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If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Pop_music" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pop music">the discussion</a> and see a list of open tasks.<span class="metadata wpb-metadata"><span class="wpb-project">Pop music</span><span class="wpb-project_link">Wikipedia:WikiProject Pop music</span><span class="wpb-banner_name">Template:WikiProject Pop music</span><span class="wpb-assessment_cat">Pop music articles</span></span></td><td class="mbox-empty-cell"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879475"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394742"><table class="tmbox tmbox-notice mw-collapsible innercollapse wpb wpb-table"><tbody><tr class="wpb-header"><td class="wpb-header-icon"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gnome-speakernotes.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="WikiProject icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gnome-speakernotes.svg/25px-Gnome-speakernotes.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gnome-speakernotes.svg/38px-Gnome-speakernotes.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gnome-speakernotes.svg/50px-Gnome-speakernotes.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128"/></a></span></td><td class="wpb-header-combined"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music/Music_genres_task_force" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force">Music/Music genres task force</a> </td></tr><tr><td class="mbox-text wpb-main" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image wpb-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gnome-speakernotes.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="WikiProject icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gnome-speakernotes.svg/40px-Gnome-speakernotes.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gnome-speakernotes.svg/60px-Gnome-speakernotes.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gnome-speakernotes.svg/80px-Gnome-speakernotes.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128"/></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239009302"><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/GClef.svg/10px-GClef.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/GClef.svg/15px-GClef.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/GClef.svg/20px-GClef.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="41"/></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Music" title="Portal:Music">Music portal</a></span></li></ul><b><a href="/wiki/Template:Pop_music" title="Template:Pop music">Template:Pop music</a></b> is within the scope of the <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music/Music_genres_task_force" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force">Music genres task force of the Music project</a></b>, a user driven attempt to clean up and standardize <a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">music genre</a> articles on Wikipedia. Please visit the task force <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music/Music_genres_task_force/Guidelines" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force/Guidelines">guidelines</a> page for ideas on how to structure a genre article and help us <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music/Music_genres_task_force/Assessment" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force/Assessment">assess and improve</a> genre articles to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_is_a_good_article" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:What is a good article">good article status</a>.<span class="metadata wpb-metadata"><span class="wpb-project">Music/Music genres task force</span><span class="wpb-project_link">Wikipedia:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force</span><span class="wpb-banner_name">Template:WikiProject Music/Music genres task force</span><span class="wpb-assessment_cat">music genre articles</span></span></td><td class="mbox-empty-cell"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Girl_group" data-mw-thread-id="h-Girl_group"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Girl_group"></span>Girl group<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Girl_group"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Girl group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Why does the caption say "Girl band" if it's always called a "girl group"? <a href="/wiki/User:Brianjd" title="User:Brianjd">Brianjd</a> 07:29, 2004 Dec 13 (UTC) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Britpop" data-mw-thread-id="h-Britpop"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Britpop"></span>Britpop<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Britpop"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Britpop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Should <a href="/wiki/Britpop" title="Britpop">Britpop</a> be added? — <a href="/wiki/User:Instantnood" title="User:Instantnood">Insta</a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Instantnood" title="User talk:Instantnood">ntnood</a> 14:53, May 4, 2005 (UTC) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Mandopop" data-mw-thread-id="h-Mandopop"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Mandopop"></span>Mandopop<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Mandopop"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mandopop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>How about <a href="/wiki/Mandopop" title="Mandopop">Mandopop</a>? - <a href="/wiki/User:Lawrence_Lavigne" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Lawrence Lavigne">Lawrence Lavigne</a> 21:07, May 10, 2005 (UTC) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Proposal_for_deletion" data-mw-thread-id="h-Proposal_for_deletion-2006-02-09T09:32:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Proposal_for_deletion-2006-02-09T09:32:00.000Z"></span>Proposal for deletion<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Proposal_for_deletion-2006-02-09T09:32:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Proposal for deletion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Gh87-2006-02-09T09:32:00.000Z-Proposal_for_deletion"></span>Like <a href="/wiki/Template:Pop" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Pop">Template:pop</a>, this template is proposed for deletion. But I added a template because I found that template classier and more informative than this. but <a href="/wiki/User:TUF-KAT" title="User:TUF-KAT">TUF-KAT</a> believes that [[Template:pop]] looked too vague and inappropiate for articles to follow. --<a href="/wiki/User:Gh87" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Gh87">Gh87</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-Gh87-2006-02-09T09:32:00.000Z-Proposal_for_deletion" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">09:32, 9 February 2006 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Gh87-2006-02-09T09:32:00.000Z-Proposal_for_deletion"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Gh87-2006-02-09T09:32:00.000Z-Proposal_for_deletion"></span> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Pop" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Pop"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-MilkMiruku-2006-02-16T19:41:00.000Z-Gh87-2006-02-09T09:32:00.000Z"></span>Template:pop</a> was put forward for deletion as individual genre pages are getting their own infoboxes in future. see <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Music_genres#Are_the_genrebox_templates_really_necessary.3F">here</a> for more info. i'm removing the proposal for deletion from this one as footer templates are handy for navigating genres with similar characteristics. --<a href="/wiki/User:MilkMiruku" title="User:MilkMiruku">MilkMiruku</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-MilkMiruku-2006-02-16T19:41:00.000Z-Gh87-2006-02-09T09:32:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:41, 16 February 2006 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-MilkMiruku-2006-02-16T19:41:00.000Z-Gh87-2006-02-09T09:32:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-MilkMiruku-2006-02-16T19:41:00.000Z-Gh87-2006-02-09T09:32:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Splash-2006-02-16T23:58:00.000Z-Proposal_for_deletion"></span>The template was kept: see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2006_February_9" title="Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 February 9">Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 February 9</a>. -<a href="/wiki/User:Splash" title="User:Splash">Splash</a><small><sup><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Splash" title="User talk:Splash">talk</a></sup></small> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-Splash-2006-02-16T23:58:00.000Z-Proposal_for_deletion" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">23:58, 16 February 2006 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Splash-2006-02-16T23:58:00.000Z-Proposal_for_deletion"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Splash-2006-02-16T23:58:00.000Z-Proposal_for_deletion"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Indi-pop/Indie_pop" data-mw-thread-id="h-Indi-pop/Indie_pop-2007-12-21T09:23:00.000Z"><span id="Indi-pop.2FIndie_pop"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Indi-pop/Indie_pop-2007-12-21T09:23:00.000Z"></span>Indi-pop/Indie pop<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Indi-pop/Indie_pop-2007-12-21T09:23:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Indi-pop/Indie pop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Thundermaster-2007-12-21T09:23:00.000Z-Indi-pop/Indie_pop"></span>Indi-pop and Indie pop sound the same and therefore indi-pop will be changed to indian pop. <b><span style="color:#003153">Thundermaster</span><sup><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Thundermaster" title="User talk:Thundermaster">T</a><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editor_review/Thundermaster" title="Wikipedia:Editor review/Thundermaster">R</a><a href="/wiki/User:Thundermaster" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Thundermaster">U</a><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Thundermaster" title="Special:Contributions/Thundermaster">C</a></sup></b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-Thundermaster-2007-12-21T09:23:00.000Z-Indi-pop/Indie_pop" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">09:23, 21 December 2007 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Thundermaster-2007-12-21T09:23:00.000Z-Indi-pop/Indie_pop"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Thundermaster-2007-12-21T09:23:00.000Z-Indi-pop/Indie_pop"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Dance-pop" data-mw-thread-id="h-Dance-pop-2008-10-22T13:47:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Dance-pop-2008-10-22T13:47:00.000Z"></span><a href="/wiki/Dance-pop" title="Dance-pop">Dance-pop</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Dance-pop-2008-10-22T13:47:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dance-pop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-RockandDiscoFanCZ-2008-10-22T13:47:00.000Z-Dance-pop"></span>Should <a href="/wiki/Dance-pop" title="Dance-pop">Dance-pop</a> be added? Thanks - <a href="/wiki/User:RockandDiscoFanCZ" class="mw-redirect" title="User:RockandDiscoFanCZ">RockandDiscoFanCZ</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:RockandDiscoFanCZ" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:RockandDiscoFanCZ">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-RockandDiscoFanCZ-2008-10-22T13:47:00.000Z-Dance-pop" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">13:47, 22 October 2008 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-RockandDiscoFanCZ-2008-10-22T13:47:00.000Z-Dance-pop"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-RockandDiscoFanCZ-2008-10-22T13:47:00.000Z-Dance-pop"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Disco-Pop" data-mw-thread-id="h-Disco-Pop-2010-01-25T11:18:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Disco-Pop-2010-01-25T11:18:00.000Z"></span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Disco-Pop&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Disco-Pop (page does not exist)">Disco-Pop</a><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Disco-Pop-2010-01-25T11:18:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Disco-Pop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Sabrebd-2010-01-25T11:18:00.000Z-Disco-Pop"></span>This has been repeatedly added, but is a red link to a recently deleted article, and thus is very likely to be reinstated (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RECREATE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RECREATE">WP:RECREATE</a>). If it is re-created with sufficient changes and not deleted, that would demonstrate notablility and then it would be a candidate to be included on this template. At the moment there is very little point in having it included here.--<b style="font-family:Black Chancery;text:grey 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/User:Sabrebd" title="User:Sabrebd"><span style="color:blue;">SabreBD</span></a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Sabrebd" title="User talk:Sabrebd">talk</a>)</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-Sabrebd-2010-01-25T11:18:00.000Z-Disco-Pop" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">11:18, 25 January 2010 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Sabrebd-2010-01-25T11:18:00.000Z-Disco-Pop"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Sabrebd-2010-01-25T11:18:00.000Z-Disco-Pop"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Indie_Pop_&_Noise_Pop" data-mw-thread-id="h-Indie_Pop_&_Noise_Pop-2011-01-16T11:41:00.000Z"><span id="Indie_Pop_.26_Noise_Pop"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Indie_Pop_&_Noise_Pop-2011-01-16T11:41:00.000Z"></span>Indie Pop & Noise Pop<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Indie_Pop_&_Noise_Pop-2011-01-16T11:41:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Indie Pop & Noise Pop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Superastig-2011-01-16T11:41:00.000Z-Indie_Pop_&_Noise_Pop"></span>Are <a href="/wiki/Indie_pop" title="Indie pop">Indie pop</a> & <a href="/wiki/Noise_pop" title="Noise pop">Noise pop</a> part of pop? <a href="/wiki/User:Superastig" title="User:Superastig">Superastig</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Superastig" title="User talk:Superastig">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-Superastig-2011-01-16T11:41:00.000Z-Indie_Pop_&_Noise_Pop" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">11:41, 16 January 2011 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Superastig-2011-01-16T11:41:00.000Z-Indie_Pop_&_Noise_Pop"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Superastig-2011-01-16T11:41:00.000Z-Indie_Pop_&_Noise_Pop"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Sabrebd-2011-01-16T12:50:00.000Z-Superastig-2011-01-16T11:41:00.000Z"></span>No they shouldn't because they are sub-genres of rock music (see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/noise-pop-d4558">here</a>. As I have pointed out a number of times. Of course if you can offer some reliable sources to the contrary there would be grounds for a change.--<b style="font-family:Black Chancery;text:grey 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/User:Sabrebd" title="User:Sabrebd"><span style="color:blue;">SabreBD</span></a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Sabrebd" title="User talk:Sabrebd">talk</a>)</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-Sabrebd-2011-01-16T12:50:00.000Z-Superastig-2011-01-16T11:41:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">12:50, 16 January 2011 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Sabrebd-2011-01-16T12:50:00.000Z-Superastig-2011-01-16T11:41:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Sabrebd-2011-01-16T12:50:00.000Z-Superastig-2011-01-16T11:41:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="This_template_is_messed_up" data-mw-thread-id="h-This_template_is_messed_up-2021-10-01T11:35:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-This_template_is_messed_up-2021-10-01T11:35:00.000Z"></span>This template is messed up<span data-mw-comment-end="h-This_template_is_messed_up-2021-10-01T11:35:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: This template is messed up"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-GogoLion-2021-10-01T11:35:00.000Z-This_template_is_messed_up"></span>I found some issues on this template like how can Doo-woop, Crunkcore and Northern Soul are subgenres of pop music? Also, you all know that popular music and pop music are different, right? Why y'all put such "best selling" lists? Why we make them as two synonyms? We should separate "popular music" and pop music into different templates. <span class="autosigned" style="font-size:85%;">— Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/wiki/User:GogoLion" title="User:GogoLion">GogoLion</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:GogoLion#top" title="User talk:GogoLion">talk</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/GogoLion" title="Special:Contributions/GogoLion">contribs</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-GogoLion-2021-10-01T11:35:00.000Z-This_template_is_messed_up" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">11:35, 1 October 2021 (UTC)</a></span><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-GogoLion-2021-10-01T11:35:00.000Z-This_template_is_messed_up"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-GogoLion-2021-10-01T11:35:00.000Z-This_template_is_messed_up"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Solidest-2021-11-29T13:27:00.000Z-GogoLion-2021-10-01T11:35:00.000Z"></span>Yeah, totally agree that this has long needed to be split into pop and popular. <a href="/wiki/User:Solidest" title="User:Solidest">Solidest</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Solidest" title="User talk:Solidest">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-Solidest-2021-11-29T13:27:00.000Z-GogoLion-2021-10-01T11:35:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">13:27, 29 November 2021 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Solidest-2021-11-29T13:27:00.000Z-GogoLion-2021-10-01T11:35:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Solidest-2021-11-29T13:27:00.000Z-GogoLion-2021-10-01T11:35:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notable_artists" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notable_artists-20230928223900"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notable_artists-20230928223900"></span>Notable artists<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notable_artists-20230928223900"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable artists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Classicalfan626-20230928223900-Notable_artists"></span>Do we really need a separate section devoted to "notable" artists? That kind of thing seems very arbitrary to me. <a href="/wiki/User:Classicalfan626" title="User:Classicalfan626">Classicalfan626</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Classicalfan626" title="User talk:Classicalfan626">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-Classicalfan626-20230928223900-Notable_artists" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:39, 28 September 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Classicalfan626-20230928223900-Notable_artists"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Classicalfan626-20230928223900-Notable_artists"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Binksternet-20230928233900-Classicalfan626-20230928223900"></span>You're right. I removed it. <a href="/wiki/User:Binksternet" title="User:Binksternet">Binksternet</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Binksternet" title="User talk:Binksternet">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Pop_music#c-Binksternet-20230928233900-Classicalfan626-20230928223900" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">23:39, 28 September 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Binksternet-20230928233900-Classicalfan626-20230928223900"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Binksternet-20230928233900-Classicalfan626-20230928223900"></span></dd></dl>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&oldid=1235032490">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Pop_music&oldid=1235032490</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Template-Class_Pop_music_articles" title="Category:Template-Class Pop music articles">Template-Class Pop music articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:NA-importance_Pop_music_articles" title="Category:NA-importance Pop music articles">NA-importance Pop music articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pop_music_articles" title="Category:Pop music articles">Pop music articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Template-Class_music_genre_articles" title="Category:Template-Class music genre articles">Template-Class music genre articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Music_genres_task_force_articles" title="Category:Music genres task force articles">Music genres task force articles</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 17 July 2024, at 10:56<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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