Wikipedia:WikiProject Roots music

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 Scope The project includes any articles in the following categories
 * Roots Music (both American folk and roots music, and other Roots music)
 * Folk music
 * Traditional music

The project does not include Art music or popular music such as Classical music, even if it's non-Western (such as Indian classical music), unless there is some distinct connection to one of the above categories.

While Country music falls within the scope of the project, it is best dealt with at WikiProject Country Music.

 Guidelines

General guidelines for improving folk/traditional/roots articles

Songs


 * Ensure that it meets the appropriate Notability guideline. Most traditional songs will be covered by one of the following criteria:
 * "covered in sufficient independent works" (e.g. covered in Child, and someone else)
 * "performed independently by several notable artists, bands or groups"
 * Use the Traditional Song boilerplate:
 * Fill in the boilerplate and remove any headings which you are absolutely sure are irrelevant (otherwise leave them for others to fill in if you can't)
 * Ensure that it complies with the guidelines at WikiProject Songs and WikiProject Music/MUSTARD
 * While the lyrics may be quoted for discussion purposes, the full text of the lyrics should (if public domain) be placed on Wikisource; see Child's Ballads, for example. A crosslink can be placed by using  or something similar.  Possibly the link  will be useful too
 * Lead paragraph (not a section). Keep it short and to the point; It should probably mention "&lt;song name&gt; is a traditional song...".

Groups / Artists Articles

In addition to the usual policies and guidelines, please make sure you understand the specific guidelines related to music related articles. Also make sure you are familiar with:


 * The five pillars of Wikipedia — a quick rundown of the five key rules you need to start editing.
 * Simplified Ruleset — 12 rules of thumb to help you avoid problems.
 * List of Policies — a comprehensive list of the official policies.

Notable Articles
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Featured Articles
The featured articles are what Wikipedia editors believe are the best articles in Wikipedia. Before being listed here, articles are reviewed at Featured article candidates for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style according to our featured article criteria. Bold article names have been featured on the Main Page on "Today's featured article".


 * 1) Bob Dylan
 * 2) Old Dan Tucker


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Good Articles
The following articles have been deemed Good Articles, which places them two tiers below Featured Articles.


 * 1) Phil Ochs
 * 2) The Boxmasters
 * 3) The Kingston Trio
 * 4) Gillian Welch
 * 5) Folk Metal


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Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org


 * Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

External watchlist

 * Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Roots music


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