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.
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
Aggie80 (talk·contribs) – The Ukulele Guy! I've added 6 articles on ukulele players and contributed to many others.
IllaZilla (talk·contribs) – mostly punk rock/independent and San Diego-area based groups, also album pages & member bios
Itsmelah (talk·contribs) – As a Heavy Metal musician myself, I try my best to contribute to the Musicians section for Wikipedia.
J04n (talk·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.
leahtwosaints (talk·contribs) – Biographer of musicians- favoring rock, blues, R&B and slide guitar artists. Specialty in finding and placing photos for those articles.
Lierre24 (talk·contribs) – Currently working on a new page for singer-songwriter John Garrison.
SkaraB (talk·contribs) – Have written the article on Jim Neversink (indie/americana); best at the biographical stuff, could do with help on the music bit.
Unak78 (talk·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.
AceFrye (talk·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·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·contribs) – i have been known to write, format, copyedit and wikify most pages on relitively unheard of Indie (mainly British and synth) bands
We need your help!! We are currently in the process of defining the guidelines for style and content of related articles, and you can participate here.
Audio (group) - Article's only sources are an outdated MTV link and a Tripod fan page (of all things). I cleaned up the talk page because it looked like a forum, but much of the article page looks like it was written by a twelve-year-old, especially everything after this section.
Bill Berry - former drummer for R.E.M. needs more context, refs, discography. (The band page is an FA!)
The Cowsills need content, references, discography.
The Chieftains - more substance (especially on former members)
Martha Argerich - in need of content, photos (particularly recent ones), and in need of much work on the structure and flow of the article. Badly in need of referencing.
Cappadonna - unofficial, disputed member of the Wu-Tang Clan. In need of photos, referencing & a page for the discography. Very badly in need of content.
Cat Stevens needs expansion, some cleanup of album and song pages already there.
David D'Or -- Israeli Singer of the Year and Eurovision contestant; needs sourcing for some platinum albums; also, any expansion that can help it attain GA/FA status. Thanks.
Fifth Harmony - needs expansion, references and a photo.
Rory GallagherBlues rock vocalist & guitarist from Ireland needing expansion and help (also has an unfinished discography page needing completion with references). His website just made this much easier to approach now.(December 2010)]
Merle Watson - Was just a redirect to Doc Watson. I expanded it but I don't know a whole lot about him. In need of family/biography info, references, possible additions to discography.
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.
The Current collaboration is: non selected
This collaboration began:
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 Category:Musicians work group articles 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 Category:Musicians work group articles 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".
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.
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.
This page is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.
Thanks for your contribution to the MusiciansWikiProject. I hope you'll continue to be interested and participate in the project, we're always open to new participants. For ways you can help, please check the "Contributing" section of the main project page. Thanks again! ~~~~
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.