Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Metal

Unlike other projects, WikiProject Metal does not have a proper importance rating yet. I think an importance rating and assessment would benefit the project, letting us know which articles are of higher priority to the project, and also aiding the WP:1.0 team. See also Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Release Version Criteria#Priority of topic. While it will take some time to fully integrate the importance rating (about a week to a month) into the project, I don't think it will take too much work to implement. However, I want to ask for consensus first over whether or not this is a good idea. If you have any questions, please reply and let me know. Thanks. —Sparkle and Fade (talk • contributions) 22:58, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Sounds like a great idea to me.★Trekker (talk) 03:53, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Personally, I never really saw all the hooplah Wikipedia puts on this parameter. I'm pretty sure the project used to have one, if I remember correctly, and we got rid of it. How would these levels be determined for each article? mftp dan ^oops 04:27, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Depends on what you mean by "levels". Generally, the top-importance ones are "Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopedia" according to the 1.0 team, something like the super influential bands (Metallica, Black Sabbath, Mötley Crüe) as well as vital genres and other articles (NWOBHM, thrash metal, and heavy metal subculture.) Examples of high importance articles would be Slayer, Master of Puppets, First-wave black metal, etc., but this is where ratings can start being debatable due to the rating's subjectiveness. Generally, Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Release Version Criteria#Priority of topic is likely the best place to consult how to rate for importance. —Sparkle and Fade (talk • contributions) 05:41, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

This very subjectiveness is what I'm concerned about when it comes to adding an importance scale. Plus, what does it really do for the project? Does anyone actually find it useful for any reason? I never really did. mftp dan ^oops 17:07, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

I think you're right about the subjectiveness on the importance scale, and how it can be problematic. Quoting Wikipedia:The deadline is now#What if the article isn't that important?, (...) If an article has been written at all, then its subject is important to somebody. However, I think the reason the importance scale is on a lot of projects is because it serves as what "priority" the article is, despite the project's demand to make all of the articles well-made right now, e.g. Iron Maiden would be a high priority, informally taking precedence over something like Terrorizer, although its mostly arbitrary since editors can freely choose to work on whatever topic they want. You make a fair point and I won't argue against it, although other editors have expressed support for the idea. I'm staying neutral on this. —Sparkle and Fade (talk • contributions) 01:11, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, you've summarized my thoughts on it before I even went and fleshed it out. Thank you. In conclusion, if I may now bravely dissent, I'm not really for it, I'm not sure it really serves any useful purpose. I could have sworn we used one before and got rid of it for that same reason I'm thinking about, but it is possible I could be thinking of another project. mftp dan ^oops 06:03, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Considering your thoughts on the proposal, I'm likely to withdraw on my proposal and drop the idea of the importance rating. Thanks for your input. —Sparkle and Fade (talk • contributions) 06:16, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

I was literally about to write another thread and I really think it needs an importance scale also. I feel like there are a lot of acclaimed/notable album/band articles, particularly those from extreme metal, which are of poor quality and I think it would help if there was some sense of organization regarding this. It might be useful to compile lists from reliable sources ranking the greatest heavy metal albums of all time (examples include rolling stone, martin popoff's book, rock hard 500, etc; anything you think i guess), or those which have been identified as having a sizeable impact on a specific faucet of it. That would at least put some due weight on importance? idk. // Chchcheckit (talk) 14:37, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Do I close this as withdrawn? I'm not sure since other editors have expressed their support for the rating. What's the consensus? —Sparkle and Fade (talk • contributions) 00:00, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

Either that, or just leave it lie and let it get archived by the bot eventually. mftp dan ^oops 20:16, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

I think this is something I can support. :) Yes, I agree with having an importance rating. HorrorLover555 (talk) 06:44, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

There is a discussion currently ongoing at Talk:List of Tarja Turunen concert tours regarding a proposal to reformat the festivals in the venue section into explanatory footnotes. Any input from any members of this WikiProject will be appreciated. The discussion is called Festival performance reformatting. Thanks. HorrorLover555 (talk) 18:55, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Hey all, if you like quality work on heavy metal I would appreciate any and all help with reviewing my FAC. It's been open for three weeks, but my FACs often struggle to gain interest and I am once again at risk of archival. I would be open to helping a music-related FAC or GAN in return. mftp dan ^oops 23:51, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Antichrist Superstar has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:09, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

There is a discussion at Talk:Linkin Park discography#Split to split Linkin Park discography into Linkin Park albums discography and Linkin Park songs discography. --Jax 0677 (talk) 13:08, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

There is a discussion at Talk:Linkin Park#History of Linkin Park to split its history section into a new article entitled History of Linkin Park. --Jax 0677 (talk) 13:21, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

There is a discussion at Talk:Metallica#History of Metallica to split its history section into a new article entitled History of Metallica. --Jax 0677 (talk) 15:41, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

Can somebody help us with adding reliable sources to this article about EP by Anthrax? Bearian (talk) 00:32, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

@Bearian: I tried looking but all I found was a single short bit in a self-published book by a music critic. Unsure if that helps.★Trekker (talk) 16:05, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Ok. I'm going to redirect it. FWIW, I'm friends with the ex-wife of Scott Ian. Bearian (talk) 16:22, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Cool!★Trekker (talk) 18:16, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

There is a discussion on the murder information in the infobox of the Dimebag Darrell article. It can be found at Talk:Dimebag Darrell#About the cause of death in the infobox. Input from project members would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 02:09, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

There is a discussion currently ongoing at Talk:Ghost (Swedish band) in regards to the inclusion of a band member which may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. The discussion is Semi-protected Edit Request on June 27, 2025. Thanks. HorrorLover555 (talk) 07:07, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

There is a discussion here about whether Songkick or Eventbrite can be used at 2025 in heavy metal music as sources solely to prove reunion. --Jax 0677 (talk) 13:31, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

The article Trivial Act has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced for more than 13 years. It's subject to WP:BLP. There's unsourced name-dropping but no assertion of notability. Technically could be speedied.

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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mis•an•thrope#Requested move 8 July 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 10:15, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

The article Full Moon in St. Petersburg has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced for more than 12 years. No other language has an article from which to translate. Appears to fail notability.

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I am once again asking for assistance on the featured article candidacy on this album. I am doing everything I can to get this promoted, but I am running out of time to get reviewers. So far, I only have a media review and one reviewer who opposed, but whose concerns I have responded to (they have not been around to respond at the time of writing this). I would appreciate any and all feedback you can give. It can be found at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Alice in Chains (album)/archive2. mftp dan ^oops 04:43, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Black Sabbath#Genre discussion, which is well within the scope of this WikiProject. HorrorLover555 (talk) 17:48, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

I've been working on this article for a long while, and I hope to have a third party take a look at it and give it a proper article assessment. I'm not fit to rate it myself because I am the article's primary contributor at this time. I would also highly appreciate any criticism and advice for the article alongside its assessment. Thank you! – Sparkle and Fade (talk • contributions) 04:16, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Battle Beast (band)#Proposal to include a section 'Common riff in the song Enter The Metal World', which is well within the scope of this WikiProject. HorrorLover555 (talk) 16:01, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

Folk metal has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 05:02, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi there community, I'm trying very hard to publish an article on the Indian metal band 'Eternal Returns', but I find the list of reliable sources so limiting. Is there an updated list of reliable metal sources for bands from Asia/outside the Anglophone world? Viljowf (talk) 10:24, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Saldy this site has a massive blindspot when it comes to non-English sources, and it goes for pretty much all the projects, not just metal.★Trekker (talk) 15:59, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Black Sabbath#Please change the section "Years active", which is well within the scope of this WikiProject. HorrorLover555 (talk) 05:15, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Rush (band)#Information in lead, which is well within the scope of this WikiProject. HorrorLover555 (talk) 14:56, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

The article Rafflesia (band) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced for 5 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. Lack of significant coverage. 1,319 followers on Instagram.

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You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Dream Theater#Edit warring, which is well within the scope of this WikiProject. HorrorLover555 (talk) 19:31, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

12 Gauge (Kalmah album) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 18:03, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

The article Aghibasiin-Lessons on How to Defeat Death has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced for almost 15 years. Tagged for notability for 6 months. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. No sign of notability; only 1,500 copies made. Possibly redirect to the band.

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Vanilla Ice has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 14:55, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Inside the Fire (song)#Requested move 26 January 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 09:23, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

I am involved in a content dispute on Evanescence's debut album and am requesting further feedback from the community. mftp dan ^oops 14:21, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Notable or not? Bearian (talk) 02:23, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Hard to say, will have to look into it more.★Trekker (talk) 17:31, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Chris Holmes (musician)#Requested move 15 February 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 07:17, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:M72 World Tour#Life Burns Faster at Sphere, which is well within the scope of this WikiProject. HorrorLover555 (talk) 06:02, 26 February 2026 (UTC)