Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Irish music

Wikiproject picture
I think we should really just stick to the picture of U2, they're iconically Irish and symbolise the most well known Irish act in the world. I feel the harp is really unneccessary there and detracts from the page. Perhaps it could be inserted somewhere else? Regards, --RavensFists (talk) 19:26, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Seriously the picture of U2 is enough, some sort of collage of "Irishness" is just not going to look attractive or coherent in any way. --RavensFists (talk) 19:28, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Resolved (I think?) -- can  dle &bull; wicke  20:53, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Resolved. --RavensFists (talk) 21:07, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Bell X1
FYI, I've asked to be retargetted to Bell X-1 at WP:RFD. 76.66.194.183 (talk) 04:17, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Redirect note
Fight Like Apes Live At The Eurosonic‎ has now been redirected to the band. -- can  dle &bull; wicke  03:40, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Infobox note
Noting that an IP has altered "origin" in the infobox of several bands, e.g. The Saw Doctors article now claims they are from the city of Galway instead of Tuam. A matter to investigate later. -- can  dle &bull; wicke  01:10, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Hiatus
or ?

The Duckworth Lewis Method article is in the past tense and it says they are on hiatus. The Blizzards article is in the present tense and they too are on hiatus. One must be incorrect? -- can  dle &bull; wicke  02:48, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

"City of Blinding Lights" FAC
Hello all, I would just like to inform you that "City of Blinding Lights" is currently undergoing an FAC. I was told the last time that an article I nominated failed to be promoted that in future I should "aggressively recruit music editors to review [the] FAC". I'm not looking for votes, only for feedback, and I thought that posting this notification on the relevant subject's talk page (since the WikiProject is now inactive) would be the best way to go about that; I apologize if I have done so incorrectly. A similarly-worded notification has also been placed at WT:SONGS and Talk:U2. Cheers, MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 00:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Well done on the promotion! ;-) -- can  dle &bull; wicke  02:45, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * This really is a great article which deserves featured status. Well done to the author(s) :) -- Footyfanatic3000 ( talk  ·  contribs )  18:26, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Great article - congrats! Hohenloh + 19:34, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks everyone; a related article is also up for nomination now, so if anyone is able to leave any feedback as to how the article may be improved it would be very much appreciated. Cheers, MelicansMatkin (talk, contributions) 05:47, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Pony Club (band)
Should be classified here? Wohz (talk) 07:39, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes. -- can  dle &bull; wicke  23:36, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

New table to help the newbies
Pls if you like add this to your project page!!..Moxy (talk) 17:13, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. :D -- can  dle • wicke  02:52, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject scope and Irish Traditional Music
I think there's a major point of ambiguity regarding the scope of this WikiProject. Does it, or does it not include, topics relating to the genre "Irish Traditional Music", to the point of including musicians who play within the "ITM" genre, but have never resided in Ireland, and may not have any Irish lineage? If not, where is the distinction made?

Example: I recently created a Joanie Madden article. She plays ITM, is Irish-American, and has won musical competitions in Ireland. Yet, she's a lifetime New Yorker. Does her article fall in the scope of this project?

Dereksmootz (talk) 18:24, 27 October 2010 (UTC)


 * If she plays Irish music, I don't see why her article can't be included. Hohenloh + 00:52, 28 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your feedback. I'll go ahead and add the project's banner to this sort of article, and include a note on the talk page explaining my reasoning.  Dereksmootz (talk) 13:33, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

A request for input
Could someone knowledgeable weigh in on the discussion at Talk:Uilleann_pipes? Thank you. Corvus cornix talk  00:56, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Vicar Street: Suggestions?
I'm looking at the Vicar Street article when I get time (which hasn't been for a long while!), just wondering if anyone could offer any constructive criticism on it over on its Talk page or here. I know it needs work, just trying to think of what the next most important information to work towards should be — It's been given a rating by the Irish music project (Start), so thought you might have some ideas? =) Cheers, Dave (talk) 21:40, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Ready to publish?
I am in doubt about my article about Nell Galvin. I think she will pass WP:GNG but the sourcing is a bit weak. For more sources I have to hit a library and an archive, but this season is not the best for it. Would you consider it ready for publishing? Night of the Big Wind talk  20:29, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Anyone interested in these articles?
Would anyone be interested in chipping in on the following articles? Mary Dillon, At First Light, John McSherry (musician), Cathie Ryan, Eithne Ní Uallacháin or Karan Casey? :-) Filastin (talk) 01:32, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Vital articles
There is a discussion occuring here regarding which music articles should be deemed vital to the Wikipedia project. Your input would be appreciated. GabeMc (talk&#124;contribs)  22:08, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Part of a canvassing run. The Banner talk 00:27, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Portal:U2 for peer review
Miss Bono and myself have requested a portal peer review for Portal:U2. We would appreciate any helpful advice at Portal peer review/U2/archive1. Thanks in advance and happy editing! –p joe f (talk • contribs) 14:28, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Portal:U2

Hozier (musician)
Just started. Info box put up. Busy over the next couple of days any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Murry1975 (talk) 11:27, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Altan stuff
Would anyone care to comment at Talk:Altan (band)? I made and explained what was intended to be constructive improvements to the article's timeline, which were reverted with no reason given (as of now, the other editor has at least responded at the above section). I'd like to hear from other interested editors. Thanks! --Fru1tbat (talk) 23:45, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Template:Irish music
Here I am in discussion about the move of Template:Irish music to Template:Music of Ireland. The explanation"parallelism" says absolutely nothing to me and I also fail to see any prior discussion about the move. In the discussion the mover clearly focuses on the people, not on the playing style. It would be handy when more people get involved in this discussion. The Banner talk 13:16, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

2020 resurrection of project
any lurkers watchers still around ? hope to encourage revitalisation of the project - hopefully the rejig will be supported !!! JarrahTree 05:04, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reminder. I have been writing/editing articles relating to Irish classical music (composers, musicians, musicologists, organisations, ...) for a good while and still do so. But I admit I haven't thought about using the group's template in most of these articles. Will revisit and add where useful. – Aklein62 (talk) 08:24, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi! I'm just coming across this project for the first time now, but I recently wrote Talisk and Ímar (band), and I've noticed that many other newer notable Celtic/Celtic-adjacent bands are missing pages (Elephant Sessions was recently mentioned to me, and Hò-rò is another). Thankfully, the Irish music journalism scene seems to be surviving (we'll see if that lasts past the pandemic...), so sources are pretty easy to find. Should we perhaps go through some of the recent awards history and compile a list of bands that need pages? I'd also love to get contra dance and ceili dance in better shape someday. &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 09:57, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * please - any action to improve and keep it running - if there are things that have not be linked or included - please! any clues for fellow editors, please leave here to share what might need help with - thank you both for responding. JarrahTree 10:45, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Jake Burns for deletion
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User script to detect unreliable sources
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Project-independent quality assessments
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The Mary Wallopers and Anglophobia
Hi all, I'm just dropping this message on all of the WikiProjects associated with The Mary Wallopers. An IP editor has been repeatedly adding a line to the article describing their musical style as Anglophobia. I have been repeatedly removing these inclusions as I do not believe the source a) is reliable enough or b) discusses the supposed Anglophobia in sufficient detail to warrant its inclusion.

There is an active Talk Page discussion which both myself and the IP editor have commented on today. I would value your input either way on this discussion as I really just want to stop edit warring with this other user. Thanks. Xx78900 (talk) 23:39, 15 March 2024 (UTC)


 * [cross posted] You’re jumping to the conclusion that Anglophobia equals “hate”. It is incontrovertible that, for wholly understandable historical and geopolitical reasons, there is a general aversion, hostility, or disdain for England and English people in Ireland. That does not mean that anyone is accusing anyone else of hate speech (or music for that matter). 2A00:23C6:7682:F101:B9BC:7F47:C3CA:6F67 (talk) 08:39, 16 March 2024 (UTC)