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WikiProject Guitarists is a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|group]] dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to '''[[guitarist]]s'''. If you would like to help, please see the '''To-do''' list below, or inquire on the [[{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]].

; Our goals:
:* Improve Wikipedia's coverage of guitarists by creating, expanding, and maintaining articles.
:* Provide guidelines and recommendations for articles about guitarists.
:* Serve as the central point of guitarist article discussion.

; Our scope:
: The project focuses on articles about guitarists, minding the notability standards laid out at [[WP:MUSIC]].

; What can you do?
Add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Guitarists/Members|list of Participants]] and get started on anything below!

==Open tasks==
{{WPGUITAR Tasks}}

==Article alerts==
{{article alerts columns|Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists/Article alerts}}

==Project organization==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists/Members}}

===Departments===
====[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists/Assessment|Assessment]]====
The assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's guitarist articles.  The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the [[WP:1.0]] program.  The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{tl|WikiProjectGuitarists}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in a set of categories that serves as the basis for an automatically generated worklist.

===Task forces===
Task forces are informal groups of editors gathered for collaborative work on a particular topic within the guitarist project; all project members are encouraged to participate in any that interest them.

;Current task forces
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists/Guitar equipment task force|Guitar equipment]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists/Infobox task force|Infobox]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists/Buckethead task force|Buckethead]]

==Guidelines==
The guidelines presented in this section are intended to be guidelines only; while they are well-suited for the vast majority of guitarist articles, there exist a number of peculiar cases where, for lack of a better solution, alternate approaches can been taken. Please discuss individual cases on the [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Guitarists|Project talk page]] before deviating from guidelines.

===Article naming conventions===
* Since the vast majority of guitarist articles are biographical articles about people, simply use the guitarist's name as the article name.
* If the guitarist uses a stage or professional name, use the most common name of the person and refer to their real name in the article. For an example of this, see [[Sting]].
* If you must disambiguate, use ''Guitarist name (musician)''. "Musician" is preferable to "guitarist" since they  may play other instruments.
: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people)|Naming conventions (people)]]''

===Article structure===
The guidelines in this section are intended to serve as a starting point for writing a good article; they are not meant to enforce a single structure on all articles, nor to limit the topics an article will discuss. Remember to [[WP:CITE|cite your sources]]!

====Opening paragraph====
The opening paragraph (or lead section) should concisely convey:
* The real name and stage name (if applicable) of the guitarist
* The birth and death dates (if applicable), place of birth, and nationality of the guitarist
* The musical groups the guitarist is best known for working with
* The techniques or styles the guitarist is best known for
For an example of a good opening paragraph, see [[Mark Knopfler]]. See also [[WP:LEAD]].

====Article body====
The article can be structured along these lines:
* Biography
* Style and techniques (for example, fingerpicking, unique tuning, etc.)
* Innovations and inventions (for example, [[tapping]])
* Equipment (guitars, amplifiers, effects, etc.) - can include endorsements
* Involvement in musical groups
* Influence and legacy
* Discography, if appropriate (if the guitarist is a member of one or more musical groups, defer the discographies to those articles.)

===Infobox templates===
====Guitarist infobox====
The guitarist infobox has been deprecated in favor of the more general-purpose {{tl|Infobox Musical artist}}.  Please use that infobox for biographical articles about guitarists.
<!-- old docs at: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists/Guitarist infobox}} -->
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists/Equipment infobox}}

===Categories===
Articles should be placed in appropriate categories. At a minimum, use the following categories:
* One or more subcategories of [[:Category:Guitarists by genre]]
* A subcategory of [[:Category:Guitarists by nationality]]
You may locate other appropriate categories, such as [[:Category:Bass guitarists]] or [[:Category:Women guitarists]].
* List of {{subpages}}

==WikiProject templates==
{{WikiProject Guitarists|category=no}}

===Usage=== <!-- PLEASE DON'T CHANGE THE LEVEL OF THIS HEADING, AS IT IS NECESSARY FOR PROPER TRANSCLUSION. -->
The '''{{tl|WikiProject Guitarists}}''' project banner template should be added (''not'' [[WP:SUBST|subst:ed]]) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project.  While the template does not require any additional parameters, it has a number of optional ones that add various extra features to the banner.  The full syntax is as follows:

<div style="width: 300px; background: #dddddd; border: 1px solid black; padding:0.5em 1em 0.5em 1em;"><syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
{{WikiProject Guitarists
|class=  
|attention=
<!-- Task force tags -->
|Guitarist-equipment-task-force=
}}
</syntaxhighlight></div>

General parameters:
* '''class''' – a rating of the article's quality; see the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists/Assessment|assessment department]] for more details.
* '''attention''' – "''yes''" if the article requires immediate attention; this should be used sparingly. If you do use it, make sure to note the reason on the article Talk page.

[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists#Task forces|Task force]] parameters
* '''Guitarist-equipment-task-force''' – "''yes''" if the article is supported by the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guitarists/Guitar equipment task force|Guitar equipment task force]]

===Participant userbox===
You can add this userbox to your user page, signifying your participation in the project.  Adding this to your user page automatically adds your username to [[:Category:WikiProject Guitarists participants]].

{| border=1 bgcolor=#fffff8 cellpadding=3 style="margin-left:1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse;"
!Code
!Result
!Usage
|-
|{{tl|User WPGUITAR}}
|{{User WPGUITAR}}
|Userbox to denote your participation in the project.
|-
|}

===Project awards===
[[Image:Guitaristbarnstar.png|left|50px]]
[[Template:The Guitarist Barnstar|The Guitarist Barnstar]] can be awarded to any project member you want to recognize for service to the project. Add it to their Talk page with <nowiki>{{subst:The Guitarist Barnstar|message ~~~~}}</nowiki>.
[[Image:Music barstar.png|left|50px]]
[[Template:Music Barnstar|The Music Barnstar]] can be awarded to any wikpedian that exhibits exceptional effort and dedication to music-related articles. Add it to their Talk page with <nowiki>{{subst:Music Barnstar|message ~~~~}}</nowiki>.

==Tools==
{{User:WolterBot/Cleanup listing subscription}}
:''Main tool page: [[tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org]]''
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks]]&nbsp;–  Edits bare references&nbsp;– adds title/dates etc. to bare references
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Checklinks|Checklinks]] - Edit and repair external links
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver]] - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer]] - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

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