Wikipedia:WikiProject Bagpipes
This project aims to bring together editors interested in working on articles related to all aspects of bagpiping. Migrated from Wikipedia:WikiProject Pipe Bands in December 2016.
Ongoing article work
To create
- Ian McLellan BEM (piper)
- Bill Livingstone (bagpiper)
- Clan MacFarlane Pipe Band
- Angus MacDonald (piper) (MacDonald Brothers)
- Iain MacDonald (piper) (MacDonald Brothers)
- Allan MacDonald (piper) (MacDonald Brothers)
- Internation Bagpipe Festival in Strakonice, Czech Republic
- Gold Medal (piping) (sand)
- Metro cup (bagpipe competition)
- Andrew Carlisle
- Ian MacLellan (sand)
- John McLellan (piper) (sand)
- March, Strathspey and Reel (sand)
- Medley (bagpipes) (sand)
- Falkirk Tryst
- Ross Ainslie
- Iain Morrison (piper)
- List of winners of the Gold Medal, Senior Piobaireachd and Former Winners' MSR at the Argyllshire Gathering (sand)
- List of winners of the Gold Medal, Clasp and Former Winners' MSR at the Northern Meeting (sand)
- List of winners of the Bratach Gorm (sand)
- List of winners of the Glenfiddich Piping Championship (sand)
- London Piping Championship
- Archibald Campbell
- Seumas MacNeill
- John MacDougall Gillies
- John MacKay of Raasay
- Donald Cameron (piper)
- Andrew Wright (piper)
- Donald MacLean (piper)
- Hugh MacKay (piper)
- Robert Brown (piper)
- Robert Nicol (piper)
- John MacColl (piper)
- John Bàn Mackenzie
- Malcolm MacPherson (piper)
- Sandy Cameron (piper)
- John McLellan (piper)
- John A. MacLellan (piper)
Needs work
- Ceòl Beag
- Pipe major (sand)
- Roddy MacLeod
- Western Australia Police Pipe Band
- Triumph Street Pipe Band (sand)
- College of Piping
- Victoria Police Pipe Band (sand)
- Prince Charles Pipe Band
- City of Blacktown Pipe Band
- Windsor Police Pipe Band
- Great Highland Bagpipe
- NYPD Pipes and Drums
- Slainte Mhath
- Hamish Moore
- Pipe band
- Celtic Colours
- Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band
- Roddy (R.S.) MacDonald
Under construction
Done
- Invergordon Distillery Pipe Band

- Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band (sand)

- City of Victoria Pipe Band

- Angus MacColl (sand)

- Willie McCallum (sand)

- Murray Henderson (piper)

- Alan Bevan

- Steven McWhirter

- Jim Kilpatrick (sand)

- Callum Beaumont (sand)

- Bruce Gandy

- Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band (sand)

- Argyllshire Gathering (sand)

- Red Hackle Pipe Band

- J. Reid Maxwell

- Rona Lightfoot
Done - Richard Parkes (piper) (sand)

- Donald Macpherson (piper) (sand)

- Willie Ross (piper) (sand)

- G.S. McLennan (sand)

- John Macdonald of Inverness (sand)
Done - McCallum Bagpipes

- Helen MacLeod (sand)

- Alex Duthart (sand)

- Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band

- Donald Shaw Ramsay (sand)

- Stonehouse Pipe Band (sand)

- Dagenham Girl Pipers (sand)

- Northern Meeting (sand)

- Cowal Highland Gathering (sand)

- Greater Glasgow Police Scotland Pipe Band (sand)

- William Lawrie (sand)

- Greentrax Recordings
Done - Alasdair Gillies

- Margaret Dunn

- John Burgess (bagpiper)

- Donald MacLeod (piper)

- Faye Henderson

- Brìghde Chaimbeul

- St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band

- Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band

- Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band

- Glasgow Police Pipe Band

- Jack Lee (bagpiper)

- 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band

- Gordon Duncan

- Denny and Dunipace Pipe Band

- Simon Fraser University Pipe Band

- Angus MacKay (piper)

- Chris Armstrong (piper)

Photos
Looking for quality photos of all players and pipe bands that have their own article.
Notability guidelines
How to assess notability for bagpipe-related articles, especially historical ones? Guidelines for music acts and groups. Notability comes from coverage in media, but there are certain ways a band or player can generate that coverage. If a band or player hasn't competed at a high level or produced some other form of media, coverage is much more likely to be primary - ie generated by them - or only a mention in passing.
Pipe bands
Ways for a band to assert notability:
- Bands that have spent time in Grade 1 at any point in history - and the coverage associated with competing at this level
- Featuring prominently in major events
Solo players
Ways for a solo player to become notable.
- Winning a Gold medal - there is only a finite number of these players
- As a touring musician
Composers
- ??
Makers
Organisations
- Schools and associations covered by Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)
Tunes
- Only a few tunes meet the guidelines. Composers are more likely to be notable than tunes, and any useful information about a tune can also be said about the composer.
Key pages and categories
Participants
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Add {{User WP Bagpipes}} to your user page to be added to the category of participants. {{User Highland Bagpipes}} is also available.
Templates
Pipe Band Infobox
{{Infobox Pipe band}} all pipe band articles
Musical Artist Infobox
{{Infobox musical artist}} for solo players
Grade 1 pipe band NavBox
{{Grade 1 pipe bands}} for the bottom of articles on Grade 1 pipe bands.
Talk Page Template
{{WikiProject Bagpipes}} for article and category talk pages
Stub template
{{Pipe-band-stub}} for pipe band stubs
Sources
- pipesdrums.com/ Frequent news, some in-depth features that require subscription
- pipetunes.ca Good bios for many piping composers