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SomeWikipedians have formed aproject to better organize information in articles related tomusic. 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 thetalk 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.
The parent of this WikiProject isArts.
SeeWikipedia:WikiProject Music/Participants for the full list. Clickhere to add yourself!
The entire subject and Wikipedia's coverage of it is intended to be summarized in theOutline of music. It in turn is part ofWikipedia's outline system which is one ofWikipedia'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):
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", astructural 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.
Discussion occurs on theWikiProject Music talk page.
Thenoticeboard for music-related news and requests became inactive in 2017.
Several guidelines have been adopted which are specific to music-related articles. According toWP: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 byshortcut(s)):
Assessments are done byindividual music projects, such asAlbums,Opera,Composers etc., not by thisMusic Project, which is an umbrella project.
The project categories are listed on theCategories sub page.
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 {{subst:Music Barnstar|message ~~~~}}.
TheMusic portal template{{Portal|Music}} may be placed in theSee also or another appropriate section of a music article, however there are other, more specific pages available. SeeCategory:Music portals for a list of music portals.
To add an article to the music stubs category, use{{music-stub}}. SeeCategory:Music stubs for more stubs and info.
There is auserbox for members, which adds them toCategory:WikiProject Music participants. To add the userbox to your user page, use{{User WP Music}}. It will produce this:
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