Category talk:Songs by artist

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This category was nominated for deletion on 8 April 2021. The result of the discussion was keep.

Surname order?[edit]

Are songs in this category meant to be in order of surname of first name? Thorpe ^talk 19:14, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That seems to be the consensus. However, not everyone knows how to do this. One way is to add the following code to the category's page: {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Bryan}}. --GentlemanGhost (converse) 20:39, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Song covers[edit]

If an artist or band covers a song, should the song be categorized under both the original artist and the one who did the cover version? (On a related note, would the song be categorized under singles by year for each year someone released a version?) -- Gyrofrog (talk) 22:30, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I had a related question here, and haven't got any answer yet. — Mayast (talk) 12:57, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To my mind, it makes most sense to do this when there is significant material about that artist's version in the article, as opposed to a one-sentence mention or an entry in a list. Usually when this is the case, you will see two infoboxes within the same song's article. Others have suggested that you should only include it in the category if it was released as a single. That said, there doesn't appear to be guideline or consensus on the issue, so do what you think would be most helpful. --GentlemanGhost (converse) 20:48, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

merger from Category:Singles by artist[edit]

The discussion of a proposed merger of category: Singles by artist into this category is taking place here. Please go there to discuss it. Thanks!--Mike Selinker 22:28, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This activity is now up for debate here.--Mike Selinker 15:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]