Talk:Now That's What I Call Music! discography

Wikidata track list

One of the complaints about redirecting the UK Now albums in the discussions above was the loss of the track listing. A solution to this is to use Wikidata to record this information: see for example the entry for Now 2 at wikidata:Q7065796. Sometimes you'll need to create an entry for the song if it's not already on Wikidata, though because most of these are hits they're mostly on there already. Ping Aiken D. Fences&Windows 12:35, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

@Fences and windows: this seems like a good idea to me. I've never used Wikidata, but I guess I should learn how to add data and references, because I think it's likely that I will be able to do so in the near future. Richard3120 (talk) 15:04, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

According to WP:DATA, Wikidata should never be linked to within the body of an article. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 05:36, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

@Fences and windows: Would it not make more sense to link to the relevant pages on MusicBrainz? They already have not just the track listings, but lots of other associated data, it can be edited by interested parties and relevant pages on artists, etc. link back to Wikipedia. I'm not sure why we'd want to recreate the same data either in Wikipedia or Wikidata. GNU/Andrew (talk) 02:57, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Redirections to This Page

After the Now Dance 2007 page was just redirected here, I've flagged the remaining two UK Now Dance album pages for deletion. I can't see any reason to keep those two any more than the others.

Is there some consistent position on this? I find it strange that all but the first UK release in the main series has been folded into this page, but odd other releases still have their own page, and a large number still exist for the US and Australia, listed in the box in the footer. I can see why keeping the first ever release (UK Now 1) is notable, but why are we keeping e.g. Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (American series) but not the earlier UK Now 37? GNU/Andrew (talk) 02:57, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

Simply because nobody has got around to looking at the series outside of the main UK one, I guess. For what it's worth, growing up in the UK in the 1980s and reading music magazines, I'm fairly sure I remember seeing reviews for most of the first half dozen Now!s, as they were still something of a novelty then. But once they were joined by the Hits series from CBS/WEA at regular four-month intervals, interest trailed off very quickly. Apart from these early UK Now albums and possibly the first Christmas album, I agree that there is little point in having articles for any other Now album around the world. Virtually all "various artists" compilations are non-notable because there's nothing you can say about a bunch of old songs apart from the album's chart position. Richard3120 (talk) 03:12, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

"Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (U.S. series" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (U.S. series has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 February 11 § Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (U.S. series until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 03:43, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

"Now Dance 89 - 20 Smash Dance Hits (The 12" Mixes" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Now Dance 89 - 20 Smash Dance Hits (The 12" Mixes has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 19 § Now Dance 89 - 20 Smash Dance Hits (The 12" Mixes until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 22:12, 19 September 2024 (UTC)