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Musicians who have released a significant amount of work should be given their own discography articles. These articles should follow the guidelines given by WikiProject Discographies. The discography section of the musician's primary article should link to the separate discography article using the {{ main}} template, for example: {{main|Johnny Cash discography}}.
The discography section of the musician's primary article should also provide a summary of the musician's major works. In most cases this is done using a simple list of their studio albums, leaving a complete listing of releases to the discography article. For example, Mariah Carey#Discography lists:
Live and compilation albums, EPs, singles, etc. should generally not be included.
If a musician has released an extremely large number of albums, it may be better to describe their discography in a prose summary. See, for example, Tangerine Dream#Discography.
For artists without separate discography pages, relevant discographical information, such as record labels, date(s) of release, chart positions, and sales certifications, may be included in the discography section. The use of a table may be advisable to keep the information readable and organized.
For further examples of good discography sections, see U2#Discography or Alice in Chains#Discography.
Classical composer discography (recordings) section: Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah#Recordings. Note also that articles on compositions may have discography sections, e.g. Bach's church music in Latin#Discography.
Interviews, such as those published in magazines and online music journals, can be valuable sources of information on a musical artist. However, Wikipedia is not a collection of links, and linking numerous interviews in an " External links" section is not useful to a reader. Avoid adding links to interviews in External links sections, and instead find ways to incorporate information from the interview into the body of the article, linking the interview in an accompanying citation.
Music Project |
WikiProject Musicians
Discussion |
Music Portal | ||||||
To Do | Guidelines | 1.0 Assessment | Stubs | Infobox | Navbox | Categories | ||
Discuss | Discuss | Discuss | Discuss | Discuss | Discuss | Discuss |
This is an
essay on
style. It contains the advice and/or opinions of one or more
WikiProjects on how to format and present article content within their area of interest.
This information is not a formal
Wikipedia policy or guideline, as it has not been
thoroughly vetted by the community. |
Suggested layout. This is a guide only and editors are free to organise articles differently.
Musicians who have released a significant amount of work should be given their own discography articles. These articles should follow the guidelines given by WikiProject Discographies. The discography section of the musician's primary article should link to the separate discography article using the {{ main}} template, for example: {{main|Johnny Cash discography}}.
The discography section of the musician's primary article should also provide a summary of the musician's major works. In most cases this is done using a simple list of their studio albums, leaving a complete listing of releases to the discography article. For example, Mariah Carey#Discography lists:
Live and compilation albums, EPs, singles, etc. should generally not be included.
If a musician has released an extremely large number of albums, it may be better to describe their discography in a prose summary. See, for example, Tangerine Dream#Discography.
For artists without separate discography pages, relevant discographical information, such as record labels, date(s) of release, chart positions, and sales certifications, may be included in the discography section. The use of a table may be advisable to keep the information readable and organized.
For further examples of good discography sections, see U2#Discography or Alice in Chains#Discography.
Classical composer discography (recordings) section: Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah#Recordings. Note also that articles on compositions may have discography sections, e.g. Bach's church music in Latin#Discography.
Interviews, such as those published in magazines and online music journals, can be valuable sources of information on a musical artist. However, Wikipedia is not a collection of links, and linking numerous interviews in an " External links" section is not useful to a reader. Avoid adding links to interviews in External links sections, and instead find ways to incorporate information from the interview into the body of the article, linking the interview in an accompanying citation.