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Taxiride has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 16:32, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This FLC needs further comments. If anyone's interested, please join us here. Camilasdandelions (talk!) 16:59, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Some time ago I added sentence "In May 2024 Basshunter was 60th most-streamed Swedish artist on Spotify with over 803 million streams." to lead but since lead is a summary of the article this information should be repeated somewhere in the article. I'm not sure where to add it. Should it be added to section "Awards and nominations"? This is "general"/"summary" information and it would fit for section such as "Legacy" or "Achievements" which not exist in this article. Eurohunter (talk) 13:48, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A legacy or reception section for continued popularity seems best.★Trekker (talk) 13:08, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@StarTrekker: That's right, but it would be a section for just one sentence or I would has to move some other text which probably fits into two sections. Eurohunter (talk) 22:50, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Either would be fine Imho.★Trekker (talk) 09:04, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I am seeking a review for [[Draft:David Grossman]], submitted Jan 10. The subject is a former SVP at Paramount Pictures and EVP of The Recording Academy. I've included sources from The Santa Barbara Independent and Noozhawk.

Note: The subject shares a name with the Israeli author; the page should likely be moved to [[David Grossman (music executive)]] upon approval.

Any feedback or a review would be appreciated. ~~~~ GurboTandma (talk) 21:53, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I wrote a post to the Japanese Wikipedia Embassy and got a response telling me I might be able to get help here, so here's just a copy paste of what I wrote to not complicate things:

"I don't speak Japanese, but I've recently become very interested in the band Mowmow Lulu Gyaban (モーモールルギャバン). I was hoping to consult with you about translating and creating an article for the English Wikipedia. After researching, I discovered that the band only has a Japanese page, not an English one, and therefore it seems like they're often not mentioned on related pages in English-speaking countries (such as the page for Yusuke Nakamura, an artist who worked with them). If possible, could someone please translate this page into English? I apologize if this isn't the official procedure, but I'm not sure how else to find someone willing to help, so I'm asking in this way. I'd appreciate your consideration and cooperation. Thank you very much. (^_^;)" VizoDanielIL (talk) 18:22, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You're fine to ask here, but I'm not certain there's any fluent Japanese editors at this WikiProject, let alone ones up for taking this on. You can always wait and see though. Sergecross73 msg me 18:27, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I highly recommend that you create the English article for Mowmow Lulu Gyaban. When I have to translate Japanese news sources to English, I open the page in Google Chrome and use the translate button. A search for Japanese to English translators brings up a host of pages that will perform machine translation. Try https://translate.google.com/ , https://www.deepl.com/en/translator/l/ja/en , https://kanjikana.com/en/tools/translator/en/ja , https://jisho.org/ , https://www.lufe.ai/translate/text/japanese-english as some of the first webpages that popped up for translation. Remember this is not just an encyclopedia, it is a wikipedia, meaning that every human on Earth could be an editor. Why not you, too? Good luck. Mburrell (talk) 04:47, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If anybody want to participate on the discussion here about the highest-grossing tour of 2025. Bluesatellite (talk) 16:08, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I came across a recent change where a user had used journal=AllMusic in their referencing. Thinking this was obviously wrong, I changed it to website=AllMusic. I was reverted with a note saying "Do not use the publisher parameter for the name of a work (e.g. a website, book, encyclopedia, newspaper, magazine, journal, etc." To my mind, this is what the user was doing, placing the name of a website in the publisher parameter. I was reverted a second time with a message saying, "AllMusic is generally not italicized, and it's one of publications" The first part is true.

Still, I don't think publisher=AllMusic is correct. I looked at a bunch of GA articles, and it's most commonly work=AllMusic, then website=AllMusic and finally publisher=AllMusic.

Is there a correct usage? Are these interchangeable? I'd like to be doing the right thing.

ShadyGroupers (talk) 02:57, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I came across a recent change where a user had used journal=AllMusic in their referencing. Who? Me? I used |publisher=, not |journal=. In this edit summary, you contradicted yourself; you noted that |publisher= is for journals, but {{cite web}} suggests not to use |publisher= for journals at all. Thus, I couldn't understand your edit in Broke with Expensive Taste, and that's he reason why I reverted your edit. Camilasdandelions (✉️) 04:44, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you. I didn't want to drop your name as I wasn't being accusatory, just genuinely wanted to know the correct way. ShadyGroupers (talk) 05:25, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"publisher=AllMusic" is generally correct since AllMusic is an online music database, meaning it doesn't usually use italics. RedShellMomentum 04:59, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

AllMusic also published books, which may affect this formatting. It's worth making sure the user is citing the database and not one of the paper books. However, I don't think the journal parameter would ever be appropriate, because AllMusic has never (to my knowledge) published a journal or magazine. Chubbles (talk) 06:05, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

ShadyGroupers, Camilasdandelions, RedShellMomentum: FCOL, this can all be avoided by using the template {{AllMusic}}. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:10, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don't use that templete for consistency of citations. Camilasdandelions (✉️) 07:13, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe that using {{AllMusic}} in an article that already heavily uses citation templates contradicts WP:CITEVARNO. Correcting the incorrect use of one kind of template with the correct one can only be seen as positive. If this had been done, we wouldn't have this dispute. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 08:09, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. The guidance says that website is correct and to be used instead of publisher: As you noted above, Template:Cite web ("Do not use the publisher parameter for the name of a work (e.g. a website, book, encyclopedia, newspaper, magazine, journal, etc.)." This has come up before, as some editors hate the italics for AllMusic, and have started conversations about it elsewhere (although most let it go years ago), but AM is, factually, the website. This also is complicated, for older albums, by the fact that AllMusic has published several print reference works, in multiple editions, with its staff bios, reviews, and ratings often separated online into different webpages. Caro7200 (talk) 13:30, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

An RFC is open regarding the plot summary of the Mega Man inspired album Act III: This City Made Us. Editors interested in the topic are invited to participate here. PBugaboo (talk) 07:22, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If you're interested in commenting on a proposed approach to adding anchors to numbered sub-items in this policy, please join the discussion here: Wikipedia talk:Notability (music)#Anchors. Thanks! WidgetKid ^{chat me} 22:29, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I would like to request an independent review of my draft article about the Italian progressive rock band Giant the Vine, currently available in my sandbox:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Star_Max_Red/Sandbox

I have a declared conflict of interest, as I am a member of the band, and therefore I have drafted the article in accordance with Wikipedia’s conflict of interest and neutral point of view guidelines, relying exclusively on independent secondary sources.

Any feedback, suggestions for improvement, or indications regarding notability and sourcing would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much for your time and assistance. Star Max Red (talk) 14:32, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I would like to request an independent review of my draft article about the Italian progressive rock band Giant the Vine, currently available in my sandbox:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Star_Max_Red/Sandbox

I have a declared conflict of interest, as I am a member of the band, and therefore I have drafted the article in accordance with Wikipedia’s conflict of interest and neutral point of view guidelines, relying exclusively on independent secondary sources.

Any feedback, suggestions for improvement, or indications regarding notability and sourcing would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much for your time and assistance. Star Max Red (talk) 15:08, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, the article 1992 Los Angeles riots in popular culture is up for deletion. There are people arguing for a merge and some arguing for retention. Regardless of how it ends, the list needed pruning. I've done all of the sections except for the one about music. Finding sourcing for this has already started to pose a major issue and I can't really apply the same criteria I have for the other sections since music is a fairly different thing than film, TV, and literature. It's much shorter, so it's not necessarily going to go into depth like a film or book could. My criteria was that the riots (or one of the events commonly attributed towards sparking it) must have had a major impact on the piece and that the piece have substantial coverage that goes into some depth about the riots as an impact. Offhand mentions aren't usable.

This served me well with the other sections, but for music it's a bit more difficult since outlets may not go into as much depth about a specific song unless it gets fairly big. Another issue I ran into is that it's been kind of difficult finding sourcing for everything on the list and with some, it seems like sourcing may not be readily available online because of when the music was released. I was also thinking of limiting this to just those songs or albums with articles, but I'm afraid of this negatively impacting songs that do have substantial coverage where there's enough to get mentioned but maybe not enough to have an article.

Does anyone want to help with this and/or have any recommendations? If this does end up as a merge, which seems likely, then there's an extra emphasis on ensuring that it's pruned to meet MOS:POPCULT standards. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 21:35, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I would like to ask you if it is possible to create a Wikipedia page for Mal di mare's indie emo album Rimpianti, since it is present on Bandcamp and Discogs (see: [1], [2], [3]) and I don't know if it is encyclopedic or not? Thanks! DanielParoliere (talk) 13:02, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Bandcamp and Discogs are not considered reliable sources; Discogs for being WP:UGC and Bandcamp as it doesn't really establish the album as notable, instead just that it exists. See WP:NOTABLE. Rambley^[who?] 14:03, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No, not with those sources. Please review WP:NALBUMS. None of those sources would satisfy it or the WP:GNG. Sergecross73 msg me 15:15, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It is also present on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music (see: [4], [5], [6], [7]). So are they good sources for creating the Rimpianti album page? DanielParoliere (talk) 16:45, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

As with Bandcamp, these sources do not establish the album as notable. They just confirm it exists. We only have articles for albums that pass our notability criteria (WP:GNG, WP:NALBUM). Rambley^[who?] 16:48, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No, they are not acceptable either. You want third party sources. Ones not connected with the promotion, release, or distribution of the album. Sergecross73 msg me 16:50, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You basically need to find sources that actually discuss the album somehow. Professional reviews, interviews given to relevant media outlets, news stories talking about the album (e.g. announcing its release date or detailing its creative process), etc. Victor Lopes ^Fala!•C 23:44, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Donora (band) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donora (band) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 17:35, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]