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:I have, actually. I'm very sorry for the lack of communication there. My personal life outside of Wikipedia has become very busy since this was proposed, and I honestly don't think with my current situation I would be able to maintain a project page on a regular basis. I still think it's a very good idea, as Wikipedia's coverage of Frank Zappa and his work needs a lot of improvement in both how much of his work is reflected here and the quality of the articles themselves. I'd love to go forward with this project myself, but the way things currently are, a project page would probably have to be created and maintained by someone other than myself. [[User:Friginator|Friginator]] ([[User talk:Friginator|talk]]) 17:50, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
:I have, actually. I'm very sorry for the lack of communication there. My personal life outside of Wikipedia has become very busy since this was proposed, and I honestly don't think with my current situation I would be able to maintain a project page on a regular basis. I still think it's a very good idea, as Wikipedia's coverage of Frank Zappa and his work needs a lot of improvement in both how much of his work is reflected here and the quality of the articles themselves. I'd love to go forward with this project myself, but the way things currently are, a project page would probably have to be created and maintained by someone other than myself. [[User:Friginator|Friginator]] ([[User talk:Friginator|talk]]) 17:50, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
::It looks like you have a pretty good start for one in your sandbox. Would you mind it being moved to be the main project page? [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] ([[User talk:Beeblebrox|talk]]) 18:16, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Frank Zappa


Description

A group of editors dedicated to maintaining and improving the quality of articles related to the life and works of musician Frank Zappa Friginator (talk) 22:37, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of important pages and categories for this proposed group
List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles
Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory to find similar WikiProjects.
Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
The subjects of these groups are far too general to cover the entire (and in this case, quite extensive) work of one specific musician. There are well over one hundred articles that pertain to Frank Zappa, and not all of of them fit under the umbrella of any particular Wikiproject.

Support

Please specify whether or not you would join the project.

  1. Friginator (talk) 22:37, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Mrmoustache14 (talk) 22:55, 17 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Sow-crates (talk) 00:24, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  4. FunkMonk (talk) 06:44, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  5. DVdm (talk) 08:34, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Lexein (talk) 09:19, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Mystery Roach (talk) 09:20, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  8. PurpleChez (talk) 11:24, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Quebec99 (talk) 13:26, 18 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Odysseus1479 (talk) 02:39, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Tbonetime (talk) 21:41, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  12. vinciryan (talk) 20:29, 09 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:35, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

When is this project going to start? Do we need more editors? --Mrmoustache14 (talk) 00:51, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The WikiProject Council will decide whether or not the project is warranted first. That will take time. Friginator (talk) 01:04, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Right now, judging from how long it's been on the council page, I'd say it is warranted. No one from the WikiProject council has declared it "no importance" or anything like that. But I'd still prefer to leave the proposal here for a while just to make sure. Still, if anyone wants to create the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Frank Zappa, I'd be fine with it. There's no rule against it. Friginator (talk) 18:32, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Um I have no idea how to do that... it looks so different from making other pages... --Mrmoustache14 (talk) 19:02, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I do. I'm working on a potential project page right now. I'd still prefer for there to be at least a dozen editors before starting something like this, though. Friginator (talk) 00:54, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Stuartyeates keeps proposing Zappa articles with notability that I made be deleted. He recently proposed "I'm the Slime" be deleted despite it's popularity even among non Zappa fans just because it didn't chart or win awards. I think the editors of this project should keep aware of him incase he decides to propose the deletion of another. --Mrmoustache14 (talk) 10:33, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the Slime is as secure against deletion as its substantial discussion in independent reliable sources over time - nothing to do with popularity, and little to do with awards. I'm saying it's pretty secure. --Lexein (talk) 12:55, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I have to say, I don't think Advance Romance was an especially notable song either. But when something is a single, I'd have to agree.Friginator (talk) 16:36, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Honestly, I'm okay if you really think Advance Romance shouldn't be an article...but I got a barnstar for it... --Mrmoustache14 (talk) 18:41, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]


  • Getting back to discussion of the project, I don't see any reason at this point not to go forward with it. I thought about maybe making it a "task force" within an existing project, but there is not one project that would cover all FZ related articles. So, let's try to get all our ducks in a row. I believe all we really need to get started is
  • A main project page
  • A template to be placed on all Zappa-related articles talk pages
  • Organizational categories

As there are so many existing projects we could probably just use their pages as a template, at least to get things started. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:41, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like all good ideas to me. Though for a head start Friginator started to make the project page on his Sandbox, but I don't think he's logged on since mid-October. --Mrmoustache14 (talk) 02:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have, actually. I'm very sorry for the lack of communication there. My personal life outside of Wikipedia has become very busy since this was proposed, and I honestly don't think with my current situation I would be able to maintain a project page on a regular basis. I still think it's a very good idea, as Wikipedia's coverage of Frank Zappa and his work needs a lot of improvement in both how much of his work is reflected here and the quality of the articles themselves. I'd love to go forward with this project myself, but the way things currently are, a project page would probably have to be created and maintained by someone other than myself. Friginator (talk) 17:50, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like you have a pretty good start for one in your sandbox. Would you mind it being moved to be the main project page? Beeblebrox (talk) 18:16, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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