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Hey folks. I was thinking that, to be listed in this article, a person had to have their own Wikipedia article, or have been a member of (or associated with) a band that has their own Wikipedia article. Are we enforcing that? I'm asking partly in general, and partly because a musician who does not meet those criteria was added recently by an IP editor, here. I took that out, here, but the editor put it back, here. What do other editors think about this? — Mudwater ^(Talk) 23:14, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've proposed that seven "List of deaths in rock and roll" articles, which cover the 1950s through the 2000s, be renamed to "List of deaths in popular music", to better describe their contents. This was already done, a couple of years ago, for the articles for 2010 through 2025. So, the idea is to rename "List of deaths in rock and roll (2000s)" to "List of 2000s deaths in popular music", and so on. Interested editors are encouraged to comment at Talk:List of deaths in rock and roll#Requested move 9 March 2025 (and not here, to keep the discussion all in one place.) — Mudwater ^(Talk) 18:19, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, to the anonymous editor who in the last few days has updated this article, and also the ones for 2024, 2023, and 2022, removing some of the text and some of the entries. Could you please explain what you are doing, and why you think it makes these articles better than they were before? It looks like you've removed many of the very short descriptions of musicians that have their own Wikipedia article but were not in a band that has its own article. That text provides valuable information to our readers, and so it should not be removed, in my opinion. You have also removed a number of entries. Some of them are for musicians that don't have their own article, but were in a band that has its own article. By recent practice -- some would call it consensus -- those entries should be kept. Others you've removed for reasons that are not clear to me. Please discuss all that here, as editing Wikipedia articles should be a cooperative effort. (Other editors are also encouraged to add their opinions to this section.) — Mudwater ^(Talk) 21:53, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i dont see him, strange 12.74.63.11 (talk) 15:50, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

James "Sandy" Pinkard of Pinkard & Bowden died 7/26

Leslie Pearl died 6/18 204.107.19.31 (talk) 17:13, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Shipley of Brewer & Shipley (One toke over the line) died August 24 2025 SpotALoony (talk) 11:11, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've added Tom Shipley. — Mudwater ^(Talk) 10:05, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anthony Jackson has passed away 2400:2200:738:F482:6CD7:9C22:A57:F70E (talk) 09:02, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Someone's added an entry for him, here. — Mudwater ^(Talk) 21:37, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LAyub12: Hello! Recently you have added some musicians to the list where the references do not correspond to the entries. For example, in this edit, the entry for Curt Johnson has a footnote about René Karst, the entry for Larry Boyd has a footnote about Jards Macalé, the entry for Peter Richard has a footnote about Hilly Boy Michaels, and so on. That's not valid, and those entries should be removed. For each person listed in the article, there should be a reference to a reliable news story about that person's death. That's because, on Wikipedia, everything should be verifiable, as explained in Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Reliable sources. Does that make sense? — Mudwater ^(Talk) 11:38, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LAyub12: Hello. About this edit, it's also not valid, because you did not include any reference to verify that the musician has died. I tried to find one myself, to add to the article, but I don't see any. — Mudwater ^(Talk) 15:43, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LAyub12: Hello. About your most recent edit, here, the footnote is about the band, and it's from a reliable source, but it doesn't mention that musician dying, nor does it have the title indicated in the footnote. And when I do a web search, I don't see anything about that person dying. So... What are you thinking about all this, anyway? Feel free to let me and other editors know, by posting right here, on the discussion page for the article. And if you're not sure how to do that, take a look at Help:Talk pages. — Mudwater ^(Talk) 17:20, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MetalGod80's: Hello. You have made several edits similar to those by LAyub12 (who has apparently been blocked as a sockpuppet). That is, they list a musician as having died, but have a footnote that is about a totally different musician -- for example, here, here, and here. Per WP:V and WP:RS, each entry should have a footnote where a reliable source verifies that the person has actually died. Know what I mean? — Mudwater ^(Talk) 11:29, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

they are not LAyub12 according to the Rest239 (LAyub12) SPI. 77qq 💬 contributions 20:11, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks. But, each entry in the table should still have its own reliable reference. — Mudwater ^(Talk) 21:33, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

the user was recently blocked for 1 month. 77qq 💬 contributions 00:16, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks for letting us know. — Mudwater ^(Talk) 01:34, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]