Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Musicians/Infobox

message: What about adding an infobox field to link to the musician's discogs.com page?
If I understand the language correctly, this is all it would take:

Thus when you entered Beatles,+The in the infobox for discogs_com_id it would create the link Discogs.com listing.
Thoughts?
Nick Curtis 13:15, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I do not think adding a Discogs field would be fair, because there are so many other similar websites that could be used in place of Discogs.  Also, the amount of information in the infobox is supposed to be kept basic.  I think it would be best to have a link to Discogs in the "External links" section using the  template. – Heaven's Wrath   Talk  16:19, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I only suggested it because the TV Template guys include links to IMDB and TV.COM in their Infobox, so I thought Musicians could benefit from a similar inclusion...  Nick Curtis 11:27, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Discogs Infobox Field

message: Could this and this infobox be depreciated and replaced with infobox musical artist, similar to what is being done to infobox guitarist and infobox band? There are less than 50 instances of drummer in use and only one instance of bassist in use. ZueJay (talk) 02:03, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --PEJL 11:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've also nominated Template:Infobox Bassist for deletion. See below. --PEJL 16:09, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Both infoboxes have now been deleted. --PEJL 03:07, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox drummer and Infobox bassist?

message: Template: has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. --PEJL 16:09, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  TfD nomination of [[:Template:{{ucfirst:Infobox Bassist}}]]

message: Do we have guidelines for this portion of the info boxes? It seems this section is a dumping ground for every real and imagined name anyone has ever applied to the artist. I can't seem to find anything solid. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 21:41, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the guidelines for that portion of the infobox can be found here Template:Infobox_Musical_artist#Alias.  Although the guidelines aren't very precise, it is clear that it should not contain "every real and imagined name".  But should it contain an artist's obvious nickname, i.e. "Frank Sinatra" for Francis Albert Sinatra, "Louie Prima" for Louis Prima, or "Louie Armstrong" for Louis Armstrong?  --Archaeolojae (talk) 20:23, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Also known as" 

message: What about an awards won category?  Similar to the actor infobox.  For instance, Grammy awards, National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship Award?--Michael miceli (talk) 18:01, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been discussed and the consensus was a strong no. The Real Libs-speak politely 18:03, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Awards won

message: Just in case anyone is missing it, there is a rip roarin' discussion at Template talk:Infobox musical artist over its documentation's restriction of the template's use for non-classical artists.  This involves us too, because the first appearance of that restriction was in our own project page's link to that template, and this was used as the reason for changing the template's documentation.  I don't recommend we change our page until the template page discussion is resolved. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 15:08, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox musical artist 

message: An edit war is developing over the proper use of the infobox in the Gustavo Cerati‎ article. It would be helpful to get some outside opinions at Talk:Gustavo Cerati‎#Infobox / Notable Instruments.
Thanks! --A. B. (talk •  contribs)  01:54, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outside opinions needed at [[Talk:Gustavo Cerati‎]] 

message: Greetings, I am a biographer of musicians on the Wikipedias. The infoboxes used for individuals include a list of present and former members.  How can there be a "former member" for the biography of one person? Can we agree to remove that from the proffered template to use on musicians' articles? --Leahtwosaints (talk) 03:19, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Surely there's no need to as if you do not populate the field it will not show? Britmax (talk) 21:28, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infoboxes for musicians 

message: What is the deal with the Origin field in the infoboxes of musicians? It is not used in the infoboxes of politicians or scientists or anyone else, just musicians. What exactly does it mean? How is it defined? 
Keith Urban was born in Whangarei. He moved to Caboolture as a young boy. As an adult, he moved to Tennnessee. Caboolture shown as his "origin".
 Nicki Minaj was born in Trinidad and Tobago, then grew up in Queens, and the latter is shown as her origin. 
Casey Abrams was born in Austin, TX, grew up in Evanston and Wilmette. As an adult he moved to Idyllwild. Idyllwild is shown as his origin.
It appears to be an inconsistent and vague label. Perhaps it should be eliminated.
Ordinary Person (talk) 13:42, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Origin

message: For the infobox of let's say a solo artist, who exactly should enter the associated acts parameter? I previously heard that only artists who have collaborated multiple times with that artist can be allowed in (no single collab artists), while some say that popular singles with one-time collabs should be allowed too. Are there specific guidelines for something like this?  aNode (discuss) 16:48, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Associated acts 

message: I noticed that the "Associated acts" parameter on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young had a bit of a long listing (Crosby & Nash, The Stills-Young Band, Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, The Hollies, Manassas, The Rides, CPR). According to Template:Infobox musical artist#associated_acts, listings for "Groups with only one member in common" should be avoided, so I removed all but Crosby & Nash and The Stills-Young Band as the other groups only involved one member from CSNY. I'm not a CSNY expert, so the only way I verified this information was by clicking on the other listed groups and looking at their past/present members, which then led to a potential rabbit hole of them all having too many "Associated acts" listed on every article that I looked at. So, anyway, I just thought I'd bring this here in case anyone cared enough to pursue some kind of clean-up on other groups with this issue (or maybe it's not even worth anyone's time). Jauerbackdude?/dude. 18:21, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Slight addendum: I had just noticed that two members were part of Buffalo Springfield and was making the change, but someone beat me to it. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 18:31, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Associated acts listing