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WikiProject Music/Music genres task force is a task force to better organize information in articles related to music genres. This page and its subpages contain the suggestions of the Wikipedians involved in this task force; it is hoped that it will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and check our goals.

Scope[edit]

This task force aims to gather together those who are interested in working on and cleaning up the various music genre articles that exist on Wikipedia.

Goals[edit]

Assessment[edit]

See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force/Assessment

Participants[edit]

Please add your name to the bottom of this list using {{user|username}}

  • Dark Lord Thomas Pie (talk · contribs) — Particularly interested on improving the genres listed on songs and artists, as well as the characteristics of genres
  • sndxm (talk · contribs) — Afroasiatic music genres
  • Jyothishbabu (talk · contribs)
  • Shepherd of Fire (talk · contribs) — Extremely knowledgeable in Metalcore and all of its sub-genres and all Heavy Metal sub-genres
  • JHINDELAWARE (talk · contribs) — Extreme Knowledge in every kind of music, especially time periods, prog rock music and every other kind.
  • Lighthead (talk · contribs) — Have made significant contributions to electronic music articles.
  • Sp3nc3rp0tts (talk · contribs) — Interested in various Australian aboriginal music genres
  • Absolon (talk · contribs) — Interested in Gospel music and the related subgenres
  • Andros 1337 (talk · contribs)
  • Slimhady (talk · contribs)
  • Divex (talk · contribs)
  • Headbanger44 (talk · contribs) — knowledge is mostly in the heavy metal genre
  • Dexter_prog (talk · contribs)
  • Peter G Werner (talk · contribs) — I am fairly knowledgeable about ambient music, industrial music, jazz rock, and many of the subgenres therein. I have a fairly extensive music collection and can also contribute ogg samples.
  • TimNelson (talk · contribs)
  • Steve3849 (talk · contribs)
  • Kevinbrowning (talk · contribs)
  • PEiP (talk · contribs) — Knowledgeable about all the various sub-genres of heavy metal.
  • JanderVK (talk · contribs) — Want me to write a book on what I like? :)
  • DeanBaetz (talk · contribs) — I am fairly knowledgeable regarding subgenres of Punk rock and Heavy metal music
  • Altenhofen (talk · contribs) — I a Metalhead, and have a fair share of knowledge in the Alternative Metal, Nu Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Metalcore, and Hard Rock Genres, along with Alternative Rock and Punk as well.
  • Sabrebd (talk · contribs) — folk, blues, rock, classical and some others, especially those with a British or American element
  • Allreet (talk · contribs) — folk, blues, rock, folk-rock, reggae
  • Sprite7868 (talk · contribs) — I am willing to improve any areas in any genre field that are at least below an B Class.
  • TafelAnatomie (talk · contribs) — Fairly knowledgeable on subgenres of punk rock and heavy metal.
  • WikiPBia (talk · contribs) — (talk) 08:44, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • 3family6 (talk · contribs) — Like pretty much every style of music on the planet. Though I'm not really knowledgeable, I'm pretty good at finding reliable sources.
  • sheldon.andre (talk · contribs) — Will do anything music.
  • BazookajoeReno (talk · contribs) — Relatively knowledgeable about the Christian music sub-genres (pop, rock, worship), and some of the mainstream secular rock/punk/grunge sub-genres of the 80's, 90's and early 2000's.
  • Geofferybard (talk · contribs) — Folk, Roots, Trad mainly.GeoBardRap
  • North8000 (talk · contribs) — (talk) 11:53, 20 May 2011 (UTC) Working on sorting out Folk/Roots/Traditional music[reply]
  • Ianlopez12 (talk · contribs)
  • Stelpa (talk · contribs) — Knowledgeable about many types of music, especially Noise, Electronic, and Avant-Garde Music.
  • StillHere83 (talk · contribs)
  • Ltlane777 (talk · contribs) — Knowledgeable about Classic Rock and it's sub-genres
  • Fruit4dinner (talk · contribs)
  • Myxomatosis57 (talk · contribs) — Mainly alternative music genres. Knowledgeable about industrial music.
  • Cratertempus (talk · contribs) — Knowledgeable mainly about EDM and IDM and it's sub-genres...
  • Psychonavigation (talk · contribs) — Familiar with avant-garde, drone, lo-fi, dark/ritual/tribal/industrial ambience, progressive rock (particularly RIO and avant-prog) and wide varieties of experimental music. Dislike popular music with a passion! :P
  • MilkMiruku (talk · contribs) — I've been more active in the past. Mainly interested in the musicology and culture of electronic dance/experimental music styles, and in general knowledge management (references, infoboxes and templates).
  • gauvins (talk · contribs) — interested in curating http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_music_genres. Please go to the talk section of the page for more on this. [newbie — feel free to comment on how you think we might proceed]
  • ThurstenEgorGreene (talk · contribs) — Keen to raise standards of any music genre page, particularly those of New Zealand and Australia related sub-genres.
  • rlp17 (talk · contribs) — Music is my passion. Whether it be in a song, a video, sheet music, MIDIs, documentaries, etc. Created the Re:Generation article from scratch (and it was my first), so I think I've got the process down. Am prone to challenging edits (#lol)
  • Dez Moines (talk · contribs) — Extremely knowlegeble about Metalcore (and all of its subgenres and fusion genres), Christian Music, and Alternative Metal
  • Nostalgia of Iran (talk · contribs) — Familiar with metal genres, subject matter in lyrics, particularly Iron Maiden, Slayer, Dream Theater, and System of a Down, among others
  • firstlensman (talk · contribs) — Progressive Rock and Fusion aficionado
  • barkjon (talk · contribs)
  • Twyfan714 (talk · contribs) — Knowledgeable about classic rock, familiar with traditional heavy metal and early punk rock
  • MaxMorell (talk · contribs) — Knowledgeable about all Latin Rock, Tango, Electronic Tango
  • Zelagbnark (talk · contribs) — Well-versed in indie music of all genres
  • WikiWinters (talk · contribs)
  • Binksternet (talk · contribs) — Pushing for verifiable genres supported by reliable sources, not shoot-from-the-hip assessments
  • BrainPower3 (talk · contribs) — Familiar with metal and punk genres.
  • Mondialista (talk · contribs) — jazz, World music styles, fusion
  • Nemesis2473 (talk · contribs)
  • RHedmi (talk · contribs) — Specialised in heavy metal and the majority of its sub genres, and also industrial music, prog rock, hard rock, and ambient/dark ambient music.
  • MikeArtisan (talk · contribs) — Familiar with hip hop, rock, jazz and electronic genres along with their derivatives.
  • Xavier enc (talk · contribs) — Music genres are in need of some serious help. They are being overrun by sub-genres. I am very active and I will not make bias agendas. In my opinion there are only a handful of genres, the rest are just offspring. I hope my contributions to this project will serve to remedy these genre distinctions.
  • Pharkryi (talk · contribs) — Familiar with post-rock, Prog rock, hip-hop, and general indie music. New to Wikipedia, hoping to learn the ropes.
  • SirGents (talk · contribs) — Specialized in the electronic genre, especially House, Drum and Bass, and Dance. New member to Wikipedia. 05:18, 4 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ilovetopaint (talk · contribs)
  • Mashaunix (talk · contribs) — Interested in independent, rock, experimental, psychedelic, extreme music... Check out my rework of the post-metal article.
  • Sixty Minute Limit (talk · contribs) — I’m interested in heavy metal music, especially extreme metal, though I sometimes edit other rock-related articles and I may may edit other stuff, but rarely.
  • AstroPoug (talk · contribs) — Knowledgeable about metal, alternative, punk, and hip-hop. New to Wikipedia.
  • Acousmana (talk · contribs) — various, particularity electronic/electroacoustic
  • Garagepunk66 (talk · contribs) — Work in various music genres and subgenres, such as garage rock, British Invasion, psychedelic rock, reggae, soul music, etc.
  • QuickClown (talk · contribs) — Knowledgeable about indie music, folk music, grime music, electronic/ambient music, and emergent genres such as Vapourwave. I have a special interest in the history, culture, geography and biographies of music and musicians with a view to de-orphaning finding reliable sources for these (see my contributions to Dave Tyack).
  • Dusk Malice (talk · contribs) — I'm a metalhead, but am I really the first goth in this list? I'll mostly be editing everything rock--especially metal, goth, punk, dream pop/shoegaze, and chillwave/synthwave. I can edit copy and format just about any article though.
  • RandomTechGuy (talk · contribs) — Knowledgeable in power pop and pop rock.
  • Missbellanash (talk · contribs) — Knowledgeable in rock, pop, blues, some jazz and classical.
  • JQGRAY (talk · contribs) — I am a musician with a focus in early American music, folk musicology, and oral tradition. Knowledgable in Appalachian mountain music, zydeco, Cajun music, Western swing, and Melanesian hymns. I just began the project of overhauling the zydeco page.
  • Aleeza2018 (talk · contribs) — just a random wikipedia user with a lot of knowledge about pop
  • TommyDPO (talk · contribs) — I know some things about pop/rock, and I'm trying to learn more about jazz. Also new to Wikipedia.
  • Lightshinesondark (talk · contribs) - Knowledgeable in americana, blues, southern, roots-rock, soul, country, early rock n roll
  • ‪EleniXDD (talk · contribs) - Hope to improve standards and fix the overlapping genres issues

Articles[edit]

Article alerts[edit]

Articles for deletion

Proposed deletions

Good article nominees

Articles to be merged

Articles to be split

Articles for creation

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Templates[edit]

Music genre related articles[edit]

{{WikiProject Music/Music genres task force}} (redirects are {{WikiProject Music genres}} or {{Genre}})

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WikiProject iconWikipedia:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force is within the scope of the Music genres task force of the Music project, a user driven attempt to clean up and standardize music genre articles on Wikipedia. Please visit the task force guidelines page for ideas on how to structure a genre article and help us assess and improve genre articles to good article status.Music/Music genres task forceWikipedia:WikiProject Music/Music genres task forceTemplate:WikiProject Music/Music genres task forcemusic genre articles
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Place this Project template at the top of all music genre related article talk pages, using: {{Genre|class = |importance = }}

Userboxes[edit]

Place one these userboxes to your user page, they also add you to the Category:WikiProject Music genres participants. This userbox template has two parameters for two different userbox icons.

The default icon is set by omitting the "icon" parameter.
{{User WikiProject Music genres}}

This user is a participant in WikiProject Music genres task force.


For an alternative icon, add the "icon" parameter, then set the value to "genres".
{{User WikiProject Music genres}}

This user is a participant in WikiProject Music genres task force.


If you don't wish to use userboxes, but still wish to be in listed in the project category, then just add to your user page:
[[Category:WikiProject Music genres Members|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Categories[edit]

Music genres
Microgenres
Music genres by theme
Musical subgenres by genre
Music genres by century
Music genres by period
Musical genres by region
Lists of music genres
Origins of music genres
Music by genre
Musical instruments by genre
Musical subcultures
Sociomusicology
Songs about music genres
Works about music genres
Children's music
Classical and art music traditions
Contemporary music
Dance music
Death music
Easy listening music
Folk music
Hindu devotional songs
Instrumental music
Marching bands
Military music
Music and humour
Nerd music
Outsider music
Popular music
Professional wrestling music
Progressive music
Psychedelic music
Religious music
Traditional music
Tropicália
Urban street dance and music
Vocal music
Wedding music
Work music
World music
Music genre stubs
Music genre templates

See also[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music/Music_genres_task_force

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