Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music

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week a small project has been set up to try to get pictures for acts appearing who don't have photos (or pics are poor/out of date).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 Wikipedia: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.— Rod ^talk 19:52, 21 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

@Nikki Lee 1999: 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)[reply]

Request for neutral editor to fix disputed content

I have the 1975 on my watchlist and noticed an edit by Cadar 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). RobbieIanMorrison 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. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 15:13, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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. Popcornduff has already fixed the 1975 and only the Greta Thunberg article remains; the resolution will require no luck, but thanks :) Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 16:11, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Thank you Popcornduff for fixing both articles. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 16:30, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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#RfC - Inclusion criteria to leave a response. Electric Burst^{(Electron firings)}_(Zaps) 16:54, 25 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Banner template

Hi! Mind if I make {{WikiProject Music}}? Enterprisey (talk!) 00:59, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Okay, thanks for letting me know. Enterprisey (talk!) 05:49, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

‎Clarification regarding country names in Infobox music genre

A discussion has been started at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force#Clarification regarding country names in infobox. Please add your comments there. —Ojorojo (talk) 16:31, 29 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

The strange case of Various

I've started a discussion at WikiProject Musicians and would appreciate input: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Musicians#Various Popcornduff (talk) 16:52, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]