Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Idols task force

Welcome to the Idol series WikiProject! We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Idol series. For more information on WikiProjects, please see WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects.

Management: This WikiProject has no manager, everyone and anyone who chooses to participate in this WikiProject is free to edit and manage however much they like.

Goals

 * Improve, organize, and expand articles relating to the Idol series.

Scope

 * Television series in the Idol format, licensed by FremantleMedia
 * Television series and films licensed by 19 Entertainment that have significant relation to Idol
 * Idol contestants, finalists, winners, judges, and hosts
 * Singles debuted on an Idol show
 * Albums and core singles debuted by an Idol winner, finalist, or contestant (not every song will fall under this scope)
 * Bands, musical groups, musicals, movies, and shows significantly involving Idol alumni

Biographies of contestants
'''For contestants, it has been decided that only finalists should qualify for their own article based on their participation in the show. Semi-finalists who are not otherwise notable are redirected to their season's article. '''


 * Lead section - Brief and to the point: Full name, birth date, and birth place (if applicable, include nickname(s) and hometown if different from place of birth). Should probably contain information about the Idol show that they participated in, as well as the season, and year that it happened.
 * Biography
 * Early years - The person's career and life before the show.
 * x Idol - The person's persona and career during the show.
 * Post-Idol - Events that happened after the show. Section should be titled according to the title of the album released, unless there is no album available.
 * Discography - If applicable, information on CDs, DVDs, video, singles.
 * Filmography - If applicable, information on movies and other television shows.
 * List of performances - include song name, original artist, date the performance aired, and if applicable, a brief summary of judges' statements. For longer lists, hidden begin is recommended and splitting of the article is discouraged.
 * References
 * External links

Albums
Only albums released on a major record label, or which have a significant amount of sales and/or promotion, will have their own articles. This is in accordance with WikiProject Albums and WP:MUSIC. Any others will be merged with the musical artist regardless of the contestant's place in the competition.

Singles
As with above, major and core singles will have their own articles. Individual songs will be merged with either the album or the musical artist.

Retail store lists (e.g. Amazon, iTunes, and Wal-Mart) will not be referenced in any article or included in a 'chart performance' history as they are not real music charts.

Episodes
A list of episodes was recently created for American Idol. It is intended to replace lists of performances. All episodes will be listed on the main episodes page, and individual pages will be created for performance shows (that follows a consistent format of naming).

In order to make this happen, all records of performances must be kept on the biographies, and do not create any more pages such as 'list of Taylor Hicks' performances on American Idol'. After the transition, these lists can be removed.

Open tasks
These articles are currently in progress [or in-season]:


 * American Idol
 * American Idol (season 12)
 * Arab Idol
 * Arab Idol (season 2)
 * Česko Slovenská Superstar
 * Česko Slovenská SuperStar 2013
 * Deutschland sucht den Superstar
 * Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 10)
 * Idol (Norway)
 * Idol (Norway season 7)
 * Vietnam Idol
 * Vietnam Idol (season 4)

Members
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
 * 1) ArglebargleIV -- Formatting and references; American, Canadian, Australian, Pop Idol
 * 2) ATC - Anything to do with American Idol
 * 3) Audsley - American Idol related
 * 4) Cleo20 - American Idol related
 * 5) CrazyC83
 * 6) DocOfSoc-Idol guys of interest
 * 7) Eukesh -Indian Idol related
 * 8) Facha93 - Contestants biographys and discographys, also album covers.
 * 9) Glambert4688 - Adam Lambert! Fan till the day I die. :)
 * 10) Greekboy - Greek Idol and related Greek music projects
 * 11) Gwynand
 * 12) íslenskur fel lib ylur #12 (samtal) 19:22, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 13) J Di
 * 14) Jocullen84 - David Cook or Michael Johns related
 * 15) Julz the wizkid
 * 16) KC109- American Idol
 * 17) ladymadonna512 - David Cook, general American Idol sales/chart history
 * 18) Lauracs - Disambiguating song titles and artists
 * 19) Lazylaces - Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, American Idol in general.
 * 20) MarkMc1990 - American Idol (primarily elimination charts)
 * 21) Michael
 * 22) MissMJ - American Idol related
 * 23) NicolaM – Taylor Hicks, American Idol series, et al.
 * 24) Oxford88
 * 25) Panic!out - American Idol...I luv David Cook!
 * 26) User:Pat21539
 * 27) Pink moon 1287 - American
 * 28) RaNdOm26 11:25, 6 March 2007 (UTC) - Australian and American Idol
 * 29) SDJ - American Idol, and any contestants that could be stylistically classified as "rock", as well as articles related to these contestants.
 * 30) Seth71 -American Idol
 * 31) Star C Zamora - Philippine Idol-related
 * 32) Tennis Dynamite - American Idol
 * 33) Tedius Zanarukando - Chikezie, Jasmine Murray, Jacob Lusk, Jessica Sanchez, American Idol in general.
 * 34) Traveliter – Copy editing for style and consistency; American Idol
 * 35) Va girl2468 - American / Canadian Idol
 * 36) WestJet- Canadian/American/World Idol
 * 37) Woohookitty - American Idol related
 * 38) RyannnMaccc - American Idol related
 * 39) Qjtv2911 – American Idol related
 * 40) Ggdlmnt - American Idol, Indonesian Idol, World Idol and Asian Idol related
 * 41) Mar4d - Pakistan Idol related articles
 * 42) BabbaQ (talk) 07:20, 27 August 2016 (UTC) - Swedish Idol related articles

Articles
All articles tagged with the Idols project banner template are found sorted into their respective categories by assessment class. For more information about assessing articles, please visit the assessment page.

By quality

 * Featured articles: FA-Class Idols articles
 * A-Class Idols articles
 * Good articles: GA-Class Idols articles
 * B-Class Idols articles
 * Start-Class Idols articles
 * Stub-Class Idols articles
 * Template-Class Idols articles
 * List-Class Idols articles
 * Unassessed Idols articles

Candidates for featured article status

 * *Taylor Hicks

By importance

 * Top-importance Idols articles
 * High-importance Idols articles
 * Mid-importance Idols articles
 * Low-importance Idols articles
 * Unknown-importance Idols articles

New articles
Please feel free to list your new Idol series-related articles here with their date of creation (newer articles at the top, please).
 * William Segerdahl
 * Bragi Bergsson
 * Hanna Ferm
 * Nikki Amini
 * Mishavonna Henson
 * Jesse Langseth
 * Pinoy Idol
 * Jan Nieto

Templates

 * Template-Class Idols articles
 * Idols task force templates

WikiProject template
For more information about "class" and "importance," please visit the assessment page.

Miscellaneous
AI contestant - creates an external link to the AmericanIdol.com website

Userboxes
Members of this project may add the following userbox to their userpages.

Categories
WikiProject categories:
 * Category:Idols task force
 * Category:Idols task force articles
 * Category:Lists of performances on American Idol
 * WikiProject Television/Idols task force/Taylor Hicks
 * WikiProject Television/Idols task force/Carrie Underwood

Encyclopedia categories:
 * Category:Idols (franchise)

Related projects

 * WikiProject Albums
 * WikiProject Music
 * WikiProject Musicians
 * WikiProject Songs
 * WikiProject Television
 * WikiProject Harry Potter - (serials)