Wikipedia talk:Requested articles/music

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OK, I think I cleaned it all up. --Enkrates 07:39, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)


This list needs serious rearranging. Several categories are repeated multiple times, with each instance having different requested articles. I've gone ahead and deleted a few dupes and I'll keep going through it over the next few days. As it stands, though, this is a really confusing list and probably inhibits contributions. I think we should try to work through the list, moving articles requested in dupe catgories into the first appearance of the category. I'm sure the list would seem much, much shorter and be taken care of more quickly. --Enkrates 03:36, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)


There already is an article on the Pretty Things, as "Pretty Things"

I removed alteration because it doesn't appear to have any connection to music. "What links here" only gives Soils retrogression and degradation for the term. Tuf-Kat 08:57, Nov 25, 2003 (UTC)

It's used when referring to chords and scales, especially in jazz. I don't think it really needs its own article, but it should probably get mentioned somewhere, in chord maybe. See also altered scale. -- Merphant

This page might benefit from grouping by song title, album, performer, composer, terminology, styles/genres, etc. It's a little haphazard as it it now. MisfitToys

I agree. I've been meaning to get around to it... Tuf-Kat 07:01, Apr 13, 2004 (UTC)
Much better now. Great job. MisfitToys 06:29, Apr 17, 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] ...Requested since at least April 13, 2004?

Why do some of these headings say Requested since at least April 13, 2004? What difference does that make? Kingturtle 00:52, 28 May 2004 (UTC)

Really none, it is just to catoragize the request for 1st priority --Pkazazes 14:37, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rhymeless editions

It seems that User:Rhymeless misedited today. Can somebody slavage without just reverting?

I think I got it fixed.., ugh. Rhymeless 03:37, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Milli Vanilli

A brief story on Milli Vanilli would be useful now, in light of the escalating Audiogate aka Promptergate story. See, e.g., http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/08/bulge/index.html

[edit] Ginestera?

I see Alberto Ginestera is requested. Is this a misspelling for Alberto Ginastera or another composer? Schissel 00:45, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)

It's probably just a misspelling. Tuf-Kat 01:04, Oct 27, 2004 (UTC)
Google does produce hits, about a hundred, for Ginestera (though suggests Ginastera as a - ten thousand - alternative) so it does pass that test, anyway. (Probably similarly for Samuel Coleridge Taylor - actually, Google may ignore hyphens? though Samuel Coleridge-Taylor results indirectly from search on "Samuel Coleridge Taylor" site:en.wikipedia.org ...
What would be good practice here? At least two things come to mind, editing and redirect creation... ) Schissel 11:33, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Created a redirect. --Lph 15:41, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Artist list: Sorting rule needed

Some artists are listed by last name (Robert Johnson under "J"), while others are listed by first name (Robert Johnson under "R"). Difficult to find people that way. I propose we add a text asking all submitters to use the same rule. Now, which way is better? Last name is more encyclopaedia-like, First name more Wikipedia-like (artist categories are sorted by first name). If nobody cares, I will add such a text.

[edit] Composers heading?

Would anyone mind a seperate composers heading? This would help greatly with the new Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers This includes any composers under the current broad Category:Composers, so the new heading could be Composers/Songwriters for clarity. I'm not suggesting going through and moving all the current names, but just seperating the categories and new additions would go under the new composer category? A note under the new and current category to say that it is new and that new additions should be made here would probably be necessary. The current heading is pretty broad as is and this might help reduce the number as well. Please advise. :) --Sketchee 14:09, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)

Since there are no objects (so far), I'm going to go ahead and add the extra category. --Sketchee 05:26, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
Definitely a good idea; anything to break up those huge blocks of redlinks. Thanks! Antandrus 05:31, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tidy up

I just tidied up the page by deleting names which had articles about them. - (Erebus555 14:05, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC))

[edit] Gallant, Pierre

Added Pierre Gallant to Composers. --Lph 16:00, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jazz Section created

Ideally the performers section should be split up in to genre categories, in my view. I've started with Jazz (and the Orchestras category), where I possess some competence. The prominence of some of the critics and performers without articles suggests the validity of my action. Some might feel that the critics are best placed in the writers section on the culture and arts requests page, though that section is also, perhaps, too generalised, if unwritten articles are to find an author.

Philip Cross 11:31, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Proprietary instrument names

I took out Access Virus, Roland Sound Canvas and Parker guitars from the instrument list. These are specific makes of instrument, and having an article on them would be very close to advertising I think. Once you go down that route it's endless: Steinway pianos, Boosey and Hawkes clarinets, Conn trumpets, etc etc. Unsigned, by User:Stephen Burnett 08:14 UTC, 20 June 2005

We have articles on a lot of companies and manufacturers of things, and I see no reason why an encyclopedia shouldn't. Steinway and C.G. Conn, among your examples, already have articles. EldKatt (Talk) 15:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
That's true, but it's an instrument list and not a manufacturer's list. There are probably hundreds of companies who make pianos, hundreds more making guitars, trumpets, etc etc, and mostly they are turning out instruments which are generic copies of well-established prototypes. If the manufacturer is noteworthy there's no reason not to have a page on them, but I'm not convinced that their instruments need an article too. This is specially the case with companies like Yamaha or B&H, since there's hardly an instrument they don't make; would we have a page on "Yamaha flute"? Manufacturers who have made notable contributions to the development of the instrument will be noted on the generic instrument page, as Steinway is in Piano, and Robert Moog is in Synthesizer. --Stephen Burnett 19:45, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Technical Terms

Why is the category "Technical Terms" under Jazz? Are only Jazz terms supposed to go there?

This appears to have been corrected. --Lph 15:47, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggest Translation from German Wikipedia

There are articles missing here, which already have an entry in the German Wikipedia. As my English is probably to bad to do it, I suggest that someone take a look at:

I shall come back here, when I added more of these or remember others...--de:Benutzer:Psycho Chicken

[edit] New request section for "learning music"

Hello, I think it will be a good idea to open a section where requests for "learning music/instruments" can me listed. For example, I want to put up an article request for "learn to play violin". What do you think? --Regards. Miljoshi | talk 06:52, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

This sort of thing probably belongs in Wikibooks, not here. (Incidentally, I also have my personal doubts as to whether a good textbook for the study of any musical instrument, with consistent and reliable pedagogy, can be produced in a wiki medium. But that's another story.) EldKatt (Talk) 15:07, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your input, EldKatt, I agree (on both counts). But then, I thought if schools could be listed under Music education, why not students/aspirants? Originally, it was a simple matter of creating such a category to me (be it for a babel such as, "This user would like to be able to speak more languages"). But I thought it useful to get a few opinion. What do you think? --Regards. Miljoshi | talk 13:28, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] carmela, singer (with paco ibañez)

Added requests for Carmela and Paco Ibáñez. --Lph 15:55, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mispelled Requests?

Could it be that the requested K.D.M.F.M article is a typographical error? After all, there is an article about the notable band KMFDM. Unless anyone has evidence to the contrary, I propose that the request be dropped... Folajimi 02:45, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Although some members of KMFDM did a side project under the name MDFMK (KMFDM reversed), I have never heard anything about a band with this name. A search on google also turns up nothing. Jesusjonez 17:38, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Very well then. The request has been removed. Folajimi(talk)

Removed the "Jacques Brell - (French singer)" entry: that is Jacques Brel misspelled (French speaking Belgian singer, by the way). BertK 19:47, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vertigo Problem

Moved this request for medical advice to Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science. (Archive link)--Lph 13:38, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Studio

Where would a specific recording studio fall?--Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 18:21, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I say make a new heading for "Recording studios". --Lph 18:01, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 70s and 80s rock

we need a 1970s rock and an 1980s rock article --voodoom 22:56, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Requested"?

Sorry, I don't really know a lot about Wikipedia, but if an article is on this page as requested, does that mean it's been judged as being of merit? I see a few independent artists on here that I assumed would just get VfD'd immediately on WP:MUSIC if I tried to create articles, but I'm wondering if their presence on this page means it would be worth my time to go ahead and make the entry. 74.132.201.208 08:46, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't necessarily mean the article's of merit. It just means that somebody wants to see an article about the topic. I say go ahead and make the entry; there are some independent artists that have Wikipedia entries (for example, Bright Eyes). As long as the artist has a decent body of work (that is, more than one album), it probably won't get deleted.RedRollerskate 13:10, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia has the reputation of "they have it all," particularly including marvels of the "entertainment" genre. While some Wikipedia elitists may think there is no place for eclecticisms like "entertainment" for the common folk here, the common folk have already decided the issue. They come here. They vote with their clicks and their numerous editing key presses. Please take the request page seriously. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.55.123.141 (talk • contribs) 22:59, 30 June 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Wasted effort?

(I know nothing about but) I put a strike-thru on Sir Millard Mulch on here on Oct 2nd, to inform an article might get deleted. Two weeks later a subsequent CSD (3rd in all) and by now it's off the list completely. NN hoax nonsense repost, apparently. Ricksy 04:27, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RA formatting standard

Please see: Wikipedia_talk:Requested_articles#Bullets_or_no_bullets.2C_dense_vs._sparse. Dragons flight 18:37, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Needs cleanup and Needs requests to be done

A lot of requests and I heard only one person is doing them all and some things need to be cleaned up--DogPHman 11:51, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Who are you talking to? --meatclerk 04:26, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Genres

I removed these:

  • Soul_(Genre) - already at soul music, redirected
  • Ceildh - already at Ceilidh, redirected
  • Euro Beat - already at Eurobeat, redirected
  • Different Genres Of Music (Popular One's) - isn't really useful for article ideas
  • Different Types Of Rock Music(Hard, Soft, Alternative, Metal, Progressive, etc) - same (pages for all the genres named already exist)

--Galaxiaad 19:00, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Also

because it already exists at British hip hop (redirected). --Galaxiaad 19:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wondering...

Added 'Wanting storylines' beyond the hyphen on Rhapsody of Fire, but is this usual practice? Or should I issue the request somewhere else?

[edit] Broken?

This page is broken? The page beyond "Albums, T" is deleted, and I am not advanced enough to merge in the edits since the delete. I wanted to add the Spanish Musical Instrument, Castanettes. BernieLomax 17:58, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Contents deleted since 12 November have been restored now. Alex1 11:38, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
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