Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums
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WikiProject Albums is an organization of Wikipedians dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of all kinds of musical albums. We seek ways of simplifying album pages so users can get the basic information fast, creating high-quality new pages, ensuring a standardized format and make articles as informative as possible.
Feel free to ask questions on the talk page. Below is a basic guide to writing an article on a specific album of music; this is only a guide and you should feel free to personalize an article as you see fit, though others may change it to fit our standards.
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Participate
Everyone is welcome to join the project and contribute. Lists of members can be found in Category:WikiProject Albums members and this list.
To join the project, please add this userbox by adding {{User WikiProject Albums}} to your user page. You will automatically be added to the members category.
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Welcome new member
If you'd like to welcome new users with a message that is tailored to the project, please use the code {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Welcome}}
which will leave this message on their talk page.
Album articles
When you create or find a new album article, please use the {{WikiProject Albums}} template to include the article in the scope of this project by adding at the top of the talk page:
{{WikiProject Albums | class = | importance = | attention = | needs-infobox = }}
{{WikiProject Albums |class= |importance= |attention= |needs-infobox= }}
Either form is acceptable.
The parameters are used as follows:
- The parameter class adds the article to categories based on its quality assessment. Use ratings
stub
,start
,C
,B
,GA
orFA
according to the quality scale. If you are unsure about which rating applies, please leave the parameter without a value. - For importance, refer to this scale. If you are unsure about which rating applies please leave the parameter without a value.
- If the page does not have an infobox, set needs-infobox to
yes
. Otherwise remove this parameter. - If the page needs immediate attention, set it to
yes
. Otherwise remove this parameter.
Barnstar
To recognize a fellow editor for his or her work on album articles, feel free to use the Project's barnstar. Add the following code to his or her talk page. Type your own personal message in place of "message".
{{subst:WikiProject Albums Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
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Notability
While members of this project like to see new articles about albums, not all albums should have articles at Wikipedia. Many consider any original studio album by a notable artist to be important enough to deserve an article; other editors follow stricter guidelines. See the following policies and policy proposals:
- Wikipedia:Notability (albums) (this is a historical, inactive guideline as of January 2007)
- Wikipedia:Notability (music)
- Wikipedia:Notability
Style
Naming
The article name should be the title of the album, disambiguated if necessary. Do not pre-emptively disambiguate! When there is no other encyclopedic use of the album title, the article should reside at the normal name, e.g. London Calling, not London Calling (album). In cases where disambiguation is needed, the term (EP) should be used for EPs, (video) for video albums and (album) for other albums, e.g. Insomniac (album) and Gas Food Lodging (EP). For multiple albums with the same title, use the artist name to distinguish the different albums, e.g. Down to Earth (Rainbow album) and Down to Earth (Ozzy Osbourne album); though if there is a primary album, such as Thriller (album), then that would get the primary (album) disambiguation, and only the secondary albums, Thriller (Eddie and the Hot Rods album), Thriller (Lambchop album) need be disambiguated by band. For artists who release multiple albums with the same name, disambiguate by year, e.g. Weezer (1994 album) and Weezer (2001 album) (unless the albums were released the same year, in which case they can be disambiguated by some commonly accepted convention).
For split albums of which there is no single official title, use the two artist names separated with two spaces and a forward slash, such as Isis / Pig Destroyer. The artist that is on the A-side (or whose tracks come first on a CD) should be placed first in the article name. If two bands release more than one split together and occupy the same sides on each release, disambiguate normally by year, adding, for example, (2000 album). If the split has two titles, one per side, use the same forward-slash formatting, such as Jihad / Freezing Moon.
If the album title uses the Latin alphabet, the article name should be at that title. Translations of titles in languages other than English should not be used as titles unless such a translation is commonly used as a title for the album in the English-speaking world. For example, Født til å Herske, not Born to Rule, Swanesang, not Swan Song, but Chant, not Canto (because the album was marketed as "Chant" in most English-speaking countries).
If the album title does not use the Latin alphabet, the article name should be the transliterated form of the title using Latin characters. For example, Vrisko To Logo Na Zo, not Βρίσκω Το Λόγο Να Ζω (the name written in the Greek alphabet) or I Find the Reason to Live (the name translated from Greek into English), and Boku no Miteiru Fūkei, not 僕の見ている風景 or The Scenery I'm Looking At, but Common Jasmin Orange, not Qi li xiang, 七里香, or Seven Mile Fragrance (because the English name "Common Jasmin Orange" appears on the album cover along with the Chinese name). The original language title should appear in parentheses (brackets) in the opening line of the article following the transliteration.
See also: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English).
Formatting
Songs and singles are placed in "quotation marks", album titles are italicized and artists are left alone, with punctuation outside quotation marks, for example,
- The Beatles' songs "Taxman", "Eleanor Rigby" and "Love You To" are from their album Revolver.
Links should only be created to song articles that don't exist if you believe that the song most certainly deserves an article.
Capitalization
- For fuller information on this topic, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capitalization#Composition titles. See also Wikipedia:Manual of Style (music)#Capitalization.
In titles of songs, albums, and band names in the English language, the Wikipedia standard is to capitalize:
- The first word and last word in the title.
- All other words except for:
- Coordinating conjunctions – and, but, or, nor.
- Prepositions shorter than five characters – of, to, in, for, on, over, with, than; but Through, About, During, Until
- Articles – an, a, the.
- The word to in infinitives.
Note that short verbs (Is, Are, Be, Do) and pronouns (Me, It, His) are capitalized.
In titles of songs or albums in a language other than English, the project standard is to use the capitalization utilized by that language, not the English capitalization. If you are unsure about the capitalization standards of other languages, check with a reliable third-party source, foreign-language Wikipedias or the appropriate WikiProject and language Manual of Style.
Dating
Please try to add the year in parentheses after mentioning an album for the first time in an article or paragraph (unless the year is contained within the sentence) as in: "Nirvana's next album was the breakthrough classic Nevermind (1991)". Do not use piped links to "years in music" e.g. [[1991 in music|1991]]
, instead add 1991 in music to the "See also" section if you feel it is appropriate.
Do not describe uncertain dates by using the season name, e.g. "released in winter, 1995". This can be ambiguous as northern and southern-hemisphere seasons occur at opposite times of the year. Instead, use the most accurate date possible, such as "February 1995" or "early 1995", if a more precise date cannot be verified.
The date an album was leaked onto the Internet is not notable unless it results in some other action that is notable, such as being directly responded to by the musical artist or their management, or the leak itself receiving broad media coverage. Do not add leak dates to articles unless a notable consequence of the leak can be properly sourced to the same regular, reliable media sources that would be expected for any other content in the album's article. A website which announces album leaks but contains no other content, such as diditleak.co.uk, is not an appropriate source under the requirements of WP:RS.
Disambiguating links
When linking genres and other terms in the article, be sure it points to the appropriate music-related article and not a disambiguation page. For example, rock should point to rock music and not rock; alternative should point to alternative rock and not alternative, a disambiguation page. Use piped links if necessary. Other terms to look out for are: pop music, band (musical ensemble), LP (gramophone record) and several more.
Linking to source material
Albums streamed on a licensed website (such as Radio3Net) or hosted on an official website, such as an official Myspace page or a band's or record company's own website, may have a link placed in the External links section according to Wikipedia guidelines. There should be a note regarding the media used ("Adobe Flash"), and that it may not be available in all regions ("streamed copy where licensed"). Care should be taken that the site is hosting the music legally; that it does not meet any of the criteria for links to be avoided; that, as a minimum, the site is accessible by the main English regions North America, UK and Australia; and that the link is formatted appropriately. Suggested formats are:
- Live at Leeds (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)
- Live at Leeds (25th Anniversary Edition) (Adobe Flash) at Myspace (streamed copy where licensed)
It is recommended that "<!-- This is a licensed stream for the album, which is allowed under Wikipedia polices -->
" is placed beside the link, and that a comment is made in the edit summary such as "External links: [[WP:ELYES]]#2; [[WP:MUSICSTREAM]]"
More style suggestions
Discography
There are no explicit guidelines on how to incorporate an album article in a discography. Of course, there are several ways how it can be done. In all cases, please keep the following hints in mind:
- sort the albums, e.g. ascending by date (since a discography is in some sense a chronology),
- if you use tables, use wikicode, to make the list easier to maintain.
A simple way to list albums could be:
- first album (year of release)
- second album (year of release)
Note that album titles should be in italics and only albums, not release years, should be linked.
A different way using a table could be:
Title | Release date | Notes | Label |
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Firstname | 1999-01-01 | first studio album | Label name |
Secondname | 2000-01-01 | another note | Label name |
Most album covers are non-free images, and are not permitted in discographies (or any other gallery or list). See Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria #8 and Wikipedia:Non-free content#Acceptable_images for clarification of this policy.
Open tasks
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Articles
Article alerts
Today's featured articles
- 16 Oct 2024 – New York Dolls (album) (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
Today's featured article requests
- 02 Dec 2024 – Windswept Adan (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Joeyquism (t · c); see discussion
Did you know
- 25 Sep 2024 – Battle Hymns (Manowar album) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cambalachero (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Sep 2024 – The United States of America (album) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Iostn (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Sep 2024 – Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TenPoundHammer (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Sep 2024 – Come In (Weatherday album) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by LeMeilleurMiel (t · c); see discussion
- 31 Aug 2024 – Self-Ish (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Koopastar (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Aug 2024 – Hermética (album) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Cambalachero (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Aug 2024 – Afrique Victime (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TheNuggeteer (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 02 Oct 2024 – Paradise Lost (Inal Bilsel album) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 02 Oct 2024 – My Anthem: Sympathetic Resonance (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by John B123 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 01 Oct 2024 – Robbie Seay Band Live (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 01 Oct 2024 – Better Days (Robbie Seay Band album) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 01 Oct 2024 – Give Yourself Away (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 28 Sep 2024 – Aion (Aion album) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 28 Sep 2024 – Absolute (Aion album) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 28 Sep 2024 – Freak-Out (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 28 Sep 2024 – Human Griefman (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 28 Sep 2024 – Z (Aion album) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Bearcat (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
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Proposed deletions
- 01 Oct 2024 – Akışına Bırak (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Chidgk1 (t · c): tagged uncited for years and turkish article has no cites either
Categories for discussion
- 24 Sep 2024 – Category:NCT Wish albums (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 04 Oct 2024 – Fhqwhgads (talk · edit · hist) →Strong Bad Sings (and Other Type Hits) was RfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Oct 2024 – Khaidi No. 150 (soudtrack) (talk · edit · hist) →Khaidi No. 150 was RfDed by Sonic678 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Oct 2024 – Toomorrow (soundrack) (talk · edit · hist) →Toomorrow (soundtrack) was RfDed by Sonic678 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Oct 2024 – Open Season (soundrack) (talk · edit · hist) →Open Season (2006 film) was RfDed by Sonic678 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Oct 2024 ��� High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Sountrack (talk · edit · hist) →High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Soundtrack was RfDed by Sonic678 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Oct 2024 – Dil Chahta Hai (sountrack) (talk · edit · hist) →Dil Chahta Hai (soundtrack) was RfDed by Sonic678 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Sep 2024 – Fhqwgads (talk · edit · hist) →Strong Bad Sings (and Other Type Hits) was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Sep 2024 – 20 Years of Noise 1985–2005 (talk · edit · hist) →Necrodeath was RfDed by Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Sep 2024 – Baduizm World Tour (talk · edit · hist) →Baduizm was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Sep 2024 – The greatest star cast ever assembled– the greatest story ever told (talk · edit · hist) →Sholay was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
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Featured article candidates
- 03 Sep 2024 – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Kyle Peake (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Aug 2024 – It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by PerfectSoundWhatever (t · c); see discussion
Featured topic candidates
- 04 Jul 2024 – 1989 (album) (talk · edit · hist) was FT nominated by Brachy0008 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 28 Sep 2024 – Vultures 2 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kyle Peake (t · c); start discussion
- 27 Sep 2024 – The Feminine Divine (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by BennyOnTheLoose (t · c); start discussion
- 14 Sep 2024 – 80's Ladies (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HereIGoAgain (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Sep 2024 – People...Hold On (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Reppop (t · c); start discussion
- 11 Sep 2024 – Born in the U.S.A. (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Vacant0 (t · c); start discussion
- 03 Sep 2024 – Songs from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Artmanha (t · c); start discussion
- 24 Aug 2024 – A Storm in Heaven (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by MusicforthePeople (t · c); start discussion
- 23 Aug 2024 – Doctor Who series 2 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by DoctorWhoFan91 (t · c); start discussion
- 05 Aug 2024 – Horses (album) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Holiday56 (t · c); start discussion
- 30 Jul 2024 – Life Cycle (Sakerock album) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by IanTEB (t · c); start discussion
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Good topic candidates
- 20 Sep 2024 – E=MC² (Mariah Carey album) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Theknine2 (t · c)
- 06 Sep 2024 – Fearless (Taylor's Version) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Ippantekina (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Sep 2024 – Fearless (Taylor Swift album) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Ippantekina (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Aug 2024 – Don't Wake Me Up (album) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by PerfectSoundWhatever (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Aug 2024 – It Was Hot, We Stayed in the Water (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by PerfectSoundWhatever (t · c); see discussion
Featured article reviews
- 13 Aug 2024 – Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by Zmbro (t · c); see discussion
Good article reassessments
- 22 Sep 2024 – Fire (Kittie album) (talk · edit · hist) nominated for GA reassessment by Chchcheckit (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Peer reviews
- 23 Sep 2024 – Tyla (album) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Dxneo (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Sep 2024 – Spit (album) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Chchcheckit (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Aug 2024 – Ilana (The Creator) (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by TheNuggeteer (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Jul 2024 – Pagtatag! (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Relayed (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 30 Sep 2024 – Insomniac (Green Day album) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Insomniac (album) by JohnCWiesenthal (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Sep 2024 – Baby, the Stars Shine Bright (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Baby, the Stars Shine Bright (album) by Lullabying (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 22 Sep 2024 – Southern Nights/Basic (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Glen Campbell discography by Boleyn (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Sep 2024 – MTV Roadies: Karm Ya Kaand (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to MTV Roadies by M S Hassan (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Sep 2024 – Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Brat (album) by Bizarre Bizarre (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Sep 2024 – Their Greatest Hits (The Police album) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Every Breath You Take: The Singles by Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (t · c); see discussion
- 08 Sep 2024 – Duets: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Duets (Frank Sinatra album) by AjaxSmack (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Aug 2024 – Jock Jams: The All-Star Jock Jams (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Jock series by Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Jun 2024 – Led Zeppelin Deluxe Edition (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Led Zeppelin discography by FunkMonk (t · c); see discussion
- 20 Jun 2024 – Minecraft – Volume Beta (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Music of Minecraft by NegativeMP1 (t · c); see discussion
- 29 May 2024 – The Best of Sophie B. Hawkins (2002 album) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to The Best of Sophie B. Hawkins (2003 album) by AjaxSmack (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Sep 2024 – Attera Orbis Terrarum – Part II (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Attera Orbis Terrarum by Boleyn (t · c) was closed; see discussion
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Articles to be split
- 23 Mar 2024 – Sable (video game) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by QuietHere (t · c); see discussion
- 27 Nov 2023 – Rattle and Hum (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Dream out loud (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Nov 2023 – Top Album Sales (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Koavf (t · c); see discussion
- 07 Nov 2023 – Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 162 etc. (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Jul 2023 – ImMATURE (TV series) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 103.173.241.249 (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Jan 2022 – Maattrraan (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Onel5969 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 04 Oct 2024 – Draft:Jiggy Forever (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by OsigbemheEJB (t · c)
- 03 Oct 2024 – Draft:No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 98.246.94.55 (t · c)
- 03 Oct 2024 – Draft:Starspawn (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ackyducc (t · c)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Draft:The Honky Tonk Demos (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bodzio05 (t · c)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Draft:We Unis (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Tihanh (t · c)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Draft:First Collection (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Tihanh (t · c)
- 02 Oct 2024 – Draft:Dusk (Sanha EP) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Tihanh (t · c)
- 23 Sep 2024 – Draft:Lee Brovitz (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bitghost (Official) (t · c)
- 21 Sep 2024 – Draft:Like All Before You (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ordinaryisabel (t · c)
- 20 Sep 2024 – Draft:Global Rock (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by EdmHopLover1995 (t · c)
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New articles
Review and assessment
Statistics
Album pages by quality | |||||||
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Quality | |||||||
Total | |||||||
FA | 170 | ||||||
FL | 76 | ||||||
GA | 1,562 | ||||||
B | 1,673 | ||||||
C | 9,547 | ||||||
Start | 60,618 | ||||||
Stub | 76,677 | ||||||
List | 1,555 | ||||||
Category | 48,276 | ||||||
Disambig | 274 | ||||||
File | 159,393 | ||||||
Project | 196 | ||||||
Redirect | 29,494 | ||||||
Template | 714 | ||||||
Draft | 183 | ||||||
Assessed | 390,408 | ||||||
Unassessed | 5 | ||||||
Total | 390,413 | ||||||
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 810,303 | Ω = 5.39 |
See also
- Missing encyclopedic articles/List of notable albums
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs
- Wikipedia:Record charts