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How come New Zealand isn't mentioned at all in this article? I'm quite sure country music is popular there, given that it's an English speaking country. 93.143.225.229 ( talk) 11:47, 22 July 2022 (UTC) some of these songs say fuck and ass and more
Hi all,
I apologize for blowing in so boldly earlier this month with lead and infobox edits. These edits were reverted, which is why I'm here in the talk section. I am here to say that I cringe when I read this lead, and it seems to have turned even worse since I last touched it. It's unwieldy, unorganized, and overall a big stinking mess.
My concerns, as follows.
Unsourced lists of genres appear three times in the article introduction: once in the infobox and twice in the lead text. Clearly these are a longstanding problem, since they were brought up over four years ago ( #Problematic, non-cited declaration) and nothing has constructively changed since then. In my lead rewrite from ~the 5th of this month, my primary goal was getting rid of these lists. I highlight the following cases:
I have additional concerns about the general article tone and content, but these are addressed well enough by other users (see #Problematic, non-cited declaration, #Recommended Sub-Section Changes - Topic too big for one page, and #problems at a glance). All in all, my main issue is the terrible lead and introduction. The rest can wait, it's contentious enough on its own.
If I have not been clear enough, I hope I can articulate myself better throughout the rest of this thread. Have a great day. 15:50, 30 December 2022 (UTC) Marisauna ( talk) 15:50, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
Country and Western mus ic are not the same. Country music is from Southeastern US, not Western US. Western Music is “cowboy music” from old Wild West US. Cowboy songs are story telling songs. A radio disc jockey worked at a radio station in the States somewhere and mixed genre of country music and western music songs played in the radio station and coined the term/genre of Country and Western Music. But the two genres are not the same. Country music is not also termed Country and Western. 2001:569:F95F:9400:70AF:AB64:657D:61A8 ( talk) 04:34, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
Unless I read over it. I would love to see someone who is more eloquent with words than I, to add Albert E Brumley to this. He might be gospel but his songs Ill Fly Away, Turn the Radio On etc.. are crossover songs that have had solid influence on country music and bluegrass. He might even be considered 1st generation country music if not early second generation. He wrote over 600 hundred songs and I heard (not fact) that Ill Fly Away has been translated into more languages than any other American Song 2605:46C0:1279:0:A180:AC91:A87B:F683 ( talk) 02:51, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
I redid the "Criticism" segment, renaming it to "Culture" and instead making it a segment within that section. I know that this is a sensitive topic, so to avoid any edit wars, I think we should all discuss the topic here. Sprucecopse ( talk) 21:57, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Millions on millions on millions — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C5E:4AF0:B210:D83D:9D0:1881:A9F9 ( talk) 21:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 23 January 2024 and 17 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): MatthewT04 ( article contribs).
— Assignment last updated by MatthewT04 ( talk) 04:16, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Removing or belittling Appalachian influence within the article must be corrected 2603:6011:F400:DAC:4492:FE1D:3BB1:95A6 ( talk) 14:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC)