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Welcome to the Pixies taskforce. We are a task force dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of the Pixies — an alternative rock band from the United States, not the fairytale creatures of lore. The aim of the project is to bring all Pixies articles up to at least GA status.

Contents 1 Scope 2 Guidelines 3 Open tasks 3.1 Expand 3.2 Wikify 3.3 Create 4 Members 5 Statistics 5.1 Featured aticles 6 Articles 6.1 Top priority articles 6.2 High-priority articles 6.3 Potential featured topics 7 Templates 7.1 {{Pixies}} 7.2 Talk pages 8 Categories 9 Resources 9.1 Parent projects

[edit] Scope

All Pixies albums and songs, and also articles on band members and related people.

[edit] Guidelines

A general Pixies article must be placed in "Pixies" category. Songs should be placed in the "Pixies songs" category, and albums should be placed in the "Pixies albums" category. Include the {{Pixies}} at the bottom of each page on the subject.

[edit] Open tasks

[edit] Expand

• See Stub-Class Pixies articles.

[edit] Wikify

• (none)

[edit] Create

See the list of missing Pixies articles

[edit] Members

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

1. CloudNine (talk · contribs)
2. Sethward (talk · contribs)
3. thechedude (talk · contribs)

[edit] Statistics

Pixies articles		Importance
		None	Total
Quality
	FA	8	8
	B	1	1
	Start	15	15
	Stub	10	10
	Assessed	34	34
	Total	34	34

[edit] Featured aticles

• Pixies (22 October2006)
• Frank Black (31 January2007)
• Doolittle (2 April2007)
• "Bam Thwok" (11 April2007)
• Surfer Rosa (20 April2007)
• Joey Santiago (18 November2007)
• David Lovering (21 January2008)
• "Monkey Gone to Heaven" (1 February2008)

The current featured improvement drive is:

[edit] Articles

Take a look at the watchlist to help watch pages for vandalism etc.

Contact with WP Alternative music/Pixies

Article	Import	Date	Assess	Ver	Comments
Bam Thwok [1]		April 12, 2007	1  FA
Black Francis [2]		August 7, 2008	1  FA
David Lovering [3]		January 21, 2008	1  FA
Doolittle (album) [4]		April 2, 2007	1  FA
Joey Santiago [5]		November 20, 2007	1  FA
Monkey Gone to Heaven [6]		February 1, 2008	1  FA
Pixies [7]		March 21, 2007	1  FA
Surfer Rosa [8]		April 21, 2007	1  FA
Pixies discography [9]		August 4, 2007	4 B
Alec Eiffel [10]		April 2, 2007	5 Start
Bossanova [11]		April 26, 2007	5 Start
Cactus (song) [12]		April 29, 2007	5 Start
Come On Pilgrim [13]		March 21, 2007	5 Start
Crackity Jones [14]		March 24, 2007	5 Start
Debaser [15]		March 21, 2007	5 Start
Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies [16]		May 12, 2007	5 Start
Gigantic (song) [17]		March 21, 2007	5 Start
Head On (song) [18]		July 2, 2007	5 Start
Here Comes Your Man [19]		March 24, 2007	5 Start
Kim Deal [20]		March 21, 2007	5 Start
List of Pixies songs [21]		November 24, 2007	5 Start
Pixies (EP) [22]		March 24, 2007	5 Start
Trompe le Monde [23]		April 26, 2007	5 Start
Velouria [24]		April 24, 2007	5 Start
Allison (song) [25]		April 30, 2007	6 Stub
Complete 'B' Sides [26]		March 24, 2007	6 Stub
Death to the Pixies [27]		March 23, 2007	6 Stub
Dig for Fire [28]		March 23, 2007	6 Stub
Live in Minneapolis, MN [29]		October 28, 2007	6 Stub
Pixies at the BBC [30]		April 4, 2007	6 Stub
Planet of Sound [31]		March 23, 2007	6 Stub
Tame (song) [32]		November 27, 2007	6 Stub
Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies [33]		March 24, 2007	6 Stub
Where Is My Mind? [34]		August 4, 2007	6 Stub

See also: assessed article categories.

Last update: November 30, 2009

[edit] Top priority articles

Article	Standard
Pixies	FA
Come on Pilgrim	Start
Surfer Rosa	FA
Doolittle	FA
Bossanova	Start
Trompe le Monde	Start
Frank Black	FA
Joey Santiago	FA
David Lovering	FA
Kim Deal	Start

[edit] High-priority articles

Article	Standard
"Bam Thwok"	FA
"Monkey Gone to Heaven"	FA
"Debaser"	Start
"Gigantic"	Start
"Here Comes Your Man"	Start
"Velouria"	Start
"Where Is My Mind?"	Stub

[edit] Potential featured topics

Book 9 articles Pixies
Members Black Francis Kim Deal Joey Santiago David Lovering Studio records Come on Pilgrim Surfer Rosa Doolittle Bossanova Trompe le Monde

Book 3 articles Doolittle (album)
"Debaser" "Tame" "Here Comes Your Man" "Dead" "Monkey Gone to Heaven" "Crackity Jones" "Gouge Away"

[edit] Templates

[edit] {{Pixies}}

To be placed at the bottom of each Pixies article. Template is as shown:

v • d • e Pixies Black Francis · Kim Deal · David Lovering · Joey Santiago Studio albums Surfer Rosa · Doolittle · Bossanova · Trompe le Monde Extended plays Come On Pilgrim · Pixies Other albums Death to the Pixies · Pixies at the BBC · Complete 'B' Sides · Live in Minneapolis, MN · Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies · Minotaur Singles "Gigantic" · "Monkey Gone to Heaven" · "Here Comes Your Man" · "Velouria" · "Dig for Fire" · "Planet of Sound" · "Alec Eiffel" · "Head On" · "Debaser" · "Bam Thwok" Related articles Discography · Songs · Tributes · The Breeders · Frank Black and the Catholics · The Amps · The Martinis

[edit] Talk pages

Add |pixies-taskforce=yes to the alternative music talk-page template.

[edit] Categories

• Category:Pixies

[edit] Resources

[edit] Parent projects

• WikiProject:Alternative music