Eponymous albums

[ColinJ]

So having written that "This is a list of albums whose title is exactly the same name as the artist who recorded it" why do you have to repeat the name of each album after the name of the artist/band?

 

[accountantpete]

Hours of fun spotting the omissions.

T.Rex

 

[ColinJ]

Hours of fun spotting the omissions.

T.Rex

I don't know how to do it, but it is possible to edit the entries in Wikipedia yourself.

I reckon there must be many times more self-titled albums than appear in that list.

I still can't find the one I was looking for. Ha - I just thought of it and it is not self-titled: Leftfield - Leftism!

 

[Red Light]

Would P.F.M.'s P.F.M.? P.F.M.! count?

 

[accountantpete]

I don't know how to do it, but it is possible to edit the entries in Wikipedia yourself.



I still can't find the one I was looking for. Ha - I just thought of it and it is not self-titled: Leftfield - Leftism!

It's suprisingly easy - I just went down to the bottom and clicked on expand and then entered the name. No need to register etc.

 

[ColinJ]

Would P.F.M.'s P.F.M.? P.F.M.! count?

Not quite; or rather - too much so!

It's suprisingly easy - I just went down to the bottom and clicked on expand and then entered the name. No need to register etc.

Oh! There must be some way for the edit process to be controlled otherwise people could just go on their and trash everything. It does say that your IP address is stored but there are ways of masking that.

 

[accountantpete]

Not quite; or rather - too much so!


Oh! There must be some way for the edit process to be controlled otherwise people could just go on their and trash everything. It does say that your IP address is stored but there are ways of masking that.

Try putting ColinJ ColinJ in and secure your immortalisation!

 

[ColinJ]

Try putting ColinJ ColinJ in and secure your immortalisation!

I'm still writing the songs!

 

[MontyVeda]

So having written that "This is a list of albums whose title is exactly the same name as the artist who recorded it" why do you have to repeat the name of each album after the name of the artist/band?

Because the name of the artist links to the artists main page and the name of the album links to the albums main page

 

[Chromatic]

Old Roberto Carlos has been prolific hasn't he? At least he never spent much time agonising over what to call his next album.
Anyway, see avatar for another they have missed.

 

[pepecat]

Presumably REM's 'Eponymous' album doesn't count......

 

[MontyVeda]

Oh! There must be some way for the edit process to be controlled otherwise people could just go on their and trash everything. It does say that your IP address is stored but there are ways of masking that.

That's the beauty of wikipedia, if you find a mistake and can source a reference, you can edit it yourself.

A couple of year back when wikipedia was being slated for being inaccurate a comparison study was conducted, Wikipedia vs. Encyclopaedia Britannica... the figures were approximately 140 innacurraces in EB and 160 in WP. The downside of EB is it's cast in print and soon out of date, where as WP can be re-edited 'til the cows come home.

Any edits do get flagged so a 'trusted' editor can go and check and change it back if need be, and in some cases, lock the page, as in this case.

 

[ColinJ]

Because the name of the artist links to the artists main page and the name of the album links to the albums main page

Ah - well spotted - it does make sense then!

Old Roberto Carlos has been prolific hasn't he? At least he never spent much time agonising over what to call his next album.

It must have been a bit confusing when he did more than one album in the same year though! Roberto Carlos (1981) and Roberto Carlos (1981-II)?

Presumably REM's 'Eponymous' album doesn't count......

I found that by accident when I was searching on Google to check the spelling of Eponymous, and no, it doesn't!

That's the beauty of wikipedia, if you find a mistake and can source a reference, you can edit it yourself.

A couple of year back when wikipedia was being slated for being inaccurate a comparison study was conducted, Wikipedia vs. Encyclopaedia Britannica... the figures were approximately 140 innacurraces in EB and 160 in WP. The downside of EB is it's cast in print and soon out of date, where as WP can be re-edited 'til the cows come home.

Any edits do get flagged so a 'trusted' editor can go and check and change it back if need be, and in some cases, lock the page, as in this case.

Ha ha - that's a bit sad really, isn't it - political point-scoring on Wikipedia!

 

[alecstilleyedye]

only got as far as A - all about eve…

 

[YahudaMoon]

Well I have the first album in the Wiki list !!! !!! They still have about 50'000 albums missing though