Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists

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WikiProject Guitarists is a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to guitarists. If you would like to help, please see the To-do list below, or inquire on the talk page.

Our goals

• Improve Wikipedia's coverage of guitarists by creating, expanding, and maintaining articles.
• Provide guidelines and recommendations for articles about guitarists.
• Serve as the central point of guitarist article discussion.

Our scope

The project focuses on articles about guitarists, minding the notability standards laid out at WP:MUSIC.

What can you do?

Add your name to the list of Participants and get started on anything below!

[edit] Project Organization

[edit] Participants

Please feel free to add your name to this list if you would like to join the project; you are also encouraged to participate in any of our task forces that might interest you.

1. Boutique Music (talk • contribs) - Manufacturer of Hand Wired Tube Amps
2. Steven Kovax (talk • contribs) - Love 60's hard rock guitar and blues. huge fan of neil young
3. Thebluesman (talk • contribs) - Guitarist and blues lover. Big fan of Robben Ford. Working hard on my theory lately.
4. Andrew Spinner (talk • contribs) - primarily concerned with Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits, but also the blues as a genre
5. Darkanius (talk • contribs) - Guitarist, obsessed with all Rock/Metal, especially hard/fast songs, solos, etc.
6. 75pickup (talk • contribs)
7. Patman2648 (talk • contribs)
8. Anger22 (talk • contribs)
9. PJM (talk • contribs)
10. Mkaycomputer (talk • contribs)
11. Mr. Manu (talk • contribs)
12. imoeng (talk • contribs)
13. Cesarm (talk • contribs) - interested in "sad" guitarists
14. Ortzinator (talk • contribs)
15. Dubc0724 (talk • contribs) - interested in the only real guitar, the acoustic.
16. Moeron (talk • contribs)
17. QelDroma06 (talk • contribs) - interested in everything but mostly electric guitars and amplifiers
18. tremspeed (talk • contribs) - interested in electric guitars, amps, effects
19. DavidJJJ (talk • contribs)
20. Arjun01 (talk • contribs) -interested in electric blues guitarists
21. XXXtylerXXX (talk • contribs)
22. Xtifr (talk • contribs)
23. Candorwien (talk • contribs) - mainly interested in 60s and 70s prog rock and stringed instruments (in general) and effects
24. Cielomobile (talk • contribs)
25. Branson03 (talk • contribs)
26. Doktor Who (talk • contribs) plays acoustic, electric and bass guitar and was a repair technician
27. Editor19841 (talk • contribs) - Folk Rock, Electric Blues/Psychedelic, Hard Rock; acoustic and electric
28. Omdfg (talk • contribs) - interested in rock guitarists in most styles, ranging from rockabilly to heavy metal
29. Andrewa (talk • contribs)
30. Midnight Rider (talk • contribs) - interested in classic rock from the 60s and 70s as well as some newer stuff
31. Ariedartin (talk • contribs) - Joined 16:10, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
32. Eulogy (talk • contribs) - Interested mainly in metal, but also intersted in classic rock
33. AVM (talk • contribs) - Interests: Classical Guitar, Brazilian Violão, performers & compositions & sheet music & technique
34. Mobius131186 (talk • contribs) - interested in rock, metal and alternative, I play bass primarily and also a little guitar.
35. RobHutten (talk • contribs) - pretty much interested in anything guitar-related, with some focus on traditional American finger-style guitarists.
36. Orbital Hitman (talk • contribs) - Interested in all genres of music aside from country.
37. SamBlob (talk • contribs) - Dislike most hip-hop, most dancehall, and most modern soca, otherwise like most of Western civilization's music.
38. Tohru Honda13 (talk • contribs)- I really hate hip-hop, rap, reggaeton and what not. My favorite music is heavy metal, hard rock, and classic rock, primarily from the 80's. Very few rock bands I like from "today's" music. I can play the acoustic guitar pretty well.
39. HelgeTaksdal (talk • contribs)
40. SKjackass (talk • contribs)
41. Guitarmankev1 (talk • contribs) - Currently obsessed with music theory esp. pertaining to the guitar.
42. Mikejstevenson (talk • contribs) - 60s to present day guitar, mainly rock biased
43. The Wiki Priest (talk • contribs) - Mainly interested in heavy metal guitar; and updating pages relating to guitar virtuosos.
44. Mynabull (talk • contribs) - Knowledgeable in metal and alternative guitarists, but best in the field of GRUNGE! Check my page for details ^_^
45. Dropal (talk • contribs) - Punk, Classic, metal, anything but emo, oh god, ANYTHING but emo. I also know a lot about no-lesson playing, seeing as that's my position. (and PROUD OF IT!)
46. ElMosca (talk • contribs) - Anything. Currently focusing on the works of Baden Powell and Rodrigo Riera.
47. CyberAnth (talk • contribs) - Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist; many genres.
48. Grinder0-0 (talk • contribs) - Guitarists of bands that play heavy, speed, thrash, progressive, death or black metal.
49. Rguitphil (talk • contribs)
50. Padrenoe (talk • contribs) - Interested in all things relating to classical guitar and classical guitarists.
51. Dexter_prog (talk • contribs)
52. Trans Arctica (talk • contribs) - Knowledged with acoustics and tablature.
53. HK51 (talk • contribs) - Interested in everything. Esp. blues and hard rock music.
54. JSC_ltd (talk • contribs) - Classic rock, esp. The Beatles, Grateful Dead and Eric Clapton. I love guitars, and I worked an a freakin' music museum!
55. SarahMdaugherty (talk • contribs) - spent over 25 year haunting pawn shops/music stores (natiowide) with musicians, avid collectors, and music historians of all genres, and have an MFA in writing.
56. Devious Viper (talk • contribs)
57. CiaranG (talk • contribs)
58. Realtimekid (talk • contribs) - knows metal and blues, works on guitars, and builds guitars.
59. Goldenglove (talk • contribs)-know a few things about Boss and Electro-Harmonix pedals, and also know a few things about metal and rock guitarists.
60. Gypsyjazzbo (talk • contribs)-Blues and Jazz performer, Heavy Metal, Rock and Alternative performer. Recently taken up guitar, tube amp and stompbox building as another interest.
61. Mikeoman (talk • contribs) - intemediate blues and rock guitarist and i'm learning classical music. I'm good on music theory, scales and chords.
62. Lisapollison (talk • contribs) - working on Sacred Steel (musical tradition) at present but could use some help, also interested in Slack-Key, Blues and alternative tunings.
63. Afine (talk • contribs)
64. ProgressiveAeternus (talk • contribs) - Progressive world
65. Ootmc (talk • contribs) - I don't know much, but I'm persistant
66. M2K_2 (talk • contribs)
67. Rpgman456 (talk • contribs) - I'm a bassist but I rock out on the guitar from time to time, love the jazz/funk and soul.
68. chrismathewsjr (talk • contribs) - I dabble in amp repair and play guitar semi-professionaly.
69. Classicjamz (talk • contribs)
70. Ease and Apathy (talk • contribs)
71. Avyfain (talk • contribs)
72. MetalCro (talk • contribs)

[edit] Inactive participants

Members are moved here if they have not been active on Wikipedia or have not worked on guitarist articles for two months or longer. If you move someone here, notify them on their Talk page using {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists/Members/Inactivenotice|~~~~}}. If you are listed here and become active, please move your name back to the main list.

1. Ars Scriptor (talk • contribs) - Founder - Retired from Wikipedia December 10, 2006
2. AdmiralTreyDavid (talk • contribs)
3. Amazzing5 (talk • contribs)
4. Bass Masta (talk • contribs)
5. Before (talk • contribs)
6. Ch1l1p3pp3r (talk • contribs)
7. Chriztar (talk • contribs)
8. DerekL (talk • contribs)
9. Drareg (talk • contribs)
10. Funkinmonks (talk • contribs)
11. HeartOfGold (talk • contribs)
12. Hondo1 (talk • contribs)
13. john.cosimano (talk • contribs)
14. MightyMoose22 (talk • contribs)
15. MoShaw (talk • contribs)
16. Ninepoundjammer (talk • contribs)
17. Numb23 (talk • contribs)
18. Ombudsman (talk • contribs)
19. Prodigenous Zee (talk • contribs)
20. SnakeSeries (talk • contribs)
21. Undead1 (talk • contribs)
22. Yanksox (talk • contribs)
23. '74 Jailbreak (talk • contribs)

[edit] Departments

[edit] Assessment

The assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's guitarist articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the WP:1.0 program. The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProjectGuitarists}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in a set of categories that serves as the basis for an automatically generated worklist.

[edit] Task forces

Task forces are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the guitarist project; all project members are encouraged to participate in any that interest them.

Current task forces

• Guitar equipment
• Infobox

[edit] Guidelines

The guidelines presented in this section are intended to be guidelines only; while they are well-suited for the vast majority of guitarist articles, there exist a number of peculiar cases where, for lack of a better solution, alternate approaches can been taken. Please discuss individual cases on the Project talk page before deviating from guidelines.

[edit] Article naming conventions

• Since the vast majority of guitarist articles are biographical articles about people, simply use the guitarist's name as the article name.
• If the guitarist uses a stage or professional name, use the most common name of the person and refer to their real name in the article. For an example of this, see Sting.
• If you must disambiguate, use Guitarist name (musician). "Musician" is preferable to "guitarist" since they may play other instruments.

See also: Naming conventions (people)

[edit] Article structure

The guidelines in this section are intended to serve as a starting point for writing a good article; they are not meant to enforce a single structure on all articles, nor to limit the topics an article will discuss. Remember to cite your sources!

[edit] Opening paragraph

The opening paragraph (or lead section) should concisely convey:

• The real name and stage name (if applicable) of the guitarist
• The birth and death dates (if applicable), place of birth, and nationality of the guitarist
• The musical groups the guitarist is best known for working with
• The techniques or styles the guitarist is best known for

For an example of a good opening paragraph, see Mark Knopfler. See also WP:LEAD.

[edit] Article body

The article can be structured along these lines:

• Biography
• Style and techniques (for example, fingerpicking, unique tuning, etc.)
• Innovations and inventions (for example, tapping)
• Equipment (guitars, amplifiers, effects, etc.) - can include endorsements
• Involvement in musical groups
• Influence and legacy
• Discography, if appropriate (if the guitarist is a member of one or more musical groups, defer the discographies to those articles.)

[edit] Infobox templates

[edit] Guitarist infobox

Eddie Van Halen
Born	January 26, 1955 Nijmegen, Netherlands
Genre(s)	Rock
Affiliation(s)	Van Halen
Label(s)	Warner Bros.
Notable guitars	Super Strat "Frankenstrat" Ernie Ball Music Man Peavey Wolfgang
Years active	1976 – Present
Official site	www.van-halen.com

The guitarist infobox should be used to summarize information about the guitarist in a standard manner. Many of the parameters can be omitted if desired; the choice of which parameters are appropriate for a particular guitarist is left to the discretion of the article editors.

The infobox should be added using the {{Guitarist infobox}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Guitarist
| name            = 
| image           = 
| caption         = 
| born            = 
| died            = 
| aliases         = 
| genre           = 
| affiliation     = 
| label           = 
| notable guitars = 
| years           = 
| website         = 
| audio sample    = 
}}

• name – full name or stage name
• image – an image of the guitarist. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|200px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
• born – the birth date and birthplace, formatted as January 1, 2000. <br /> Place of birth.Do not wikilink dates.
• died optional – date of death, formatted as above.
• aliases optional – any known aliases of the guitarist, formatted as Alias 1<br />Alias 2<br /> ...
• genre – one or more genres of music played, formatted as Genre 1<br />Genre 2<br /> ...
• affiliation optional – one or more musical groups or musicians who the guitarist is known to perform with, formatted as Affiliation 1<br />Affiliation 2<br /> ...
• label optional – label(s) the guitarist is known to record with, formatted as Label 1<br />Label 2<br /> ...
• notable guitars; list notable guitars used by the individual, i.e. for Eric Clapton use Fender Stratocaster"Blackie",
• years – years actively playing professionally, formatted as 1949 - 1992 or 1984 - present.
• website optional – web site of the guitarist, formatted as http://www.example.org.

[edit] Equipment infobox

This infobox is in work - please discuss changes and refinement at the infobox discussion page.

The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox Guitar model}} template, as shown below:

{{Infobox Guitar model
|title=
|image=
|bgcolor=
|manufacturer=
|period=
|bodytype=
|necktype=
|woodbody=
|woodneck=
|woodfingerboard=
|bridge=
|pickups=
|colors=
}}

• title – guitar brand and model name
• image – an image of the guitar.
• bgcolor – the color of the background, make sure it is the same with the image's background color
• manufacturer – the manufacturer of the guitar, often it is the guitar company.
• period – the year when it was first created, formatted as year1 - year 2, (or) year 3 - Present
• bodytype – between solid, semi-hollow and hollow
• necktype – between Set-in neck, Bolt-on neck, and Neck-thru, if there are too many variations, type (varies with sub-model)
• woodbody – type of wood used for the body, if there are too many variations, type (varies with sub-model)
• woodneck – type of wood used for the neck, if there are too many variations, type (varies with sub-model)
• woodfingerboard – years type of wood used for the fingerboard, if there are too many variations, type (varies with sub-model)
• bridge – type of the bridge, fixed, locking tremolo or non-locking tremolo, if there are too many variations, type (varies with sub-model)
• pickup – the formation of the pickups, formatted as H-S-H or S-S-S or H-H or any other relevant formations, if there are too many variations, type (varies with sub-model)
• colors – Name all the available colors, if there are too many variations, type (varies with sub-model)

Note: If varies with sub-model is used, please explain the variations on the article.

[edit] Categories

Articles should be placed in appropriate categories. At a minimum, use the following categories:

• One or more subcategories of Category:Guitarists by genre
• A subcategory of Category:Guitarists by nationality

You may locate other appropriate categories, such as Category:Bass guitarists or Category:Female guitarists

[edit] WikiProject templates

[edit] Project banner

The {{WikiProjectGuitarists}} project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. While the template does not require any additional parameters, it has a number of optional ones that add various extra features to the banner. The full syntax is as follows:

{{WikiProjectGuitarists
|class=  
|attention=
<!-- Task force tags -->
|Guitarist-equipment-task-force=
}}

General parameters:

• class – a rating of the article's quality; see the assessment department for more details.
• attention – "yes" if the article requires immediate attention; this should be used sparingly.

Task force parameters

• Guitarist-equipment-task-force – "yes" if the article is supported by the Guitar equipment task force

[edit] Participant userbox

You can add this userbox to your user page, signifying your participation in the project. Adding this to your user page automatically adds your username to Category:WikiProject Guitarists Participants.

Code	Result	Usage
{{User WPGUITAR}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Guitarists.	Userbox to denote your participation in the project.

[edit] Project awards

The Guitarist Barnstar can be awarded to any project member you want to recognize for service to the project. Add it to their Talk page with {{subst:The Guitarist Barnstar|message ~~~~}}.

The Music Barnstar can be awarded to any wikpedian that exhibits exceptional effort and dedication to music-related articles. Add it to their Talk page with {{subst:Music Barnstar|message ~~~~}}.