Wikipedia:WikiProject Record Labels
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WikiProject Record Labels is a project intended to improve articles on record labels and people (non-artists) involved with labels, i.e. founders and owners. The goal is to make the record label-related articles provide basic information in a quick and easy-to-read fashion. Its parent project is WikiProject Music.
Please feel free to ask any questions on the talk page. Below is a basic guide to writing an article on a specific record label related articles.
Style[edit]
Naming[edit]
The article name should be the title of the record label name, generally followed by "Records", disambiguated if necessary. Do not pre-emptively disambiguate! When there is no other encyclopedic use of the label, the article should reside at the normal name, e.g. London Records, not London (record label). In cases where disambiguation is needed, an era (Apollo Records (1944)) or location (Ace of Hearts Records (Boston)) parameter may be used.
If the label uses the Latin alphabet, the article name should be at that title. Translations of labels in languages other than English should not be used as titles unless an English language version of the name was used. If the label's name does not use the Latin alphabet, the article name should be the transliterated form of the title using Latin characters. 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[edit]
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 albums or song articles that don't exist if you believe that the album or song most certainly deserve an article.
Capitalization[edit]
As a general rule, the name of the company and "Records" should be capitalized (i.e. Republic Records, not Republic records). Otherwise, Wikipedia:Manual of Style (music)#Capitalization applies.
Disambiguating links[edit]
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.
More style suggestions[edit]
Templates[edit]
Project tag[edit]
Record Labels NA‑class | |||||||
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Please add {{WikiProject Record Labels}} along with the quality of the article. You can do this by specifying |class=X
, where X
is Stub
, Start
, C
, B
, A
, GA
or FA
(see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment for explanation of terms). Note that the parameter and values are case sensitive. Not all record label related articles have been tagged with {{WikiProject Record Labels}}. Many articles still need to be graded based on quality.
Assessment[edit]
Top priority: Those record labels which are internationally known, and have had a profound impact on the history of recorded sound. Examples: RCA Victor, Columbia, His Master's Voice.
High priority: Those record labels which are generally well known, having a long history of strong sales and musical and/or industry influence. Examples: Warner Bros. Records, Edison Records, Parlophone, Arista.
Mid priority: Those record labels having numerous hits or having a profound impact on a particular field of music. Examples: Rounder, Aladdin, Banner (1920s)
Low priority: All other notable labels.
Infobox[edit]
Stubs[edit]
To add an article to the record label stubs category, use {{record-label-stub}}. See Category:Record label stubs for more stubs and info.
Userbox[edit]
To add yourself as a member, put the userbox labeled {{User WikiProject Record Labels}} on your user page.
This user is a member of WikiProject Record Labels. |
To see who has joined the project, see Category:WikiProject Record Labels members.
- Current members below need to place this userbox on their page and then remove their name from the list.
- Flashflash; (talk · contribs)
- Will_Dockery (talk · contribs)
Articles[edit]
Article alerts[edit]
Articles for deletion
- 21 Aug 2023 – Baajaa Gaajaa (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by UtherSRG (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 07 Aug 2023 – Big Wheel Recreation (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Graywalls (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
- 07 Aug 2023 – Hypnos (record label) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Graywalls (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
- 24 Jul 2023 – Arena Rock Recording Company (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Graywalls (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Ritchie333 (t · c) on 16 Aug 2023; see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
Redirects for discussion
- 19 Aug 2023 – Young Money Billionaires (talk · edit · hist) →Young Money Entertainment was RfDed by Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be merged
- 11 Aug 2023 – Exodus Records (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Vee-Jay Records by Chubbles (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Jul 2023 – Tone Center Records (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Blues Bureau International by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 14 May 2023 – Blues Bureau International (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Shrapnel Records by Chubbles (t · c); see discussion
- 04 May 2023 – Eleven Seven Label Group (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Better Noise Music by Nswix (t · c); see discussion
- 02 May 2023 – Text Records (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Four Tet by QuietHere (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 09 Aug 2023 – Shout! Factory (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 223.25.62.28 (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Jan 2022 – Paisley Park Records (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Synthfiend (t · c); see discussion
- 10 May 2021 – Manimal Vinyl (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Jonpatterns (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 17 Aug 2023 – Draft:Andrew Penhallow (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Virgestan (t · c)
- 17 Aug 2023 – Draft:Defective Records (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Techno-rulez (t · c)
- 15 Jul 2023 – Draft:Theolonius Kelly (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by IvanaBogdanov (t · c)
- 03 Jul 2023 – Draft:Siegfried Loch (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Don-music (t · c)
- 28 Jun 2023 – Draft:Morkovka Creative (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ArtemAnufriev (t · c)
- 05 May 2023 – Draft:Almost Ready Records (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MitchellatAlmostReady (t · c)
- 02 May 2023 – Draft:Mellowtone Records (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by JoshuaLiam (t · c)
- 19 Apr 2023 – Draft:CES Records (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Ivanvector (t · c)
Review and assessment[edit]
Statistics[edit]
Record labels articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
GA | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
B | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 | |||
C | 7 | 17 | 28 | 74 | 28 | 154 | |
Start | 7 | 31 | 95 | 541 | 570 | 1,244 | |
Stub | 9 | 31 | 1,287 | 39 | 569 | 1,935 | |
List | 5 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 41 | 72 | |
Category | 2,708 | 2,708 | |||||
Disambig | 12 | 12 | |||||
File | 1 | 1 | 1,541 | 1,543 | |||
Project | 4 | 4 | |||||
Template | 56 | 56 | |||||
NA | 15 | 279 | 294 | ||||
Other | 54 | 54 | |||||
Assessed | 14 | 67 | 167 | 1,950 | 4,700 | 1,208 | 8,106 |
Unassessed | 1 | 1,731 | 1,732 | ||||
Total | 14 | 67 | 167 | 1,951 | 4,700 | 2,939 | 9,838 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 18,531 | Ω = 5.51 |
Tools[edit]
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