Wikipedia:WikiProject Reggae

Hello everyone! This project is dedicated to reggae music, its forms, origins and derivatives. The project started on April 5, 2008. Its scope is ska, rocksteady, reggae, dancehall and dub articles.

Members

Anyone, feel free to add yourself!

1. Nagasheus (talk · contribs) (General structure and ska music especially)
2. Michig (talk · contribs)
3. Ajuk (talk · contribs)
4. Ash Loomis (talk · contribs)
5. Blackjays1 (talk · contribs)
6. Eaefremov (talk · contribs)
7. Smooth0707 (talk · contribs)
8. ErikTheBikeMan (talk · contribs)
9. Johnsatchmo (talk · contribs)
10. Utilizer (talk · contribs)
11. Trap The Drum Wonder (talk · contribs)

Open tasks

Please, write here any complains and tasks you have with reggae-related articles.

• Create articles about reggae record labels.
  • http://www.niceup.com/labels.html
  • http://www.ireggae.com/record.htm
• Wikify Jacob Miller

Collaborations

You can add an idea about future collaborations here:

• ...

Article adoption

List an article you want to work on thoroughly. Editors are encouraged to help other editors on these articles especially. Add yours!

Article	Listed by	Status	Goal
Dennis Brown (talk · edit · history)	Michig (talk · contribs)	B-Class	GA
Dub Mission (talk · edit · history)	Eaefremov (talk · contribs)	Stub-Class	GA
Tanya Stephens (talk · edit · history)	Djjazzyb (talk · contribs)	Start-Class	GA

Assessment

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Reggae/Assessment

Reggae articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1	1	5			7
FL			1	1			2
GA	1	1	9	48			59
B	2	7	9	36		1	55
C	7	11	40	115		16	189
Start	4	55	459	539		59	1,116
Stub	1	13	242	906		39	1,201
List	5	2	7	9		1	24
NA		2	3	89	174		268
Assessed	20	92	771	1,748	174	116	2,921
Unassessed				2		13	15
Total	20	92	771	1,750	174	129	2,936
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 13,825			Ω = 5.26

Articles to start

• The Articles - 3rd-wave or ska-jazz band (don't sure) from Detroit, made first album "Flip F'Real", makes covers.
• Ashanti Roy Johnson
• Bigga Haitian
• Bobby Kalphat
• Caribace - russian ska/reggae/dub band, see ru:Карибасы
• Comando Tiburon
• Da'Ville (aka DaVille) - ?
• Donna Marie
• Earl Zero
• Eddy Lover
• Enos McLeod
• Firehouse Crew
• Ginger Williams
• Gladstone Anderson
• Ian McCann - reggae historic and reviewer
• The Insteps - ska band
• The Israelites (band) - christian ska band from LA
• Jah Roots
• Jah Screw
• John Kpiaye
• Lennie Hibbert
• Lykus - ?
• Militant Barry
• Milton Henry
• Naggo Morris
• Madd Hatters - An unsigned ska band from the Cape Fear region of NC, currently have 2 albums produced
• Nosliw - see de:Nosliw
• Ossie Hibbert
• Pablove Black
• Paddyrasta
• Papashanty Saundsystem - dancehall
• Philasonic
• The Pocket (band) - ?
• Qwiksand
• Ray I
• Reggae George
• Rob Griffith - ?
• Rudiments (band) - connected with Suicide Machines somehow
• Scrapy
• Stage Bottles
• Ska Cubano
• The Skallywags - London-based band
• Skankan - Polish ska band http://www.skankan.art.pl
• The Skatastrophes
• Sylford Walker
• Takana Zion
• Trevor Walters
• Yebo - was in "Ska ska skandal" compilation

Stubs to expand

• The Jamaicans
• The Maytones
• Floyd Lloyd
• The Uptones - This was a stub and I expanded it. Could someone re-assess it please? I don't really understand the assessment process. I have it listed for assessment in WikiProject Music as well. Thanks. --Utilizer (talk) 21:32, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
• Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

Reassessed to start. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 18:49, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Category:Reggae stubs

Special pages

Categories

• Category:Ska
• Category:Reggae
• ...

Templates

• Template:Ska
• Template:Reggae
• Template:Skinhead
• ...

Special templates

• Template:WikiProject Reggae
• Template:User Wikiproject Reggae
• Template:reggae-stub
• Template:reggae-album-stub

Related projects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Jamaica
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Reggaeton
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Music