Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Led Zeppelin

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I have added  in the discography, because I think this section should be removed and isn't notable in discographies. Please make suggestions here. I have also improved the lead and cleaned up other things. It is really close to become a FL. Keep it up! Thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 17:42, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
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message: There is a request for comment regarding allegations of plagiarism against Led Zeppelin. It is hoped that this RfC will settle disputed matters regarding how and where this information should be included in Led Zeppelin's main article; if at all. All members of this WikiProject are invited to participate in the discussion and asked to give comment where they are able to help resolve this long standing dispute. Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 10:32, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Talk:Led Zeppelin#RfC on plagiarism issue|RfC on plagiarism issue]] 

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thread_title: 2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages

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thread_title:  Background 

message: As you may have seen, I have recently complained about close paraphrasing and potential copyright violations in several Led Zeppelin articles. For example, I reduced Achilles Last Stand to a redirect not because it's not independently notable (it might be) or I don't like the song (quite the opposite), but that the prose seemed to be largely lifted wholesale from Dave Lewis, or consist of overlong quotations which would fall foul of close paraphrasing concerns anyway. Indeed, this was the whole reason to revive the project; as I think we need a co-ordinated effort to go through these articles, improve them, and stamp out the plagiarism. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 14:23, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I've trimmed a couple, but I'm sure there are more. The excessive amount of quotes may be in response to constant unwarranted reverts by a certain editor(s), who claimed that the references didn't support the article text as written.  To prioritize, I went through the latest song report and revised some of the importance ratings: changed a lot of Page, Plant, and Jones solo/side projects-related articles to Low; changed most lower rated songs on LZ I – Physical Graffiti to High; changed most compilations to Mid.  More songs should be Top: "Whole Lotta Love", "Kashmir", & ? After next month's report, it can be fine tuned.  I think the better parts of "Nobody's Fault but Mine" can be added to "It's Nobody's Fault but Mine" (consistent with "In My Time of Dying", "When the Levee Breaks", etc.) Some non-notable songs probably should be redirected ("LA Drone", & ?)  —Ojorojo (talk) 15:06, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I think as long as somebody's got the time to go through and re-assess the articles (and compared to some projects there aren't too many), then we'll have a better assessment of what work is left to do. I want to see all start and stub class articles upgraded by the end of the year, as a starting point. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 15:16, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  While waiting for the next song report, I noticed the project assessment page. Most of these statistics are no longer generated and I wonder if the long list of parameters in  is needed (WP:LZ tracks 307 articles). —Ojorojo (talk) 16:56, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

text: I generally think unless a song has charted as a single, or can otherwise be shown to meet GNG or NSONG (such as having another band cover it), we should redirect. As far as the assessment goes, I've never really paid attention to that, so if you've got some good ideas, go for that. I'll have a look through the lists and get back to, but from a gut feeling, "top" is the band article itself and the main songs and discography lists that encompass their entire career, "high" is the band members, key personnel like Peter Grant, the studio albums and possibly their best known songs like Dazed, Whole Lotta Love and Stairway (though probably not much else), "mid" is individual songs and associated personnel like Jason Bonham, Richard Cole, Bron-Yr-Aur, "low" is just stuff only tangentially related to the group. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:13, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, most of the coding for the project template parameters was removed not long after it was created over ten years ago, but was never removed from the template documentation or assessment page. Since the extra statistics are not generated, I've made the changes (will not affect the current main table & report).  After looking at some other projects, the importance ratings need to be redone more in line with your suggestions. I'll work on these along with the articles themselves. —Ojorojo (talk) 17:25, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm continuing to trim the overuse of quotes, OR, etc., and re-assess as I go along (there's a lag, so they don't show up in the reports for a while).  I've come to the concert articles (over 30).  Almost all were created by  and rely on Lewis & Pallet's Led Zeppelin: The Concert File and ledzeppelin.com.  Some provide commentary (including some over quotations & OR), others are mostly set lists, dates, venues.  Most are assessed B class and Mid importance (I notice you downgraded several to Start that were marked as GAs) – a banned user was responsible for most of the assessments of LZ articles.  Mid is now used for most of their songs, compilations, and later live albums. I don't think that most of the tour articles are at this level of importance, if they are really needed at all. Any suggestions? —Ojorojo (talk) 18:35, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Tour articles seem to turn up all over the place. Many of them are just list of dates, and occasionally I wander round and AfD a bunch of them per WP:INDISCRIMINATE (eg: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nursery Cryme Tour). I think some of the later tours like 1977 and Knebworth do meet WP:GNG simply by the extent of reliably reported information about them; for the others, I'm not so sure. As far as the copyvio concerns, I think we need to open a WP:CCI on Edelmand. Frankly, it's only that he hasn't edited for a month that has meant I haven't blocked him. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 13:51, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  I see you've been working on the North American Tour 1968–1969 article. Maybe all the American tours could be merged and simplified into a master with highlights by year (similarly for UK/Europe/etc.) Or instead of by geography, by year or by "Associated album".  Some of the existing articles only cover a few dates and, clearly, separate articles are not needed (the latest popular page report shows most near the bottom). —Ojorojo (talk) 21:30, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't worked out what to do with the tour articles yet. As I've been reading through various sources (particularly Lewis) it struck me that the early US tours were vital in establishing Led Zeppelin's reputation, and so they definitely deserve an article, I'm just not sure where. Possibly "Led Zeppelin I tour", though that's a made-up name, as I don't think it was actually called anything. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 22:28, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright concerns and close paraphrasing 

message: These songs weren't released as A-side singles, never or rarely performed, don't appear on any official live albums or videos, nor on the surviving member's choices for the Mothership "best of" album.  Cover versions are often by tribute bands or on various artist tribute albums.  Of course, there is so much written about LZ, that it is possible fill up an article with recording and release details and various biographer's impressions, etc.  But I don't think LZ is at the Beatles level of "everything they ever did is notable", which is how they're currently treated. It would take a lot of work to bring all of these to a "C" class (especially after removing the BS), that could be spent on more important songs, albums, and bios. Any suggestions, additions, subtractions, etc.? —Ojorojo (talk) 20:22, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Only one that I think should definitely have an article is "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do" as it was a single B-side, wasn't on the standard studio albums and a redirect may be non-obvious. I won't object to "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)" being a standalone article as it was a B-side, performed by Plant solo and is notorious as having never been performed live by either LZ or Page / Plant. I think "Wearing and Tearing" may just squeak into standalone territory by being performed by Page and Plant post-Zeppelin, but that's a marginal case. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:21, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Fine, "Hey Hey" was the last added after some hesitation – it's probably noteworthy as the only non-group studio album release for years.  Maybe your recent redirects will shift the focus to their more significant works. —Ojorojo (talk) 17:01, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I've converted most of the above to redirects, as you've probably noticed. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:52, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I created a Template:Led Zeppelin songs to replace the individual album navboxes.  I will add it and remove the self-redirects from the album articles. —Ojorojo (talk) 17:04, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ideas for redirects 

message: Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Music#RFC: Regarding genre listings in infobox for music band. Specifically; whether or not to include rock and roll to the list of genres in the infobox for the Led Zeppelin article. Thank you - wolf 08:45, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC notice 

message: is carrying on earlier banned editor(s) efforts to introduce false information to LZ articles. Anything resembling their previous attempts should be reverted, notwithstanding references (often falsified). —Ojorojo (talk) 17:20, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll keep an eye on it if I can. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 20:40, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  IP vandalism 

message: (and anyone else looking in) - I had a quick browse through the new book the other day and wasn't exactly bowled over. It's basically a reprint of old magazine interviews, rather than anything new and substantial, and I spotted two mistakes in the first piece I looked at; Page didn't quit the Yardbirds causing them to disband, he was the only one not to leave, and he didn't play every stringed instrument - Jones was more than capable of picking up guitar and mandolin. Others may have different views but I doubt I'll be running at it full speed to use it as a source. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:47, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin 

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message: I reviewed Achilles Last Stand, which had recently been nominated for Good Article status. It's not quite GA, but it's close! My GA Review is brief--take a look, and then perhaps you could help fine tune the article. :O) Thanks!   - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) (I am a man. The traditional male pronouns are fine.) 21:39, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Several of the reviewer's points have been addressed, but we'll see what the Guild of Copy Editors can do with it. —Ojorojo (talk) 14:26, 27 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I really like the edits you made Ojorojo, including the details you added. // The Guild of Copy Editors have a backlog so instead of waiting for them, I suggest that you and any other interested Wikipedians work on the article until you believe it definitely meets Good Article criteria and then nominate it again. I've pitched in a bit with some edits and will try to do so again if I can. Another reviewer will need to do the second GA review when that time comes, but hopefully they will see the improvements and the overall quality of the article.   - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) (I am a man. The traditional male pronouns are fine.) 02:18, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Achilles Last Stand" is close to Good Article status 

message: The song/single issue involving Misty Mountain Hop has been discussed at Talk:Misty Mountain Hop. -- George Ho (talk) 07:51, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion at [[Talk:Misty Mountain Hop]] 

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message: After a chart position was added, I did some checking. LZ1 is listed at #45 in Rolling Stone's Top 200 albums chart for July 12–18, 2019, their only album in the chart and one of only a handful of oldies (Beatles, Eagles, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, etc.) I looked through another ten weeks of data and LZ1 consistently shows up in the mid-40s to mid-50s (none of their other albums appears higher, but I didn't check the lower positions). I checked a few Billboard charts for the same period and only found Mothership in the 150s. LZ1 doesn't seem to be in the news and there's nothing on their website that would explain the album's popularity. Does anyone know anything about this? —Ojorojo (talk) 21:27, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  1st album in recent Top albums chart? 

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