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openDuplicate article? Music
Just noticed that we have two pages for the artist Gackt: Creator.Gackt and Music.Gackt. They both seem to cover the same content (his music).
open Music-Inspired narratives? Music
Honestly, this could be a trope itself. I’m thinking of music-inspired narratives like Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Space Dandy, Afro Samurai, Baby Driver, ETC.
Name more music-inspired narratives. Maybe this could be its own article or something.
Edited by TheBryceKrispyopenBand question Music
I was browsing The Mechanisms' page and found they were 'created' by Dr. Carmilla, who also has a page for her solo work, and the Mechanisms struck out on their own pretty quickly. But for their brief time when they worked together, I found that also has a page, Dr. Carmilla & the Mechanisms, which is pretty bare-bones and hasn't updated in 4 years. Since both parts of the band decided to continue working within the same storyline but under separate names, is the collab page really necessary since they're more famous as separate acts?
Edited by lalalei2001openEnough tropes for a page? Music
Trivia is allowed on creator pages. Is a band in Music/ a kind of creator page or strictly speaking not a creator page because of the namespace? Breed 77 won't have enough examples without the one trivia.
Oh, and one's light on context...
Edited by Tabsopenplace to put WIP crap! Music
Hey dudes/dudettes, I'm trying to work on some pages for bands that lack a Tv T page. Is there a place to write these on the wiki instead of a word processor?
openAwesome music subpage? Music
Hey guys, what are the rules for awesome music subpages? I want to make one for Depeche Mode.
openPage with no examples Music
Ariel Pink contains no examples at all. What should be done with it?
openYMMV entry without a work page? Music
Just stumbled upon YMMV.Trouble, which is soft-split between the comic and the band. Thing is, we don't have a page for the band, so is this okay?
openproper namespace help? Music
Hey guys, is Creator/ or Music/ the proper namespace for the page i just made, Midge Ure?
openCyndi Lauper Music
Should the Wresting/ namespace be added to Cyndi Lauper, given her influence that paved way to WWE's Wrestlemania?
openOops. Music
The bottom part of the Memes/Music page is a disaster, as it looks like someone tore through it and made the label notes not work. I am beginning to think that I accidentally caused it, as an I am pretty sure an example switched to a broken one after I deleted a broken one. Can someone please revert my edits and make them better? P.S: Sorry for the length and begging.
Edited by ehwhynotopenShould I do a ReferencedBy page for Milli Vanilli? Music
I was wondering if I should start a Referenced by… page for Milli Vanilli. I want to, but I fear it will morph into a Take That! page instead (I started one for MC Hammer that's still pretty respectful asof this writing).
openPro-Jackson bias? Music
Full disclosure: I am a massive Michael Jackson fan who thinks he was innocent of all the charges he was accused of in his life. Now with that out the way...
Omega 3421 has made a few Michael Jackson-related edits of late, many fixing grammatical issues, which is fine, but I noticed a couple of justifying edits from them made yesterday, and a few that stretch back at least to late 2020.
One edit that made me raise an eyebrow was that on the page for Jackson's album HIStory they had links
to pro-MJ videos and sites, and had done something similar
on the trivia page of the Simpsons episode that featured Jackson, and probably a few other pages. I also saw that they removed references to Jackson's allegations on some of his articles and YMMV pages as well, which I partially reverted.
Again, while I have my own opinions on MJ, Omega's edits still fall under possible ROCEJ violations, so I wanted to get consensus to revert some of them just so I don't trigger an edit war.
Edited by AfroThunderopenTeamheadkick Music
Can someone create this article about Teamheadkick, with a list of their songs?
openHow would I make a page for a musical artist? Music
I've recently decided that I want to make a page for a musical artist, but I don't know how to make a page for a specific person. How do I do that?
openUnfinished Page Music
Just asking, it's not kosher to make an unfinished page, right? Like just a half-finished description and no tropes.
openBritish Music is all messed up now Music
The British Music index recently had an unilateral change to list what part of England each band is from. This is confusing to those who possess little knowledge of the U.K.'s geography, and IMHO, is not needed.
openReception paragraph removed for no given reason? Music
I created a page for the Weezer album Raditude. bowserbros removed this paragraph with no explanation:
The album is seen as the band's absolute low-point. While albums like Make Believe and Pacific Daydream have their defenders, most fans agree that this album is their worst, with special attention called to "Can't Stop Partying" as one of the band's absolute worst songs. It's criticized for trying way too hard to be "hip with the kids" in an ever-changing pop landscape where rock music is falling out of favor with the youth of the day. That being said, the album is said to have a few good songs, though it's not agreed upon which ones, and it's certainly not "Can't Stop Partying" or "Love is the Answer". The album was a critical and commercial failure (being one of their worst-selling albums), which no doubt played a part in Geffen's decision not to renew their contract with the band.
I wasn't trying to bash this album, I was only summing up the general opinion of it.

My efforts to clean up Fridge.Music have most recently moved a number of entries from movies and theater to Fridge pages for those media.
Now, I can see a few entries which might be too general. Specifically, I'm talking about these:
Are any of these salvageable?