Talk:Lists of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone

message: I would like to see this list put into a table with a sortable column with total number of covers.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.202.127.194 (talk) 19:42, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sum of covers 

message: Does anybody else think this page needs more cover pictures? --Worthlessboy1420 00:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Cover Pictures 

message: Instead of just a list of the people who appeared on the cover, does anybody think this page should be organized into a table featuring a rundown of each issue (for example, issue number, cover date, cover subject, and pertinent information for each issue)? Look at the page for List of Saturday Night Live hosts and musical guests for an example of what I mean. JLThorpe 13:14, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should we reorganize this page into an issue-by-issue rundown? 

message: For montages, should everybody who appears in the montage be included in the list, even if it was a small appearance? For example, one issue in 1996 featured a montage which included John Popper and KISS, who otherwise never appeared on the cover. And the 1000th issue contained a huge montage including some people who never appeared before (like Ronald Reagan). Should they be added?
Also, if the list is kept alphabetical, should we include total appearances on the cover, for people who appeared more than once (single appearances seems unnecessary)?
JLThorpe 19:01, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cover montages and total appearances 

message: Should this page be limited to only the celebrities who appeared on the covers of the U.S. edition of the magazine? It seems like the list of celebrities who appeared on international editions would be too hard to verify and complete, unlike the list for celebrities who appeared on the U.S. edition, which are listed on the RS website and in books. JLThorpe (talk) 17:15, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Celebrities on international editions' covers 

message: i took out the trivia, moved some it elsewhere, broke up the long list for easier editing. the summary was not encyclopedic. this is my best effort for rewriting it. note: there are at least 2 "people" on list who dont exist: darth vader and D.B. from doonesbury. i had written, somewhere, that the title of this article is incorrect. i would like to know if there have been any NON-celebrities who have appeared on the cover (say, an anomymous fan, etc). if not, isnt a cover automatic proof of celebrity in this case? a better title would be: List of Rolling Stone Magazine covers by subject. i am very tempted right now to add notations to all nonmusical celebrities, so they stand out. yep i just did that. theres a whole lot of fictional characters here! Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:53, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: youve made it a much better article imho. and yes, i also think it needs to be limited to the US edition, or if someone can research the intl ones, have articles which are separate(why someone would want that is beyond me, but fans are fans). i find a lot of lists in wikipedia dont provide much info, or have misleading names (i.e. list of publishers), but this one is becoming valuable Mercurywoodrose (talk) 15:35, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix up article somewhat 

message: Anybody have a key to the celebrities who appeared on the cover of issue 830/831 (the Millennium special)? Most of them are identifiable, but some I can't ID. JLThorpe (talk) 21:53, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Key to issue 830/831? 

message: I think there should be list articles for Rolling Stone similar to List of covers of Time magazine and List of TV Guide covers (2010s). The problem is there are no years/dates given on this list. Any thoughts? --Musdan77 (talk) 18:15, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lists by years 

message: I see that a previous thread was mentioned on separating this out into multiple lists by decade, though that didn't get much response. Let's get that wheel spinning again here. In this state, the article is ridiculously long and a nightmare to navigate through. With that in mind, I suggest separating the article by decade in a similar vein to List of covers of Time magazine, List of TV Guide covers, and their subarcticles. In other words, the main page here would be split into the following subpages and have a note listing them as well as briefly talking about the magazine:
*"List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone (1960s)"
*"List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone (1970s)"
*"List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone (1980s)"
*"List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone (1990s)"
*"List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone (2000s)"
*"List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone (2010s)"
With subarticles, the listings of people would be much easier to manage with more clearly defined scopes. Snuggums (talk / edits) 14:17, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: *Since the scope of this article is people on the magazine cover, I doubt it. Snuggums (talk / edits) 02:06, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed split