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I've taken the liberty of revising the Dylan template you created a little while ago; it would have taken me longer to describe the changes I'd have suggested than to actually make them. The big change is to sort out the "standard" live albums separately -- the original version had several in the "albums" section, others in the "bootleg/live" section. Having gone that far, I then gave the "Bootleg Series" releases their own section; that's an intuitive call, and if it bothers you, just knock it back. Finally, klutz that I am, I can't figure out why my changes make the closing bracket visible, and nothing I've tried fixes it -- could you tell me what I've done wrong? Monicasdude 19:03, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I really liked you changes, I thought about making similar changes myself but didn't quite now how to do them - so I'm really glad that you did! I did some changes to the Bootleg Series, not showing the full title in the template. This was just an intuitive call from me, so if you relly don't like the changes it's just to revert them (I did them to make the template smaller a little bit smaller).
David Björklund 20:46, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your intuition is even better than mine. . . Monicasdude 03:10, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No, we're an unbeatable combination =)David Björklund 18:49, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Why does it no longer list albums and such like in the box, that was much easier to use, instead of having to navigate through various screens you could just click on what you wanted.

I was just wondering the same thing. It is rather inconvenient and don't match with other similar templates (such as The Beatles and other groups). If unless someone can give an explain this pretty quickly I am going to change it back. Datapharmer 05:43, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well Done, I would change it but I have no idea how!

All of these large templates are being revised, because they are too large and take over the page. The template should not list individual albums (the Beatles one does not do this); it should be short and small. --FuriousFreddy 12:55, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Another contributor added the film 65 Revisited to the Bob Dylan nav template today. It showed as a red link. I did a bit of reading (found some reviews on the web), and then wrote a short article. It's real rough; please feel free to expand and improve. Hult041956 (talk) 00:48, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do we really need to list every year of the NET? I think one link to Never Ending Tour would be enough; that page lists all the individual years anyway. The Wookieepedian (talk) 16:39, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To editors who keep moving the 1973 Dylan album and The Basement Tapes back into studio albums: they are compilations; you can find this fact detailed in just about any Dylan source book, biography, or critical discography. PJtP (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, Dylan and The Basement Tapes are clearly compilation albums by Wikipedia's own definition of a compilation album and are recognized as such by Expecting Rain's discography.

A studio album is a collection of songs recorded in a room set up for recordings. Generally not all recordings are chosen for the album, which would, by the definitions used here, make nearly every album released a compilation album. I have noted this discussion on the project page for further discussion. Menawhile I have reverted all changes made on this 5 year old unresolved discussion. --Richhoncho (talk) 10:04, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Compilation albums are usually compilations of songs already released. The songs on The Basement Tapes and Dylan are the first releases of those songs.

Compilation album is not a WP: rule or guideline, its an article and and thus unreliable -- and in fact it starts with "A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one performer or by several performers" which means that all or many studio albums are compilation albums (depending on what is meant by "separate recordings") which is false. But, it then goes on to give examples of compilation albums: greatest hits; box sets; tribute albums; singles albums; and other types, none of which apply to The Basement Tapes or Dylan. (also FWIW the albums' articles don't describe or treat them as compilation albums.)

It is true that The Basement Tapes sat in the vaults and songs did circulate on bootlegs first, but bootlegs aren't releases. It is true that Dylan is made of unreleased songs from two sessions a year apart for two other albums, but so? I see the points but IMO they're weak.

Expecting Rain's discography 404's, but even so it's one random guy's opinion I suppose... it's a fansite, looks to be reader posts, news links, and so on... that url does point to "/discussions/"... and a fan can be an expert on Bob Dylan without being an expert on what the definition of "compilation album" is.

Are we going to have to have an RfC on this. I want it explained to me why it is helpful to the reader to tell her that Dylan is more like a greatest hits album than a normal release.

Also, the two albums are listed twice, as compilation albums and studio albums. That's sloppy and not OK. Also, even if they were compilation, they're not "themed", as we call them (neither is Blues, despite the title) -- what's the theme? Herostratus (talk) 06:14, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Add Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese to the Films section. 174.44.211.149 (talk) 19:50, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: Please write a stub or other article for the film in question before requesting inclusion. Izno (talk) 20:02, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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divide all of the studio albums by decade, like the 1960s, 1970s, etc 2601:244:5580:A610:BD97:1DA2:8EB6:EBE7 (talk) 05:02, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 13:08, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]