  VEO one five 19:52, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge per Geeky Randy46.64.21.150 (talk) 02:06, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose – They are not necessarily always the same thing. And on top of that, the article is pretty notable and has a lot of useful information on it. ΣПDiПG – STΛЯT  02:06, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose - These are overlapping but quite distinct. There is value in separate articles.  Agree with Cjc13.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:03, 27 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge It seems to be related to the same thing. The greatest hits article also has some information that may not be necessary for an article. what real difference is there from greatest hits and a compilation album? when has a greatest hits not been a compilation album?Bread Ninja (talk) 21:13, 4 January 2011 (UTC)