![]() This WikiProject is about the American music. | |
Shortcut | WP:USMUSIC |
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Categories | WikiProject American music, American music |
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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.
Contents
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)
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
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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
Aaliyah
Are You Experienced
Mariah Carey
Bob Dylan
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album)
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Greencards
Grunge
In Utero (album)
Janet Jackson
Michael Jackson
Bradley Joseph
Lady Gaga
Mantra-Rock Dance
Metallica
Missing My Baby
Music of the United States
Music of Athens, Georgia
Nirvana (band)
Pearl Jam
Katy Perry
Elvis Presley
Punk rock
Taylor Swift
Thriller (Michael Jackson album)
What'd I Say
Frank Zappa
Featured lists
Good articles
American popular music
Amor Prohibido (song)
David Archuleta
The Art Teacher
As I Lay Dying (band)
Beyoncé
Boogie Chillen'
Buenos Amigos
Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)
Cher
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
Donde Quiera Que Estés
Dreaming of You (Selena album)
Earth Angel
Fear of a Black Planet
Garage rock
I Could Fall in Love
Imaginos
John Wayne (song)
Kind of Blue
Noel Lee (executive)
Demi Lovato
Lovesick Blues
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonnaland
Maroon 5
Christina Milian
Murder of Selena
Music of the American Civil War
Nevermind
Ones (album)
Natina Reed
Selena
Sharissa
Super Bowl XLVI halftime show
Techno Cumbia
Tipitina
Meghan Trainor
Did you know? articles
Another Round (group)
Apple Music
Are You Experienced
Ballad for Americans
Black Strap Molasses (song)
Boogie Chillen'
Alice Brock
Buenos Amigos
Brad Carter
Richie Castellano
Miles Copeland Jr.
William Orcutt Cushing
Donde Quiera Que Estés
Dreaming of You (Selena album)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album)
Garage rock
God Save the South
Lou Gramm
The Greencards
David Hochstein
I'm a Good Ol' Rebel
Lady Gaga on Twitter
Let's Get Loud
Lovesick Blues
Mantra-Rock Dance
Roger McMurrin
Miguel (singer)
Missing My Baby
Murder of Selena
Music of the American Civil War
Nirvana (band)
Ones (album)
Katy Perry
Revolt (TV network)
Hank Sanicola
Selena
The Squirrels
Stop the Music (album)
Taylor Swift
Techno Cumbia
Tipitina
Meghan Trainor
The U.S. Air Force (song)
Good article nominees
Former featured articles
Former good articles
Announcements
Categories for discussion
- 04 May 2019 – Category:Years in American music (talk · · hist) was CfDed by JJMC89 (t · c); see discussion
Miscellany for deletion
- 12 Apr 2019 – Portal:Aerosmith (talk · · hist) was MfDed by Legacypac (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 26 Apr 2019 – Boz Scaggs (album) (talk · · hist) was GA nominated by Famous Hobo (t · c); start
Good article reassessments
- 11 Jul 2018 – As I Lay Dying (band) (talk · · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by DannyMusicEditor (t · c); see discussion