[edit] About us

Welcome to the main page of the Punk music WikiProject. The project launched on April 2, 2006. Currently, we have 40 active members. Please see the discussion page for information on various project-related collaborations.

WikiProject Punk music was formed to foster the creation and encyclopedic improvement of punk rock-related articles, and to establish guidelines for those articles. Its members endeavor to produce a succinct, comprehensive, general, and authoritative reference on punk rock-related topics. The ultimate goal of the project is to have every article within its scope be at featured status. To participate, simply add your name to the participants section.

Recent changes in punk-related articles

[edit] Parentage

Since punk music covers multiple branches of topics, the WikiProject is therefore a sub-project of numerous collaborations:

• WikiProject Biography
• WikiProject Music
  • WikiProject Music genres
  • WikiProject Musicians
  • WikiProject Albums
  • WikiProject Songs
    • WikiProject Punk music

[edit] Sister projects

There are also a number of similar genre-oriented projects which we consider our "sister" projects:

• WikiProject Alternative music
• WikiProject Electronic music
• WikiProject Emo
• WikiProject Hip hop
• WikiProject Metal
• WikiProject Reggae (also covers ska, rocksteady, dancehall, and dub)
• WikiProject Rock music

[edit] Task forces

These are task forces dedicated to specific aspects of punk music such as individual artists, subgenres, etc. Some of these are WikiProjects in and of themselves, but their scope is so finely limited that we consider them child projects of WikiProject Punk music and work closely with them in much the same way that we do with task forces. If you would like to propose a new task force or work group, make your suggestion on the project talk page to see if other editors are interested.

• Good Charlotte task force
• WikiProject The Clash
• WikiProject Green Day
• WikiProject The Offspring

If interested, please sign our participants section.

[edit] News

[edit] Scope and goals

[edit] Mission statement

The goal of the Punk music Wikiproject is to organize, clean, and improve punk rock-related information within a format that fits Wikipedia's policies and guidelines to, ultimately, the level of quality stressed in the Featured Article and Featured List guidelines.

[edit] Scope

Currently, this WikiProject covers the following items:

1. Anyone and anything affiliated with the genre of punk rock, including musicians, albums, songs, artists, record labels, subgenres, etc.
2. Anything featured on the Punk rock portal.
3. Anything located within a punk or punk-affiliated category, sub-category, list, article, stub, or template.

[edit] Goals and duties

Our goals and duties are as follows:

1. Discussions and debates relating to the above items, including merges, citations, other references, image issues, splits, cleanup, formatting, and expansion.
2. Reduce trivial information, speculation, point of view, and anything else that violates Wikipedia's core article policies.
3. Monitoring all articles for violations of anything listed in the above two parts.
4. Work toward making all punk rock-related articles and lists clean, organized, well-written, and accessible.
5. Bring numerous articles to Good Article, Featured Article, and/or Featured List status.

[edit] Your role

We need the participation of Wikipedians and punk music fans alike. Here are some general guidelines to follow.

[edit] How to help

1. Please sign your name below and introduce yourself in the monthly roll call section of the talk page.
2. Take a look at recent discussions and the things to do page to see if your ideas have already been or need to be addressed.
3. Get to know other users so that you can get a sense of the Project's attitude and each member's opinions on what should be merged, expanded, and so on. This will allow you to work better with the team, especially on major projects.
4. Make sure you cite your sources, follow the project's guidelines in addition to style guidelines, and follow the discussions and agreements for the project.
5. Look for text that seems biased (see WP:NPOV) and fix it.
6. Be bold, but do not be reckless. See the above items and the section below for further information on what to do and what not to do.

[edit] How not to help

Do not:

1. Insert un-cited and trivial information (see: WP:V and WP:TRIV).
2. Revert war (adherence to the One Revert Rule is encouraged)
3. Add original research, unsourced claims, speculation, point of view, excessive external links, vandalism, and patent nonsense.

[edit] Things to remember

1. This is a general interest encyclopedia. Articles should be understandable and appeal to both casual readers and dedicated punk fans alike.
2. Not every person, band, album, record label, etc. in existence deserves their/its own article. Article topics must demonstrate independent notability using citations to reliable third-party sources. Primary sources are important too, but they are not enough to support an encyclopedia article on their own.
3. See: What Wikipedia is Not.
4. Again, we stress: this project is mainly for cleanup, organization, enhancement, factual fixes, and so on. Trivial information is frowned upon.

If some of these items seem redundant, it only underscores what we all believe in as a group.

[edit] Open/major tasks

The following is a chart of our largest tasks. For a complete list, please see the things to do subpage, in addition to our talk page. See the opentask template at the top of the page for the priority tasks. Project members, this chart should feature "priority one" tasks!

[edit] Punk rock Portal

Punk rock portal

Make sure to visit the Punk rock Portal. Also you can vote for the selected article of the week at Portal:Punk rock/Vote.

[edit] Collaboration of the month

The Punk music Collaboration of the month is a group effort to improve a specific Punk music article on Wikipedia every month. To help out or vote for next week's candidate please see the Punk music Collaboration of the month page.

[edit] Other

• See the Wikipedia:WikiProject Punk music/index for a list of Punk music-related articles that do not require significant attention. Chances are, if an item doesn't belong on that list or isn't on there, it needs to be fixed (make a note on the things to do page and/or the discussion page).

• Also remember that there is a Punk music barnstar that you can give out to deserving editors (and a userbox for those who are awarded the barnstar).

[edit] Templates

What to type	What it makes	Template type
{{WikiProject Punk music}} Talk WikiProject Punk music (Rated Project-Class) Punk musicWikipedia:WikiProject Punk musicTemplate:WikiProject Punk musicPunk music articles Punk rock portal v • d • e This page is within the scope of WikiProject Punk music, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of punk rock on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.  Project  This page does not require a rating on the project's quality scale. The notice or template marking the article as part of the project. Placed on talk pages of fleshed out articles with no original research, copyvios, or speculation. It has optional paramaters to denote a selected article, list, or picture. {{User WikiProject Punk music}} Talk This user is a member of WikiProject Punk music. Userbox for project members. {{subst:Punkmusicwelcome}} Talk Hello! Thank you for contributions. I have realized that you have edited a punk rock-related article. If you wish there is a Punk music WikiProject which you can join and help us edit Wikipedia's punk rock articles. Wikipedia also has a Punk music Collaboration of the month and Punk rock Portal. If you have any questions just ask at the Punk music WikiProject. Also here are a few good links for newcomers: The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Help pages Tutorial How to write a great article Manual of Style I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Also remember to use the edit summary when you contribute. Again, thank you for your help! Template to greet new users and invite them to the Punk music WikiProject. {{subst:Punkmusicwelcome-E}} Talk Hello! Thank you for contributions. I have realized that you have edited an punk rock-related article. If you wish there is a Punk music WikiProject which you can join and help us edit Wikipedia’s punk rock articles. Wikipedia also has the following punk rock-related projects: Punk music WikiProject discussion Index of the best Punk music articles Punk music things to do Punk music Collaboration of the month Punk rock Portal Punk music Selected Article voting If you have any questions just ask at the Punk music WikiProject. Again, Thank you for your help! Template to invite experienced users to the Punk music WikiProject. {{PunkCOTM}} Talk The current Punk music Collaboration of the month is "Blink-182". The next winner will be selected on May 1, 2009. Last month's article was American Idiot Template that shows the current and previous Punk music Collaboration of the month. {{Current-PunkCOTM}} Talk This is the current Punk music Collaboration of the month! Please help to improve it to match the quality of an ideal Wikipedia punk rock article. Template to put on the talk page of each month's collaboration. {{subst:PunkCOTMvoter}} Talk You showed support for the Punk music Collaboration of the month. This month Blink-182 was selected to be improved to featured article status. We hope you can contribute. Template that informs supporters of an article that it is the current Punk music Collaboration of the month. {{subst:Punkcandidate}} Talk This is a candidate to be the Punk music Collaboration of the month. Please see this page's entry to support or comment on the nomination. Template to put on the talk page of a candidate for the Collaboration of the month. {{subst:User PunkCOTM}} Talk Punk Blink-182 is the current Punk music Collaboration of the month. Userbox for contributors to the Punk music Collaboration of the Month. {{US-punk-band-stub}} Talk This article on a United States punk rock band is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e The stub template for articles about American punk bands. {{subst:UK-rock-band-stub}} Talk This article on a United Kingdom rock music band is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e The stub template for articles about British rock bands. {{rock-band-stub}} Talk This article on a rock band is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e The stub template for articles about rock bands. {{subst:musician-stub}} Talk This article on an individual musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e The stub template for articles about individual musicians. {{music-producer-stub}} Talk This article on a record producer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e The stub template for articles about record producers. {{subst:Punk-album-stub}} Talk This punk rock album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e The stub template for articles about punk albums. {{punk-song-stub}} Talk This punk song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e The stub template for articles about punk songs. {{Punkmusic-stub}} Talk This punk rock-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e The stub template for other punk-related articles. {{Infobox Musical artist}} Talk See the template page for example and syntax. The infobox for articles about musical artists and groups/bands. {{Infobox Album}} Talk See the template page for example and syntax. The infobox for articles about albums. {{Infobox Single}} Talk See the template page for example and syntax. The infobox for articles about singles. {{punk}} Talk v • d • e Punk rock 2 Tone - Anarcho-punk - Art punk - Celtic punk - Christian punk - Cowpunk - Crust punk - Dance-punk - Deathrock - Digital hardcore - Folk punk - Garage punk - Glam punk - Gypsy punk - Hardcore punk - Horror punk - Nazi punk - New Wave - No Wave - Noise rock - Oi! - Pop punk - Post-punk - Psychobilly - Punk blues - Punk jazz - Punk Pathetique - Queercore - Rapcore - Riot Grrrl - Scottish Gaelic punk - Ska punk - Skate punk - Street punk - Synthpunk - Taqwacore Other topics Afro-punk - Protopunk - DIY ethic - First wave punk musicians - Second wave punk musicians - List of punk bands: #–K, L–Z - Punk subculture - Punk fashion - Punk ideologies - Punk visual art - Punk dance - Punk literature - Punk zine - Straight edge - Punk films (list) - Punk filmmakers - Timeline of punk rock Place this navigation box at the bottom of all punk rock-related articles. {{WikiProject Punk music/Award userbox}} Talk This user has been awarded a punk rock Barnstar. The userbox for editors who have been awarded the Punk rock barnstar.

[edit] Participants

Here is a list of Punk music Wikiproject members, together with some of their interests. To join the group simply add yourself to the list of participants, being sure to maintain alphabetical order.