Wikipedia:WikiProject Country Music

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Welcome to WikiProject Country Music. Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Country music and the organization of information and articles on this topic.

This project encompasses all Wikipedia articles, templates, categories, and related talk pages concerning country-music topics, including but not limited to artists, albums, songs, record labels, and organizations in the country-music industry.

Our goals and duties:

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.

1. Discussions and debates relating to Country music, including merges, citations, other references, image issues, splits, cleanup, formatting, and expansion.
2. Reduce trivial information, speculation,
   core article policies
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3. Monitoring all articles for violations of anything listed in the above two parts.
4. Bring numerous articles to Good Article, Featured Article, and/or Featured List status.

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

• BlueDolphin574 (talk) 04:41, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Moxy (talk) 04:13, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Nowyouseemetalk2me 05:14, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Eric444 (talk) 11:42, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 19:50, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• EnDaLeCoMpLeX (contributions) • (let's chat) 20:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• Ga Be 19 03:13, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
• GDuwen (talk) 14:42, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Ngs61 (talk) 22:29, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• talk) 14:55, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply
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• Gilliganfanatic (talk) 22:56, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• ipodnano05 * ^{leave@message} 18:33, 10 July 2011 (UTC) I mainly edit Taylor Swift and Shania Twain articles.[reply]
• Fiddle music. All kinds. GeoBard^Rap 03:02, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Caldorwards4 (talk) 05:43, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• J04n(talk page) 00:46, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Preservationist957 (talk) 16:24, 2 January 2012 (UTC) Old country, resolving errors and omissions[reply]
• talk (pbl1998) 12:52PM GMT, 11 January 2012
• talk) 05:44, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply
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• Tomsv 98 (talk) 21:23, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Ggdlmnt (talk) 14:45, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Satchikova Satchikova (talk) 03:07, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 19:28, 13 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• talk) 22:40, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply
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• Masssly Masssly (talk) 23:18, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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  talk) 00:43, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply
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• Vip Country Vip Country (talk) 18:49, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• DepressedPer (talk) 06:42, 26 March 2015 (UTC) Ext. and C/E both old and modern country music articles.[reply]
• --Jack Gaines (talk) 20:47, 22 October 2015 (UTC) Mostly modern country music articles.[reply]
• Julietvbarbara (talk) 18:25, 10 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• FPGT24 (talk) 13:39 14 April 2016 (UTC) modern country music articles only
• Eagledj (talk) 16:59, 23 February 2021 (UTC) I'm Nashville based. Songwriters, record producers, Earl Scruggs (GA), Lap steel guitar, Slide guitar (GA)[reply]
• Maxim Stoyalov
• Aoba47 (talk
  ): More obscure music releases
• User:Ed. Jishnu Lesser known country music artists
• ChrisTofu11961 (talk), women in country – veteran and current artists
• Canadian country
  , chart updates, album updates, etc
• JW 1961 Talk 18:16, 29 January 2021 (UTC) Various, but mostly old time country[reply]
• DanCherek (talk) 03:08, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Tillywillly17 (talk) 8:23 assistant
• MRN2electricboogaloo (talk) 02:48, 23 May 2022 (UTC) Modern, mainstream country mainly[reply]
• Leonor Hopscotch (talk) September 12, 2022 (UTC) Bluegrass, Flatt and Scruggs
• Dylan620 (he/him • talk • edits) 15:52, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.

Articles for deletion

• 08 Apr 2024 – John Moore (bluegrass musician) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Aneirinn (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

• 16 Apr 2024 – Stage 5 (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by XabqEfdg (t · c): Not notable (search does not reveal non-trivial coverage). Written like an advertisement.

Files for discussion

• 16 Apr 2024 – File:Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up.ogg (talk · edit · hist) (on Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)) was FfDed by George Ho (t · c); see discussion

Featured article candidates

• 16 Apr 2024 –
  Ippantekina (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 19 Apr 2024 – Vince Gill (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TenPoundHammer (t · c); start discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Mr. Perfectly Fine (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gained (t · c); start discussion
• 05 Apr 2024 –
  Ippantekina (t · c); start discussion
• 01 Jan 2024 – 52 (album series) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Panini! (t · c); start discussion
• 22 Oct 2023 – Emmylou Harris (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by ChrisTofu11961 (t · c); start discussion
• 20 Sep 2023 – Exile (American band) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TenPoundHammer (t · c); start discussion

Requested moves

• 15 Apr 2024 –
  Ernest (singer) by TenPoundHammer (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 05 Mar 2024 – Dona Mason (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Danny Davis (country musician) by TenPoundHammer (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 10 Apr 2024 – Draft:Tiera Kennedy (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by 142.68.70.168 (t · c) was declined by Robert McClenon (t · c) on 18 Apr 2024

Country Music assessment statistics Country Music articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 1 6 3 8 18 FL 2 13 27 34 76 GA 11 18 41 94 8 172 B 13 33 54 151 44 295 C 18 45 137 700 321 1,221 Start 9 39 227 2,205 1,716 4,196 Stub 6 63 1,646 2,618 4,333 List 2 1 36 304 3 95 441 Category 817 817 Disambig 4 4 File 70 70 Project 6 6 Redirect 2 30 302 334 Template 1 621 622 Other 26 26 Assessed 54 151 576 5,165 1,849 4,836 12,631 Unassessed 2 327 329 Total 54 151 576 5,167 1,849 5,163 12,960 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 53,091 Ω = 5.19 Index · Statistics · Log

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.

What to type	Code result	What it's for
{{WikiProject Country Music}}	Country Music NA‑class This article is within the scope of WikiProject Country Music, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to country music on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Country MusicWikipedia:WikiProject Country MusicTemplate:WikiProject Country MusicCountry Music articles NA This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.	To be placed at the top of article talk pages for all topics related to country music. Do not substitute it.
{{User WikiProject Country Music}}	This user is a participant in WikiProject Country Music.	Feel free to place it in your user page if you're a member of the project.
{{User:Scepia/country music}}	This user enjoys country music.	Feel free to place it on your user page if you're a fan of country music.
{{Singer-songwriter-stub}}	This article on a singer-songwriter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e	Place it at the bottom of stubs about singer-songwriters.
{{US-country-band-stub}}	This article on a United States country music band is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e	Place it at the bottom of stubs about American country bands and musical groups.
{{Canada-country-band-stub}}	This article about a Canadian country music band is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e	Place it at the bottom of stubs about Canadian country bands and musical groups.
{{country-album-stub}}	This country music album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e	Place it at the bottom of stubs about country albums.
{{country-song-stub}}	This country song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e	Place it at the bottom of stubs about country songs.

?	Use be bold in editing because perfection is not required. See Wikipedia:Editing policy for more information. Before starting a new article! - Notability is a concern that must be adhered to. See Wikipedia:Notability (music) for more information. Need help starting a new article? See Wikipedia:Article wizard it will help you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia.
I.	Use references. This is an encyclopedia, so remember to include a ==References== section listing websites, newspapers, articles, books and other sources you used to write the article. New articles and statements added to existing articles may be deleted if unreferenced or referenced poorly. See Wikipedia:References for more information.
II.	Use proper spelling and grammar. This is a very important aspect of an article. "We want to learn editors to write proper" There are helpful guidelines in regards to styles. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (music) for more information.
III.	Use footnotes. Take advantage of the footnote ability Wikipedia has, instead of including html links inside the context include them as footnotes. See Wikipedia:Footnotes on how to use them.
IV.	Write a good lead. Be sure to write a Wikipedia:Lead section for more information.
V.	Stay on topic. Many articles are criticized for length; sticking to the subject matter helps eliminate this. See Wikipedia:The perfect article for more information.
VI.	Keep it simple. Remember that the average reader should be able to comprehend the erudition. Although you should use a broad vocabulary of regular, non-technical terms, do not provide such a quantity of locutions as to impel those who aspire to derive serviceable information from the article to consult a dictionary.
VII.	Use images if possible. Images enhance articles greatly, but only use them when they are necessary, and ensure that their copyright status has been specified and we are allowed to use it on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Images

Since Country music covers multiple branches of topics, the WikiProject is therefore a sub-project of numerous collaborations:

• WikiProject Biography
• WikiProject Music
  • WikiProject Music genres
  • WikiProject Musicians
  • WikiProject Albums
  • WikiProject Songs

Sister projects

There are also a number of similar genre-oriented projects which we consider our "sister" projects:

• WikiProject Alternative music
• WikiProject Electronic music
• WikiProject Emo
• WikiProject Hip hop
• WikiProject Metal
• WikiProject Rock music

Tools

Main tool page: toolserver.org

• Reflinks – Edits bare references – adds title/dates etc. to bare references
• Checklinks – Edit and repair external links
• Dab solver – Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer – Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.