Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music/Archive 38

Theory of a Deadman discography
Hello, WikiProject Music! I have nominated this discography for WP:FL (you can find it here) and the review seems to have stalled. May I please ask that anyone interested please take a few moments to review it and leave comments and support for its promotion? It would be greatly appreciated and I would be happy to reciprocate if you have anything under review that needs commenting. Thank you! — Miss Sarita 15:00, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Just need one or two more "Supports"! A lot of the major legwork has already been done. If anyone has some time to look it over, that would be so wonderful! It's so close! And as I mentioned, I am more than happy to take a look at anything you have that needs to be reviewed (now or any time in the future). Thank you! — Miss Sarita 19:53, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Ending the system of portals
Hello, there's a proposal to delete all Wikipedia portals. Please see the discussion here. --NaBUru38 (talk) 13:58, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Simon Says
Hello, someone of the original group left his opinion though I think it needs some source. -- SERGIO  aka the Black Cat 15:46, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
 * To be honest I think the whole section about who did or didn't play on the album should be deleted, as both sides of the argument lack verifiable sources. The part about the artwork inspiring another record is also debatable. Richard3120 (talk) 15:58, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I stumbled on that article by case [they issued a song which was covered by an Italian surf rock band] and English is not my native language, thus whatever you do there is well done for me :-) -- SERGIO  aka the Black Cat 21:02, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I removed it as it's not verifiable. Agree that the personnel section should be sourced or removed. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:20, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Recordings by year catagories?
Do we have a category tree for recordings by year, i.e. Category:1905 recordings? It seems like an obvious thing to have (possibly with a roll-up hierarchy of recordings by decade) but I'm not finding it. Assuming for the moment that these don't exist, would it be a good idea to create them? -- RoySmith (talk) 22:46, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Ah, maybe I'm just looking for Category:1905 in music. I knew it had to be there somewhere :-)  -- RoySmith (talk) 23:05, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
 * yes, I'm not sure how many actual recordings you'll find from 1905... ;-) Richard3120 (talk) 02:28, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

RfC on song titles
Editors are invited to comment at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Music. The RfC primarily concerns the semantics of descriptive qualifiers such as "(Remix)" and whether they are considered part of the names of songs. Jc86035 (talk) 15:35, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in discussion re: how we categorize all songs by an artist by genre(s)
Project members may be interested in this discussion re: whether or not we should categorize all songs by an artist by specific genre(s). Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 21:59, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Henry Metal
Can someone familiar with the music/discography space please review Henry Metal for notability and potential promotion? This is a new article that was re-created after a previous version had been drafted by a paid COI sockpuppet. I removed some clearly promotional content, but I don't know what the standards are in this space. For example I don't know if it's considered acceptable to include the artist's complete discography and track listings with links to cdbaby. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 16:55, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * - I'm leaning towards not notable, or at least not ready for mainspace. Paste Magazine and Huffington Post are usable sources, but they're pretty brief album reviews. Everything else wouldn't count towards notability - they're all interviews, obscure blogs, database entries, or first party sources. Discography sections usually just cover albums/EPs/singles, not every song they've ever done, and it shouldn't be sourced to a website who's goal is to sell copies of said album. Unless there's more sourcing out there, I'd say it fails WP:NBANDS. I could see an argument to userfy though, due to Paste/HP sources, but overall, its usually a hard sell for musicians to have their own article if they haven't charted on any national music charts, which isn't mentioned anywhere in the article (and usually is pretty prominent if it exists.) Sergecross73   msg me  17:11, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks! What about Rocker Magazine and TunedLoud, reliable? --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 17:25, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem. I spend a lot of time in music related source and deletion discussions, so I know its easier for me to dive into this sort of stuff. I don't really think either of those sources are reliable sources either. Neither are found on WP:RSMUSIC, nor have I ever come across them when writing or reviewing articles in the past - so I'm thinking they're pretty obscure enthusiast sites. Skimming them over, I don't see any evidence of a staff with professional credentials and a professional editorial process. Sergecross73   msg me  17:56, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

RfC: Notability criteria for record label
This has been discussed before but consensus was not reached regarding whether there is, or should be, a notability criteria for record labels. WP:NCORP seems to be the guideline for record labels but there are editors who disagree, saying record labels should be based on WP:NMUSIC (#5). I am looking to gain consensus to formally amend the relevant guidelines to accurately state what is needed and to form a notability guideline for record labels. The previous discussion is archived here.

Should the notability guideline for record labels be WP:NMUSIC there be a notability guideline for record labels? King And God 15:04, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Survey

 * Yes. The notability guideline for corporations and organizations makes it impossible for reasonably notable record labels to have a Wikipedia article because of its strictness in sourcing and references. Record labels are known for having notable artists in their roster, which is why reliable sources typically only write about the artists with a trivial mention of the label (Band X recently signed a n-record deal with Z Records). For labels to receive significant in-depth coverage in reliable sources, they would have to be a subsidiary of one of the big three, making it extremely difficult for notable independent labels to have a Wikipedia article that passes the notability criteria. <u style="text-decoration:none;font:1.1em/1em Arial Black;letter-spacing:-0.09em"><u style="color:#3292a8">King <u style="color:#6b32a8">And <u style="color:#3292a8">God 15:04, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Can you fix this RFC before it's too late? You have two very different questions in there, one about amending current guidelines, and one about creating a whole new SNG.  <b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 15:17, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I just thought that since one leads to the other, why not add both? <u style="text-decoration:none;font:1.1em/1em Arial Black;letter-spacing:-0.09em"><u style="color:#3292a8">King <u style="color:#6b32a8">And <u style="color:#3292a8">God 15:20, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure I entirely understand everything proposed here, but I'd just personally use the WP:GNG were I to weigh in on one at WP:AFD... Sergecross73   msg me  15:26, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The notability guidelines (GNG or ORG) are sufficient. --Izno (talk) 16:24, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
 * No WP:NCORP is the applicable guideline and perfectly sufficient. LK (talk) 05:07, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

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The discussion about this can be found here.

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Background
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There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

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Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:49, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Rock's Backpages access now available through The Wikipedia Library!
Rock's Backpages is a database of more than 35,000 music news articles including reviews, interviews, and features, from the 1950s to the present day. They have agreed to provide free access to Wikipedia editors, and you can now sign up for access! Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 17:46, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

RfC about Notability of Experience + Innocence Tour
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 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The article Experience + Innocence Tour is currently a redirect, as several users have been reverting any contributions made to it, citing WP:NTOUR. I strongly disagree, as the currently ongoing U2 tour has plenty of press coverage and is definitely notable, as all other major U2 concert tours. I also want to confirm that a short/uncited/poorly written article has no affect on the subject's notability! I would like some other editors here to please provide their input and confirm the notability to help get this article expanded and prevent further reverts. Thanks. – Dream out loud (talk) 09:53, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Survey

 * Create a Draft for now. Both sides probably have a point. A major U2 tour is likely to be notable. But at the same time, looking at the page history, it appears to be that no one's writing an actual article, it's always been unsourced tour date lists (or one time an unsourced paragraph I guess.) If someone bothered to actually write a sourced article with prose detailing some of the third party reliable source coverage it was receiving, it'd probably stop getting redirected. It appears no one is willing to do that though. So in the meantime, a WP:DRAFT with sources should be created, so you can work on it over time without fear of it being deleted. Then, either send it WP:AFC or ask someone here to review it (at the very least, I'd review it) and then maybe at that point it can become an actual article. Nothing in the page history shows its ready yet though. Sergecross73   msg me  12:46, 21 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Create Draft The tour is likely to be notable, but no one is writing what needs to be written. Until something does get written to meet WP:NTOUR, we don't need a stub or a list of tour stops. I'd like to see that applied uniformly to all tour articles for that matter. We have too much cruft out there. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:47, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Create draft. I wholeheartedly agree with and  here: there are too many tour articles on Wikipedia which consist of nothing more than a table of tour dates/venues, and maybe a representative setlist. Well, a list of tour dates fails WP:NOTDIR, and the setlist is usually taken from a user-generated website. There really ought to be more emphasis at WP:NTOUR on "significant third-party coverage" meaning something more than just "the tour was reviewed by reliable sources like newspapers and music websites" – if that was all that was necessary to pass WP:NTOUR, then I could go back to past issues of NME and Melody Maker and create articles for every tour by virtually every band or artist since the 1960s, because they reviewed even the most moderately successful artists/groups on tour in the UK. But, you are right, there is enough significant coverage to start creating a proper article about the tour, such as ,  and ... so I'd like to see more tour articles incorporate some text to tell you more about the background, the stage design, the logistics, etc. Something like the article for Innocence + Experience Tour, in fact... Richard3120 (talk) 15:52, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Threaded discussion

 * A separate note to - Yes, in a general sense, notability is based on the existence of sources, not the implementation of them. That being said, it doesn't automatically prevent articles from being redirected or merged; editors are well within their right to redirect unsourced articles. WP:V is not negotiable. Just because something is notable does not mean it automatically entitled to its own article. Unsourced articles are never okay. Editors are well within their right to redirect unsourced articles, and editors are not within their right to keep undoing the redirect without adding any sources. In short, its common pratice, even if a subject is notable, for it to be redirected if its unsourced and/or extremely incomplete.  Sergecross73   msg me  12:46, 21 May 2018 (UTC)


 * An example of tours that needs more in the way of references (and content) is The Full Arsenal Tour and No Filter Tour. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:03, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * The discussion above is closed. <b style="color: #FF0000;">Please do not modify it.</b> Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Artist to record label redirects: Discussion open
I've opened a discussion on Talk:Monstercat in regards to how an artist redirect is treated. Any editor is welcome to contribute to the discussion.

In case we need to move the discussion here, what I said was per the consensus at Articles for deletion/Laura Brehm, redirects from artist to record label appear to be implausible for the most part considering the subjects of each of the redirects are only mentioned on the targets as listings. The definition of a redirect is for the target to contain information about the subject being redirected as well, not just a mere mention, which creates confusion. My suggestion was, if possible, to retarget these redirects to a more appropriate article, i.e. a song which a remix by that artist is notable, a song which they collaborated with a notable artist, or an album which one of their works is featured in, be it a compilation album or an album in which they were featured. The examples I mentioned seem to be plausible as these give the hint that the subject being redirected is a music producer, to which the targets can confirm (Example: Sullivan King redirects to Vantablack (EP) as a collaboration between the subject and another more notable artist.) 2601:589:8000:2ED0:D1ED:3328:E4E8:D92A (talk) 22:36, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
 * You've hit on a big topic here. In essence non-wp:notable topics still having a redirect "article" Maybe it's a;ready covered in the sense that such cases to not fall under any of the reasons for redirects under wp;redirect.  <b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 01:56, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Template:WikiProject Music
There is a discussion taking place at Deletion_review/Log/2018_June_8 regarding "Template:WikiProject Music". --Jax 0677 (talk) 07:30, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

HELP WANTED
For a number of years we have been experiencing a steady decline in the number of administrators as a result of attrition and a declining number of editors willing to consider adminship. Things have reached a point where we are starting to experience chronic backlogs in important areas of the project including noticeboards, requests for closure, SPI, CSD & etc. If you are an experienced editor with around two years (or more) of tenure, 10k edits give or take and no record of seriously disruptive behavior, please consider if you might be willing to help out the community by becoming an administrator. The community can only function as well as we all are willing to participate. If you are interested start by reading WP:MOP and WP:RFAADVICE. Then go to WP:ORCP and open a discussion. Over the next few days experienced editors will take a look at your record and let you know what they think your chances are of passing RfA (the three most terrifying letters on Wikipedia) as well as provide you with feedback on areas that might be of concern and how to prepare yourself. Lastly you can find a list of experienced editors who may be willing to nominate you here. Thank you and happy editing... [Note:This page may not be on my watchlist so if you want to reply to me, please either ping me or drop me a line on my talk page.] -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:48, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

Only You (Cheat Codes and Little Mix song)
Any update about music video release date? CK (talk) 21:59, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
 * See my reply at Talk:Little Mix. Richard3120 (talk) 22:20, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

Template:BillboardID
Please see here. --NaBUru38 (talk) 02:19, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I think you may get a better response if you post this query at Template talk:Single chart. Richard3120 (talk) 21:58, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Talk:SoundCloud_rap
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Announcement: new tool to play midi files.
I have created a new template, similar to Template:Listen, called Template:Synthlisten. It works exactly the same as the normal Listen template, but instead of taking an audio file as the filename argument, it takes a MIDI file as input and produces the same sort of playing interface (it produces an ogg behind the scenes using timidity++). Please feel free to use this template to embed MIDI files in pages where there are no recordings available. Of course, the same copyright warnings apply as usual---MIDI files were already acceptable here and on Commons; this is just a new tool which makes them easier to use. Example of usage on Uns ist ein Kind geboren, BWV 142. If you have any questions, feel free to post on my talk page. Hope you enjoy! D. Benjamin Miller (talk) 12:49, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(music)/Disambiguation
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Proposed style for rhyme schemes
A proposal has been opened at, that Wikipedia adopt a consistent style for rhyme scheme notation. Scansion is also mentioned. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  12:39, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Pop-folk categories are a mess
This isn't my area, but I've come across, , and  and frankly they are a mess. The problem starts with the "article" Pop-folk which redirects to the Bulgarian genre Chalga. To quote the hatnote on that article ''"Pop-folk" redirects here. For the music genre that combines elements of contemporary folk music and pop music, see Folk rock''. The redirect used to point to folk rock but last December changed the redirect of pop-folk to Chalga. Now I don't have strong views on the fate of the pop-folk article - I suspect for most English speakers the WP:COMMONNAME would lead to a redirect to Western folk rock, but knowing the passions that popular culture can stir up I suspect a disambiguation page would make life easier. What I do know is that there is a convention that category names follow article names, and whether pop-folk is a dab page or redirect, we can't have category names containing the phrase "pop-folk". At the moment the albums category is mostly Balkan, the groups is more Western and the singers category is a right old mix. So, what's the consensus on how to resolve this? Le Deluge (talk) 17:09, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
 * IMO it should just redirect to Folk Rock. Having an English phrase that could refer to a wide range of music redirect to a specialty Bulgarian genre makes no sense. <b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 11:48, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
 * The trouble is that Chalga isn't that obscure, it appears to be popular over a fairly wide spread of the eastern Mediterranean so there are millions of people who could go round reverting things. It may only get 10% of the hits of folk rock but that still amounts to thousands of page views a month. You also have the evidence of the current redirect - the article had been a stubby one on Bulgaria for years, it was turned into a redirect to folk rock and within weeks it was reverted back, and has stayed that way for the last 6 months or so. Given that this could involve a lot of articles, I think we need stability, and stability comes from a disambiguation page.Le Deluge (talk) 23:46, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't see or understand the argument in your post. But, first a narrower question.  What is the connection between the term-in-English "Pop-folk" and Chalga?  Thanks.  Sincerely, <b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 02:05, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I think that my word "obscure" distracted from the discussion.  Please substitute "much more specialized" <b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 19:19, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

I'd like to step in here if I might and add a few thoughts. First, I have to agree that everything related to "pop-folk" is indeed a mess, but through no fault of any individual Wiki editor or any group of them. The problem stems from the extremely amorphous real-world definition of what "folk music" is, and there exists nowhere a satisfactory and comprehensive and universally-accepted definition of it. Various Wiki articles on the topic have themselves struggled mightily to represent all the differing points of view regarding this, with varying degrees of success, IMO.

Interestingly to me, I think that the most successful article along this line is Folk rock, likely because the genre is more discrete and its origins generally more identifiable. Even there, though, the question of who or what to include in the genre's origins and influences has generated some disagreement. The omission of Jimmy Dean from American influences and Lonnie Donegan from the UK has been bruited about a few times.

Now, to one of the questions at hand. "Pop-folk" deserves its own article and should not in any way be redirected to Folk rock or Chalga. They are all distinctively different entities. In fact, when Folk rock discusses origins and refers to "folk music," it is not at all referring to the older definition of the term but rather to the commercialized version of folk from which many of the early stars of Folk rock like Jim/Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Barry McGuire, John Phillips and others came.

There are plenty of RS that discuss this, both in print and online. Academics such as Harvard's Robert Cantwell (When We Were Good) and Ronald Cohen of Indiana University (ten + books, most especially The Rainbow Connection: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970). Cohen is also a supervising editor for Scarecrow Press and has edited and published dozens more books on trad folk and pop folk. In addition, master banjoist and former pop folkie (and now a professor at the University of Colorad) Dick Weissman has published about a dozen books dealing with different aspects of the music industry and folk music as well. His 2005 book Which Side Are You On? takes the title of the old labor protest song and uses it as a metaphor for the often bitter division between folk traditionalists and pop music commercializers from the 1940s through '70s. If there was one volume that gives a sober and balanced and knowledgeable discussion of the aforementioned mess, this is it.

Online, Richie Unterberger and William Ruhlman on Allmusic.com and Terry Paul Roland on No Depression (among others) have plenty to say about folk vs. pop-folk.

I don't like being self-referential and I'm no RS (though I use them extensively), but if the difference between what used to be called folk and what I'm saying is what pop-folk meant in the U.S. fifty years ago isn't clear, I'd suggest taking a quick look at the "Initial Criticism" section that I included in my complete rewrite of The Kingston Trio a few years back. I dealt with it more extensively in a blog essay I did in 2011 when the KT was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Grammy people -. I could have made this and the other 230 essays over 10 years on the blog fully academic and footnoted and such, but it's really just a series of personal essays on songs and folk topics for the entertainment of a smallish number of regular readers.

In any event, the term "pop-folk" a) has a definable, academically supported meaning in English that deserves its own article and b) should not be automatically redirected to Chalga, which as noted above has limited exposure in the English-speaking world. Please append a polite IMO to all of this. regards, Sensei48 (talk) 21:03, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I also found Gilbert Chase (America's Music, from the Pilgrims to the Present) "The 1950s and 1960s brought a great surge of what came to be known as "folk-pop" — the commercial popularization of folk music ..." 115.164.51.60 (talk) 18:50, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

IMO "folk" has no single definition because it has 2-3 distinct definitions. One is traditional folk music meaning from the roots of countries, regions and cultures. The next is the US/English folk revival music which had an evolution from the late 30's or the 40's hitting a zenith in the early / mid 60's, including great popularization, with folk rock sprouting from that in the late 60's. . IMO by far the most common name for the latter is simply Folk music, not pop-folk. Although I sure that some (particularly those who disdained the evolution and popularization) called it pop-folk. The third common meaning is music that either sounds like or has elements of the other two. I still think that a redirect to "Folk Rock" is better, but possibly a new short article describing the uses of the term would be even better. <b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 19:23, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
 * In Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson song), Whjayg thinks that "folk-pop" is "not useful". What should we do? 183.171.123.203 (talk) 13:31, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * IMO a very short article on the term / usage of the term would be best. <b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 12:02, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Third opinion(s) requested for editing dispute at indie folk
An editing dispute has arisen between myself and another editor at the indie folk article. It concerns the addition of the band Maybe April to the list of artists; the two sources cited for the entry both describe the group as "country-indie-folk". The relevant discussion is located at Talk:Indie folk. A third opinion would be greatly appreciated. '''[[User:Life of Tau|<span style="background-color:
 * 1) 0B0080; color:orange;">Life ]][[User talk:Life of Tau|<span style="background-color:
 * 2) 0B0080; color:gold;">of ]]Tau''' 03:17, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Clearly several sources say the band Maybe April is Indie folk such as here and here with LoT making a dubious argument that somehow country-indie-folk is not indie folk.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 09:59, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Talk:Rock City (duo)
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FYI: "Is Punk Globe a reliable source?"
I just created a new section at the Reliable sources noticeboard titled "Is Punk Globe a reliable source?" (permanent link), which is relevant to music, especially punk rock. If you have any input, please participate there. Thank you. —Nøkkenbuer (talk • contribs) 23:34, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

Waycross (band)
Waycross (band) doesn't seem to meet WP:GNG. While they did chart on a major Billboard chart, they utterly fail WP:V. Literally the only sources I found are a college newspaper (which only gives WP:ROUTINE coverage due to one of the members being an alumnus of said college), and a single post from an unreliable looking blog. A search for "Ben Stennis" + "Waycross" turns up absolutely nothing. Even Gbooks has zero results. The only hits for the song are lyric databases, YouTube uploads, and false positives. Literally the only reputable source I have that even gives the names of the members is the Joel Whitburn Hot Country Songs book, which is already given a citation in the article alongside the college newspaper and a now-broken link to CMT's upload of the video. As far as I can tell, there is not a scrap of information out there on these guys. Usual country music sources like Country Standard Time, Taste of Country, and Roughstock.com also turn up nothing. While the song "Nineteen" does have an article, it's still very short and focuses mainly on Billy Ray Cyrus's cover of it.

tl;dr: I am convinced that these guys utterly fail WP:BAND due to the lack of sources. Is my assessment accurate? Should someone take this to AFD? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 03:54, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not seeing much. No AllMusic Bio at all either, which generally isn't a good sign. You may get some pushback on it - the usual "well, it charted", which could be countered by "not particularly notably - 54 in a single music genre chart isn't very high" or the "they're notable because BRC covered them" or something, which would be a hard sell to reconcile with Wikipedia's guidelines. I'd probably fall on the delete side unless someone unearths something else on it. (Which could be possible, if someone did a deep dive on the BRC version and maybe ended up talking about Waycross in the process or something. But then I'd say "recreate it if/when we get there".) Sergecross73   msg me  12:40, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I am topic-banned from creating XFD discussions for the time being, but not from participating in discussions made by others (so if someone agrees with my assessment...). I just wanted to make sure that my assessment of the subject's notability or lack thereof was correct, since my Google-Fu has been called into question many times before. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 18:58, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Infobox song and infobox album
What would be the best way to handle songs (or for that matter, albums) where the producer is unknown? For instance, I've searched high and low and have been utterly unable to find out who produced Ronan (song) or All Cried Out (Kree Harrison song). Allmusic says nothing, and Google searching extensively gives only false positives. Should the field say "unknown" or something to that effect, to differentiate from instances where the "producer" field was just left blank by mistake? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 06:38, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

More temp spam
Brit International Male ....is the plan to make nav templates for all and every award.? Haveing 12 Category:Music awards templates by country on one article is getting crazy.--Moxy (talk) 21:24, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Dresses (band) notability
Does Draft:Dresses (band) meet WP:NBAND? I am torn, and I have received semi-conflicting opinions (i.e. this vs. this). Seems like a close call. — Godsy (TALK<sub style="margin-left:-2.0ex;"> CONT ) 00:43, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * The problem I see is that there is very little to be said about the band that can be verified in reliable sources. Most of the sources that are already in the draft are good ones, but they are almost identical – short interviews that tell you the pair's names, that they are from Portland, and that they met in school, along with fluff like "what's your favourite song". There are no sources regarding their tours as a support act (which isn't a particularly notable achievement), no source for the number of YouTube views or Spotify plays (not notable, and the blog source cited doesn't include that information), no source for their music being played in The Vampire Diaries (again, not especially notable... it's very common for a band's song to be featured as background music in a TV show), and despite appearances only one of the final three sources actually mentions Switched at Birth. So all you are left with from verifiable information is "Dresses was an American indie pop duo formed of vocalist Timothy Heller and guitarist Jared Maldonado from Portland, Oregon who formed the band in 2013. Their single "Sun Shy" was featured on the ABC Family TV show Switched at Birth." And apparently the duo have now split (again, unsourced) so how is the article ever going to expand from these two lines? Richard3120 (talk) 10:58, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

FAR
I have nominated Elliott Smith for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:40, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Wording of warning re: instrument field in infobox
In a number of recent edits I've seen, has been trimming the Instrument field of musicians' infoboxes, e.g. like this. Good, this field is very prone to excess clutter.

However, I note FlightTime has also been adding a warning note to the field that reads, "If you think an instrument should be listed, a discussion to reach consensus is needed first per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#instrument" I've got nothing against having some sort of warning note and a pointer to the infobox guidance is useful, but as far as I know, FlightTime's wording is not true. A discussion is not needed first before adding an instrument. This field is like any part of Wikipedia and can be edited like any part of Wikipedia. Your basic WP:BRD rule should apply, but it is not necessary to hold a discussion to reach consensus first. That would contradict WP:BOLD, a guideline. The URL given, the infobox template, says nothing I can see that a discussion is needed first.

Can the Project provide some guidance? Is there a rule I've missed that discussion first is required with this field, or can the Project suggest to FlightTime that s/he should re-word? Thanks. Bondegezou (talk) 14:30, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Draft:Stanley Motta
Any help with this draft and getting it moved to mainspace would be much appreciated. Also Draft:RDX (reggae duo). Unfortunately there is a lot of systemic bias on Wikipedia. FloridaArmy (talk) 18:54, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

COI editor requesting expert opinion
I would appreciate it if someone with expertise in music could look at a proposed draft I have written on Stephen Emmer. The editor who has twice reviewed my requested edits believes that the section on Stephen Emmer's career contains indiscriminate, excessive, or irrelevant examples. I do not agree. It covers his 40 year career, and most of the detail included provides information on each of Stephen Emmer's releases. Every record includes multiple guest artists and a distinct theme.

Whether it is to agree or disagree, I would appreciate it very much if someone with music expertise could add their opinion to the discussion on the Stephen Emmer talk page.

Thank you.Maartenbousie (talk) 11:59, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

RFC: Regarding genre listings in infobox for music band
For the band Led Zeppelin, should rock and roll be included in the list of genres in the infobox? There is some discussion on the matter on the article's talk page, here, as well as on the some of the archived talk pages, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here (please note there could be more discussions that were missed). The genre section in the infobox currently lists; Hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, heavy metal & rock and roll. The first four genres listed are not in dispute at this time, nor or any other possible genre that are not listed. So, to recap, and to be clear, do you "support" inclusion or "oppose" inclusion of "rock and roll" in the list of genres? Thank you RfC relisted by Cunard (talk) at 01:09, 23 September 2018 (UTC). - wolf 08:37, 18 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Remove "rock and roll". For genres, Template:Infobox musical artist advises "Aim for generality... and preferably use two to four."  So much is written about Led Zeppelin, that it's possible to find many descriptions.  But as a defining genre, "rock and roll" usually applies to 1950s-style or roots-type rock – it doesn't describe their overall work.  Much like prog rock or world music, it only describes a small part of their repertoire. —Ojorojo (talk) 14:42, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Remove. Our modern understanding of the term "rock and roll" is that it refers to an earlier style of rock music, earlier than Led Zeppelin. Binksternet (talk) 15:19, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Remove. We (wikipedia) are pretty clear that rock and roll as we use the term ends by 1960. Carptrash (talk) 18:25, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Remove - In addition to the above, it’s ridiculous that people feel it necessary to describe a band with 4 genre, let alone adding s fifth one like this. People need to calm down with their example bloat on Wikipedia. Sergecross73   msg me  19:19, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Remove. As stated already by others, one only needs to read the article to see that Rock and roll does not sum up their full repertoire, which is what the infobox genre's should be doing.  Rob van  vee  08:16, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Remove per all of the above, or re-write article on Rock and roll to included late 1960s and 1970s rock music. (Recommend the former). Coldcreation (talk) 09:07, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Support inclusion - It is asinine to suggest an inducted member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not representative of the rock and roll genre.--John Cline (talk) 09:46, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Based on that argument, we should add Rock and roll to the Tupac Shakur article, as he was inducted in 2017? Or the NWA article as they were inducted the year before? Then there is Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Green Day to name a few, who are definitely not Rock and roll.  Rob van  vee  09:58, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * ...not to mention Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie and Prince. Coldcreation (talk) 12:19, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I had this problem once too. What you need to keep in mind that in order to have all this music editing  make sense, Rock & Roll is defined (remember from your geometry class about "defined"?) as being 1950s music.  The later stuff such as LZ is Rock music.  If you want to change the definition to include everything that is vaguely descended from that music go for it, but I am pretty sure that you will fail.  You do not have to change how you think, but you do need to change what you write here.  Remember this is "by definition". Carptrash (talk) 00:14, 21 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep The implausible one of the five is folk rock. And hard rock and rock and roll were the common names for them at the time. <b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 02:41, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Support There is certainly an element of rock and roll in Led Zeppelin's music (which include music theory, instrumentation, musical culture, and other connotations), despite the term Rock and Roll originating in the 1940s. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 14:50, 7 September 2018 (UTC)


 * First, this is not at all the right place for this discussion: The wording of this inquiry seems to make clear that it concerns Led Zeppelin exclusively--but if that is the case, this discussion definitely needs to take place at Talk:Led Zeppelin; a link here requesting the editors of this project comment on the RfC would be entirely appropriate, but discussion about the particular content of one precise article are supposed to take place on the talk page for said article. That procedural note made, I'll move on to my reading of the content issue.


 * Strongly lean inclusion: A number of editors above have asserted that we have a clear scheme for dividing Rock and roll from Rock music, and some have gone further to state that this reflects a fully acknowledged real world divide. I must disagree on both points.  Rock_and_roll itself makes perfectly clear that the term ("rock and roll") has in more recent time evolved to suggest the root sound of rock music, but that the older (and indeed, much longer-standing) usage as a umbrella term/synonym for "rock music" remains prevalent.  Indeed, for those who are unaware (whom I suspect are probably younger music enthusiasts who grew up with the more dichotomous use of the terms) I can assure you that there are many, many people who would be surprised even to learn that other people think there is a firm divide here; for them, "rock" just became a shorter and hipper way to say "rock and roll" and they view those two terms as referring to essentially the same overall continuity, while using other terms to refer to different epochs ("classic rock") or sub-genres ("prog rock").  Even for those familiar with the genre divide, not everybody (reliable sources most assuredly included) place the breaking point at the same point in time.


 * All of which is not to say that I fault the editors in this area for making the decision they did in dividing the topics up for our genre articles. Those editors faced a "six one/half dozen the other" style situation here and had to make a call--a call I think I probably would have made in their place too.  But that doesn't mean we can then use our own scheme here, compare it against what we think of Zeppelin's sound and then WP:original research our way to the conclusion that it fits into one category or another according to our scheme, and present that as neutral encyclopedic information to the reader.  No--very clearly, instead we are told by every relevant policy to use  only  the relative WP:WEIGHT of terms applied by our WP:reliable sources on the subject.  And I think we all can see that there are no shortage of reliable sources which have referred to this iconic band as a "rock and roll" group.  We can not get around that WP:DUE analysis by recontextualizing those straightforward references by viewing them through the lens of the scheme for those terms that we derived ourselves for our articles.   That would be a particularly naval gazing form of WP:SYNTHESIS.  Unless and until someone does a substantial analysis of the sources and demonstrates that those uses of the term "rock and roll" are outliers enough that the term is truly WP:UNDUE, I don't see the argument for omission.  And even if that analysis is successfully made, it will be a very different argument from some of those made above, which are not particularly well tied to policy or WP:NPOV and more about the idiosyncratic genre analysis of our own editors.  So, all said, I lean towards retaining the term, though admittedly it is a tough call. <b style="color: #19a0fd;">S</b><b style="color: #66c0fd">n</b><b style="color: #99d5fe;">o</b><b style="color: #b2dffe;">w</b> <b style="color: #d4143a">let's rap</b> 22:12, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
 * meh... you're the only one complaining about the location of this rfc, but thanks for the reply anyway. - wolf  01:29, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Please see WP:RfC, WP:LOCALCONSENSUS, and WP:Advice pages, as just some of the numerous policy pages which make this one of the most widely recognized principles of community consensus; discussions regarding the content of a specific article should take place on the talk page for that article, and almost always do so as a matter of overwhelming practice. Soliciting opinions at WikiProjects and CD spaces, where appropriate, can be accomplished with a notice. <b style="color: #19a0fd;">S</b><b style="color: #66c0fd">n</b><b style="color: #99d5fe;">o</b><b style="color: #b2dffe;">w</b> <b style="color: #d4143a">let's rap</b> 09:19, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ok already, you've made your point. But the discussion is here now and there is no need for these lengthy de-rail lectures on location. Thanks again - wolf  19:53, 24 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Ok, A) you're the one who made the dismissive "you're the only one complaining" comment implying that there was no reall issue here and necessitating a response about what policy and community consensus actually say on this matter, not me. And B) these are not trivial details invoked for excessively bureaucratic purposes but in fact highly relevant to making the consensus building process above-board and non disruptive. Now obviously, I would not have included my opinion on the content matter here if I did not think that the best thing was just to let the discussion proceed in this location, now that it is here, but that doesn't change the fact that it was an error to place it here in the first place, and if you didn't want to develop a tangential discussion about the matter, you shouldn't have left a comment that seemed to question whether there was a problem with the location (which of course I responded to with the relevant policies, as this is exactly what any experienced good faith editor is expected to do for another contributor who is confused as to such matters). Let alone a second and even more passive-aggressive comment for apparently no other purpose than to get the last word while simultaneously complaining about the discussion being derailed (a post which seems to be the very definition of self-defeating).


 * If you accept my policy conclusion then just let the matter go; I had no intention of responding further here until I read your post questioning my read of policy (on a clearly WP:SNOW matter). If you do not accept it, then we can discuss the matter (here or elsewhere). But you don't get to have it both ways by first implying that there is no problem with the approach and then acting annoyed when someone points out that yes, there actually is.  We've had ArbCom cases about this exact topic of WikiProjects deciding WP:LOCALCONSENSUS matters for articles they feel are within their purview, so trust me, it can become a big problem, undermining a consensus and putting groups of editors into conflict. I think I can safely presume from your ambivalence to my previous comments that you do not want to hear the complicated reasons why this is so, but suffice it to say those factors have informed our process and the policies do not read the way they do on this matter for arbitrary reasons.  All of that said, if you really don't want this back-and-forth between us distracting further contributors (though I don't see why it would), then you have my permission to remove this divergence between us, provided you remove your own comments as well, up to and including your comment at 1:29 on Sept. 23.  I'm happy to leave these comments here as they could be informative to someone, but if you want to remove our last four posts, starting with your "Meh", now that we understand each other, you have my permission--it's at your discretion.  Just please do not alter the comments in my original post, or remove either of my comments in this divergence unless you are also removing your own.


 * Also, on an incidental note, since you already seem to think I'm obsessive, nitpicky, rule-monger, you should also review WP:ACCESSIBILITY and WP:Talk page guidelines as regards using small fonts; we generally do not permit that on this project, as it can cause substantial issues for editors working from some platforms and devices and those who have vision impairment. Some editors utilize the small font for jokes and other non-editorial comments, but even this usage is problematic and probably not appropriate; in any event, small text should never be utilized for policy discussion, even with the good-faith motivation of wishing to be unobtrusive. <b style="color: #19a0fd;">S</b><b style="color: #66c0fd">n</b><b style="color: #99d5fe;">o</b><b style="color: #b2dffe;">w</b> <b style="color: #d4143a">let's rap</b> 00:47, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * 4kB! Sorry... but TL;DR. I doubt this giant wall of rant is about the LZ infobox genre, so I say again; let's not de-rail this RfC. If you must comment further, how about posting on your talk page and pinging me, mmkay? Thanks -  wolf  01:48, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Or here's another idea: you can spare your fellow editors your smarmy 'mmmkays' and if a post is really "TLDR", just don't bother responding to it, rather than using it as an excuse to post a third completely purposeless post in a row where you contribute nothing to the discussion other than being rudely and vaguely dismissive of the issues raised by a fellow editor while simultaneously trying to posture yourself in such a way where you don't have to defend your position that there is no issue. How about that, hmmmmmm, okeeeyyy byeeee! -rolls eyes- <b style="color: #19a0fd;">S</b><b style="color: #66c0fd">n</b><b style="color: #99d5fe;">o</b><b style="color: #b2dffe;">w</b> <b style="color: #d4143a">let's rap</b> 03:03, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
 * "just don't bother responding" - well there's an idea! You make that your last comment, and this will be my last. Then we can allow the RfC to continue without further distraction. (unless you're one of those must-have-the-last-word types) I think we can finally end this needless side-thread. Thanks and, I hope your day get better. -smiles- - wolf  04:20, 25 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Relisting comment: I have relisted this RfC because of the new detailed arguments about why rock and roll should be included. I have also left a note at Talk:Led Zeppelin about this RfC. Cunard (talk) 01:09, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * And with that, it would be nice if contributors could use standard "support" or "oppose" !votes in their entries, as originally requested in the RfC, instead of creating potential confusion with all kinds of random verbs. Thanks - wolf  01:29, 23 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Support inclusion of "Rock and roll" in the infobox for Led Zeppelin. - wolf  01:32, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Remove - Since Rock and Roll pre dates LZ existence. P.S. this RfC is looking a little snowy. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 01:37, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
 * 12 responses so far with a 7/5 split... have you actually read wp:snow? (honest question, no offence intended) - wolf  19:53, 24 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Remove - This genre is an older one than the band. This is not Elivs & Buddy Holly. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:41, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Is this source reliable
 The stuff i see on Collectors Corner they seems to know what they are talking about but i need to know is this source reliable.--DR. LUV JA (talk) 00:15, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * The question is, "reliable for what purpose?" Backing away from that, their about us page states that they record collectors and run a radio programme of some sort. However, there is no indication that they are in any way accredited as collectors or radio hosts. They are likely more knowledgeable than the average listener, but without an editorial policy or oversight board, I would argue they are not de facto reliable sources. We could use what they write about a specific release (label, catalogue number, track names and lengths, etc.) as reliable, as they have access to the source, but any interpretation of the data would not likely be considered reliable. So, in your case, the article makes statements about who came to the UK from Jamaica and why. My take is that this statement cannot be taken as reliable. Similarly, the mention of Chris Blackwell and his importance, are not reliable, but that he founded Island records would be. Discussion about Laurel Aitken's place in the scene is not reliable, but the lyrics he sang likely are. Sorry for the inconclusive response. I'm sure you wanted a binary response, but this case is not that clear-cut. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:03, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
 * As Walter says, what specifically do you want to use the site for? If it's for the news items, they are in fact all copied from Jamaican and British newspapers and magazines - for instance, the Blue Beat Records article that you linked to above comes from The Jamaica Gleaner . It would be preferable to use this directly as the source.
 * I can't speak for the US, but in the UK there are lots of reliable sources for reggae coverage - books, retrospective articles in music magazines like Q and Mojo, and in the 1970s and 1980s reggae was heavily covered by the UK's principal music papers NME, Melody Maker and Sounds... all of them would be reliable sources and you wouldn't have to resort to collectorskornernow.com. I know they're not easy to get hold of in the US, but if you give me an idea of what you're looking for, I might be able to help. Richard3120 (talk) 01:44, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Opinion needed about sales data
Good day! My question is regarding whether i can include sales from specific chart (summed from several years). About the chart: Gaon Music Chart, which is produced by the Korea Music Content Association, publishes monthly and yearly physical album (amongst other things) sales in South Korea. According to their faq page (http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/faq/list.gaon?f_type=SITE&community=faq) - monthly chart is compiled of data from 1st date of month 12:00AM till 1st date of next month 11:59AM (basically calendar month), while yearly chart is compiled of data from january 1st 12:00AM till january 1st of next year 11:59AM (basically calendar year). Gaon Chart does not show compiled overall sales (over several years, for example), only for specific month/year. I wished to compile sales of artists albums (sold over several years), but my edit was declined citing WP:SYNTH, that you can't sum sales from several years, and article mentioning cumulative sales is needed (which is highly unlikely to happen, especially for "International" (aka not Korean) artists as their physical sales are relatively low). I, personally, do not aggree. This seems to be our disagreement with specific editor, thus 3rd party opinion seems to be required. I kindly ask for your opinions. Kleool (talk) 06:13, 3 October 2018 (UTC)

Music organisations by country categories
Members of this project may be interested in WP:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 October 9, whete I have proposed renaming 90 categories to standardise their names on the format "Music organi[sz]ations based in Foo".

Comments should be made at the CFD page linked above, so that they can be weighed by the closer. -- Brown <span style="display:inline-block;transform:rotate(-3deg)">Haired Girl (talk) • (contribs) 01:24, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

List of music museums
Please note that there is a new music list, see List of music museums. Please give your opinion too whether this list has been referenced enough. See the talk page for that. Ymnes (talk) 16:46, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
 * The question is not if it has been referenced enough but whether it should only contain museums that have their own pages on Wikipedia. --Dom from Paris (talk) 17:26, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

There is a deletion discussion about Major Lazer's unreleased album here - Articles for deletion/Music Is the Weapon (2nd nomination)
Editors are welcome to comment. <u style="font:1.1em/1em Arial Black"><u style="color:#7f2ed1">Flooded <u style="color:#bfa6d8"> with them <u style="color:#7f2ed1">hundreds 11:50, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Listing self-released songs and remixes in discographies
I was summoned by the RfC bot to comment on Talk:Alan_Walker_discography, which deals with something I would think we'd already address in some WikiProject guideline, but I haven't come across it. Input would be useful from editors experienced with discographies. &mdash; Rhododendrites  <sup style="font-size:80%;">talk \\ 02:44, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Need help reviewing Draft:Elliot Wuu
Could somebody take a look at Draft:Elliot Wuu. I'm trying to figure out if it meets item 9 (Has won first, second or third place in a major music competition) of WP:MUSICBIO, but I'm not familar with the awards so I can't judge if they meet the major music competition requirement. -- RoySmith (talk) 13:10, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
 * you might try posting this message on the talk page of WikiProject Classical Music as well, although it's pretty quiet there. Richard3120 (talk) 23:27, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Good idea. Done.  -- RoySmith (talk) 23:33, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Discography
Seems discography WikiProject to be death so I decided to ask questios here. Are chart positions limited to only 10 lists? Is it requirement? Why there is no "certifications" column on singles? Is it allowed? Why do you use countries abbreviations two and three letters mixed instead of standardized three letters from ISO 3166-1 alpha-3? Eurohunter (talk) 06:34, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
 * as far as I know, the "10 countries" limit in discography tables is a guideline, not a policy. But it's a good idea, because otherwise you don't have enough space to fit more countries on the page, and the table becomes unreadable. Yes, you can add certifications for singles, but only for the 10 countries that you are including in the table. I have no idea why some countries have two-letter abbreviations and sometimes three letters... I agree that this should be standardised for all discography tables. Richard3120 (talk) 13:15, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I mean "sales" column. I'm sorry about that. To be honest there is enough space almost to add half of table yet. Monitors are today bigger than it's needed. Eurohunter (talk) 13:38, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Concert tour AfDs
A few AfDs if anyone would like to chip in: Thanks! -- wooden superman  14:36, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Articles for deletion/The Sweetener Sessions
 * Articles for deletion/Sweetener World Tour
 * Articles for deletion/Liberation Tour
 * Articles for deletion/Bandito Tour (2nd nomination)
 * Articles for deletion/Blue Slide Park Tour
 * Articles for deletion/Macadelic Tour

Heartless Records
I came across this article about a record company. It doesn't look notable to me and a quick online search doesn't turn up anything to indicate notability. But since this is outside my area of interest, I thought I'd ask what others think here. Deli nk (talk) 16:45, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heartless Records (2nd nomination). Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:06, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Featured quality source review RFC
Editors in this WikiProject may be interested in the featured quality source review RFC that has been ongoing. It would change the featured article candidate process (FAC) so that source reviews would need to occur prior to any other reviews for FAC. Your comments are appreciated. --IznoRepeat (talk) 21:34, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

WikiJournal of Humanities published first article
T.Shafee(Evo &#38; Evo)talk 09:35, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

Multisided record?
I'm working on cleaning up Multisided record. The immediate task to to find WP:RS for the examples, for which I'm soliciting assistance. I'm also not sure what wikiproject(s) to associate it with. I guess WikiProject Music, but not really since not all recordings are music. Suggestions? -- RoySmith (talk) 21:40, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I haven't read them, but apparently Michael Palin's diaries for 1972-73 talk about the trouble the Monty Python team had trying to find a company who would press a multi-grooved record for them, the resulting Matching Tie and Handkerchief album. It seems the first record with multiple grooves was produced as far back as 1898, which seems incredible.
 * Incidentally, don't you think the name of this article is wrong? I mean, by definition almost all vinyl records are multisided (two sides). Multi-grooved record seems to be the more accurate name. Richard3120 (talk) 22:03, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Discussion about the Latvian charts
Hello, I would like to inform anyone who's interested about this discussion on the legitimacy of the Latvian airplay chart that's being used in several articles.  ×°˜`°× ηαη¢у  ×°˜`°×  09:37, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Four songs in one article
Currently, the "Cocaine Blues" article deals with at least 4 songs. Please discuss at Talk:Cocaine Blues if you care. — <span style="border:1px solid #93010b;background:#ef0000;padding:2px;color:#efe6e6;text-shadow:black 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em; font-family: Georgia;"> AjaxSmack 21:40, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Karl Marx (composer)
Hi, I just helped the son of Karl Marx to improve his father's article in English. Could some native speaker please take a look at the result and copy edit our version. TIA --h-stt !?  17:11, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

missing articles at the Grammy Hall of Fame
Hello. There are many songs and albums that have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame but are missing articles. I haven't finish checking but there at least 20 of them missing (each subpage has at least 1 missing article). Would anyone like to help me create articles for them? Thanks. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:19, 7 January 2019 (UTC)
 * And there's also its Latin counterpart. Erick (talk) 02:07, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

RfC on using the "As of" template, or some similar wording indicating that the score may have changed over time, for review aggregators
Opinions are needed on the following: Wikipedia talk:Review aggregators. A permalink for it is seen [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Review_aggregators&oldid=879885194#RfC:_Should_the_%22As_of%22_template,_or_some_similar_wording_indicating_that_the_score_may_have_changed_over_time,_be_used_for_review_aggregators_in_articles? here]. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:07, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Music article "Lyricist", lacking References since 2006
Greetings, Sharing with Music WP about article Lyricist was tagged in 2006 as having no references. Hoping members of Music wikiproject may be able to improve this article (totally outside my area of expertise). Thanks. JoeHebda (talk) 20:30, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Discussion of 45cat at the reliable sources noticeboard
There is a discussion of the reliability of 45cat at the reliable sources noticeboard. If you are interested, please participate at. —  Newslinger  talk   21:43, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Faces of Death
Could someone in the know add some references to the Faces of Death (album) article please? A has changed the release date from '93 to '91, but my brief checking (Discogs and Rap Music Guide) gives 1995. The article currently has no references beyond an AllMusic review, which also gives 1995. Cheers, Nzd   (talk)  02:55, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

RfC on creating a "Cultural impact of Michael Jackson" article
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Talk:Cultural impact of Michael Jackson. A permalink for it is [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Cultural_impact_of_Michael_Jackson&oldid=881410933#Should_this_page_and/or_a_%22Michael_Jackson_in_popular_culture%22_page_be_a_Wikipedia_article? here]. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 11:55, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

Discussion of YouKnowIGotSoul.com on the reliable sources noticeboard
There is a discussion on the reliability of YouKnowIGotSoul.com on the reliable sources noticeboard. If you are interested, please participate at. —  Newslinger  talk   11:37, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Categorizing all songs by an artist by genre
I've restarted a discussion at WikiProject Songs about categorizing all songs by recording artists by genre. I think WikiProject Music members may be interested as well. Members are invited to review past discussion and contribute to the ongoing one. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:51, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Hidden Category:Wikipedia categories named after rock musicians is a subcategory of content Category:Rock musicians
Content Category:Rock musicians has a subcategory Category:Wikipedia categories named after rock musicians, but the latter is a hidden category with an infobox that says "Do not include this category in content categories". The discussion that prompted this - and which may affect the answer - is at User_talk:Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars. Mitch Ames (talk) 03:54, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Discussion of Genius (genius.com) on the reliable sources noticeboard
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Song categorization
Question about song categorization. In the article My Way, there are 3 cover versions mentioned specifically. So I would have expected 4 songs-by-performer categories, not the many,many more that are there. Do we categorize a song under every artist who has ever performed it? Would seem to be WP:NOTDEFINING in the cases that are not mentioned in the article. Thoughts? UnitedStatesian (talk) 16:18, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
 * All non-defining categories ought to be removed. Same for navboxes. It's just clutter. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:34, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Music Genre RfC Notice
There is an RfC on a page in this Wikiproject here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mooeena (talk • contribs) 06:30, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Sobre las Olas or Over the Waves?
The discussion at Talk:Sobre las Olas may be of interest. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 21:36, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Discussion of Wiwibloggs and Eurovix on the reliable sources noticeboard
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Where are these consensus discussions?
I was notified by an editor on my talk page that the was that "".

I've never seen any discussion that discography sections do not need references, although I have seen many discography articles without them. I have seen some discussion on TV episode lists that once an episode has been aired, that references may be removed. I have not seen a corresponding discussion in relation to artists and their albums.

As for AllMusic being reliable, I have seen consensus that the genre cloud is unreliable, and a recent discussion that release dates may not be reliable, particularly for older works, but not an overarching discussion that the whole site is unreliable. In fact, I have been involved in discussions to the contrary.

So where are these discussions? Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:40, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
 * At face value, it’s nonsense. But it could just be a misguided editor. As you say, the AllMusic “infoboxes” are generally considered unreliable. And maybe the editor doesn’t understand that it’s only okay to remove sources from discography items when they have sources present in their own standalone article or something? (And even then it’s not like they need to be removed or something.) Sergecross73   msg me  01:36, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Template:Angaleena Presley
Is Angaleena Presley a clear cut enough case of WP:NENAN? It only links three articles (the "Discography" tab just links back to the main article). Should this be deleted? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:52, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 16:53, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 *  Reply -, delete it. --Jax 0677 (talk) 17:04, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I suspect it should be retained, but might be able to give a clearer answer here. Richard3120 (talk) 17:13, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * @Richard3120: delete it. Head article plus three other pages doesn't even meet the  bare minimum of WP:NENAN.  I will TfD it now. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:16, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * It would pass a TfD review as it has more than two entries. Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:20, 3 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Deletion discussion at WP:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 April 3. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:20, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

Discussion of The Singles Jukebox (thesinglesjukebox.com) on the reliable sources noticeboard
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New article review
Temple of Perdition does not appear to be notable. I've thrown these to AfD in the past but this article has a lot of sources. When I look closely at the sources, many are primary and the rest feel like blogs. A neutral reviewer would be appreciated. Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:14, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I’m not familiar with “Metal Mofos”, or any of the other random “Metal (random word)” blogs it uses, but those sorts of websites are a dime a dozen, and outside of a few exceptions at WP:RSMUSIC, usually unreliable self published blogs, so I don’t seen anything helping notability yet... Sergecross73   msg me  13:28, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * That was my impression. This editor tends to use a lot of those metal blogs. Since none of them are on the sources to avoid list, I don't usually make any changes. Metal-archives, however, I remove on-sight. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:26, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

"Pending" v. "Nominated"
At List of awards and nominations received by Drake, the Billboard Music Awards nominations just announced are shown as "Pending" instead of "Nominated". Why? Are they changed to "Nominated" once the winner is announced (i.e. "Nominated" means "did not win")? Wouldn't it be easier to just list them as "Nominated" to begin with, and just change the winners after they are announced? —[ Alan M 1 (talk) ]— 07:29, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes. Until the results are announced, they should be pending. Once announced they should be changed to won or nominated. Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:39, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
 * – Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Carnatic music for deletion
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Nomination of Portal:Rock music for deletion
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Prairie Madness
Is Prairie Madness valid for an A7 deletion? I see no notability assertations at all. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 04:04, 20 April 2019 (UTC)

Question on what to name a songs article if an artist has multiple songs with the same name
Not sure if this is the right place, but I'm guessing someone here can awnser my question. The article I want to create in question is Intro (Meek Mill song), from his album Championships. Unfortuantly, He has more than one song named "Intro", having 4 in fact- the other 3 are from his Dreamchaser mixtape series. (Dreamchasers, Dreamchasers 2, and Dreamchasers 3) As I'm at a lost for what to do, I would ask that someone points me to a relevant policy or comes up with a solution.💵Money💵emoji💵💸 00:52, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Let me sidestep your direct question for a moment and ask, why do you want to create an article for this song in particular? Not all songs are notable (see WP:NSONG). Intros, transitions and interludes are not usually notable on their own. Assuming that the song is not really notable, my advice is simple: your problem is best solved by not creating the article at all and simply including the few sourced sentences you can write about an intro in the album article itself. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:04, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * , I am confident that the song is notable unlike most skits/intros/interludes, as it charted at Number 55 on the Billboard hot 100, making it notable (It also isn't a skit/interlude/instrumental it's an actual song that just seems to be named "intro").💵Money💵emoji💵💸 01:34, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Are we sure the other version is too? (Honest question - I have no idea off-hand.) Sergecross73   msg me  01:37, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * , Dreamchaser 2 and Dreamchaser 3 seem to be notable. I'm not sure about Dreamchaser 1, so it doesn't change much. 💵Money💵emoji💵💸 01:54, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * No, I mean, do any of his other Meek Mills “Intro” songs have their own articles? If not, then the solution is just to name it “Intro (Meek Mills song)”. Disambiguation is meant to disambiguate between existing articles, not necessarily the songs themselves. Sergecross73   msg me  02:44, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * In the event that multiple Meek Mill songs named "Intro" are sufficiently notable, the most practical solution would be to use the year of release to differentiate each article's title (e.g. Intro (Meek Mill song, 2012) and Intro (Meek Mill song, 2018)).  Life of Tau 04:19, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Agree with the comments from others. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:51, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't believe the other songs are notable, so Intro (Meek Mill song) would serve. Thanks everyone for the input! 💵Money💵emoji💵💸 11:31, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Country music for deletion
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Nomination of Music of the United States for review
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RfC on categorizing all works by an artist by genre
Question: Should we continue categorizing all works (albums or songs) by an artist by genre? 16:53, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

I propose we stop grouping all works by an artist by genre. Doing so is often original research and grossly misleading.

Background
Please allow me to give a brief and neutral overview of this discussion so far. Back in April 2017, I started a discussion at WikiProject Songs expressing concern about how we categorize all works by artists by specific genres. I revisited the discussion once again in May 2018. Both discussions were productive, but neither generated anything close to consensus. In an attempt to get more editor feedback, I opened a RfC, which received very little feedback. Most recently, I revisited this discussion again in February 2019, which saw mostly the same participants saying they stood by their previous statements. You'll see I've provided summaries of editor feedback in the two latter discussions, which no participating editors said misrepresented their views. Please review these discussions.

To very briefly summarize, there are a few editors who strongly prefer to maintain status quo, a few editors who are indifferent (and may not like this RfC), and slightly more editors who believe there needs to be some sort of change. After the most recent discussion was archived, I asked a few editors where to go next. I was told Categorization was an option, and was also encouraged to start an RfC. Since this applies to WikiProjects other than WikiProject Songs, I've tried to pick a more encompassing space for discussion, and plan to post invites at WikiProjects Albums and Songs, WP:Categorization, and other spaces.

Example
I'd like to offer an example of how categorizing all works by an artist is problematic. I've used this example before, so sorry for the repetition:

User:MagicatthemovieS removed Category:Synthpop songs from "Sexxx Dreams" because Category:Lady Gaga songs is a subcategory of Category:American synthpop songs. MagicatthemovieS did nothing wrong here in terms of how categories are intended to be used, but are we seriously suggesting all songs by Lady Gaga are synthpop? Many, many Lady Gaga songs would never be considered synthpop, or pop in general. How is this appropriate?

Within Wikipedia articles, we require sources to verify claims. When adding one or more genres to infoboxes, we required citations to prove the work has been described in this way. Why are we not treating categories the same way? We should only be adding genre categories when sourcing allows. Saying all Lady Gaga songs are synthpop is original research and grossly misleading. Her songs have been described as electronic, jazz, pop, rock, etc. You get my point.

Some editors have argued the genre categories are necessary for organizational purposes. I disagree. If Category:Rock albums by American artists is too large, then let us create/use genre subcategories such as Category:Pop rock albums by American artists, or separate by time (example: Category:1990s rock albums by American artists. But don't be lazy and say all seven articles in Category:Gavin DeGraw albums are classified as rock when: 1) only one of the articles actually has an inline citation classifying the album as rock; 2) some articles use specific rock subgenres, and 3) one of the articles does not even use the word "rock" in the infobox or anywhere in the article's prose. Saying these are all rock albums is inaccurate. We should only add genre categories when they truly apply.

We can do better. Wikipedia can do better. I realize this might be seen as a drastic change to how we categorize music articles, but I feel very strongly we should only add genre categories when sourcing and an article's text allows us to do so. I invite editors to please review past discussions and share their thoughts below.

Thank you. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:53, 29 March 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm not knowledgeable on the Wikipedia category system, but IMO any system that relies on determining a genre to find something is a bad idea. Genres are in the eye of the beholder;   occasionally they are clear-cut, but that is not the norm.  Something like the artist's name is an objective trait. <b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 19:20, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
 * You're right. I did not even use the word "subjective" above, but genres are absolutely subjective, which is precisely why we must rely on appropriate secondary coverage for genre information. Anything less is a disservice to readers. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:23, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Survey

 * No, we should stop categorizing all works of an artist by genre. The example above highlights why it's inappropriate to categorize all of an artist's songs under a genre when not all of their songs fit that classification. According to its article, "Shallow" is not described as a synth-pop, dance-pop, or electropop song, yet it is classified under Category:Synthpop songs, Category:Dance-pop songs, and Category:Electropop songs because Category:Lady Gaga songs is a subcategory of those categories. This is a violation of WP:V. There are thousands of miscategorized songs just like that one, and the solution is to select genre categories on an article-by-article basis. —  Newslinger  talk   04:46, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
 * No, we should not categorize all works of an artist by genre. Artists cross genres. Leviv&thinsp;<span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;transform:rotate(45deg);bottom:-.57em;">ich 07:17, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
 * No Since the wording of the RFC could easily be misread, I note that "no" means don't categorize by genre. Applicable genre words usually varies with the eye of the beholder. While genre classification may have other uses, it's not a good primary location/search method. <b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 13:20, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm considering reversing myself on this. I don't use categories, but what I didn't think of is that people probably use categories to browse a particular genre, not to find a particular band. In which case my argument would not apply, and categories provide some value.<b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 19:07, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I struck my "no".  I'm leaving this to people who know categories better than me. <b style="color: #0000cc;">North8000</b> (talk) 11:54, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Depends. Some musicians stick firmly within one genre; others are more flexible, and some work within many different genres. So treat it on a case-by-case basis. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:22, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * , Sure, but do you agree we should only be adding genre categories when sourcing allows, and not making the judgements on our own? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:24, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Obviously, everything should be sourced. WP:V and all that.
 * But the question which you pose in this RFC is Should we continue categorizing all works (albums or songs) by an artist by genre?.
 * I answered that this is sometimes appropriate. I was thinking of for example Status Quo or Nanci Griffith, who have followed the same style throughout their careers.
 * You propose not categorising by genre, but now you say sure when I suggest that sometimes we should. Have you changed your mind? -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:32, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * No, I've definitely not changed my mind. I said "Sure" to agree some musicians stick to specific genres. The way we currently categorize albums and songs is not based strictly on sourcing about those specific works. If I'm following correctly, you're saying there may be some instances in which all works by a group have been called the same genre in sourcing (for example, all 4 albums by a rock band have been described as rock music within their respective articles). In this case, I suppose placing the category for the band's albums under a rock genre category would be appropriate, but at the same time, what's wrong with just categorizing the album articles individually and leaving the artist category outside a genre? I'm glad we're in agreement about only adding categories when sourcing allows. Currently, we're not doing so consistently, and that's part of the problem. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:39, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * please leave the sourcing issue aside. That's core policy, not open for discussion here. (See WP:LOCALCON).
 * If all of an artists's work fit in one genre, the std categorisation practice is categorise their works by that genre.  The same principles apply regardless of topic: if all the contents of Category:X belong in Category:Y, then make Category:X a subcat of Category:Y.  The alternative of placing each page in Category:X directly in Category:Y bloats Category:Y and adds category clutter to each of the pages in Category:X. This fundamental to how en.wp categories work, per WP:SUBCAT.  Again, no WP:LOCALCON here can change WP:SUBCAT.
 * If an artist's work is mostly but not entirely in Genre1, then we have a choice to make. If we were purist, we'd say don't put the albums cat in genre1.
 * But remember that per WP:CAT, categories are for navigation. They are not some sort of linnean classification, or some repository of mathematical purity.  They are a means to connect related articles.
 * So what best helps our readers? We already have a guideline on that WP:DEFINING. Is that genre of a defining attribute of the artists's work as a whole?  If so, then place their albums category in that genre.
 * The thresholds are of course a judgement call. But we are editors, not robots and we don't need a precise formula.  Most cases will be fairly simple: if Beethoven spent one winter in Norway making a blackened death metal album, we wouldn't look at the rest of his hundreds of albums and say "nah, he's not a pure classical artist, so remove Category:L van Beethoven albums from the classical albums category". -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 17:53, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * even the old cliché about Status Quo only having the same three-chord boogie rock song wouldn't necessarily be true... they were certainly psychedelic pop, not rock, for their first couple of hits. A fair amount of the later material is closer to country music than to rock. And "Accident Prone" (one of my personal favourites) is a pretty convincing stab at disco... Richard3120 (talk) 17:59, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm happy to set the sourcing issue aside, but the discrepancy between how we categorize works by genre and what sources actually say about specific works is part of the problem here. I appreciate your thorough responses and will review some of the links you've shared. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 20:05, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * WP:CATVER may also help. Categories need to be supported by reliable sources. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:20, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Case-by-case A hard-and-fast rule is entirely unnecessary. Some artists change genre over their career while others do not. In cases where they do, a decision should be made whether the genre is appropriate. If the decision is controversial, a discussion may be required. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:54, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * No, the genres of individual works should not mindlessly include all genres with which the writer/composer/artist is associated. West Side Story is not classical just because Bernstein also wrote classical works. Stand by Me does not become horror just because it's from a Stephen King novella, Double Indemnity is not a comedy just because other Billy Wilder films are, etc. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 22:38, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * that's not the discussion. You're conflating film and other works. We are discussing categories such as Category:The Beatles songs which has child categories of Category:British rock songs and Category:British pop songs. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:28, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * First,, were the participants of the previous discussions notified of this discussion?
 * Second, my opinion is no. At least not directly in the current category scheme. Category:Lady Gaga is not in the category Category:Electronic musicians, but it is in its hidden subcategory Category:Wikipedia categories named after electronic musicians. If we can somehow create a tree similar to this hidden Wikipedia category, it should be a much better compromise that would allow each individual song and album article to be categorized by genre, while also allowing the album and song categories to have a distinct method of categorization that doesn't rob them of being classified by genre as well. Perhaps something along the lines of Category:Albums by genre for the articles and a hidden Category:Wikipedia album categories by genre for Category:Lady Gaga albums and the like? Category:Albums by genre can facilitate navigation for readers who would like to find albums of the same genre, while Category:Wikipedia album categories by genre can serve those who search for artists of the same genre, and the category descriptions can explain their purpose and direct readers to the other. <b style="color:#4B0082;">ℯ</b> xplicit 07:10, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * , I have posted notifications at WikiProject Albums and WikiProject Songs, as well as a few other spaces. I assume this is good enough for notifying past discussion participants? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 14:09, 1 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Rename scheme for albums by nationality from [genre] albums by [nationality] artists to albums by [nationality] [genre] artists (e.g. so Category:The Beatles albums would fall under Category:Albums by English pop artists and Category:Albums by English rock artists). The genres listed would strictly be based on the artists' infobox, which for The Beatles case says "rock" and "pop". Those genres are supposedly sourced within the article or shouldn't be listed in the infobox. It wouldn't be categorized under Category:Albums by English pop rock artists because that genre is not listed in the infobox. Another example: the Billy Joel album Fantasies & Delusions would be correctly categorized under Category:Classical albums and Category:Albums by American rock artists (by way of Category:Billy Joel albums) with no implication that this classical album is a "rock" album. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 16:15, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * But this structure still associates albums with genres based on the artist, not what sources say about the albums specifically. I do not see this as a solution, but I'm definitely curious to see what other editors think. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 16:23, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * That's the whole point because it wouldn't say a non-rock album is rock but by an act who has clearly established themselves as a rock artist. So an R&B album by a British rock act would be categorized as both an R&B album and an album by a British rock artist, both of which would be true and verifiable based on the sources provided in their respective articles, and none of this implies it is a rock album. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 18:01, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Interesting, but this would require a splintering of categories as opposed to renaming, wouldn't it? Category:Pop albums by English artists would be reserved for album articles only, while Category:Albums by English pop artists would categorize musician albums categories like Category:The Beatles albums. <b style="color:#4B0082;">ℯ</b> xplicit 03:48, 2 April 2019 (UTC)
 * No. The current system states that all songs by Mike Oldfield are "new age songs" and "progressive rock songs". In reality, his songs vary between these two genres, but also rock, hard rock, pop, classical, folk, and some rather undefinable stuff. (As an aside, some of these songs, like Introduction 2003, shouldn't have a standalone article). Fram (talk) 08:11, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I think a no is an order; the concept of artist and the concept of genre are sufficiently orthogonal that they probably shouldn't be mixed. I'm not a fan of having a shadow category scheme, also. Hidden categories should generally be reserved for maintenance tasks; what (multiple) genres an artist practices in is not a question of maintenance. --Izno (talk) 22:46, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * No. Artist and genre should not be mixed, even when there are sources that specifically define a given artist as exclusively one genre. <span style="font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode','Arial'; color:#3A5A9C;">—⁠ 烏&#8288;Γ (kaw) │ 06:11, 03 May 2019 (UTC)

Billboard Global 100 and Rolling Stones Daily 100, which of these, if any, will be included on the discography pages and charting sections?
It seems that there's about to be a major mix up in how the charts work soon.

For one, Billboard is soon introducing a Global 100, based on Streams and Sales (no radio). Secondly, Rolling Stones is releasing a Daily 100 starting in a few days.

Honestly, I've been following the charts very closely for about 7 years (and for even longer less closely) and it feels to me like we might be witnessing history here. I was wondering when and if these charts would be included on the Wikipedia discography pages.

It seems to me like Billboard's Global 100 would be natural to include. Rolling Stone's Daily 100 feels like it might need to develop a degree of notoriety before it should get included. Since that publication has never had charts before. The Rolling Stones charts are redundant in terms of having a US singles charts. Plus, it is unprecedented and out-of-step will all other national charts, since it is daily instead of weekly Nikki Lee 1999 (talk) 07:27, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree – the Global 100 chart will almost certainly have to be included in Wikipedia, seeing as it's compiled by Nielsen, and quite likely the Rolling Stone chart too... for those unaware of developments, see here and here . Japan's Oricon has had daily charts before, but Rolling Stone's should have a higher profile.
 * My worry is that a few years down the line, the next logical step is to have a real-time chart, which could mean more than one number-one per day, and could be extremely difficult to keep track of... Richard3120 (talk) 13:46, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I really doubt we'll ever see something like that. First off, how on Earth could we even begin to archive that? Does "real time" mean updated per hour? Or updated per minute? Even if it only meant to be updated every hour, that would already be 168x as space/time consuming to archive as regular weekly charts. The Billboard Hot 100's 61 year history would be matched in about 4 months. If charts can't be archived and searched through, then they are pretty much useless as historical records. I know iTunes has done "real time" charts before. But they didn't actually save the information or upload it anywhere. It was just for people to see in the minute that it happened. Nikki Lee 1999 (talk) 14:00, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm getting ahead of myself, I know. But yes, the problem of archiving charts is what worries me – people would presumably use the Wayback Machine to archive a snapshot of a chart at a particular moment. But at the moment, Billboard's archives simply give the highest position reached, and the date of the chart that it reached that position – that would be no different if it were a weekly chart, daily chart or any other time increment. So the archive would exist. Richard3120 (talk) 14:05, 10 May 2019 (UTC)

Rolling Stone's daily chart is being driven from data provided by BuzzAngle Music. BuzzAngle Music is a competitor to Nielson Music and provides "building" album and song charts to Hits Daily Double. The link to the current BuzzAngle Music singles chart is here:. I don't think we've ever had a discussion on including information from BuzzAngle Music before. Richard Hendricks (talk) 15:16, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Rolling Stone and BuzzAngle Music are both partly owned by Penske Media Corporation, so I guess that makes BuzzAngle's supply of data to Rolling Stone an in-house operation. Richard3120 (talk) 17:01, 10 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Sorry, don't know how I missed this one, but yes, I agree that both charts would be good to use. My threshold for chart inclusion is probably more lax than your typical experienced editor though, as I don't even like how we peel back use of things like Mainstream Rock Songs or Alternative Songs charts when they've charted on on the "Hot Rock Songs" charts. Sergecross73   msg me  17:59, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Electronic music for deletion
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Nomination of Portal:Soft Rock for deletion
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Nomination of Portal:Percussion for deletion
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Nomination of Portal:Punk rock for deletion
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Nomination of Portal:Classical guitar for deletion
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Nomination of Portal:Pipe organ for deletion
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Nomination of Portal:Guitar for deletion
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Why is "Expectations" not included in the album section for "Meant To Be" by Bebe Rexha?
Is there a specific reason why? Or was this a mistake? Wasn't sure if this was the proper place to ask questions like this, but I know that if I put it on the page for "Meant To Be" that nobody would see it. Nikki Lee 1999 (talk) 18:45, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Generally you'd usually ask this at the talk page for whatever article you're talking about, but you can always ask here too if the article/talk page is relatively inactive and unlikely to get any responses. I'd like to help you, but I think I need a little more information first. Looking it over, I see that Bebhe Rexa is the artist, Expectations is the upcoming 2018 album, and "Meant to Be" is a 2017 single that will also be on the upcoming was on the album. But I'm not quite sure I understand the rest of the question. First off, which of these 3 things are the article we're talking about editing? Sergecross73   msg me  19:10, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I'll echo Sergecross73's comment. Meant to Be (Bebe Rexha song) has no album section though so your question makes no sense. It does link to All Your Fault: Pt. 2 in the infobox. That was the first release the song appeared on. Expectations (Bebe Rexha album) was released almost a year later. Feel free to ask at the song article. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:18, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I meant the album section of the infobox. Sorry for not including that key word. Why is "Meant To Be" only listed as being from one album, but songs like "Better" (Khalid), "Boo'd Up" (Ella Mai), "Slow Jamz" (Twista), and countless others are listed as part of two different albums/projects? Is there a specific reason? Nikki Lee 1999 (talk) 09:26, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "Title" (Meghan Trainor) is another song that seems to be inconsistent with "Dear Future Husband" and "All About That Bass". All three of which are featured both on "Title" an EP and "Title" the album. But only the latter two have both projects in the infobox. Confused as to why that is. Nikki Lee 1999 (talk) 09:34, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I see now. Yeah, I think it's really just an oversight of no one ever adding the second release? I'm not aware of any guidelines preventing listing it being from 2 releases in the infobox. Its never been an issue in the articles "Highway Tune" and "Safari Song" that I've created and maintained since inception. Sergecross73   msg me  13:40, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

FA nomination for Almost There (album)
For anyone interested: the article for Almost There (album) is up for featured article status. This is a high-importance article in the sister WikiProject Christian Music and one of the best-selling Christian records of all time so, any and all project members are invited to comment on or review the nomination and help see if it fits the featured article criteria. The nomination is nearing a point where it might be archived soon, so any comments are appreciated. <i style="color: green; font-family: Mistral;">Toa</i> <i style="color: green; font-family: Mistral;">Nidhiki05</i> 16:04, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Good article nomination for Tracy Lawrence
I nominated Tracy Lawrence for good article nomination back in November and it still hasn't been touched by anyone. Would anyone be interested in reviewing it? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 20:03, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Capitalisation
A very specific question: Britten's Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra has "Title" capitalisation, but since it is often referred to as "Britten's Diversions", should it be sentence case? IOW, the "for..." is just a description, not a title. I think sentence case is better, and wrote it that way in Anthony Goldstone, which I just created, but perhaps there is a clear(?!) precedent... Imaginatorium (talk) 04:27, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
 * What do reliable sources call it? What is the title on the print music? The answer will affect the location of the article as well because if its WP:COMMONNAME is "Britten's Diversions", the article needs to be moved there. If it's "Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra", no move is needed. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:13, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm only asking about capitalisation; the reference "Britten's Diversions" is like saying "Beethoven's Fidelio", but this is a reference to the composer and title, not the title itself. Anyway, I found support for my suggestion:
 * The score on sale at Boosey is labelled "Diversions [newline] for piano (left hand) and orchestra"
 * Slonimsky has "Diversions for Piano, Left-hand, and Orch.", up-style, abbreviated
 * But I think these both confirm that the "for piano..." is a subtitle, and I will change the capitalisation to our standard down-style, and move the page. I asked because I thought it was likely that this sort of title had been discussed before, and I did not want to go against any existing decision. Imaginatorium (talk) 04:20, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Consider reviewing Naming_conventions_(music). --Izno (talk) 13:34, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

K-391
Greetings. A discussion regarding whether the musician K-391 should have a Wikipedia page or not is ongoing. I urge interested editors to participate and comment whether the page should be deleted or kept in the discussion at Articles for deletion/K-391. Thank you. KoopaLoopa (talk) 14:44, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Record labels and compilation albums in navboxes
Hello all, want to receive consensus on this issue. has started removing record labels and compilation albums from navboxes. Should navboxes include these or not? I believe if anything major labels/distrubutors (Interscope/Republic/Columbia) could be removed, but vanity labels should be fine. As for record label collaboration/compilation albums should be good for inclusion. I see nothing on WP:NAVBOX discouraging this. I have seen these entries on the navboxes for ten years, so I think mass changes need to be discussed before we change dozens of templates. I do not see this as UNDUE weight like Woodensuperman says. StaticVapor message me!   13:31, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * It is not appropriate to include record labels or other companies in artists' navboxes, unless there is some intrinsic link to the artist, i.e. they founded the label or brand. Record labels usually have rosters with multiple artists, so there is no unique tie to the artist, therefore, per WP:NAVBOX and WP:UNDUE they are not appropriate links.  Even if they are vanity labels, they are only a vanity project for a couple of people, not every artist on the label.  With regard to compilation albums, an appearance on a multi-artist compilation album should not be included in the navbox, to avoid clogging up navboxes with compilation albums that are a minor part of an artist's career, and to avoid over-proliferation of individual artists' navboxes on each compilation's article, and putting WP:UNDUE weight on the appearance of certain artists over others.  Also note that this isn't a mass change - there is longstanding consensus for this.  Look at most musical artist navboxes, and you will see how this logic is applied throughout.  This has been the tacit status quo for years, it just seems that a few navboxes have slipped through the net.  -- wooden  superman  13:39, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Agree with woodensuperman, except for that part about the net that things slip through. A big enough net and you can catch anything, and then the net resistance units have to start climbing up the contraption with sewing needles and soon you've got one hell of a stew. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:29, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Record label nav boxes should list imprints of a parent label, not the recordings of a small label.
 * Compilation albums might deserve navboxes. Large, annual collections, such as the Now That's What I Call Music! series of albums. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:49, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Just to note, most of the Now! albums are being redirected to their parent article, on account of there being nothing to say about the individual albums apart from their track listing and gaining multiple platinum certifications. Richard3120 (talk) 15:08, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * We're talking about compilation album appearances in the artists' navboxes. i.e. would Now That's What I Call Music 10 belong on Kiss, etc?  I don't there would be an issue for a series of compilations to have their own navbox (or even label specific samplers etc being on the label's navbox) as long as the articles exist, but they shouldn't appear on the artists' pages or vice versa.  -- wooden  superman  15:36, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
 * That is like comparing apples to watermelons. Compilations made by Now! are a lot different than collaboration albums/"compilations" made by record labels such as Shady XV. Also it seems the comments swerved a weird way, just want to make sure everyone knows we are talking about artists navboxes such as Template: T.I. StaticVapor message me!   05:27, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Label specific multi artist compilation albums might belong in the navbox for the label, but for the reasons stated above, they would not belong on the individual artists' navboxes. Note how A Factory Sample is included at Factory Records, but not at Joy Division, etc, etc.  Also note how Joy Division does not include a link to Factory Records.  This is the correct way of dealing with both of these issues.  -- wooden  superman  08:04, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
 * The multiple appearances of Dreamville Records in all the artists' navboxes, also the placing of all the artists' navboxes on that page, as well as with compilation appearances such as Revenge of the Dreamers II are the problematic issues that need to be rectified here. -- wooden  superman  08:30, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Input requested at Songwriters Hall of Fame
Input is requested at Talk:Songwriters Hall of Fame. Thanks! —[ Alan M 1 (talk) ]— 03:58, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

All downloads are digital
Hi, I often see the term "digital download" in music-related articles. Because all downloads are digital (it can't be analog), I suggest to omit the word "digital" and just write "download". --Trustable (talk) 19:11, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * That is it's common name so we should use it, not a truncated yet more correct term. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:25, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The “digital” part is meant to disguish from “physical” as in a physical release of a CD or record. Yes, there is no “physical download”, but “physical” or “digital” are generally the two terms used in media like music, video games, etc. to distinguish the form of the music release, so I don’t think we’d be better off omitting it. Sergecross73   msg me  02:15, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I think “digital” is not a good distinction, because CDs are digital too. --Trustable (talk) 06:00, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I always delete "digital". It's an obvious tautology.
 * Serge, I don't understand your reasoning - as you say, a download is obviously not physical because it's a download, so what information does "digital" add? If for some reason it's important that it's a digital release, call it that - a digital release, not a digital download. Popcornduff (talk) 06:09, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * My point was just that the natural/most common way of wording it is "(Subject) was released physically and digitally" and not "(Subject) was released physically and by download". It was just a passing comment - I don't feel all that strongly about it - but I would definite advise against "deleting on sight" at this point, as "digital download" appears to be the standard way of listing it in music infoboxes. It's done so widely I've figured it was the MOS standard. I just spot-checked five random song articles and every single one used "digital download". ("Me!", "Unsainted", "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset", "Hear Me Calling", "Old Town Road"). I haven't found ones that doesn't use it yet, in my spot checking. I know that doesn't make it right, but to see it be used so widespread shows that its got to be a standard of some sort. Sergecross73   msg me  13:19, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * To be blunt, it is standard - a standard bit of bad writing. Many tautologies are so common in speech and writing they have to be consciously weeded out. Some examples. Popcornduff (talk) 14:11, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * It is not our job to influence the language. It is our job to reflect it. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:37, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, especially in this instance. I'm not opposed to trimming out your every day redundant "absolute essentials" and some of those other example at Popcornduff's example list, but I feel like this is different because its more of a "terminology" thing than just an "overly wordy prose" thing. Sergecross73   msg me  15:06, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Agreed. good writing style is acceptable. In other word, we can remove unnecessary words such as "titled" or "entitled" in prose, but changing common terms is not acceptable. This discussion reminds me of the "self-titled" v "eponymous" debate that spilled into social media about five years ago. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:11, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Reflecting common use makes sense when the "improper" term is more widely understood - for example there is an argument that "pin number" is more widely understood than "PIN". This is not the case with "digital download". If we omit "digital", no reader will frown and go "huh, I don't get it, what's a download?" There is zero reason to include it. It is the most obvious tautology and I'm surprised there's any dissent here. Popcornduff (talk) 15:31, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I disagree. We gave you one reason and one is more than zero. I'm surprised at your hyperbole here. Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:44, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "lots of people use this tautology" isn't a good reason when the tautology imparts no improved clarity whatsoever. "Digital download" helps no one. Popcornduff (talk) 15:50, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I often see the term "digital download" in music-related articles was both the beginning and the end of the argument. If we often see the term in RSes, then we use that term. Our opinion of the term is entirely irrelevant. – Leviv<span style="display:inline-block;position:relative;transform:rotate(45deg);bottom:-.57em;">ich 15:45, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I assume Trustable meant Wikipedia articles. Popcornduff (talk) 16:00, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, I mean only Wikipedia articles. --Trustable (talk) 06:15, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
 * WP:RS is not a requirement to reflect the language in RSs. It is a requirement that the facts (or opinions) we write about be sourced. The only requirement on language we have is the one reflected by good English manuals of style, of which these are not. --Izno (talk) 16:22, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
 * A download is always digital, so it would be more concise (clearer writing) simply to call them downloads. There is also no loss of precision given the context. --Izno (talk) 16:22, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

I don't understand why you wrote "No one else agrees" in this revert. I read the replies of Popcornduff and Izno as they agree to remove "digital". --Trustable (talk) 17:14, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Hyperbole. There is still no consensus to change "digital download" to "download" only and doing so is premature. Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:33, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Absolutely pointless revert. Popcornduff (talk) 17:34, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * was what was pointless. Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:49, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Wrong guy. Popcornduff (talk) 17:51, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for correcting me. Sorry, that edit is what was pointless. Walter Görlitz (talk)

Spotify charts
Hello. I was wondering if the Spotify weekly (or even daily) charts are relevant enough to be included in the charts table for songs. I had never thought about it, but I've seen it being added to a lot of recent songs' articles. Is that something that should be implemented? Thanks! ManuelButera (talk) 18:28, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
 * No, they fail WP:BADCHARTS because they come from a single vendor... same goes for iTunes charts. They should be removed. Richard3120 (talk) 18:38, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Single vendor chart. No. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:20, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Discussion of Identity Theory on the reliable sources noticeboard
There is a discussion on the reliability of Identity Theory on the reliable sources noticeboard. If you're interested, please participate at. —  Newslinger  talk   09:24, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Glastonbury Festival
In preparation for Glastonbury Festival next week a small project has been set up to try to get pictures for acts appearing who don't have photos (or pics are poor/out of date). A list has been started at Glastonbury 2019. Are there acts on the line up which need pics but aren't included on the list? In addition there has been some discussion about which acts, who do not have articles, would be considered notable enough (in wp terms) to justify one and should be included on the list as red links. If you had any pointers or could contribute to the list that would be great.&mdash; Rod talk 19:52, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Peer review request for John Denver
Hi, I'm here to request a peer review for John Denver's article. Here's the link to the review page if anyone is willing to add comments. Thanks, NightBag10 (talk) 13:48, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

I'm The One is a song from Grateful
But the infobox doesn't say it.Nikki Lee 1999 (talk) 14:06, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
 * it did say it until a week ago, when a vandal screwed up the formatting in the infobox... I've changed it now. Richard3120 (talk) 14:31, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Request for neutral editor to fix disputed content
I have the 1975 on my watchlist and noticed an edit by with the summary [Copy Edit] capitalisation of band name. and discovered, contrary to guidance on MOS:THEMUSIC, that "the Big Pink" had been changed to "The Big Pink" (mid sentence, unquoted reference to the band). I reverted with the summary Undid good faith title casing of "the" in the Big Pink; please see MOS:THECAPS (although linking to MOS:THEMUSIC might have been better). I checked Cadar's contributions to see if similar errors had been made elsewhere, and found one on Greta Thunberg; a change of "the 1975" to "The 1975" (again: mid sentence, unquoted reference to the band). followed that edit with another capitalisation change of the same band name, but this time in the parent section heading. I manually reverted both edits (to avoid reverting other intermediary edits) with the summary revert title casing of "the 1975" per MOS:THEMUSIC and moved on. Very shortly afterwards, both my edits were reverted by Cadar with both summaries reading Undid revision [relevant id] by Fred Gandt (talk) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Music#Names_(definite_article) The name of the band is "The 1975" (in one case the band name's capitalisation being disputed was not "The 1975", it was "The Big Pink"). With WP:BRD ignored and the inaccuracy of one of the edit summaries noted, I visited Cadar's talk page to leave a message highlighting the relevant part of the guidelines at MOS:THEMUSIC i.e. "Mid-sentence, per the MoS main page, the word the should in general not be capitalized in continuous prose", and requested that they revert their errors (to avoid edit warring). While leaving that message, Cadar had visited my talk page and left a message linking to MOS:THEMUSIC for the third time (including both of Cadar's reversion edit summaries). Cadar had demonstrated an awareness of the existence of the appropriate guide but a clear misunderstanding of its content, and the possibility of discussion with Cadar quickly faded as they became quite aggressive. I cannot correct the errors myself without being party to an edit war; TL;DR please fix the erroneous miscapitalisation of "the Big Pink" at the article of the 1975 and of "the 1975" at the article of Greta Thunberg. Cheers. 15:13, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I was mentioned above. I have no views whatsoever of the correct styling of the band's name.  I do note that The Guardian article used a lower case "the" in their headline regarding Greta that I cited.  Good luck with the resolution.  RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 15:45, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I mentioned you for completeness only (no suggestion that you behaved improperly), but since you're here; I have no views whatsoever of the correct styling of the band's name is demonstrably incorrect since you made an edit that changed the content of an article in this regard. Our views take a back seat to policies and guidelines unless there's a community discussion about the possibility of changing them; the relevant guidelines are linked above. has already fixed the 1975 and only the Greta Thunberg article remains; the resolution will require no luck, but thanks :)   16:11, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The consensus on whether to capitalise the definite article in band names was settled with the Beatles argument a few years ago. We don't do it. It's right there in MOS:THEMUSIC. Popcornduff (talk) 16:16, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you Popcornduff for fixing both articles.  16:30, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Request for comment on List of music considered the worst
I have started an RfC for determining inclusion criteria for List of music considered the worst, and would like the input of WikiProject Music. Please go to Talk:List of music considered the worst to leave a response. Electric Burst (Electron firings)(Zaps) 16:54, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Banner template
Hi! Mind if I make WikiProject Music? Enterprisey (talk!) 00:59, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
 * That template has been deleted twice and salted. It was discussed in 2008 and rejected. Summary: This is an umbrella project that doesn't do assessments, and a banner wouldn't lead to improved articles. Such a banner would also collide with this project's many subprojects. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 03:20, 28 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks for letting me know. Enterprisey (talk!) 05:49, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

IDMA 2019
Anyone willing to finish what I started in adding all the winners and nominations from this year's International Dance Music Awards? I've been including some winners based on this source for nominations and this source for winners. Jalen D. Folf  (talk)  21:47, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

The strange case of Various
I've started a discussion at WikiProject Musicians and would appreciate input: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Musicians Popcornduff (talk) 16:52, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

Cazadero Performing Arts Camp
Hello Wikipedians, I have made some updates to the Cazadero Performing Arts Camp page. This is an important music camp in the San Francisco Bay Area and it has trained many well known local musicians. The page could use more images and information by other wikipedians interested in contributing to music related pages. Please view the page and provide feedback on my work as well as add any additional information you can.Trixie07 (talk) 20:24, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

"Good Dog Bad Dog" articles
I'm concerned about the notabilities of a song by a Polish singer and an album by an indie band, whose titles are "Good Dog Bad Dog". I thought about disambiguating them at first, but I'd rather raise this here instead. I think the articles need to be either expanded or merged into other articles. George Ho (talk) 01:55, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * The album is borderline notable – the band is obviously notable, and the album has at least one review on AllMusic... it's possible there may be more coverage in Christian magazines/websites. The song, however, seems non-notable – I can't find any coverage, even in Polish, except for YouTube videos and MP3 sites. There was no Polish singles chart at the time, and it didn't chart anywhere else in Europe. I'd probably redirect it to Mandaryna, as the parent album is even less notable and should be redirected too... even the album's article states that it bombed. Richard3120 (talk) 12:56, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

Talk:Good_Year_for_the_Roses
There is a requested move under discussion at Talk:Good_Year_for_the_Roses. Please participate and determine whether the article should be renamed to A Good Year for the Roses per my evidence. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 21:46, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Discussion of Alternative Vision (alternativevision.co.uk) on the reliable sources noticeboard
There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of Alternative Vision ([alternativevision.co.uk]), specifically its reviews of nu metal. If you're interested, please participate at. —  Newslinger  talk   12:40, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

Discussion on external links to Allmusic and Discogs on the reliable sources noticeboard
There is a discussion on the appropriateness of external links to Allmusic and Discogs on the reliable sources noticeboard. If you're interested, please participate at. —  Newslinger  talk   01:54, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

‎Clarification regarding country names in Infobox music genre
A discussion has been started at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force. Please add your comments there. —Ojorojo (talk) 16:31, 29 July 2019 (UTC) Please see the section "Naming countries in infoboxes" below. —Ojorojo (talk) 17:01, 17 August 2019 (UTC)

Content disputes and sockpuppetry at List of music considered the worst
For almost a year now, there has been a content dispute over at List of music considered the worst over the inclusion of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The chief problem I've identified is that the entry was first added by sockpuppets of The abominable Wiki troll back in 2014 and was formally deleted by Sergecross73 in December of that year. By September 2018, however, the entry was reinstated, and I have been lead to believe that the editor who restored it was an IP sock of TAWT, as both that IP address and an IP address cited in a noticeboard discussion about TAWT share nearly identical geolocation information (compare - ). However, there are some legitimate editors who support the album's inclusion, as seen here.

My question is: does support for inclusion from legitimate editors override any concerns that the entry was added by a sockpuppet, confirmed or suspected? Electric Burst (Electron firings)(Zaps) 23:55, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
 * This is poorly done WP:FORUMSHOPPING, and a poorly done summary of a long running dispute. There are multiple more comprehensive ongoing discussions on the talk page that would make much more sense to contribute to than start another here. Sergecross73   msg me  00:33, 23 August 2019 (UTC)

Andrez Bergen


This article is... differently wonderful. It relies almost exclusively on affiliated and self-published sources, and appears to have been written by is most ardent fan. Guy (Help!) 13:26, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree the current article is not good. But... it has effectively been nominated for AfD twice before, under Mr. Bergen's most commonly used alias Little Nobody, and no consensus has been reached – see Articles for deletion/Little Nobody (2nd nomination). It does appear that there might be enough in print sources to show notability. Not written by a fan exactly, but certainly someone with a COI, judging by Talk:Andrez Bergen. All of Little Nobody's albums have Wikipedia articles at the moment as well, although again, the case for them is not strong. Richard3120 (talk) 20:47, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

GAR
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 02:32, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

GAR
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Piano ballad being classified as a genre
I'd like to know what editors watching this page think about "piano ballad" being considered a genre. A user has insisted that piano ballad is a genre, changing that article's lead to match, after finding a source claiming it is one after another user raised a concern about the prose of Lana Del Rey's latest album at Talk:Norman Fucking Rockwell. If possible, could all interested chip in there with their thoughts. Thought it might interest those here to know. Thanks.  Ss  112   21:13, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Is secondhandsongs.com a reliable source?
As section title; their FAQ, regarding possible reliability per editorial oversight and omitting less relevant Q&As, states:
 * What is SecondHandSongs?
 * "SecondHandSongs is the largest and most accurate database of cover songs. Use it to find out who performed the original version of a particular song, or who else around the world covered that song. We try to be as complete and accurate as possible by also indexing the songwriters of the songs and the releases that feature these originals and covers. We order the data in a reusable and maintainable way and we're highly cross-referenced with other databases, among which Discogs, RateYourMusic, Echonest, Spotify, iTunes, ..."


 * How can I add songs to the database?
 * "You can submit them in the participation section. Please provide us with as much information as possible and name the sources where you got your information from."


 * Why does it take forever until my suggestion has been processed?
 * "Since we started we have been literally flooded with cover song suggestions, which are still stacking up. As we are a small team of volunteers, we're unable to keep up with submitted suggestions. We will however check and add all your submissions, which can currently take up to 5 years or longer. So please be patient or ... become an editor yourself!"


 * Where can I report errors and incomplete information?
 * "Please read our introduction to the database before reporting an error. In many cases mistakenly reported errors are based on misinterpretations. You can report errors by clicking on 'Report error' available on most pages. Please provide us with as much information as possible and name the sources where you got your information from. This can speed up processing a lot."


 * Where can I find reliable sources of information?
 * "You can find some in our bookmarks list. Note that websites like wikipedia, answers.com, music.com, and many others are not to be trusted! If you prefer real books, check out out the reference books our editors use."


 * Are your statistics reliable?
 * "No. As said before, given the enormous work ahead of us, our site is far from comprehensive and doesn't claim to be. Also, the entries are heavily biased by the preferences of the editors and our visitors. Conclusion: Never ever claim Summertime] is the most covered song with more than 750 covers according to SecondHandSongs."

They refer to their "Bookmarks list" which lists a lot of resources they apparently use for research, and as can be seen from the above FAQ answers, although users can make suggestions about the site content, the final decision(s) apparently lie(s) with the site editors. Their editors are listed on their "About us" page. They apparently founded in 2003. I don't want to overly influence other editors review of this possibly useful resource, so will leave the introduction short. What do we think? 04:43, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Not based on what I read at https://secondhandsongs.com/page/About : "The additions to the database are the works of a group of fanatic cover song lovers, who devote their time on a voluntary basis." It seems to have no oversight and no review process. It's one step above an open wiki. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:29, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Apart from not seeming to pass as an RS, I'm not sure why we would want to use it anyway... simply having a list of cover versions still doesn't pass the requirements of WP:SONGCOVER of in-depth discussion of each cover version. Richard3120 (talk) 11:47, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Generally sources that accepted submissions like this are always considered unreliable per WP:USERG. Sergecross73   msg me  12:09, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * The way the site seems to function, regarding user submissions, is that anyone may make suggestions that the editors then scrutinise and publish depending on their research. Looking at this page for Willie Nelson, listing various general details; note the "META Added by Mathieu Managed by Bastien" (top right of main content on desktop Chrome). Clicking either of the names will show e.g. the contributor statistics for Bastien.
 * @Richard3120: If considered reliable, it could be useful for dates, credits and other details which might not be mentioned in other sources.
 * However, so far it seems that it's not well regarded. I'm okay with that; thanks for the feedback :)  19:44, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * if that's the case, I agree with Walter and Serge and say "unreliable"... as it's user-supplied data, the users are unlikely to have definite knowledge of things like release dates, and very likely they'll just have got them off Discogs or another site that we consider unreliable for these things. Richard3120 (talk) 00:06, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I think you have misunderstood that anyone may make suggestions that the editors then scrutinise and publish depending on their research Richard3120; as I stated earlier on They refer to their "Bookmarks list" which lists a lot of resources they apparently use for research. I have also just said that each editor's statistics can be viewed regarding their submissions' acceptance or rejections.  00:35, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I've noticed several problems with their details, such as dates, credits, etc. Although there is some oversight, apparently their sources include Discogs, blogs, and other open sources which are not considered RS. By their own admission, corrections may take up to five years to process and their coverage is biased towards user submissions, so they should not be considered reliable (they do note "Are your statistics reliable? – No"). Secondhandsongs.com should be added to WP:NOTRSMUSIC. —Ojorojo (talk) 00:45, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify; as I noted, they admit to their "statistics" being unreliable, but not that the content published is i.e. if they list five covers of "The Song" by the Artist, they admit that the quantity of 5 is not reliable, not that the five listed are incorrect or unreliable.  01:18, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Understood. That was one of my concerns. It's not an all-encompassing compendium of cover songs, not that one exists in reality. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:20, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

I fail to see why not being an all-encompassing compendium of cover songs should be a concern; a review of a single song in a single newspaper (that is regarded as reliable) is a good enough source for us; we don't expect the paper to list every other cover version alongside it, for it to be considered a valuable source. The reliability of this site is all that is in question, not how much of it there is. 01:39, 4 September 2019 (UTC) P.S. Or did you mean that since it's not an all-encompassing compendium, we can safely ignore that aspect i.e. the stats, Walter? 01:44, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid that if we start using the source, it might be considered a source a valuable as AllMusic or some other online database.
 * We can safely ignore it because a) we are not interested in being such a database ourselves and instead only want to include notable (ie WP:COVERSONG) cover songs and 2) because we cannot guarantee its reliability (even though we all admit it's likely very good). Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:49, 4 September 2019 (UTC)
 * And as I answered Richard3120's concerns regarding notable covers; I am not suggesting that we scour their database and translate everything they mention to bullet-points in every article they'll fit in, only that if considered reliable, we might cite any data about notable covers that they've published, that other sources (that go into more detail in other respects) may have ignored or omitted. Multi-referencing content to fill in all the details is normal practice; using this site to fill in some gaps could be handy (if considered reliable etc etc). As for your point "2)" yes, that's the question; "is it reliable?" So far this conversation seems to have skipped around that issue by misunderstanding or misinterpreting how the site operates, or by questioning how it would be used. Other than the statistics, which should absolutely never be cited (by their own admission), the only possibly dodgy looking part is that some of the sources they use don't look awesome. Unfortunately, they don't show which sources they used for each item they list (which is frankly bloody annoying and does them no favours), but a high quality newspaper often won't list its sources either, and we just accept that their editorial ethics are sound. What specifically about this site indicates a lack of reliability?  02:09, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

MADTEO
Hello project music, there is a deletion request for the article MADTEO ongoing here: Articles for deletion/MADTEO. Please participate in the discussion.--༄U-ji (talk) 04:50, 8 September 2019 (UTC)