Talk:Cover art

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[edit] Merge proposal

The term cover art is also used to describe book covers, magazine covers, newspaper covers and so on. So, merging this with Album cover does not seem appropriate to me. Sparkit 05:09, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

• I understand your reasoning, but the actual Cover art article is very short and focuses almost entirely on albums. Perhaps if this article was expanded upon, detailing the other forms of cover art you mention, and perhaps information on notable artists or art companies, and a link provided to Album cover, then the merge idea could be scrapped. It would also validate linking back from Album cover to here. Gram 11:02, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

• Bit surprised to see the merge proposal resurface after it was fairly clear there was no consensus for a merge over the last couple of months. FWIW, my view is that both articles have the potential to be meaningful in their own right. The fact that Cover Art has not yet matured into a substantial article is not a reason to merge. Clearly there are elements of Album Cover which are generic to the concept of cover art, but what should be clear is that Album Covers was intending to cover in part the "historic" cultural aspect which is different to the generic. Spenny 16:44, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

• I think it is good to keep the two articles, though this one certainly needs a great deal of expansion. Also, I see the reason to include Pink Floyd's The Wall and Sargent Pepper's, as that they are both very well recognized by almost anyone - even if they don't know who did it, however, Wish You Were Here is not. I realize I'm speaking from personal experience, but I have never really seen much of that album, to be totally honest. As a kid growing up, there were certain album covers I would see again and again, but I'd never know where they were from, Wish You Were here was never one of them. I can honestly say I have never seen a poster, T-shirt, or anything else of it other than a single CD I saw in a store. I would suggest Back In Black, Abbey Road, Led Zeppelin 1, Master Of Puppets, and Nevermind as those are far more recognized by the general public, as that I, and I imagine many other people, have seen them time and time again everywhere from T-shirts to posters to just about everything musical. It may also be worth including recurring themes and logos for bands, such as The Rolling Stone's tongue and lips or Iron Maiden's Eddie, among others I can't think of right now (though not yet, as that it would distract from the main article until it is expanded). Xanofar (talk) 03:08, 15 February 2008 (UTC)