Shortcut | WP:USMUSIC |
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Categories | WikiProject American music, American music |
Portals | Music United States |
Parent project(s) | Music, United States |
Project banner template | {{WikiProject United States|USMusic=yes}} |
Userbox | {{User WikiProject American music}} |
Has goals? | Yes |
Assessment | WikiProject American music/Assessment |
Welcome to the American music WikiProject on the English Wikipedia! We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to music of the United States.
Goals
- Standardize coverage of American music, songs and musicians.
- Improve lower-quality articles to Good or Featured status.
- Maintain and further improve articles already of high-quality.
Scope
- This purpose of this project is to standardize the coverage of American music, songs and musicians within Wikipedia. This includes deciding how pages should be formatted, which pages should and should not be created, designing templates, etc. This project is not yet completely defined, so feel free to make suggestions on the talk page.
Guidelines
- All articles related to American music should follow the notability guideline for music. See WP:Music
- Capitalization should follow the rules of the English Wikipedia, NOT the rules by academic sources. See WP:CAPITALIZATION
Acceptable charts
The following are acceptable charts and may be used in articles:
- Billboard charts - for albums, sales, singles and certifications only
- RIAA - for certifications only
*These sites do not archive the charts. You must manually archive the charts in order to source them. A website like WebCite is acceptable.
For more information, see WP:GOODCHARTS and WP:USCHARTS
Unacceptable charts
The following are unacceptable and should not be used in articles:
- Amazon
- ARC Weekly Top 40
- iTunes
- Radio Disney
- Viacom/MTV Networks Countdowns (VH1 VSpot and CMT Top 20 Countdowns)
- World Albums Top 40/World Singles Top 40
For more information, see WP:BADCHARTS
Participants
If you want to get involved in this project, please add your name with # {{User|YOURUSERNAMEHERE}} ~~~~~ to the Participants list, and to indicate any areas of particular interest in alphabetical order.
Active participants
- Akihironihongo (talk · contribs)
- rlp17 (talk · contribs) - Music is my passion. Whether it be in a song, a video, sheet music, MIDIs, documentaries, etc. Created the Re:Generation article from scratch (and it was my first), so I think I've got the process down. Am prone to challenging edits (#lol)
- Joseph Prasad (talk · contribs)
- Lindjosh (talk · contribs) 02:45:55, 4 June 2020 (UTC) Music is a big passion of mine.
- ClaudeJTurner (talk · contribs)
There is a userbox available for members of this project. Please feel free to put this on your userpage by adding {{User WikiProject American music}}. Alternatively, if you do not wish to use the userbox, you may add [[Category:WikiProject American music participants|{{PAGENAME}}]] to the end of your user page.
Statistics
Index · Statistics · Log |
Tagging and Assessment
Any articles that are within the scope of this project should be tagged with {{WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|USMusic=|USMusic-importance=}}
banner. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to help in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work. They also play a role in the WP:1.0 program, which the WikiProject uses to help automate some of the assessing process.
- The template should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's radar. It looks like this:
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The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject United States}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:American music articles by quality. WP:1.0 also produces a statistics page, and a log of articles assessed.
Open tasks
Resources
Tools
- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
Tips
?. | Use common sense. Ultimately, assume good faith on the part of others, be bold in editing because perfection is not required. See Wikipedia:Editing policy for more information. Before starting a new article! - Notability is a concern that must be adhered to. See Wikipedia:Notability (music) for more information. |
I. | Use references. This is an encyclopedia, so remember to include a ==References== section listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you used to write the article. New articles and statements added to existing articles may be deleted if unreferenced or referenced poorly. See Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Cite_sources and Wikipedia:References for more information. |
II. | Use proper spelling and grammar. This is a very important aspect of an article. "We want to learn editors to write proper" There are helpful guidelines in regards to styles. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (music) for more information. |
III. | Use footnotes. Take advantage of the footnote ability Wikipedia has, instead of including html links inside the context include them as footnotes. See Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to use them. |
IV. | Write a good lead. Be sure to write a lead that concisely summarizes the entire article into one or two paragraphs, which make sense to someone who may know nothing about the subjects in question. See Wikipedia:Lead section for more information. |
V. | Stay on topic. Many articles are criticized for length; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this. See Wikipedia:The perfect article for more information. |
VI. | Keep it simple. Remember that the average reader should be able to comprehend the erudition. Although you should use a broad vocabulary of regular, non-technical terms, do not provide such a quantity of locutions as to impel those who aspire to derive serviceable information from the article to consult a dictionary. |
VII. | Use images if possible. Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Images |
Recognized content
These of our recognized content for WikiProject American music. Featured content and good articles are what Wikipedia editors believe are some of the best work on Wikipedia. Before being listed here, content must pass the appropriate featured or good article candidacy for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style.
Featured articles
- 1989 (Taylor Swift album)
- Aaliyah
- Are You Experienced
- Mariah Carey
- Bob Dylan
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album)
- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
- In Utero
- Janet Jackson
- Michael Jackson
- Lady Gaga
- Mantra-Rock Dance
- Megadeth
- Metallica
- Missing My Baby
- Music of Athens, Georgia
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Nirvana (band)
- Pearl Jam
- Katy Perry
- Elvis Presley
- Slayer
- Taylor Swift
- Thriller (album)
- Meghan Trainor
- What'd I Say
- Frank Zappa
Featured lists
Good articles
- Dianna Agron
- Amor Prohibido (song)
- Lynn Anderson
- Anuel AA
- David Archuleta
- The Art Teacher
- Steve Azar
- Beyoncé
- Big Blood
- Boogie Chillen'
- Boz Scaggs (album)
- Buenos Amigos
- Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)
- Cher
- Chromatica
- Crush 40
- (Don't Fear) The Reaper
- Donde Quiera Que Estés
- Dreaming of You (Selena album)
- Earth Angel
- Fear of a Black Planet
- Garage rock
- Jan Howard
- Robert Hunter (lyricist)
- I Could Fall in Love
- Imaginos
- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
- Nicky Jam
- John Wayne (song)
- Kind of Blue
- Noel Lee (executive)
- Live in Cook County Jail
- Demi Lovato
- Lovesick Blues
- Madonna
- Madonnaland
- Maroon 5
- Christina Milian
- Moondog (1969 album)
- Music of the American Civil War
- Nevermind
- Ones (album)
- Natina Reed
- Ricky Martin (1999 album)
- Doug Sahm
- Murder of Selena
- Selena
- Shallow (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper song)
- Sharissa
- Stardust (1927 song)
- Shelby Starner
- Super Bowl XLVI halftime show
- Art Tatum
- Techno Cumbia
- Tipitina
- Gillian Welch
- What You Know Bout Love
- Chely Wright
Did you know? articles
- Dianna Agron
- Another Round (group)
- Apple Music
- Are You Experienced
- Jeremy Ayers
- Ballad for Americans
- Ronald Barnes (carillonist)
- Floy Little Bartlett
- Yella Beezy
- Black Strap Molasses
- Boogie Chillen'
- Alice Brock
- Buenos Amigos
- Brad Carter
- Richie Castellano
- Castle Recording Laboratory
- Miles Copeland Jr.
- Cecil Cowles
- Sarah Mundell Crane
- Crush 40
- Cuco (musician)
- William Orcutt Cushing
- Donde Quiera Que Estés
- Dreaming of You (Selena album)
- Marguerite Dunlap
- Doriot Anthony Dwyer
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album)
- Anna Fitziu
- Four for McGovern
- Garage rock
- Catherine Gayer
- Julia Gerity
- God Save the South
- Lotti Golden
- Lou Gramm
- The Greencards
- Harlettes
- Sara Hershkowitz
- David Hochstein
- Jennifer Holloway
- Robert Hunter (lyricist)
- I'm a Good Ol' Rebel
- Lupita Infante
- Helen Jepson
- Maggie Jones (blues musician)
- Sissieretta Jones
- Klesie Kelly
- Lady Gaga on Twitter
- Nikki Lane
- Let's Get Loud
- Margot Leverett
- Sarah Charles Lewis
- Life Is Good (song)
- Martha Lipton
- Lovesick Blues
- Mantra-Rock Dance
- Jimmy McHugh
- The McLain Family Band
- Roger McMurrin
- Megadeth
- Miguel (singer)
- Military Intelligence Corps Band
- Missing My Baby
- Moondog (1969 album)
- Music of the American Civil War
- Nirvana (band)
- Obsessed (Addison Rae song)
- Ones (album)
- Katy Perry
- Psalm 148 (Bernstein)
- Revolt (TV network)
- Naya Rivera
- Doug Sahm
- Hank Sanicola
- Irene Scruggs
- Murder of Selena
- Selena
- The Song of Iowa
- The Squirrels
- Star-Spangled Women for McGovern–Shriver
- Stardust (1927 song)
- Stop the Music (album)
- Taylor Swift
- Techno Cumbia
- Tipitina
- Together for McGovern
- Meghan Trainor
- Bessie Tucker
- The U.S. Air Force (song)
- Unique Recording Studios
- 2008 Universal Studios fire
- The Unplugged Collection, Volume One
- Olivia Ward
- Christine Weidinger
- Gillian Welch
- West Virginia Music Hall of Fame
- Anna Mae Winburn
- Marie Grice Young
Former featured articles
Former good articles
Announcements
Articles for deletion
- 16 May 2022 – Adam Agee (talk · · hist) AfDed by North8000 (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 29 May 2022; see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
Requested moves
- 22 May 2022 – What's Going On (Marvin Gaye album) (talk · · hist) is requested to be moved to What's Going On by 162 etc. (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 21 Mar 2022 – Concord Music Group (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Concord (entertainment company) by Nswix (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Feb 2022 – Lil Eazy-E (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to Eazy-E by Erpert (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jan 2022 – American pop (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to American popular music by Harizotoh9 (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Dec 2021 – List of current Hollywood Records artists (talk · · hist) is proposed for merging to List of former Hollywood Records artists by Pburka (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 25 Apr 2022 – Zendaya (talk · · hist) is proposed for splitting by Geraldo Perez (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 11 May 2022 – Draft:Patsy Torres (talk · · hist) has been submitted for AfC by AJona1992 (t · c)
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