User:PhilipBembridge/WikiProject Music with Place Names

Welcome to the Music with Place Names WikiProject!

Goals and background

Linking Music and Geography

Firstly a simple goal, to tag every piece of music with a place name in the title (including songs, albums and bands) with {{Music_With_Place_Name_Navbox}} which automatically categorizes the article into: Category:Music > Category:Music with Place Name in Title then one of these three subcategories:

• Songs with Place Name in Title
• Albums with Place Name in Title
• Bands with Place Name in Title

Next to move onto tagging all music with geographical data, for example:

• Where bands come from
• Where bands/tours have performed
• Where music was composed

It has been suggested that the categories contribute to overcategorization, a list was suggested. However:

• A list would have to be done manually (unless some one makes a bot, I haven't a clue how!)
• The variafiability has already been contested because of What_wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_directory however, I believe that a list like this would prove useful to some readers

Scope

• This Project covers all music related articles
• The project covers all articles about bands, artists and songs containing place names, real or fictional
• To expand too cover more subcategories, (?by expanding the template)

Members

Join by typing # ~~~~ and a short message below!

1. PhilB ~ ^T/_C 14:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC) Founder! trying to do what he can!!
2. Geelcat 06:11, 6 November 2007 (UTC) Invited. Wants to help out.

Current tasks

• Bug! (Oh no!): some articles are categorised under Category:Song with Place Name in Title and some are under Category:Songs with Place Name in Title it could just be that wikipedia hasn't recategorized them yet after I changed the template
• Bug! (Oh no!): for some reason User:Philipbembridge/Sandbox is categorised as well! Fixed!
• Identify articles needing tagging (by googling etc.) and list them below:
  • List of bands named after places I have got down to Alcatrazz PhilB ~ ^T/_C 14:06, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
• Remove bug which lead to incorrect page location for the Place variable Done, Note the "Place" variable is Case Sensitive now

Suggested tasks

Place tasks that you think might benefit the project below:

• Lists on the internet (& wikipedia) of music with place names:
  • List of songs about California
  • http://www.last.fm/tag/songs%20with%20place%20names/tracks
  • local.google.com/answers/threadview?id=206395
• Develop template for use with songs about places which don't mention the place in the title
• Develop functionality for multiple place names in the same song for example:
  • From New York to LA by Patsy Gallant
  • From Paris to Berlin by Infernal (band)
• Develop a way of including songs which sound like place names for example Californication (song) by The Red Hot Chilli Peppers
• and maybe for songs (etc.) which insinuate places like Down Under (song) by the Men at Work
• add functionality for places which have a different wikipedia page to the name of the place e.g. Aberfeldy, Scotland
• Clean up categorization! (look at this messy catagory!)
• Suggested categary: Music By Location, with subcategories for things like these:
  • and this one
  • aand this one
• Maybe add location data to these: Category:Music events
  • and these
• Consider a template for these: Category:Songs by country

Categories

• Category:Music with Place Names
  • Songs with Place Name in Title
  • Albums with Place Name in Title
  • Bands with Place Name in Title

Templates

• {{Music with Place Name Navbox}}

Userbox

{{wikipedia:WikiProject Music with Place Names/Userbox}}

This user is a member of the WikiProject Music With Place Names

Related projects

(see discussion on talk page)

Articles

To See a list of articles that link to the template Music with Place Name Navbox click here

New articles related to WikiProject Music with Place Names

• Songs:
  • California Dreamin'
  • California Girls
  • Chattanooga Choo Choo
  • Dakota (song)
  • Dani California
  • Hotel California (song)
  • Last Train to London
  • Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
  • Portsmouth (song)
  • Sweet Home Alabama (song)
  • Last Train to Clarksville
  • Portsmouth (Mike Oldfield single)
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
  • Penny Lane
• Bands:
  • Aberfeldy (band)
  • Aberdeen (band)
  • Alabama (band)
  • Alabama 3
• Albums:
  • Abbey Road (album)

List of Songs which Don't have a Wikipedia Page Yet

• From New York to LA by Patsy Gallant
• Pennsylvania 65000 by the Glenn Miller Orchestra
• Going Down to Liverpool by Katrina and the Waves or The Bangles

Current FACs

Music with Place Names Featured Articles

• Non Yet!

Music with Place Names articles listed as Good Articles

• Non Yet!

Featured Images

• Non Yet!

Articles needing attention

List of articles requiring merging

• Example Page 1

List of articles requiring cleanup

• Example Page 1

Articles Which Need Tag Removing

• Example Page 1