Editing Encyclopedia:WikiProject Music

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Some [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]s have formed a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|project]] to better organize information in articles related to [[music]].  This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians.  If you would like to help, please inquire on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music|talk page]] or on those of the project subpages. (See links below).

'''WikiProject Music''' aims to encourage the collaborative addition of accurate information to a wide variety of musical topics.

== Project listing==
The parent of this WikiProject is [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Arts|Arts]].

===Related WikiProjects===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Literature|Literature]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Theatre|Theatre]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Visual arts|Visual arts]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Music|Directory of Wikiprojects that deal with music]]

===Task forces===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force|Music genres task force]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Regional and national music taskforce|Regional and national music taskforce]]

===Sub-projects===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music terminology]] (semi-active)
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music theory]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Percussion]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bands]] (currently deleted)
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles]]
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Björk]]
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject HIM]]
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject The KLF]]
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Led Zeppelin]]
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pink Floyd]]
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject The Rolling Stones]] (semi-active)
***[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Green Day]] (semi-active)
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs]]
**[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Theme songs]] (defunct)
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Tunings, Temperaments, and Scales]] (defunct)
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Music task force]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in music]]

=== Music genre projects ===
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Alternative music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Canadian music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Country music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Electronic music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Hip-hop]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Jazz]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Metal]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject New Wave music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pop music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Punk music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject R&B and Soul Music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Rave]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Reggae]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Rock music]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Roots music]]

==Participants==
See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Participants]] for the full list. Click [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music/Participants&action=edit here] to add yourself!

==Improve the bird's eye view==

The entire subject and Wikipedia's coverage of it is intended to be summarized in the '''[[Outline of music]]'''. It in turn is part of [[Portal:Contents/Outlines|Wikipedia's outline system]] which is one of [[Portal:Contents|Wikipedia's main contents systems]].

'''''Please look it over and fill-in missing topics.''''' If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them.

While analyzing the outline, please answer the following questions (and fix the outline as needed):

# What's missing?
# Is the structure of the outline (sections and indents) representative of the subject?
# Does the outline help understand the relationships between the topics presented in the best way possible?

The overall purpose of the outline is to help readers comprehend the subject by showing what belongs to it, and within the subject what belongs to what.

The outline is a taxonomy of the subject, and also serves as a table of contents and navigation aid to browse Wikipedia's articles (and article sections) about the subject.

It is also a useful tool for the WikiProject to analyze, plan, develop, and revise music-related material.  It is a hub from which to organize related topics.

It was built as a "reverse outline", a [[tree structure|structural model]] of an existing work, which in addition to being a summary of the work, can reveal the gaps and other weaknesses for revision purposes.

Please help improve it.

It's our bird's eye view.

Thank you.

==Noticeboard==

Discussion occurs on the [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Music|WikiProject Music talk page]].

The [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Noticeboard|noticeboard]] for music-related news and requests became inactive in 2017.

==Guidelines==
Several guidelines have been adopted which are specific to music-related articles. According to [[:WP:GUIDES]], "Guidelines are sets of best practices that are supported by consensus. Editors should attempt to follow guidelines, though they are best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply." Various music projects have developed "guides" and "advice" which are relevant to their areas of interest; however, these may not have been vetted by the community and should be treated accordingly. 

The following have been identified as WP guidelines (main page followed by [[:WP:SC|shortcut(s)]]):
*[[:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music]] ([[:MOS:MUSIC]])
:*[[:MOS:MUSICCAPS]]
:*[[:MOS:LYRICS]]
:*[[:MOS:THEMUSIC]]
:*[[:WP:MUSORG]]
:*[[:MOS:POPMUSIC]]
*[[:WP:NOTLYRICS]]
*[[:Wikipedia:Naming conventions (music)]] ([[:WP:NCM]])
:*[[:WP:MUSICSERIES]]
:*[[:WP:BANDNAME]]
:*[[:WP:NCMDAB]]
:*[[:WP:SINGERDAB]]
:*[[:WP:ALBUMDAB]]
:*[[:WP:SONGDAB]]
*[[:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Record charts]] ([[:MOS:CHARTS]])
*[[:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Music samples]] ([[:WP:SAMPLE]])
*[[:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings]] ([[:MOS:TUNINGS]])
*[[:Wikipedia:Notability (music)]] ([[:WP:NM]])
:*[[:WP:MUSICBIO]]
:*[[:WP:COMPOSER]]
:*[[:WP:NALBUM]]
:*[[:WP:FUTUREALBUM]]
:*[[:WP:NSONG]]
:*[[:WP:NTOUR]]
:*[[:WP:SUBNOT]]

==Assessments==
Assessments are done by [[:Category:WikiProject Music|individual music projects]], such as [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums|Albums]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera|Opera]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers|Composers]] etc., not by this [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Music|Music Project]], which is an umbrella project.

==Categories==
The project categories are listed on the '''[[/Categories|Categories]]''' sub page.

===Subpages===
* List of {{subpages}}

==Templates==
===Music-related WikiProjects template===
* Add this to the bottom of music-related WikiProjects: {{tl|WikiProject Music/Related WikiProjects}}.<br/> This template should be kept up-to-date with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture/Music]]
{{WikiProject Music/Related WikiProjects|state=expanded}}

===Barnstar===
[[Image:Music barstar.png|left|50px]]
[[Template:Music Barnstar|The Music Barnstar]] can be awarded to any Wikipedian that exhibits exceptional effort and dedication to music-related articles. Add it to their Talk page with <nowiki>{{subst:Music Barnstar|message ~~~~}}</nowiki>.
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===Portals===
{{Portal|Music}}
The [[Portal:Music|Music portal]] template '''{{tlx|Portal|Music}}''' may be placed in the ''See also'' or another appropriate section of a music article, however there are other, more specific pages available. See [[:Category:Music portals]] for a list of music portals.

===Stubs===
To add an article to the music stubs category, use {{tl|music-stub}}. See [[:Category:Music stubs]] for more stubs and info.

===Userbox===
There is a [[Wikipedia:Userbox|userbox]] for members, which adds them to [[:Category:WikiProject Music participants]]. To add the userbox to your user page, use {{tl|User WP Music}}. It will produce this:

{{User WP Music}}
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==See also ==
*[[Wikipedia:Article titles]]
*[[Wikipedia:Lyrics and poetry]]
*[[Wikipedia:Music encyclopedia topics]]
*[[Wikipedia:Record charts]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Makes Video/Music]]
*[[:Category:Inactive music-related WikiProjects]]

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