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Good article reassessment for Max Weinberg
Max Weinberg has been nominated for a 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. Spinixster  (chat!)  10:03, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Jeff Hanneman
Jeff Hanneman has been nominated for a 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. Z1720 (talk) 15:55, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Sourcing on Aston "Family Man" Barrett
Could use some assistance sourcing and (preferably) trimming the discography for Jamaican musician and producer Aston "Family Man" Barrett, who died yesterday and is nominated for a Recent Deaths listing. Funcrunch (talk) 04:53, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Regarding timelines: can we please change the default color for the drums? It's too similar to guitars
The 4 most common attributes seen on timelines are vocals (red), bass (blue), guitars (green), and drums (orange). I believe that the guitars (green) and drums (orange) are too similar (at least here on Wikipedia due to EasyTimeline's default shades), especially to someone like me who is partially colorblind.

I feel like, since these are the 4 most common instruments, then 4 vastly different colors should be used. Naturally, I'd say red/blue/green/yellow, but because of the white background, yellow is not practical. Thus, maybe a different shade of another color or dark purple or bright teal? Literally anything else besides this particular orange? (fyi I understand that there are plugins/options for colorblindness on browsers, but since these 4 colors are the most common, I figured that I'd bring it up due to MOS:ACCESS). Xanarki (talk) 23:23, 12 February 2024 (UTC)


 * I also wanted to point out that I'm not trying to skew this towards only 1 disability (since there's indeed a few different ones than just mine). But that I think it'd be beneficial to simply have 4 vastly different colors across the board, such as the 3 primary colors (albeit with a different shade for yellow due to the site's background) but only 1 secondary (as opposed to how it is now with 2 primary and 2 secondary). Xanarki (talk) 04:56, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers has been nominated for a 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. Spinixster  (chat!)  03:49, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Henry Mancini § Piccolo in infobox
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Henry Mancini § Piccolo in infobox. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 05:32, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Tenacious D
Tenacious D has been nominated for a 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. Schierbecker (talk) 21:18, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Nina Simone
Nina Simone has been nominated for a 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. Schierbecker (talk) 18:23, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Ozzie Melendez


The article Ozzie Melendez has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "many issues, no movement on fixes in 6.5 years. Not super notable and reads like an advertisement"

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The Mary Wallopers and "Anglophobia"
Hi all, I'm just dropping this message on all of the WikiProjects associated with The Mary Wallopers. An IP editor has been repeatedly adding a line to the article describing their musical style as Anglophobia. I have been repeatedly removing these inclusions as I do not believe the source a) is reliable enough or b) discusses the supposed Anglophobia in sufficient detail to warrant its inclusion.

There is an active Talk Page discussion which both myself and the IP editor have commented on today. I would value your input either way on this discussion as I really just want to stop edit warring with this other user. Thanks. Xx78900 (talk) 23:40, 15 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @Xx78900 Have you applied for page protection, or reported the user(s) behind the edits? If not, I would recommend both options. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 04:34, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The contribution was sourced and, in the context of Ireland, there is nothing wrong with being Anglophobic. Threatening a user, even and IP user, with a ban is inappropriate. 2A00:23C6:7682:F101:B9BC:7F47:C3CA:6F67 (talk) 08:32, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Musician Redirect
A musician's article recently created underwent a review, and the reviewer decided to place a redirect to the band's article. They noted that a musician must be "notable" outside of their band. However, I'm not entirely convinced by this reasoning, and now it's causing some confusion. Anyone searching for the individual artist will be directed to the band's page, where there's no information about the person, only about the group.

The references used to create the article were from sources primarily focused on the band. However, within those citations, there was substantial information about the individual artist.

I believe the mere presence of enough references to compile an article, coupled with participation in various other projects (which can be cited and referenced within the article), should suffice? If an article is supposed to be based solely on references and they're are enough about the topic wouldn't that qualify?

This discussion brings up an interesting point. If musicians are expected to be notable outside of their band to warrant an article, it could exclude many talented artists, especially drummers or bass players, whose prominence is mainly due to their contributions within a band. In such cases, their significance lies in their role within the band rather than individual achievements outside of it. Therefore, the criteria for notability should consider the context of their contributions within the band. ChiliDog22 (talk) 17:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Mike Hall (musician)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mike Hall (musician) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. UtherSRG (talk) 16:58, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Kiss (band) regarding digital avatars and band activity
There is a discussion at Talk:Kiss (band) regarding the digital avatars and the band's activity. Some opinions would be helpful for this discussion which can be located at Talk:Kiss (band). Thanks. HorrorLover555 (talk) 16:19, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Infobox:Classical composer
I need to refine this template to use for classical composers. Can someone add parameters to this? Thanks. Nickkontek (talk) 19:07, 26 April 2024 (UTC)


 * @Nickkontek do you have any ideas in mind, or are you just generally asking for more just to have them? Because it'll be a lot easier to accomodate the former. QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 20:16, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Specifically any that couldn't already be covered by adding infobox person as a module? QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 20:18, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * If you don't know already, be aware that infoboxes are a source of great contention among classical music groups. Some groups take the attitude that if one doesn't already exist for an article, it is not to be added; new articles that come with infoboxes are ok. For some reason some people are very vociferous in their dislike of infoboxes (I'm all in favor of them). - kosboot (talk) 20:47, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I’m new to the concept of templates and the parameters they have, so I was wondering if someone can make some for this since I had no idea how to make them. If someone tells me how I will gladly develop this template further. Nickkontek (talk) 16:59, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, but again, what parameters are you requesting? We need to know what you want to add before it can be added (or rejected if there's consensus against the idea). QuietHere (talk &#124; contributions) 18:45, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Discussion on Talk:Martin O'Donnell
Hello. There's a discussion regarding the infobox changes on the Martin O'Donnell article over at Talk:Martin O'Donnell that may be of interest to project members. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 17:34, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Should we rename Phonograph?
To either Turntable or Record Player?

Talk:Phonograph Sateystnes (talk) 21:39, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Bridgit Mendler
There is a discussion at Bridgit Mendler about including the University of Southern California in the infobox's education parameter. It can be found at Talk:Bridgit Mendler. Input from project members would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 03:32, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Mahler infobox
I've suggested an infobox for Mahler. We are at an impasse at the moment and require further input. Thanks — Iadmc  ♫ talk  15:09, 3 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Add comments to the talkpage: Talk:Gustav Mahler — Iadmc  ♫ talk  15:13, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Nationality discussion at Talk:Snow Patrol
There is a discussion currently ongoing at Talk:Snow Patrol regarding a controversial change in the band's nationality, which may be of interest to project members. The discussion is titled Change Snow Patrol from Scottish Rock Band to Northern Irish Rock Band. Thanks. HorrorLover555 (talk) 16:25, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Ghibran
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Ghibran that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 00:40, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Madonna
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Madonna that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 11:06, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:James House (singer)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:James House (singer) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. – robertsky (talk) 05:08, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Does the draft for Kim Min-ji (singer) sufficiently demonstrate notability?
Hello, I was wondering if Draft:Kim Min-ji (singer) manages to demonstrate individual notability in order to be re-submitted for review? Some experienced feedback would be much appreciated if anyone has the available time to take a look at it. Thank you :) AlexBW0524 (talk) 19:52, 11 July 2024 (UTC)