Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians/To Do/to do

Goals

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Assess musician/band pages according to 1.0 Assessment. See Category:Unassessed biography (musicians) articles for articles that need a rating.
Add sources to Unreferenced BLPs.
Categorize pages in Category:Musicians.

Specific articles in need of...

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B5 (group) - Article's only sources are an outdated MTV link and a Tripod fan page (of all things). I cleaned up the talk page because it looked like a forum, but much of the article page looks like it was written by a twelve-year-old, especially everything after this section.
Bill Berry - former drummer for R.E.M. needs more context, refs, discography. (The band page is an FA!)
The Cowsills – need content, references, discography.
The Chieftains - more substance (especially on former members)
David Immerglück of Counting Crows – content, discography, references.
Counting Crows- Needs cleanup, content, references, some discography cleanup of album pages and song pages.
Divinyls - Infobox was added, more is needed?
Sonny Emory - No sources; and to say that the article is non-neutral would be an understatement.
Jim Ford - Few sources, needs major cleanup and infobox
Heart (band) - What should be done next?
Strawbs - needs additional refs and/or treatment for unintentional POV/weasel words. (see talk page for examples).
Vanessa Carlton - The "2013–present: Liberman" section needs to be reorganized using prose.
Marshmallow Coast - Needs major cleanup,References,This article contradicts itself and is very confusing and does not provide the necessary information and the timeline of information is hard to read,To be honest this article looks like someone wrote this over 20 years without changing anything else.
Anita Carter and Maybelle Carter - currently some problems with fan-POV editing, help is requested to improve these articles in an encyclopedic way.
The United Travel Service - unsourced content and promotion added in 2021; reverting triggers blog filter.

Expansion (Keep alphabetized, please!)

Alvin Youngblood Hart needs content, refs, disc.
Antye Greie - credible experimental producer, has worked with Ellen Allien Vladislav Delay etc. needs photos, organization, references
Antônio Carlos Jobim- a vital article, needs more information and many more references
Arthur Arnold - needs expansion, references
Cappadonna - unofficial, disputed member of the Wu-Tang Clan. In need of photos, referencing & a page for the discography. Very badly in need of content.
Cat Stevens needs expansion, some cleanup of album and song pages already there.
Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones needs expansion, references and discography for his 3 solo albums
Chris Whitley- Blues-rock guitarist, vocalist and songwriter needs expansion, references, and discography.
Cracker (band)- needs content, references, some discography
Cris Williamson missing birthdate, content, references
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip - needs content
David D'Or -- Israeli Singer of the Year and Eurovision contestant; needs sourcing for some platinum albums; also, any expansion that can help it attain GA/FA status. Thanks.
David Knopfler- needs content, flow; member of Dire Straits
David Lindley needs expansion, refs, discog- big multi-instrumentalist, worked extensively with Jackson Browne & others as a session musician and had his own bands, like El Rayo X
Diane Schuur- ~~needs photos, content, references, discography~~*now moved to GA status-Eagledj (talk) 17:29, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Dixie Chicks needs expansion, references
Eddie Money - album pages need information, and the page itself should be expanded
Ernie Watts needs content, references
Fresco Trey needs expansion, references, and photos. (very basic page!!)
Fifth Harmony - needs expansion, references and a photo.
Gram Parsons - needs photos, cleanup, references, please help expand this page
GZA/The Genius - rap artist with critically acclaimed albums. In need of content and discography (singles, featured songs), photos, etc.
Heroes & Zeros - needs content
Jaco Pastorious- please help expand this page, with references
Jephté Guillaume -- Needs discography, photo, more info on recent career, biographical and personal info
Jerry Marotta - needs photos, content
Jimmy LaFave - needs lead rewrite and clean up
Joe Satriani - timeline, incorporation of extra info in external links; could be brought to GA status with some TLC!
Joel Rafael - needs photos, content
John Illsley, of Dire Straits; expansion, photos, disc. & refs
Junior Barnard - Needs just about everything for this hugely influential guitarist.
Little Feat- needs content, etc
Lorenza Ponce - Violinist - needs additional citations, photo, content.
Luis Villegas - needs photos, content
Mark Hart needs content, refs, disc.
Mark Seymour needs expansion, references, discography.
Martha Argerich - in need of content, photos (particularly recent ones), and in need of much work on the structure and flow of the article. Badly in need of referencing.
Martti Syrjä - finnish musician, needs expansion and photos. there is a list of sources on the talk page
Masta Killa - rap artist and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. In need of content, photos & a page for the discography.
Mel Schacher - Bassist for Grand Funk Railroad In need of content and editing
Merle Watson - Was just a redirect to Doc Watson. I expanded it but I don't know a whole lot about him. In need of family/biography info, references, possible additions to discography.
Method Man - member of the Wu-Tang Clan as well as of the duo Method Man & Redman. In need of some content in the section rapping career and photos.
Mike Mattison of Scrapomatic and The Derek Trucks Band- needs content, refereces
Mike Terrana Needs independent editing. Most has been written by Terrana himself.
Missing Persons - needs photos, clean-up
Monks of Doom- needs content, references, discography
My Father's Gun - needs content, references, photo?
Nazareth - album pages need more substance as well as the article
Ol' Dirty Bastard -member of the Wu-Tang Clan. In need of content, photos & a page for the discography.
Patti Smith - needs biography, content
Pierre Pincemaille - Needs content
Raekwon - rap artist and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. In need of content, photos & a page for the discography.
Ray Lynch - Needs more sources regarding his Influences and personal life; good sources could only be found in Google Books since no online news sources exist.
Richard Perry - Music Producer- needs editing- photo, discography, and lots more content.
Rory Gallagher Blues rock vocalist & guitarist from Ireland needing expansion and help (also has an unfinished discography page needing completion with references). His website just made this much easier to approach now.(December 2010)]
Sister Sledge - needs album pages, clean-up, and more substance
Sound of Ceres - Needs expansion,Content,Also band member information
Steve Jordan drummer in John Mayer Trio, and long history of high profile session work, needs content, refs, and discography.
Stevie Nicks- needs a total cleanup, and copyedit work to bring it to GA level.
Stevie Wonder needs cleanup; Could easily be made a GA article with TLC and copyediting.
Sufjan Stevens discography needs serious work.
Sweet Honey in the Rock needs content, etc.
Tal Wilkenfeld needs expansion, birthdate, and references up to date (She's currently a solo artist and bassist for Jeff Beck)
The Apples in Stereo - Needs cleanup, Content, Timeline
The Burns Sisters - needs content.
The Derek Trucks Band- needs content, discography and references.
U-God - critically acclaimed American rap artist and member of the Wu-Tang Clan. In need of content, photos, referencing & a page for the discography.
Union J - needs expansion and especially a photo.
Vinnie Colaiuta of Frank Zappa, Megadeth and Jeff Beck fame needs content, references and discography
Wayne Krantz- jazz guitarist, needs content expansion
Wazmo Nariz - American musician, needs citations and expansion.
The Television Personalities need a photo, expansion, references.
Waddy Wachtel high profile Session player needs expansion, references

Assessment

Biography (musicians) articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	17	36	45	60		21	179
FL				5			5
A				1			1
GA	16	54	163	345		170	748
B	41	224	833	1,376		1,786	4,260
C	18	218	1,135	7,002		7,797	16,170
Start	7	151	1,744	31,181	3	41,441	74,527
Stub		13	295	21,279	4	34,916	56,507
List	3	2	8	179		188	380
Category					14,042		14,042
Disambig					30		30
File					38		38
Project					33		33
Redirect	1	3	33	698	1,628		2,363
Template					417		417
NA				1	31		32
Other				1	641		642
Assessed	103	701	4,256	62,128	16,867	86,319	170,374
Unassessed			2	212		3,353	3,567
Total	103	701	4,258	62,340	16,867	89,672	173,941
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 790,638			Ω = 5.19

Abderrahmane Abdelli - Rewrote and added lots more content
Alvino Rey - ~~Just added. Needs assessment.~~(Rated C class)Eagledj (talk) 13:47, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Aparde - request to assess please
Draft:Ayaz Ismail (iThinkSound) - Request to assess and help with article
Barbara Manning - Unstubbed. Needs new assessment.
Cat Stevens - will lose it's GA-ranking without quick help (17 Dec. 2009)
Draft:Curevaneers - Request to assess and help with article
Dana Strum - Significantly expanded and improved, please review and assess. Thank you.
Danny Flowers - Updated this older article, had no refs, tagged for 12 years.
David D'Or - Israeli Singer of the Year and Eurovision contestant. Expanded. Needs re-assessment.
Donna Loren - content replaced, no longer stub, needs assessment
Dropkick Murphys - needs re-assessment, can't believe it's start class
Dusty Springfield - content recently replaced. needs assessment.
Erik Mongrain - Just added. Needs assessment.
Fikret Kızılok - Heavily expanded, removed stub assessment, article needs proper assessment, though.
G.E.M. - changed content, needs re-assessment
Gillian Welch - peer review for FA
Girlschool - changed content, needs re-assessment
James Brown - undergoing peer review
Joel Ryce-Menuhin - Expanded. Needs assessment.
Jonathan Cohler - Needs re-assessment. Added many secondary sources. Removed most primary sources. Has nearly 100 sources. Pruned unsourced statements to a minimum. Expanded. Added section header. Very well sourced. Writing is neutral tone. Reasonably well written. Can't believe it is only start class.
Keiko Terada - needs assessment
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - will lose its GA rating without swift intervention (6 Jan 2010).
Lazy (band) - needs assessment
Lior - needs re-assessment.
Loudness (band) - changed content, needs re-assessment
Michael Laucke - undergoing peer review while awaiting GA
Mina (singer) - content recently replaced. needs assessment.
Misha B - removed unofficial B+ assessment, article needs proper assessment?
Missrepresent - Article needs proper assessment, please.
Missy Higgins - undergoing peer review
Naomi Phoenix - Just added. Needs assessment
No Doubt - undergoing peer review
Oleg Bezuglov - request to assess
Quantice Never Crashed - Needs assessment
Queensrÿche - Heavily expanded. Needs re-assessment + input on what is still missing.
Richard Christy - needs re-assessment.
Rockette Morton - needs assessment
Spirogyra (band) - Needs reassessment. I recently made some extensive revisions. 26 July 2021.
Stanford Fleet Street Singers - Needs assessment. Article is newly added to the Musicians WikiProject; contains infobox, history, notable performances/works, discography, awards and nominations, alumni, and ~70 references. (2 December 2019)
Sylvie Vartan - content recently replaced. needs assessment.
Tanglewood Festival Chorus - article has not been a stub for some time, needs assessment
Tav Falco - Expanded and reorganized; needs reassessment. (Rated "stub class" at this time)
Tom Brumley -expanded and upgraded with photographs— Been on "Did You Know". Never assessed.
The Apples In Stereo - Expanded,cleaned up,Added timeline,Needs reassessment
The Coors- needs peer review for FA.
The Honeydogs - A large copyvio was removed after this was assessed as start class.
The Phenomenauts - Requesting re-assessment. Listed as Stub. I added 4,000 words; 109 references; five free images; 3 non-free images; four audio clips with subtitles; band member timeline.
The Notorious B.I.G. - undergoing peer review
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Rewritten and hugely expanded, respectfully requesting a fresh assessment.
The Uptones - Expanded. Needs assessment.
The Uptones - Northern California ska band article needs assessment.
The Villebillies - recently added. needs assessment.
Wingtip Sloat - New article. Needs assessment.
Alfredo Antonini - last assessed in 2008 as a Start-Class. it has been expanded and upgraded with photographs and external links.
Skycycle (rock band) - Requesting reassessment; assigned Stub-Class in 2009. It has seen major expansions since then. Thanks!

Needs photos

Ali Birra
Alisa Amador
Ambulance Ltd
Anjimile
Atomic Rooster
Bobbie Gentry
By Night
Cat Stevens (a young version showing his face)
Corook
Cortney Tidwell
Curevaneers
François Kevorkian
Hamish Imlach
Hedgehog Pie
Jephté Guillaume
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Jonas Tomalty
Lane Shi Otayonii
Leith Ross
Lex Luger
Lookas
Mint Green
Missrepresent
Naia Izumi
Neffy
Quinn Christopherson
Rockette Morton
Stars Like Fleas
Sheep, Dog & Wolf (musician)
Tenci
Val Jeanty

See Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of musicians for more.

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Expansion (Keep alphabetized, please!)

Assessment

Needs photos

See also