Discographies NA‑class

This page is within the scope of the Discographies WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's collection of discography articles and lists. If you would like to participate please visit the project page. Any questions pertaining to discography-related articles should be directed to the project's talk page.DiscographiesWikipedia:WikiProject DiscographiesTemplate:WikiProject DiscographiesDiscography articles NA This page does not require a rating on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

Archives

Archive 1

We are having a discussion here whether The Beatles discography article should feature tracklistings of the different studio albums. Comments are welcome. Thanks! indopug (talk) 16:09, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Would anybody be able to assess Alesha Dixon discography? Many thanks.Dt128 (talk) 19:24, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

 Done Cannibaloki 03:27, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Dt128 (talk) 08:44, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

This is a notice to let you know about Article alerts, a fully-automated subscription-based news delivery system designed to notify WikiProjects and Taskforces when articles are entering Articles for deletion, Requests for comment, Peer review and other workflows (full list). The reports are updated on a daily basis, and provide brief summaries of what happened, with relevant links to discussion or results when possible. A certain degree of customization is available; WikiProjects and Taskforces can choose which workflows to include, have individual reports generated for each workflow, have deletion discussion transcluded on the reports, and so on. An example of a customized report can be found here.

If you are already subscribed to Article Alerts, it is now easier to report bugs and request new features. We are also in the process of implementing a "news system", which would let projects know about ongoing discussions on a wikipedia-wide level, and other things of interest. The developers also note that some subscribing WikiProjects and Taskforces use the display=none parameter, but forget to give a link to their alert page. Your alert page should be located at "Wikipedia:PROJECT-OR-TASKFORCE-HOMEPAGE/Article alerts". Questions and feedback should be left at Wikipedia talk:Article alerts.

Message sent by User:Addbot to all active wiki projects per request, Comments on the message and bot are welcome here.

Thanks. — Headbomb {^ταλκ_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 09:04, 15 March, 2009 (UTC)

Could someone please re-assess this article?? Dt128 (talk) 22:08, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Why? Cannibaloki 22:22, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia talk:Featured list criteria#Revised criteria III. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:01, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Just out of interest, how can an article with 38 references be "List Class" as in Duffy discography?? Dt128 (talk) 11:14, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

That is very much a list. Number of references has nothing to do with whether an article is a list or not. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:44, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

ah.. I get it... sorry I just thought that since it was below stub class on the quality scale!Dt128 (talk) 20:55, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/The Ting Tings discography. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm currently planning to work on a discography and noticed that there are fifteen countries in that table, listing the peak positions. My question here would be, is there a set number on how many countries a table should have? — Σxplicit 05:25, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

General rule of thumb is 10 charts. The chart for the artist's home country is a must (even if he has never charted), and nine others. I always try to get a good mix of charts where the artist charted high and low; if you only put charts where he charted high, it's an unfair POV that promotes the idea he is more successful around the world than he actually is. More than 10 charts is a bit of a stat dump, and is verging into WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Matthewedwards :  Chat  05:46, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

I'll have no problem mixing high charting and low charting albums and songs. Thanks for the response. — Σxplicit 05:54, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

At Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Kronos Quartet discography, there is confusion over what is the correct format of a discography. The aforementioned discography follows a format not seen in FL discographies that were promoted in the last year or so. Please add your input there so we can determine the consensus. Dabomb87 (talk) 03:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Shouldn't music videos be in italics? For example, Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video) uses the italics as every other film does. Do U(knome)? ^yes..._{or no} 06:30, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

No love here? Do U(knome)? ^yes..._{or no} 03:20, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I believe Thriller is in italics in this case because the article is about the video itself, not the song's background information and such, which is why there are two separate articles. So generally, "music video" sections shouldn't be italicized. — Σxplicit 05:05, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Shouldn't long-form videos be italicized, and short, one-song videos enquoted? Just like albums vs. songs, books vs. short stories and, of course, movies versus short films? -Freekee (talk) 03:02, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Could somebody take a look at the Candy_Dulfer_discography and Candy_Dulfer pages please?

- I've added a missing album to the discography page which was mentioned on the artist's page. Is there a way to avoid this in the future? - Do the singles need to be on her main page? - Should the albums where she has a guest appearance be there? I mean, is it important to know on which album she played on one track? Not a hostile question, just curious :) ZombieCow (talk) 21:50, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

There isn't much that can be done with inconsistency. Just make sure all her albums are listed in both articles. If there is a separate discography article as there is in this case, the singles shouldn't be listed in Candy Dulfer. Guest appearances are fine to list in her discography. — Σxplicit 21:56, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

The Discography section on the Candy Dulfer page should only include studio albums, so the live and compilation albums should be removed. k-i-a-c (hitmeup - the past) 04:53, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Could somebody take a look at my recent changes on Candy_Dulfer_discography please?

I know that I forgot to add the chart positions, but I will add them later.

Where should I put the collaborations in the infobox?

Should the ref be where it is? or where should I place it if it is incorrect? --ZombieCow (talk) 20:46, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

I gave the article a bit of a copy-edit. For further information of the infobox, a look at Template:Infobox Artist Discography should help. Feel free to ask any further assistance. — Σxplicit 21:45, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm considering taking on the Merzbow discography and attempting to bring it up to Featured List standards, but I require some advice and guidelines before I start as this is possibly the single most difficult and complicated discography to do. I definately do not want to start working on it with one format in mind, only to be told later that it is incorrect. So, how does one handle 17 pseudonyms, 300+ albums, an untold number of miscellaneous tracks, and a dearth of sources to cite from?--Remurmur (talk) 21:05, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

This one looks like a formidable foe, I look forward to seeing what you can do! My main piece of advice would be to split it up into something more manageable. The article is titled Merzbow discography, so stick to just Merzbow. All the aliases aren't aliases of Merzbow's, they're aliases of Masami Akita. Everything else might be better suited to individual discographies, or maybe a blanket Masami Akita discography article which covers everything other than Merzbow. Obviously no matter how you break it up, the lead would need to clarify the scope of the list, and provide links to any other separate but related lists. Beyond that, I'd rearrange things by format (album, ep, compilation, etc), rather than by year. Then I'd put everything into tables. I don't know that much about Merzbow, but I'm assuming the guy hasn't really charted anywhere, so you may be able to skip that part of what most discogs include. So you may want to take a look at other discogs that skip that. So style-wise, Nation of Ulysses discography, The Make-Up discography, or Lightning Bolt discography might be a few good places to start. Drewcifer (talk) 03:56, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Well, I quickly decided that the traditional formatting for discographies would just not work well in this case, so I implemented a sortable table system. I'm stuck on how to handle the rest of the list though. Box sets are a particularly confusing aspect, especially the 50-disc Merzbox. And I'm not even sure if stuff like the appearances and compilation tracks should be kept; they'll be such a pain in the ass to organize...--Remurmur (talk) 01:01, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi all, if you have time, can you take a look at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Duffy discography/archive1 and Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Devin Townsend discography/archive1? We need more eyes, especially with regard to sourcing and content. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 19:13, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Why are video album sections continuously called "DVDs"? A DVD is simply the format in which a video album is released, just as is a VHS or the newer Blu-Ray discs. I never understood this; to me it would be the same as naming studio album sections "CDs". Does anyone have an explanation for this? Do U(knome)? ^yes..._{or no} 05:33, 14 June 2009 (UTC)