Talk:List of pipe bands

message: i do not have a problem with deleting the page.  otherwise it will be an external link to every pipe band in the world.  and there are websites that already contain world lists.
i do believe that their should be a list of pre eminent pipe bands; that would include the military bands with a history, and the pipes bands that have won national or international competitions.
wouldnt it great if if could include management and musical stategies that allowed bands to achievve celebrity.  joe 21:02, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I am going to begin writing articles about bands that are important and/or provide enough information on their websites', and deleting bands that have little information and/or are unimportant.  I will remove the deletion tag when I start. --Musaabdulrashid 08:12, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

text: *Keep page; As per Musaabdulrashid's comments, I will also help assist writing articles (time permitting). gummAY 12:56, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Delete - Wikipedia is not a link farm. See the policy on this issue. • Freechild'sup? 18:28, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion conversation

message: As this should not be a list of every pipe band world wide, I have inserted the word "notable" behind world wide. --Musaabdulrashid 08:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Criterion has now been furthur adapted, that obviously wasn't enough Musaabdulrashid 03:57, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introductory Paragraph 

message: *DO NOT add a band unless you are capable of writing a good, original article about it and plan on doing so in a reasonable amount of time--Musaabdulrashid 09:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notice 

message: I think it should be considered the different types of traditional pipe bands, like Galician and Portuguese ones, which differs in their compositions, but indeed traditional pipe bands. Tonyjeff 01:54, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thats a good idea, but not for this article which has the criterion at the top.  List of bagpipers has a section for bands that feature the bagpipes which includes more popular folk bands as well as pop/rock groups that have a piper.  Please feel welcome to create articles about traditional style bands then list them on WP:PB. Musaabdulrashid 08:27, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diversification 

message: Why would you choose to have a list of pipe bands attached to articles about bagpipes and pipe bands, which does not include as many pipe bands as possible?  You are choosing to decide which pipe bands are "good enough" to be listed on your list, and that is biased and prejudice.  If you feel that this should be a list of certain bands which you feel are prominent enough, you should relable the lish to Musaabdulrashid's list of the best pipe bands in the world that I think are good, not list of pipe bands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grim0107 (talk • contribs) 
:There are actually very clear guidelines on this. I would first direct you to WP:ENC to promote the understanding that wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, nor a collection of external links.  WP:LIST also gives more specific guidelines on lists.  Basically they all must have a criterion that restricts the contents of the list and does not allow it to become a collection of indiscriminant information or list of external links.  Grade I pipe bands are mostly encyclopedic, and some lower grade bands may be relevant, but it is easy to tell what is spam.  If you are really concerned that erversions of listings are arbitrary, we could change the criterion to only include grade one and two bands on this list. M i c 02:48, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Appears the "List of Pipe Bands" is degrading (no pun intended-well, maybe intended) from the intended content. Perhaps the article could be retitled to "List of Internationally Recognized Pipe Bands" to further support the list criterion.Srebob 13:12, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed. I second that, srebob, and I believe this should be an all-around list. BagpipingScotsman 01:31, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Pipe Bands 

message: At the beginning of the article it is said:
"The following is a list of competitive bands that have gained international recognition at the World  Championships (and other "Major" competitions in Scotland), including Grade I and Grade II bands."
seems to me some of the bands recently added do not belong to this category. So can we put any pipe band now in that list ? if yes, the article start should be changed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by OC (talk • contribs) 14:34, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top pipe bands ? really ? 

message: Since I have have only been able to "scare up" limited input I am going to, as a first step:
*1. Remove all "Red Links" keeping "blue links."
*2. Restate opening paragraph.
I would appreciate any thoughts... Srebob 22:08, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thats right, i just removed it. By the way, when having conversations in the talk space, it is better to use :'s to indent rather than using *'s--Jac16888 (talk) 10:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pipe Band List Edits

message: With deference to those who know infinitely more about these matters than I do, I would suggest there is a certain inconsistency here surrounding military pipe bands. You allow the Royal Air Force pipe band to be listed, yet there is no mention of the Scottish Highland regiments, which even after amalgamation and defence cuts  must still include a piper or two? Or the pipe band of the Scots Guards? Pipers with the Irish regiments of the British Army? (These military professionals must surely count as "grade one and two bands" for this purpose?) 
Nations such as Canada and Nepal also retain pipers as part of their military establishment.
86.177.210.96 (talk) 16:47, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Then go BOLD and add them. --Muhandes (talk) 16:56, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The RAF band doesn't seem to be currently listed. However one difference is that a RAF pipe band (the same one?) is currently participating in the competition scene, but the British Army bands haven't competed for some years. The latter are still notable, but perhaps not appropriate for this list. Lavateraguy (talk) 09:27, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  More bands 

message: Should the list include notable historical bands such as Red Hackle and Lothian and Borders Police? Lavateraguy (talk) 16:17, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The list currently includes the defunct Dysart and Dundonald Pipe Band. If defunct bands are to be included, it ought to be as a supplementary list, noted as such, but I think it would be worthwhile to note them here. Mutt Lunker (talk) 22:26, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Defunct Bands 

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message: Looks like the AU/NZ table has been absorbed into the US table - I'm not quite sure how to fix it so if someone could please do it or teach me how that would be great :) TreeReader (talk) 04:39, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australasia merged with US???