Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Awards/Grammy Awards task force/Archive 2

CfD nomination of Category:Grammy Award for Album of the Year
Category:Grammy Award for Album of the Year has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. I probably should have brought this to the attention of the task force when I first listed the nomination. I think all the "winner" categories should be renamed in some fashion, so this one was put up as a test case. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (talk) 10:16, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * good idea... hope we move this forward.  Reza  ( Let 's Talk ) 12:33, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Are all categories now being renamed? -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 18:13, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Grammy Award categories checklist
Could someone please update the Grammy Award categories checklist. There are a considerable number of new categories this year and I also have been updating and revamping several articles. Categories like the Best Country Album and/or Best Gospel Song are already DONE. I really don't know if I can do it myself that is why I don't edit it. Tony0106 (talk) 23:23, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I can try to update the checklist at some point (I was waiting for all of the 2012 activity to die down), though you are more than welcome to update it yourself if you wish. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 18:12, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

49th Grammy Awards
ok, here's a problem. this page is SO incomplete and we need to fix it. actually there are a lot of past articles about the show which are like this. 50th Grammy Awards was like this too and it only included the winners so i fixed it all and added the nominees to the list. but another problem is that i can't find a good source to add nominees for past article. so: thank you.  Reza  ( Let 's Talk ) 10:59, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) i need a hand.
 * 2) i need you to give me some good source to use.
 * You might want to start here, where we are attempting to assemble a list of sources for nominees. Once completed, this list will make the process of expanding articles and lists much easier. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:18, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
 * WOW... thank you... it's gonna save a lot of time. thank you again.  Reza  ( Let 's Talk ) 13:25, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Zydeco or Cajun Album
i was thinking that we can change its style to the the other lists like Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. i wanted to bring it up first here then see what the others thinking.  Reza  ( Let 's Talk ) 14:34, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I disagree. Ideally, lists contain 10 or more entries, so lists are more appropriate for award categories with longer histories. Articles for categories with 10 or fewer entries should, in my opinion, be written in prose to provide more detail. The Zydeco/Cajun category is not the only Grammy-related article in prose form (see here for ten additional prose articles with GA status). -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:17, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Good enough. i remember Best Short Form Music Video article was just like this and i noticed it changed to the list so i thought why not this one. Now i know. thank you.  Reza  ( Let 's Talk ) 19:25, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

54th Grammy Awards
Now that the awards have aired, be on the lookout for articles and lists needing updates, misinformation, vandalism, prospective project members, etc. This is the time of the year when activity is highest, for obvious reasons. Let's keep up the great work! Thanks for your assistance thus far. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:26, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure... our eyes are on it... there's someone who really wants to add a stupid picture to it but we will stop him and the others.  Reza  ( Let 's Talk ) 16:30, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I should clarify that by "54th Grammy Awards" I meant all Grammy-related articles DUE TO the 54th Grammy Awards. By stupid picture, do you mean the one of the venue where the ceremony was held? -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:46, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm currently trying to maintain the past Grammy articles like 49th Grammy Awards... and I have my eyes on the others too. and about the picture. Yeah, that one.  Reza  ( Let 's Talk ) 19:28, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

32nd Grammy Awards
Maybe I should have rather asked here, but can someone answer my question here: Talk:32nd Grammy Awards? Thanks, Firefox13 (talk) 00:41, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Sources needed.
I can't the the last ref for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and the last eleven for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Any help is appreciated. yawaraey (talk) 21:01, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, improvements will be needed to reach FL. yawaraey (talk) 21:03, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Title of Grammy Awards by year
The Grammy Awards are usually shown in reliable sources by the year of the award ceremony - so "1984 Grammy Awards" rather than "26th Grammy Awards". I note that the navigation and categorisation on Wikipedia is also organised by year. So it's Category:Grammy Awards by year, Category:Music awards by year, Category:1984 music awards, etc; and Infobox Grammy Awards:

in which the preceding and following year's awards are shown by year rather than number, and:

Grammy Award years

which lists the awards by year.

The number of the award ceremony is a valuable additional piece of information, but is not immediately useful in placing when the award took place for the general reader - and I note that many Wikipedia editors refer to the year of the award in articles, rather than the number of the ceremony; so in the lead to Thriller (album) for example, it says: "The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards at the 1984 Grammys" (and then links to the article titled "26th Grammy Awards".

I should imagine that the decision to use the number rather than the year was prompted by a possible confusion as to if the year referred to when the ceremony took place, or the year for which the award was given. As, however, we already direct readers to the year of the award ceremony, a clear decision has already been taken that the year refers to the award ceremony.

In line with WP:CommonName, and in the interests of clarity and helpfulness for both editors and readers, I feel the articles should be renamed as by year of ceremony. Would there be any objections to renaming the articles by year? So 1984 Grammy Awards, etc, in line with 1984 Summer Olympics, etc.  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  15:17, 30 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I will start renaming the articles as there has been no objections.  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  21:54, 9 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I think you have to stop doing this and return all the names to their original ones. we don't need to look at the other sources when the original source i mean Grammy Awards Official website exists. Grammy Awards is an annual ceremony so we know it as the way the academy call it. so i think they should stay the same because National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences wants it this way. sorry if i didn't comment earlier.  Reza  ( Let 's Talk ) 17:20, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I understand your thinking, and it is a common enough one that we have a page for it: Official names. Under the naming policy - Article titles - the applicable section of which I linked above: WP:COMMONNAME, we are required to consider a range of reliable sources to see what the most common name is. The aim of Wikipedia is to be a neutral guide to recorded information - we do not take sides, and we do not prefer one source's way of naming something over other sources. We are not a mirror site of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, or any other organisation. We certainly take into account what an organisation calls itself, and if applicable will make mention of that in an article, but for naming our articles we use our own house style and follow policy, guidelines and a wide range of reliable sources. In this case the annual award ceremony is known by two names, both by the numbering system, as preferred by the academy themselves, and by the yearly system which is what the majority of sources use, and which certainly fits in better with our own style and structure.  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  18:03, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it's silly when we have an original source infront of us, we go and use other sources. it's like we go and rename all the Academy Awards articles to Oscar cause it's well-known or 2012 Academy Awards while while the source calls it as an annual, 84th Academy Awards. we don't need to look at the other sources as long as we have the original and OFFICIAL source. that program belongs to them, so who are we to rename it? we are just some bunch of writers and we should keep these things in their original forms. this is how it should be and this is how it's done in past years. we can't just go on and change things because it's our home and we keep things the way we want! yes we're the keepers but keepers won't change a thing to another form. we should teach the others that this is the original form not "2012 Grammy Awards" cause after Grammy's Official Website we are the most reliable source and we should teach others to use it this way, whether they like it or not, or whether they use it or not. we should stay the same and keep the information as the original source wants.  Reza  ( Let 's Talk ) 02:29, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I understand what you are saying, but when we are faced with these title decisions we go with a) what the majority of our readers would expect, b) what the majority of reliable sources say and c) what our guidelines say. In this instance our guidelines say go with the WP:Common name as used by reliable sources. The explanatory essay on this point - Official names, helps make this clear and answers most of your questions. There may be examples of other uses on Wikipedia which do not conform to our guidelines, so we have an essay on that: Other stuff exists. To make that point clear - we have a policy that we need articles to be sourced - yet there are 234,282 articles lacking sources; someone could argue - why do I need to put sources in this article when there are over a quarter of a million articles with no sources at all. But you know that would be an inappropriate argument.  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  15:16, 19 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I have to say i'm going with what Reza is saying. he's got a point. for example today i came to check "42nd Grammy Awards" and it suddenly redirected me to "2000 Grammy Awards" and i was like: "What the F***?" and i came to the discussion and i found out about it. just look at the poster. as he, official posters and official Grammy website say we don't need reliable sources when we have the original source. it should go like it was before, no matter what if Rolling Stone or other good sources call it "2012 Grammy Awards", because it is "54th Grammy Awards" and it will stay the same until the end. 50.115.118.156 (talk) 12:19, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't doubt that there are people like yourself and Reza who prefer to use "42nd Grammy Awards" - and you will be directed to the correct article and provided with the information that the topic is known under both names. What needs to be taken into account is that there are others who prefer to use "2000 Grammy Awards" and may also have a "What the F***?" moment if arriving at "42nd Grammy Awards". When we have a conflict between the needs of two groups of people we go with the majority, which is determined by reliable sources. If most sources are using one form, that is the form by which a topic is most widely known. For further information on this, see Article titles - in particular see WP:COMMONNAME, and the list of examples of article titles that use the most common form, rather than the official. It's an interesting list which includes Rhode Island, Venus de Milo, Romeo and Juliet, Heroin, and Nazi Party.  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  15:16, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with Reza and to the other person. Grammy articles had been using the number for years now. Using the year in which they were held can provide confusion to the readers. They might think that for example: The 2011 Grammy Awards honor music achievements made in 2011. While the truth is every Grammys take nominations in a certain time period, example: Sept. 1, 2009 to Sept. 30, 2010 is the eligibility period for 53rd Grammy Awards. What you can do is just make a redirect of 2011 Grammy Awards to 53rd Grammy Awards, if it wasn't already made. Please bring back the previous titles. Thank you! Janbryan (talk) 04:22, 20 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Exactly. thank for bringing that up. I just wanted to mention that in my comment but i forgot and i just came to say it and i saw you brought that up. Mr/Mrs SilkTork I also think you should bring back the previous titles. Thank you. 50.115.118.156 (talk) 14:32, 20 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I think we came to a decision and everyone opposed with your idea and also Janbryan pointed a very good thing in his comment. so it's time to bring them back to their original names. if you can't, i'll contact some of the Wikipedians who are involve in Awards section to move them back, because i don't have moving permissions and if i had it, i would start right now. thanks to all for taking your time and get involved in this discussion. Reza  ( Let 's Talk ) 23:48, 20 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I understand your feeling. The best approach is via Requested moves. The section that applies would be this one. You would put forward your reasons for why the article titles should be changed. The matter is then discussed with people saying support or oppose, etc. Like here: Talk:The_Gallup_Organization. After the discussion has been open at least seven days an independent admin will close the discussion, and if necessary, arrange to have the article titles changed. If you're not sure how to set up the template I can do it for you.  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  00:19, 21 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi SilkTork! Can you do what you have suggested as you're the one who changed it on the first place? Please and thank you!! Janbryan (talk) 19:56, 27 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Will do. I'm away from home at the moment, but when I get back tonight I'll set it up.  SilkTork   ✔Tea time  08:54, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
 * this change should be reverted, inadequate consensus. The Grammy chronology listed on the official website is very clear. Ignoring what the awarding body states, and instead claiming that WP:COMMON NAME justifies the move, does not stack up. Semitransgenic  talk. 17:19, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

2013 recognitions
So, obviously all Grammy-related articles are being updated since nominations were announced recently. The best thing project members can do now is to make sure articles are not being vandalized and to add reliable references to articles and lists. (Also, it never hurts to make sure lists remain consistent with nominees listed alphabetical by artist name and with endashes separating artists and titles of works). -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:23, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Latin Grammy Awards template?
I noticed that there is a template the regular Grammys, but not the Latin Grammys. Can anyone create one for the Latin Grammys to be used at the awards and nominations sections? Erick (talk) 06:15, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Gimme 24 hours and I will take care of it :P — ΛΧΣ  21  06:27, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh you. :P Erick (talk) 06:33, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, it's done: Template:LatinGrammy. — ΛΧΣ  21  06:42, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Oh...well that was fast, nice job! Why not test it out on Ricardo Arjona awards page? Erick (talk) 06:46, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Lol, I saw that comming :) Let me see... — ΛΧΣ  21  06:52, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay. It worked! — ΛΧΣ  21  06:54, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Haha, awesome! You the man! Erick (talk) 06:55, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Another satisfied customer™ — ΛΧΣ  21  07:02, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

1985 Grammy Awards
That article seems to be largely made up of the 1984 winners. I have corrected the Latin-section. The rest is out of the scope of my interest and should be revised by those who generally behave like they own the joint or their willing underlings. 121.218.65.63 (Oalexander-En / talk) 06:44, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Merge Best Male Pop Vocal Performance with Best Vocal Performance, Male?
I have noticed that the page for Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance combines several female vocal categories, dating back to 1959. Its male counterpart Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, however, does not do that - the details for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (1966-2011) and Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male (1959-1966) have been split into two separate articles. In order give our readers all details of the male vocal achievements in the pop/contemporary genres on one page, and in order to present these details in line with the way it was done on the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance page, I'd suggest to combine Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male. Another reason for this is that there is very little difference between the two categories and that Best Male Pop Vocal Performance seemed like a natural successor to the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male category (both were awarded in the Pop/Contemporary fields). What do others think? Zighlveit (talk) 17:01, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Personally, I prefer separating awards when appropriate, as articles can be expanded further and contain more detail. Rather than one really long list, articles about similar awards could be connected with navboxes, succession boxes, explanations in the lead, etc. Open to hearing from others, though. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:12, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
Note to self, or others: Now that the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance is being split, this article should be easy to promote to Good article status (only two years to cover). I would recommend converting the table to prose. Other examples of short-lived Grammy categories with Good status at Wikipedia: Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording, Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance, Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male or Female, Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:31, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Cladograms
I am wondering if Template:Cladogram could be used to illustrated how Grammy Awards categories change over time. The images could display how a category splits, renames, or perhaps even merge back together (assuming the template allows this)? I will play around with the template and see if I can put together an example. Ideally, dates would be included as well. -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:16, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

About Grammy Award naming scheme discussion
I started a discussion here of primary importance to this project. Jason Quinn (talk) 05:03, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Article updates
Heads up, project members! Expect lots of article updates today as the winners are being announced. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 18:56, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

New Latin Grammy special award articles created
I probably should've mentioned this months ago but I'll say it anyway, I've created articles for the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Latin Grammy Trustees Award, and the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame Award. Erick (talk) 11:38, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Fantastic! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:36, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I also created the categories for and  for artists and recordings that received them to match them with the Grammy counterparts. Erick (talk) 18:46, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Grammy Awards and Latin Grammy Awards title consistency
I noticed that the articles for the Grammy awards use the format (57th Annual Grammy Awards) while the Latin Grammy Awards use the format (Latin Grammy Awards of 2014). Should there be a consistency between the titles for both awards? Erick (talk) 17:23, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Grammy Award categories question
In the Latin field, there are are three categories that formerly awarded both albums and songs. Since then, they only award albums now and there are categories that match their name. My question is what about the albums were awarded when they were called "Best Performance" and what about the songs that won them? Do we add a category to them too? Erick (talk) 14:50, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think we should add the categories. It might be slightly confusing to see a song in an 'album' category, but readers should be able to click on the award name and recognize its former equivalents with different titles. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 14:54, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll do just that. Also I'd like to contribute a list to FL sometime in the future, but they're special awards for the LGAs (lifetime achievement and the hall of fame award) so I don't know what to base the articles on. As a member of this task force, I feel like I haven't contributed that much. Erick (talk) 14:58, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * We contribute in what ways we can. :) Would MusiCares Person of the Year be an appropriate FL to use as a template? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:00, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I think so for the LG Lifetime Achievement Award, not so sure for the LG Hall of Fame award since they're for recordings. I might have some idea on how to do the prose for the LG Lifetime Achievement Award, but I could use advice. I'll let you know when I start working on them. Erick (talk) 15:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

You know how there are category for Grammy Award fields such as ? Well I took that concept and applied it to the Latin Grammy Awards as well like the. What do you think? Erick (talk) 20:44, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Good, except that category should not include any subcategories. A subcategory means all entries within the subcategory apply to the parent category. In other words, Category:Latin Grammy Award for Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album‎ does not contain pages about Grammy Awards for pop music. It contains pages about award-winning albums. Does that make sense? You should categorize the Grammy pages themselves, but not the categories. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 21:19, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't really quite follow. Could you use the regular Grammy Award categories as an example? Because I've been basing everything on that. Erick (talk) 21:33, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't think the regular Grammy categories are structured properly, so I wouldn't worry about it. I am overthinking it, and what you've done is great. Maybe at some point I/task force members can do a categorization project. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 21:57, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Let me know whenever you decide to launch it, because I volunteer to help. Erick (talk) 22:00, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

AfD: Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus
The Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus article has been nominated for deletion. Project members are invited to participate in the AfD discussion: Articles for deletion/Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:18, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of List of Lithuanian Grammy Award winners and nominees for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of Lithuanian Grammy Award winners and nominees is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. -- Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 21:03, 23 January 2018 (UTC)