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I have nominated The Nation of Ulysses discography for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Mm40 (talk) 00:55, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
So I was working on a discog I was hoping to eventually see through to FL-status, but I'm having a hard time finding info for all of the music-video directors. And it struck me: is this stuff really necessary in a discography? I've been a part of alot of flc's for discogs, and every once and a while a list is failed basically because the list of directors is either incomplete or is lacking a reliable source or two. Is this a standard we really want to keep this lists to? Is this necessary? We usually don't require the producer, for example, to be included with the albums, so are the music video directors in a similar category? I'm not trying to get around doing this work for lists I'm working, it's just that as far as I know this question has never been specifically posed, and I'm not really sure where we (as a project) stand on the issue. Any thoughts? Drewcifer (talk) 03:13, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Hello Wikiproject! Currently there is a discussion which will decide whether wikipedia will delete 49,000 articles about a living person without references, here:
Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people
Since biographies of living people covers so many topics, many wikiproject topics will be effected.
The two opposing positions which have the most support is:
Comments are welcome. Keep in mind that by default, editor's comments are hidden. Simply press edit next to the section to add your comment.
Please keep in mind that at this point, it seems that editors support deleting unreferenced BLP articles if they are not sourced, so your project may want to source these articles as soon as possible. See the next, message, which may help.
If you don't already have this and are interested in creating a list of articles which need cleanup for your wikiproject see: Cleanup listings A list of examples is here
If you are interested in moving unreferenced blp articles that your project covers, to a special "incubation page", contact me, User talk:Ikip
If you are interested in watchlisting all of the unreferenced articles once you install Cleanup_listings, contact me, User talk:Ikip
Ikip 05:04, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Hi guys just to let you know we are tying to end an edit dispute here-> Talk:Michael Jackson albums discography#Page Style..... I am post info here as you may want to comment as it pertains to layout.
Please leave a comment Talk:Michael Jackson albums discography#Splitting The Page here thanks for your help!..Buzzzsherman (talk) 08:37, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
heya, was wondering if anybody could review the above for FLC and add any comments here? thanks :) Mister sparky (talk) 22:01, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello! I tagged the Dinosaur Jr. discography as needing an expert - it certainly needs one! The numbers are likely incorrect - I used numbers from AllMusic.com but it's clear that some of their songs were established as singles in the UK. Additionally, their footer box seems to be out of date or incorrectly organized. It links to singles articles that have not been created.
Hope someone sees this request and can assist. Thank you very much. mheart (talk) 03:59, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
Should discographies (i.e., a "Discography" section in an article about a musician) be in chronological order or reverse-chronological order, or neither? Is there an MoS that addresses this? I've seen past proposals in various talk page archives, but can't find anything that explicitly says "this is a guideline" etc. Thanx, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 00:45, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
Rather than get in an edit war, I thought I'd pose the question here: Should major label and indie label releases be separate lists within a discography? I would think not, and the majority of discographies I checked here bear that out, but one user (and an IP that is likely the same user) keeps reverting my edits along those lines at Gucci Mane discography. Anyone care to weigh in? TheJazzDalek (talk) 17:02, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Are there any existing guidelines for discographies of conductors, soloists et al? The guidelines for discographies of pop performers don't lend themselves to classical discographies. I have followed the customary book layout for a recent attempt (Malcolm Sargent discography) but would be much obliged for any guidance members of this project have to offer, as I have another similar discography on the tapis. - Tim riley (talk) 12:56, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi. The Wikimedia Foundation received a notice about this discography, over half of the contents which are albums of Jethro Tull. It's been this way since the 9th. I've tagged the accuracy problem on the article but am a bit swamped with copyright work right now. Anyone around, Blue Öyster Cult fan or otherwise, who might be willing to fix this mess? The creator hasn't returned since launching it. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:47, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Help please!! I am working on the discography of Shirley Bassey: I am having problems with an editor who keeps removing my additions. Is there a rule about adding B-side to a singles discography? He removed the B-sides quoting it as not alllowed..... I maust add he has not offered any help and just quotes the 'rule book', which is a great shame as I thought Wikki was about helping people...I see on other discographies that B-sides are listed but want to know what the official line is on this - can anyone help? (talk) 19:09, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
Just to inform any who may be interested, Melanie C discography has been nominated to become a FL. If you want to comment on the article you can post here: Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Melanie C discography/archive1. Happy editing! Tsange ►talk 19:17, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Someone recently added the article Music recording sales certification to the Discographies Project, which I noticed because it is currently on the "Unassessed" list. I'm not sure if adding that article to the project is appropriate given its topic. And how would it be assessed? I would either assess it as "NA" or remove it from the project altogether, but see no need to be so bold because the article might have some use as background info for project work. Comments? DOOMSDAYER520 (Talk|Contribs) 21:54, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Smoking Popes discography for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. --IllaZilla (talk) 03:19, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
Hello my name is Caden. I'm looking for some feedback from others and I hope some of you can tell me which edit is best. I contacted an admin here [1] over an issue I was having with an IP editor concerning edits on the Tears for Fears discography article. The admin suggested I post here.
Here is the intro version that I believe is good:
The discography of Tears for Fears, a British Synth Pop group, consists of six studio albums, two compilation albums, one live album, and thirty singles. Consisting of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, the duo were signed to Polygram Records/Mercury Records in 1982. The group's debut album, The Hurting was released the following year. While the second single, "Mad World" reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart, it was their third single, "Change " that became their first charting single in the United States. Songs from the Big Chair was released in February 1985. The single, "Shout " became the group's first major hit in North America, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the next single, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" followed similar suit. Their third studio album, The Seeds of Love was released on Fontana Records in 1989. Its lead single, "Sowing the Seeds of Love" reached the Top 5 in the United Kingdom and also followed similar success in the United States. "Woman in Chains," a collaboration with Oleta Adams was a minor international hit, as was, "Advice for the Young at Heart" and "Famous Last Words." The band's first compilation, Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) was issued in March 1992, and spawned one major hit in the United Kingdom. In 1993, Elemental became Tears for Fear's first studio album in four years. Although it was certified Gold in the United States, the lead single, "Break It Down Again" only reached #25 on the Billboard Hot 100. Raoul and the Kings of Spain was released in 1995, and their most recent album, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending was released in 2004.
Here is the IP's preferred version:
This is the discography of the British rock band Tears for Fears. Formed in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, the duo signed to Phonogram Records in the UK and released their first single the same year. It wasn't until their third single, "Mad World" (1982), that they scored their first hit, and their platinum-selling debut album The Hurting (1983) was a UK number one. Their second album, Songs from the Big Chair, was released in 1985 and became a worldwide hit, establishing the band in the US. After a third platinum-selling album, The Seeds of Love in 1989, Smith and Orzabal parted company and subsequent Tears For Fears albums Elemental (1993) and Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995) were effectively solo albums by Orzabal. However, the duo reformed in 2000 for a new studio album, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, which was released in 2004/05.
Which version is accepatable for a discography? Just so you know, the IP and I were not able to agree as seen here [2] on my talk page. Thanks. Caden cool 14:32, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Can you please see Lily Allen discography#Singles and share your opinion regarding the inclusion of "Back to the Start". It was a limited release, in one country and only one format. It can't even chart. But the user who has put it insists it belogs there. I, for one, believe it shouldn't be added. --12345abcxyz20082009 (talk) 13:12, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
Does anyone have any idea about what {{Infobox album discography summary/Header}} is for? It's used nowhere... – IbLeo (talk) 21:38, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Your help is needed with Now That's What I Call Music! discography. There are 24 countries listed in this discography? I added the Canada banner and Discographies templates the other day when I went through the Category:Canadian discographies. The article doesn't look right to me. However, it may be; I haven't seen many compilation type discographies. Can someone please help? Argolin (talk) 05:23, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
Discussion here, comments welcome. Rodhull andemu 19:03, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
Is there an easy, or at least possible, way to find out the release format for past album and single releases? Ie. CD, digital download etc. Looking at several discographies (including FLs), I don't see these details being referenced, but I don't have a clue how to find this information out. Are people just assuming that most releases nowadays will be on CD and digital download unless there is evidence that, for example, a release was download-only?--Beloved Freak 17:38, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Please participate in the discussions to remove 50 Cent discography and Natasha Bedingfield discography. The links take you directly to the discussions. Thanks! Candyo32 19:05, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
I noted some chaos about reference sources for both, certifications and chart listings of tracks. There are some indirect links when the table header references to some recording industry association. However for instance for german Media Control Chart the data base can not being verified without memberchip. There are alternative sources that are used in some cases, e.g. http://www.musicline.de/de for german charts. This link seems to be quite frequently used for german chart listing but often messes up the chart tables. Also for certification it would help having some kind of standard links instead of cluttering the table with individual references. I would suggest to move some of the repeated appearing links somehow into the template or creating other standard elements in the template to help editors to standardise the discography tables, without the need to follow long reference link sequences. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.174.129.57 (talk) 18:09, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
According to WP:NALBUM "Album articles with little more than a track listing may be more appropriately merged into the artist's main article or discography article, space permitting." So if there was an album that failed to meet the GNG for its own article, but still might be notable enough for inclusion on a discography article, would this permit one to include a track listing in a discography? Fezmar9 (talk) 21:05, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
To put this into context a little better, I am specifically referring to Cave In discography. It's currently undergoing FLC reviews, and I'm being rather stubborn about allowing the track listings to be removed. Here is the latest revision containing the track listings from three albums that do not meet the GNG, but are still notable enough for mention in a discography. So imagine they had their own articles, the articles were deleted and then merged with the discography. Does this look too cluttered or messy? Fezmar9 (talk) 21:27, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm currently editing a few producers who produced and co-wrote a song, yet the track is credited to the vocalist. Is there any issue with putting the song's Chart Performance on the producer's wiki page? Mendle44 (talk) 22:58, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
I think members of this project will need to keep an eye out for the result of this as it might have implications to this project, depending on its outcome.--Peter cohen (talk) 23:21, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Okay, for those of you that don't know, the UK Singles Chart considers Record Retailer as the canonical source for singles from March 1960 to 1969. However, there was no "official chart" and other charts existed at the time and had greater followings, NME especially.[6] I propose adding chart performance on the many notable charts from the 60s (and 50s):
I've been working on number-one lists e.g. Record Mirror, Mersey Beat and NME (work in progress). I hope we can be more comprehensive in coverage by also mentioning these other charts where possible. e.g. Take Good Care of My Baby. I'd also propose similar for discographies. Do people agree? Rambo's Revenge (talk) 22:39, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
I put down usher's discography for peer reviewing as I want to put it as a candidate for featured list, anyone who has some spare time on their hands, please can you help me by reviewing it, thank you.Rayman95 (talk) 22:15, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I've listed this at WP:RfD because I feel the prefix is inappropriate. This is not part of the WP:MOS. Jack Merridew 00:07, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
Please forgive me if this has already come up (gimme a link to past discussions, if so), but is there a consensus regarding the notability of mixtapes? Personally I think they are not notable, are used only to hype up an upcoming album release, and most of them are unofficial. Should they be included within artist discographies? I see them popping up frequently, and I see more and more articles devoted to them. - eo (talk) 19:36, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Does anyone know where, if ever, rockonthenet.com has been proved reliable? It's being questioned at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance/archive1. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:06, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
The FLC for Lady Gaga discography has been running on for quite awhile now with not many comments. If anybody could take the time to leave comments, it would be much appreciated. Thanks. –Chase (talk) 22:09, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
I'd say 99% of discography pages use this method [7], which in my opinion makes it much easier for the editor to modify, however this method [8] was implemented here as a vandalism deterrent. Is there a consensus on how this should be handled? The output is the same, obviously. Does anyone even care? - eo (talk) 13:47, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Jessica Mauboy discography for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Adabow (talk · contribs) 05:17, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
I've noticed it's a common trend to bold the titles of albums in discographies, and this is even done in many of our current FLs. I was recently looking at MOS:BOLD, and it states that text should only be bolded when it's the title of the article or a synonym, in table headers, in definition lists, or if it's the volume number of a journal article. Album titles do not meet any of that criteria in discographies, which is why I would like to propose the removal of this format. –Chase (talk) 15:54, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
Note: Moving the discussion to WT:DISCOGSTYLE since it's likely more relevant there. Please continue the discussion there and do not contribute here further. –Chase (talk) 00:05, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
I have updated the discography for Nadia Ali, could someone please review that? Also, if someone here is involved in the WikiProject Album and Songs, could you please have a look at Crash and Burn, Love Story, Fine Print, Fantasy and Embers and provide me with feedback. Hassan514 (talk) 12:38, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
At the FLRC for the Jessica Mauboy discography, I brought up that I felt that the artist's contributions weren't large enough that her discography warranted its own article. As it seems that many discography writers objected to this, I felt I should ask here– what is the criteria for a discography article to be separated from the artist's main article? Nomader (Talk) 02:49, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
I have added Linkin Park discography for peer review. If someone can check the list and see if anything wrong it would help. Thanks --Neo139 (talk) 03:55, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Check Santana discography, who is also on the peer review list. Thanks-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 16:15, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
hello,
I have a question: are there any sites, which shows all informations about the music video, i.e. director, producer, acts, cinematographs, make-up-artists,...? Thanks-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 16:17, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
The nominator for the FLC has been blocked indefinitely, another person may wish to come in and address any comments regarding this FLC. Afro (Talk) 07:16, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
The discography of Blind Guardian is rated low. Two questions:
a) What is wrong with it? b) What needs to be done top make it of the highest class possible?
Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Deine mutti (talk • contribs) 21:16, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
I'm requesting an assessment of Phish discography. The class was recently changed from C to Stub. I'm convinced that the discography is not a Stub. I don't have a very strong opinion beyond that, although I'm inclined to think that C is about right. Thanks. — Mudwater (Talk) 14:43, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
I am not sure where the guidance on what albums should be included in the main article on a band's article. Is the discography section of the main article only to include studio albums, or can studio-produced compilcation albums allowed? (The article in question: adding Death to False Metal to Weezer) Angryapathy (talk) 13:42, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Rihanna discography for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Matthewedwards : Chat 03:48, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
I have noticed on the Green Day discopgraphy article that many of my recent edits have been removed. The edit that I was most frustrated about was the singles section being reduced to just 10 country charts, which included the removal the band's chart positions on Canada's Alternative chart. I'm upset about this because this was one of the charts which the band had their most successful peak positions, including several #1 and #2 hits. I feel it should be shown on the article to recognize the band's large success in Canada. I'd appreciate an explanatory response as soon as possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.30.32.237 (talk) 19:20, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
I have nominated Girls Aloud discography for featured list removal here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured list criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks; editors may declare to "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. --JN466 09:16, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
An IP to keep an eye on: [11] (currently blocked for a month). Changes chart positions in discographies to random numbers. Cheers, --JN466 09:16, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
Template:Infobox song list has been nominated for merging with Template:Infobox artist discography. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. 134.253.26.12 (talk) 21:34, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
hello,
I appended Santana discography for featured list nomination. Feel free to contribute to this nomination. Thank you. -- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 16:41, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
There has been some talk that this project should clearly see and be involved in - it has led to a proposal of sorts for a new category called "POSTHUMOUS" for the Template:Infobox album ... Pls see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music#Posthumous albums: Studio vs Compilation.Moxy (talk) 20:27, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
hello,
I appended Led Zeppelin discography for peer review. Feel free to comment to this review. Thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 11:36, 19 December 2010 (UTC)