This WikiProject was originally intended for individual artists, but has since been expanded to include musical groups as well. This aspect of the project is currently in progress.
Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Musicians and Musical ensembles/Bands. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians in writing/editing articles related to this subject. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page or check out the to-do list.
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The purpose of this project is to provide guidelines for Wikipedia articles regarding musicians. This can cover everything from visual style and formatting to content and organization. All articles need not be identical, and there is obviously a wide variety of information which may be appropriate to some articles and not to others. The goal is to make it easier for Wikipedians to create high quality articles related to this subject matter, and also to make it easier for readers of these articles to find relevant information in consistent format and location.
This project will also participate in the categorization of related pages in order to make it even easier to find relevant related information.
This is a manually compiled list. If you have constructively participated in this project, please feel free to add yourself to this list. You may also wish to list your specific interests or areas in which you would like to participate.
Active members
4TheWynne (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – I work on some well-known bands and artists.
Aggie80 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – The Ukulele Guy! I've added 6 articles on ukulele players and contributed to many others.
Ahsoka Dillard (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – Public musicologist. Working on Asian American women composers. 19th-C Opera. Pianist.
Doomsdayer520 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) For several years the majority of my edits have been to musician/band biography articles, which I usually locate via the Albums Project.
Efkr (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – Ensure comfort in reading articles (aerate big paragraphs, add links & 1rst letter MAJ), revise contents for all musician's articles.
Endlessdan (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – Mostly Rock N Roll; 60-70s... but I dabble in other genres.
J04n (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – currently contribute to early hard rock/heavy metal bands: Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Kiss and early punk bands: Ramones, the Clash. Interested in helping save bands/musicians from WP:AFD.
Kjsarat (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – I work with Indian Bands and other Artists based out of India and I have trusted sources and information regarding these bands and artists as I work with them.
Kmzundel (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – Mostly interested in helping with folk musicians; style; creating stubs
leahtwosaints (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – Biographer of musicians- favoring rock, blues, R&B and slide guitar artists. Specialty in finding and placing photos for those articles.
Lierre24 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – Currently working on a new page for singer-songwriter John Garrison.
LizParker (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – currently working on Big Big Train articles.
Markworthen (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) - Rock music, particularly hard rock and blues rock.
Musdan77 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – My very first article edit (8 years ago) was a musical group, and have continued since (better late than never).
Nikscholarly20 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) - I enjoy editing articles about music (music and all related subjects are my forte). I particularly like to edit articles about independent artists who may be more obscure than mainstream artists as well as those artists' discography.
SingingZach (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs)– Musician and a hardcore music listener, I listen to just about any genre out there, usually Alternative, Pop, and Hip-Hop.
SkaraB (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – Have written the article on Jim Neversink (indie/americana); best at the biographical stuff, could do with help on the music bit.
Sue Kastle (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – enjoy editing "American reggae" bands including reggae rock, dub, punk and ska bands (notice articles need a lot of explanations and better discographies).
Trap The Drum Wonder (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – expanding the pre and post bands of the mainstream; creating articles about forgotten groups. For example, pre-Nirvana band Dain Bramage (authoured by myself).
Unak78 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – Been working on Shyne article with updates relating to his upcoming release as well as upgrading from stub article. General upgrading of notable articles.
آرمین هویدایی (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) Mainly into Latin Music artists, specially Ricky Martin related articles.
TheCorriynial (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – Mainly works on fixing errors, typos on articles, but has a general knowledge on most music. Mostly prefers pre 2010 music, Rock and Roll, some Country Music, Billboard charting hits, so on.
Schminnte (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) - I work on basic copyediting, as well as articles on Scottish musicians. I'm a classical pianist and can also add to articles on classical musicians.
Invisiboy42293 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – Worked on a variety of musician/band articles since about 2011; most familiar with the alternative/indie/punk side of things but just as interested in pop and other genres. Looking to give attention to overlooked but notable artists.
AceFrye (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – I'll probably work with bands local to the Des Moines or Chicago area, since I know quite a few bands personally in these areas. But, I'll work anywhere & have many sources for information/photos if needed, just hit me up on the talk page. :-)
Joe5150 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – I'll be working on improving pages for pretty much anyone obscure that I like—I do it enough as it is, might as well collaborate.
SteelersFan UK06 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – i have been known to write, format, copyedit and wikify most pages on relitively unheard of Indie (mainly British and synth) bands
TheTwoRoads (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – Will mostly be working on Paul McCartney-related musicians.
TonyTheTiger (talk⧼dot-separator⧽contribs) – My contributions are a bit infrequent and tangential. I moved membership to Music because my work is more general.
The purpose of this sub project is to find articles related to this subject and edit them so as to comply with the guidelines set forth by this project.
This sub project is aimed at classifying related articles in a logical and consistent manner, the idea being to make it easier to find articles related to a certain subject matter.
This is similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale. Every so often, members of the project select a single article—existing or not—on which to focus some of our combined efforts. This involves not just fixing up the article to match the guidelines of the project, but also doing any necessary research and resource gathering for the article, including finding usable images or other media.
For the time being, the chief focus of this wikiproject is to establish itself by defining a solid set of guidelines for related articles to use. All are encouraged to participate in this endeavor by reviewing the existing guidelines and discussing them on the article guidelines page. Both positive and negative constructive criticism are highly welcomed, but please discuss changes prior to making them. This includes changes to existing guidelines, removal of existing guidelines, and addition of new guidelines.
This template includes articles in Tɛmplet:Ccl allows us to track articles in the project so as to better gauge the progress of the project and to find articles that need work done (please use piped category links to sort articles by artist's last name). The {{WPBiography}} template informs others about the project to potentially inspire new contributors to the project, and also to hopefully prevent some unnecessary and inadvertent deviation from the project's guidelines which the editor may not even be aware of.
You can also feel free to add a link to the page under either "Recently added" or "New articles", which ever is appropriate. This will allow others to see what's new with the project and likely quicken the process of getting the article edited to meet guidelines.
The above method for adding articles to the project should only be used for articles that specifically pertain to the subject matter of this project, i.e., a specific musician. Articles that more generally relate to the project, for instance musician should not be added to Tɛmplet:Ccl and should not have {{WPBiography}} added to their talk page. For articles such as these, please see the section entitled "Other related articles".
Articles need not comply exactly with the standards of the project in order to be added, in fact, they don't need to comply at all. Adding a non-compliant article will make it that much more likely that someone involved in the project will find it and fix it up. For more information on non-compliant articles, see "Articles in need of attention".
Pages that are involved more in the administrative aspect of this project, e.g. subprojects' pages, lists, templates, etc., also should not be added to Tɛmplet:Ccl or include {{WPBiography}}. Instead, these pages should be added to Tɛmplet:Ccl.
Articles already part of this project are still open to editing, and there's no special procedure for doing so. Remember, a lot of articles are added to the project without any compliance to the project guidelines. Don't feel like you need to completely fix up an article when you edit it; even a small edit that follows the project is better than none. If you have completely fixed a page to meet the guidelines, go ahead and add it as a candidate for the Showcase, or even as a Featuredcandidate.
Tɛmplet:Ccl has been created in order to better keep track of what articles need what work. Set attention equal to yes in {{WPBiography}} (see code below) in order to add it to Tɛmplet:Ccl:
If the article needs a photo, set needs-photo= yes.
If the article needs an infobox, set needs-infobox = yes.
If the article needs a discography, set needs-discography= yes.
If you have edited an article and believe that it no longer needs work, you should remove the |attention=yes parameter from the banner. Do not delete any of the entries on the talk page related to the work (or any, for that matter), and make sure it has the two items listed under "Adding articles". In addition, fixed articles should be added to the list of Recently fixed articles along with your date-stamped signature (four tildes, ~~~~). This will allow others to review the work (no one's perfect) and make sure all the original issues have been resolves.
Georges Thurston, was a Quebec, Canada, R&B and reggae singer for 30 years. Was also known as Boule Noire. Deceased on June 18, 2007--JForget 02:41, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Trainwreck Riders, an alternative country band from San Francisco, California. Popular in the Bay Area, released their first album last year, and will be performing at the Treasure Island Music Festival this September. -- R'son-W(speak to me/breathe) 23:32, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Alpinestars, a electronic rock band out of Manchester. They were somewhat popular in the early 2000s when they released their albums B.A.S.I.C. and White Noise, and have had several tracks featured in video games such as SSX 3, but have not been heard from since 2003. --Temporarily Insane (talk) 15:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
The Arts and Entertainment Work Group – Musicians is a working group of members of the Biography WikiProject dedicated to ensuring quality and coverage of biography articles.
Related Projects
Since biographies are potentially under the purview of almost all WikiProjects, it is important that we work in tandem with these projects. Also, when seeking collaboration on articles, don't neglect to approach WikiProjects that are part of the geographical region your subject is/was in. Some musicians have WikiProjects dedicated to them and these WikiProjects generally consider themselves responsible for the biographical articles within their scope.
WikiProject Musicians
