This week, we sang along with WikiProject Songs, which focuses on articles about songs of every generation and genre. The project initially began as a rough outline in October 2002 and was reimagined in March 2004 using its parent WikiProject Albums as a template. Today, the project is home to 53 Featured Articles, 75 Featured Lists, and 845 Good Articles. The project maintains a list of helpful resources, some sample articles that have achieved Featured status, a watchlist of the 1500 most popular articles about songs, and a way to monitor requests for new articles about songs. We interviewed Lil-unique1 ( Lil_℧niquℇ №1).
What motivated you to join WikiProject Songs? Have you worked on any of the project's Featured Articles, Featured Lists, or Good Articles? Are you a member of any other WikiProjects dealing with musicians or the recording industry?
Has the project dealt with many enthusiastic fans running afoul of Wikipedia policies? What do people add to song articles that typically gets removed? At what point do discussions of lyrics, reception, controversy, and cultural references become too much?
Does Wikipedia's coverage of songs tend to skew toward particular time periods or genres? Are there any significant gaps in coverage with which the project could use some help?
How frequently does the project deal with notability issues for songs? Does every song on an album need an article on Wikipedia? How are cover versions of songs handled?
Does the project deal with music videos and live performances of songs? How much overlap do you see between WikiProject Songs and the projects that cover other forms of media?
What are the project's most urgent needs? How can a new contributor help today?
Next week, we'll visit the world's largest
lusophone country. Until then, search for "order and progress" in the
archive.
Have you ever wanted to know something about WikiProjects but never knew who to ask? The WikiProject Report is looking for questions about anything WikiProject-related for a special report. Simply ask your question(s) here. We'll try to find an answer and share the knowledge in a future issue of the Signpost. Can you stump us?
This week, we sang along with WikiProject Songs, which focuses on articles about songs of every generation and genre. The project initially began as a rough outline in October 2002 and was reimagined in March 2004 using its parent WikiProject Albums as a template. Today, the project is home to 53 Featured Articles, 75 Featured Lists, and 845 Good Articles. The project maintains a list of helpful resources, some sample articles that have achieved Featured status, a watchlist of the 1500 most popular articles about songs, and a way to monitor requests for new articles about songs. We interviewed Lil-unique1 ( Lil_℧niquℇ №1).
What motivated you to join WikiProject Songs? Have you worked on any of the project's Featured Articles, Featured Lists, or Good Articles? Are you a member of any other WikiProjects dealing with musicians or the recording industry?
Has the project dealt with many enthusiastic fans running afoul of Wikipedia policies? What do people add to song articles that typically gets removed? At what point do discussions of lyrics, reception, controversy, and cultural references become too much?
Does Wikipedia's coverage of songs tend to skew toward particular time periods or genres? Are there any significant gaps in coverage with which the project could use some help?
How frequently does the project deal with notability issues for songs? Does every song on an album need an article on Wikipedia? How are cover versions of songs handled?
Does the project deal with music videos and live performances of songs? How much overlap do you see between WikiProject Songs and the projects that cover other forms of media?
What are the project's most urgent needs? How can a new contributor help today?
Next week, we'll visit the world's largest
lusophone country. Until then, search for "order and progress" in the
archive.
Have you ever wanted to know something about WikiProjects but never knew who to ask? The WikiProject Report is looking for questions about anything WikiProject-related for a special report. Simply ask your question(s) here. We'll try to find an answer and share the knowledge in a future issue of the Signpost. Can you stump us?
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