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Thread #169606   Message #4100296
Posted By: Tony Rees
01-Apr-21 - 03:19 PM
Thread Name: Key folk figures absent from Wikipedia?
Subject: RE: Key folk figures absent from Wikipedia?
OK Joe, thanks for the explanation, so long as you can sleep happy in your bed, no problem...

Returning to the main topic of the thread:

** Announcement **

After a number of days of effort, as foreshadowed above, I have produced a concordance between the 1993 publication "The Guinness Who's Who of Folk Music" (553 primary entries, plus an additional 86 "add ons" of possible secondary interest) and the present content of Wikipedia; acts already with a WP article show up with a blue link, acts with no article (under the name specified) show up with a red one. The list has been adjusted for possible conflicts, for example the first name on the list, Doris Abrahams, clashes with an existing "Doris Abrahams" page that is for a different person, so behind-the-scenes that link (if it should be created) would go to a new page that does not yet exist, entitled "Doris Abrahams (singer-songwriter)". (There is also an existing Dick Miles, but not the musician, same would apply).

So, this list - which should be self maintaining - allows the interested party to make an assessment of the completeness of Wikipedia coverage (at any current or future time) as compared to the selection of names listed in the Guinness volume. I leave it to others to comment further, and/or address any missing entries as they feel fit...

Oh yes, the list is here:
Missing encyclopedic articles/The Guinness Who's Who of Folk Music


Cheers - Tony