Wikipedia:WikiProject Idol series

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Welcome to the Idol series WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Idol series.

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Management: This WikiProject has no manager, everyone and anyone who chooses to participate in this WikiProject is free to edit and manage however much they like.

Goals

Improve, organize and expand articles relating to the Idol series.

Scope

Television series in the Idols format, licensed by Fremantle Media
Television series and films licensed by 19 with significant relation to Idols
Idol contestants, finalists, and winners; judges; hosts
Singles debuted on an Idol show
Albums and core singles debuted by an Idol winner, finalist, or contestant [not every song will fall under the scope]
Bands, musical groups, musicals, movies, and shows significantly involving alum

1 Guidelines
2 Open tasks
3 Members
4 Articles
5 Templates
6 Categories
7 Resources
- 7.1 Related projects

[edit] Guidelines

[edit] Biographies of contestants

For contestants, it has been decided that only finalists should have their own article. Semi-finalists can have articles, but if they don't reach the finals, then they are redirected to their season's article.

Lead section - Brief and to the point: Full name, birth date, and birth place (if applicable, include nickname(s) and hometown if different from place of birth). Should probably contain information about the Idol show that they participated in, as well as the season, and year that it happened.
Biography
- Early years - The person's career and life before the show.
- x Idol - The person's persona and career during the show.
- Post-Idol - Events that happened after the show. Section should be titled according to the title of the album released, unless there is no album available.
Discography - If applicable, information on CDs, DVDs, video, singles.
Filmography - If applicable, information on movies and other television shows.
List of performances - include song name, original artist, date the performance aired, and if applicable, a brief summary of judges' statements. For longer lists, {{hidden begin}} is recommended and splitting of the article is discouraged.
References
External links

[edit] Albums

Only albums released on a major record label or has a significant amount of sales and/or promotion, will have its own article. This is in accordance with Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums and WP:MUSIC. Any others will be merged with the musical artist regardless of the contestant's place in the competition.

[edit] Singles

As with above, major and core singles will have its own article. Individual songs will be merged with either the album or the musical artist.

Retail store lists (e.g. Amazon, iTunes, and Wal-Mart) will not be referenced in any article or included in a 'chart performance' history as they are not real music charts.

[edit] Episodes

A list of episodes was recently created for American Idol. It is intended to replace lists of performances. All episodes will be listed on the main episodes page, and individual pages will be created for performance shows (that follows a consistent format of naming).

In order to make this happen, all records of performances must be kept on the biographies, and do not create any more pages such as 'list of Taylor Hicks' performances on American Idol'. After the transition, these lists can be removed.

[edit] Open tasks

These articles are currently in progress [or in-season]:

American Idol
- American Idol (Season 6)
Deutschland sucht den SuperStar (season 4)
Philippine Idol (debut)

[edit] Members

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

Julz the wizkid
Oxford88
J Di
WestJet- Canadian/American/World Idol
Tennis Dynamite - American Idol
NicolaM – Taylor Hicks, American Idol series, et al.
íslenskur fel lib ylur #12 _(samtal) 19:22, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Pink moon 1287 - American
Va girl2468 - American / Canadian Idol
ArglebargleIV -- Formatting and references; American, Canadian, Australian, Pop Idol
Michael
Audsley - American Idol related
Lazylaces - Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, American Idol in general.
Fanficgurl - American Idol related
Woohookitty - American Idol related
CrazyC83
RaNdOm26 11:25, 6 March 2007 (UTC) - Australian and American Idol

[edit] Articles

[edit] Featured content

none

[edit] Candidates

*Taylor Hicks

[edit] Good articles

[edit] Candidates

Clay Aiken

[edit] New articles

Please feel free to list your new Idol series-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please).

Jordin Sparks

[edit] Templates

WikiProject template:

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