Talk:Tribute act

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[edit] Very large lists such as The Beatles tribute bands

If this list - http://beatlemaniaalumni.com/TRIBUTE_BANDS.htm is accurate, the number of beatle tribute bands is going to get out of hand very quickly. We either need to come up with some criteria for inclusion, or split them off into their own page (by extension any other band with a large number of tributes will require this also) Djbrianuk 22:10, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

A different solution: for Pink Floyd, a large list of tribute band existed at the main article. Then the list (and similar stuff) was moved to a Pink Floyd trivia page. Then I have replaced the minilist that was here (5 bands) with a direct link to the full list on the other page. 62.147.113.126 17:39, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge content from Tribute bands

Another article on this subject exist (apparently accidentally due to someone not following naming conventions). I'm not up to do the merging at the moment myself, but there is definitely some good content and prose there to be integrated into this article. If no one else works on it, I'll do the merger work as soon as I can. Autiger 04:56, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

indeed. I'd noticed the need for a merge a few weeks ago (I created this one originally) so have now finally managed to do it. Some good stuff has been brought in! --Vamp:Willow 17:41, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, good job. Autiger 21:39, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Commercial vandalism on The Jam

On 09:59, 16 February 2006, anon 86.133.213.151 replaced the entry for thejamm.com with his competition soundsofthejam.co.uk (diff) -- watch out for more vandalism. 62.147.36.227 15:37, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Useful links deleted by Weyes

On 15:32, 20 February 2006, deletionist User:Weyes destroyed this information (diff):

Since I believe it useful at least for research and list consolidation/expansion, I'm saving it here for the benefit of more wikipedian editors. -- 62.147.113.190 15:47, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AFDeletion on Gabba, tribute band to ABBA and Ramones

The tribute band to ABBA and The Ramones, Gabba (band) (which is BTW prominently featured in the article's lead), has been marked for deletion. You may want to vote at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Gabba_(band) -- 62.147.112.67 00:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

AFD closed, the result was Keep -- 62.147.112.7 10:44, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trimming list of bands

I've made the (potentially unpopular) move of removing from the list of bands any group which did not have at least one of the following:

  • an article of its own, presumably capable of surviving an AfD, or at least WP:CSD
  • an external source supporting its notability for inclusion in an article on the topic in general

The idea here is that "the best Queen tribute band in all of London!", etc., should not qualify for inclusion, lest the list become a huge, unwieldy list of cruft. However a group that has generated international recognition through any kind of reliable media is worth noting, with a link to the source which supports notability. Feedback? --PeruvianLlama(spit) 13:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

The list certainly suffers from random additions of non-notable bands. Insisting on an article or failing that, good indication of notability sounds like an excellent idea. Your criterion sounds like a good rule-of-thumb for bands that don't have articles. -- Siobhan Hansa 14:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Since this has been tagged for cleanup for so long and I just ran across, I decided to take a stab at it. Obviously my criteria are not perfect, but I threw out many that were unreferenced, redlinked, contained only external links (to non-WP:RS sites, uncyclopedia, etc.), or were otherwise spammish in nature. It's a start, but there probably was some collateral damage, so others are welcome to look at this. --Kinu t/c 03:37, 4 August 2007 (UTC)