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Can we just get rid of the "notable instruments" field? I've never seen it used properly. It seems that people just use it to say "notable instruments -- keyboard, guitar" and not for even individual models of instrument. Especially not for its intended use of distinctly iconic instruments like it's supposed to be. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 23:10, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
|instrument=
, at
Jascha Heifetz,
Yehudi Menuhin,
David Oistrakh,
Itzhak Perlman and others there are dedicated sections (these articles often don't have an infobox), others, like
Joshua Bell, have neither, only a paragraph in the article. In short, there could be useful application of this field for some classical musicians, but the sky wouldn't fall in if it were removed. --
Michael Bednarek (
talk) 07:31, 9 January 2017 (UTC)In Ciara the background field is declared in template:infobox musical artist which is embedded into template:infobox person but the required heading: "Background information" with the desired background color (for solo_singer) doesn't appear. Can someone have a look at it and fix if possible? Jodosma (talk) 20:38, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
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I added the 'image upright' parameter. I tested it, and mission accomplished. If added, the doc subpage should be updated by adding info about that parameter. George Ho ( talk) 01:10, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
In several cases, musical artists are only notable for their activities during a certain period of time, such as Eurovision Song Contest artists. As a result, no sources are published later to state whether the artists are still active. Supposing the last mention of an artist following their début in 2008 was in 2012, should we say that they were active from 2009 to 2012, or 2009 to present (using en-dashes, of course)? — Tuxipεdia( talk) 19:37, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
This infobox should have a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame parameter in the same way, Template:Infobox NFL biography, Template:Infobox baseball biography, and Template:Infobox basketball biography. -- Flyguy33 ( talk) 14:03, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
Why is this the case? The comment is
The first part is almost correct. It should be if the image is smaller then 200 pixels. But why are we specifying a size for landscape images at all. Registered editors can set the size for thumbnails in their preferences and we should not suggest forcing an override this way.
I am proposing changing 220 to 200 and removing the landscape sizing completely. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 05:22, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
|thumb
or |frameless
, and are otherwise unsized, are displayed at 220px wide for unregistered users (see
WP:EIS#Type). Registered users may see them at a different size, if they have adjusted the setting at
Preferences →
Appearance → Thumbnail size:. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 11:56, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
Are you still on a 1024x760 resolution? At 200px, the infobox makes landscape shots look ridiculously tiny. I'm on a 1080p monitor so I see no issues regarding width.-- Ilovetopaint ( talk) 04:45, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
Renaming the "Instruments" field to "Performs on" would have several advantages. It's more specific about the field's intended purpose. It looks less awkward than calling vocals an instrument, particularly for performers who are primarily or exclusively vocalists. It might also make the infobox more appealing to WikiProject Classical Music—a whole other can of worms, I know—since it helps distinguish between composition, performance, and conducting. 192.251.46.111 ( talk) 12:42, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
I would like to suggest to convert this infobox into a wrapper of {{ Infobox person}} -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 21:11, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Can / should we have a mechanism to include an audio clip of the artist? Several audio clips of Welsh artists have recently been posted to c:Category:Audio files by Sain (Records) Ltd, and I have added thee to Bryn Terfel and to The Hennessys. Verbcatcher ( talk) 03:32, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
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Picture is 6 years outdated. Needs to be changed to recent photo to put inside the template requested. (photo will not have any copyright, only approved photo will be used to re-place out dated photo. kristen parker — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kparker11 ( talk • contribs) 23:14, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
{{
Infobox musical artist}}
. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 09:37, 18 July 2017 (UTC)I would like to discuss adding the "(deceased)" tag after a member's name in the info boxes when they have passed away. The reason being is that a few articles already do this, and something similar is done in other language Wikipedia articles too. I believe that this should always be done, especially if their passing is the reason they are no longer in the group. It maintains consistency and it is quick and factual as such would cause no harm at all. Please also note that some people do actually consider "(deceased)" as a part of a person's name, in the sense of any qualification suffixes, etc. Cexycy ( talk) 01:36, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
I can see this working on two or three conditions:
|death=y
adds a note ("(† = deceased)") below "Past members"-- Ilovetopaint ( talk) 09:26, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
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Trying to begin the process of creating a wikipedia page for Sugo Music Group/World Collective Recording Artist Mr. Sawed-Off. trying to use the template to simplify the process. CEO Sawed-Off ( talk) 22:18, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
{{
Infobox musical artist}}
. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned.
SparklingPessimist
Scream at me! 22:27, 26 August 2017 (UTC)So in this discussion from January, there seemed to be a loose consensus to remove the "notable instruments" field as it's rampantly misused. Every instance I've seen of it in use was just "keyboards, guitar" or something basic, like this. Others, like at Paul McCartney, are overrun with instruments that the artist has only used occasionally. I just don't think there are enough proper uses of this field to warrant keeping it in the box, and everyone in the linked discussion above seemed to support its removal. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 18:45, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
I think notable instruments, like McCartney's Höfner or Eric Clapton's various Strats, should be mentioned in the article text, with appropriate citations and evidence of notability. In those cases, the instrument is iconic enough that it's relevant information, but there are too many problems with the current approach:
Anecdotally, I've also noticed this field is mostly used in articles about guitarists and bassists, maybe one or two drummers as well. I don't see it used much for, say, keyboardists or saxophone players. Perhaps because those instruments are relatively more standardized, or the player cultures less gear-obsessed? Or is it just lack of interest among Wikipedia editors? Anyway, that's just my observation. 192.251.46.111 ( talk) 19:30, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
It seems that we have a number of editors who like the idea. Should we take this to an RfC or a town pump to get a bit more input, or should we just go ahead and make the change. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 01:19, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
HI, I'm fairly new at this, but I did run across a problem with including several of Craig Chaquico's guitars in "notable instruments" that were immediately taken down. I argued for each one that I put up on the talk page of that article, and so far, so good, they've been left alone. Having been involved with quite a few "notable" guitarists in my career, I observed that guitarists have very strong feelings about certain guitars they have played throughout their careers, more so than other musicians. I think it's interesting to note the differences between the various guitarists and why they have such passion about the instrument. Also, notable is the guitar maker's passion for building their individual instruments, each one an individual masterpiece. Believe me, no two are alike. I vote for continuing the field in the info box at this time. Cheryl Fullerton ( talk) 23:32, 2 September 2017 (UTC)Cheryl Fullerton
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Per the discussions above and in January, please remove the following from the template:
| header19 = {{#if:{{{Notable_instruments|{{{notable_instruments|}}}}}}|Notable instruments}} | class20 = note | data20 = {{{Notable_instruments|{{{notable_instruments|}}}}}}
After this is done, I will work to remove the parameters from the actual articles either manually or with my bot. Thanks! Nihlus 19:03, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
That lovely B-bot has been very generous in telling me that a number of audio clips I added have become orphaned (see my Talk page). This seems to be connected with the deprecation of the "Notable instruments" parameter since, as soon as I delete that parameter, the audio file once again becomes visible and non-orphaned. Is there a simple explanation for this? Do I need to take preventative action elsewhere? Does someone need to inform User:B? Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 11:03, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
|module=
; it was just spliced in at the end. The notable instruments line didn't know how to parse it, so it didn't show. Once it was removed, the other parameter it fell under managed to reveal it.
Here is how it should look as code.
Nihlus 11:24, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
|module=
for their extra music samples, or they might get bot alerts like me. I'll check my others. How long will that removal take to complete? It seems B-bot is only giving a week before the "orphaned" audio files are marked for deletion?
Martinevans123 (
talk) 11:37, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
Often, if someone sings and plays an instrument, "singer" is included along with "musician" in |occupation=
. This appears to be technically correct, since the definition of a musician is more limited: "a person who plays a musical instrument, especially as a profession", with musical instrument defined as "an object or device for producing musical sounds". However, |instrument=
states "Include singing, rapping, beatboxing and/or scat singing if relevant." This goes back to when the template was created.
[1] The voice isn't an "object or device", regardless of how it is used. Propose to remove this from |instrument=
and add "singer" to |occupation=
(and remove "singer-songwriter", which don't need to be combined). A problem is, where do rapping, beatboxing and/or scat singing fit? "Singing" usually involves words and a melody. Or just leave them out of the parameter descriptions and let editors decide what to do. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:21, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
|occupation=
, if the artist is well-known for both. It seems that if singer is included, adding "singing/vocals" in |instrument=
is duplicative. Plus, "singing/vocals" doesn't meet the usual definition of a musical instrument. Semantics – yes, but this is supposed to be an encyclopedia. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 18:28, 24 October 2017 (UTC)This
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Adding a death_cause
field for cause of death.
For example,
| death_cause: [[Colon cancer]]
Since this is used on other templates.
Let me know if there already is a "death_cause
" sorta parameter.
Thanks! :)
Apap04 (
talk) 03:21, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. —
JJMC89 (
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C) 04:14, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2017_November_18#Template:Infobox_Chinese-language_singer_and_actor. Thanks Timmyshin ( talk) 21:26, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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Please change to match {{
Infobox person}}
:
<span class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size:87%">{{{honorific_prefix|}}}
<span class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size:87%">{{{honorific_suffix|}}}
To this:
<span class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;">{{{honorific_prefix|}}}
<span class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;">{{{honorific_suffix|}}}
Thank-you.-- Nevé – selbert 11:26, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
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I think it would be great to have a parameter for a bands logo, so you can include the logo in the infobox. Kuriosatempel ( talk) 13:33, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. The topic has been discussed before (use the archive search box above to search for logo). You'll need to establish consensus to overturn the status quo.
Cabayi (
talk) 14:03, 6 January 2018 (UTC)Is there a way to see all pages that add a specific genre to the infobox? — Za wl 15:51, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
The website parameter was updated/fixed on T:ITV and I was hoping it would be updated here too. The url displayed is distorting the infobox. Template talk:Infobox television#Website parameter. CherryPie94 ( talk) 09:05, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
Why does this infobox force a non-default image size? Default is 220, but login-users can change it, but not with this infobox which forces 300px x 200px. I suggest to remove it. Christian75 ( talk) 11:47, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
|thumb
is specified, but infoboxes never use thumb images. For non-thumb images, the default size is the "natural" size of the image, which may be several thousand pixels wide. The MoS allows images in the lead section (which includes an infobox image) to be up to 300px wide. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 00:10, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
{{
Infobox}}
template, around which most other infobox templates are built, has no code to set the image size. It doesn't even have any code to handle an image - images are treated as if they were text; this means that if you don't specify anything other than the bare file name, that's what you get displayed:File:User-info.svg |
|thumb
since the result looks dreadful:|imagesize=
to set something else (see for example
Reddish South railway station). --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 23:29, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
|imagesize=x265px
, i.e. 265px high. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 11:56, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
To return to the original point - the question was (paraphrased) "why does this infobox force an image size rather than using/respecting the user's thumbnail preference setting, and can/should that behaviour be altered?". From the foregoing, I'd say it's clear that it can be altered to use/respect the user's thumbnail preference setting - and I personally support it being so altered, in line with other infoboxes which work that way. An override parameter, such as "|image_size =" could be provided for the rare occasions when there is a legitimate need to force a specific size, but that parameter's use where there is no demonstrable, legitimate reason should be strongly discouraged. -- Begoon 02:03, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
Can someone clarify whether "an artist's residence at the time when they started their musical career" is a valid definition of their origin? For example, if an artist was born in Dallas, Texas, moved to Houston, Texas at age 4, and still lived there when they began their career as a teenager, is it correct to say their origin is Houston, Texas? Thank you! Sportsfan77777 ( talk) 05:31, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
If this is the consensus, can we add to the template that an individual artist's hometown does not constitute their origin if they never performed there? The current wording is too vague. Sportsfan77777 ( talk) 18:04, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
Is there an easy way to add educational institution, Alma mater etc., e.g. for Burt Bacharach. Is there any criterion for adding? Or is it simply not allowed? Simply changing the template to Infobox person, just to be able to include Alma Mater, doesn't seem to be the best option as a number of music-only parameters are lost in the process. But this is what seems to have happened at e.g. John Legend and Irene Cara. Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 16:37, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
Years active parameter for bands is understood as the year the group formed, but what is the criteria for individual musicians? Is it the year they began performing music, regardless of when they were signed or began writing/recording a first record? Lapadite ( talk) 06:15, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
For the solo artist template, has it been discussed to add an parameter of residence? Some artists don't live where they were born. For instance, Del Barber resides in Inglis, Manitoba. Yes, I added a personal life section, but what about in the infobox? Mr. C.C. Hey yo! I didn't do it! 07:44, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi. There is a doubt in Talk:Camila Cabello#Instruments. There is two users (Alolanle and Basilosauridae) who decides on his own that the sources provided are sufficient to introduce these changes (the sources point out that the singer used the guitar for a same song "Never be The Same", and the piano also for a same song "Consequences") and both users claim other articles to defend their position WP:OTHERCONTENT when we are discussing specifically about Camila's article. Three users have argued that these changes can not be made due to Template:Infobox musical artist#instrument: "Instruments listed in the infobox should be limited to only those that the artist is primarily known for using". The changes have been reversed by different users and still: diff. diff, diff, diff, diff, diff. What should we do? I think would be helpful if someone provides clarity on the guidelines for the instruments section in the infobox. Thank you! -- Miaow 01:17, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
See
Template:Infobox musical artist/testcases#Limp Bizkit problem. There is a problem with
Limp Bizkit: the past members list is shown with bullets, but should not be. Examining the page source shows that the <ul>...</ul>
tags are absent: the three <li>...</li>
elements are directly inside a <td>...</td>
. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 20:56, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
<li>...</li>
incorrectly closing. we could probably fix it by inserting a newline at the end of the list, but it seems like the hack/fix should probably be in
Module:Infobox and not here.
Frietjes (
talk) 21:32, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
|data18=
in {{
Infobox}}
. This uses
Module:Infobox, so we're now in Lua territory, which is where I hit a wall. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 21:48, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
|current_members=
parameter; but if you add one, containing at least one item beginning with an asterisk (such as |current_members=*Foo
) and preview, the problem then appears on the Past members list. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 23:36, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
* [[DJ Lethal]]</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color: #b0c4de"><nowiki /></th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Past members</span></th><td>
. That fix is not a hack, but the correct solution.
Parsoid handles this properly unlike the PHP parser, but Parsoid is not going to replace PHP parser just yet, so this should be fixed.
SSastry (WMF) (
talk) 05:38, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, is there any reason why there's no |spouse=
or |partner=
parameter in this infobox? If there is no clear reason, can we get one added so it's somewhat parallel to {{
Infobox person}}? Thanks,
Cyphoidbomb (
talk) 00:49, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
I started to fill in the identifiers on the wikidata, property 'P1828 and the ISWC identifyer P1827 too. Please see the article Interested Parties Information. I suggest to make new line in the Artist Musical Infobox somewhere where it is usable. ZJ ( talk) 14:33, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
"Aim for generality (e.g. Hip hop rather than East Coast hip hop)" should be removed. That directly contradicts standard practice. If community consensus is to leave it general in the infobox, that's one thing, but this type of thing is generally reserved for the lead. If this were the actual case, We'd be listing things like 5FDP and Metallica as just " heavy metal". It sounds ridiculous, right? dannymusiceditor oops 18:20, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
@ SMcCandlish:: re your committed change I am not for the life of me seeing the use in Template:Infobox musical artist having both parameters Past_members and your edit today, former_members, co-exist. Perhaps you or someone can explain how they differ please? Also renewing and reboubling my interest in a "spouse" and/or "famous family members" parameter .. perhaps there's a Template InfoBox for musical artist **VS** musical act or musical band? Cheers mates. Vid2vid ( talk) 22:07, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
|past_members=
and |Past_members=
: not everyone's brains worth the same, and parameter aliases are "cheap". (It's not a duplicate parameter, and they do not differ; it's another name for the same parameter; we have about 10,000 templates with that feature.) I've been here over 12 years and I still can never remember that this template wants "past" instead of "former", because "past" doesn't seem to be quite normal English to me (it's not what most people would say in my dialect, which mostly uses "past" as a noun or preposition – "in the past I drove past that house"). So, I just fixed it. Another way of putting it: if it didn't break anything, don't worry about it. :-)I'm not sure why you're asking me about spouse/family stuff. But since you are, the consistency person in me starts to say it should be fine to import matching parameters from {{
Infobox person}}
code, but the pragmatist in me shouts that these parameters are misused all the time to present names of non-notable individuals (if mentioned at all they should be in the article body only). So we should not perpetuate the problem, and should maybe propose either removing these parameters from all infobox or disabling the original ones and creating new ones named notable_spouse, etc. The latter idea would "force" the scope to be limited, and would require people updating the templates to newly include these parameters with names that belong in them, and that would be a Good Thing. —
SMcCandlish
☏
¢ 😼 22:28, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
Can we add to the documentation that, not only should things like "Records" be omitted in cases like "Columbia Records", but also things like "Entertainment" and "Music" in things like Warner Music and SM Entertainment. Especially the "Entertainment" one, it's very common for Asian record labels in particular to use "Entertainment" in place of "Records": SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment, Big Hit Entertainment, Cube Entertainment, FNC Entertainment, Woollim Entertainment, etc. I feel like that creates the same redundancies the removal of "Records" seeks to avoid. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 18:53, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
[[Universal Records|Universal]]
rather than [[Universal Records]]
.)" Maybe we could try something like this?[[Universal Records|Universal]]
rather than [[Universal Records]]
.
DanielleTH
(Say hi!) 19:11, 27 November 2018 (UTC)There is an RFC on removing genres from infoboxes at WT:Manual of Style/Infoboxes#Request for comment on removing genres from musician, album, and song infoboxes — BillHPike ( talk, contribs) 16:23, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
I propose to convert this template to a wrapper of {{
Infobox person}}. The code draft has been prepared at {{
Infobox musical artist/sandbox2}} {{
Infobox musical artist/sandbox}}. For testcases, see {{
Infobox musical artist/testcases}}
Capankajsmilyo(
Talk |
Infobox assistance) 05:05, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Ping @ Zackmann08: @ Frietjes: @ Pigsonthewing:
Is there no spouse field to put in husband or wife? Govvy ( talk) 11:46, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
Also can we add a children counter parameter to put this inline with other info boxes, cheers, Govvy ( talk) 11:54, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
I'm having the same issue with a solo artist, would be glad for updated info. I see the musical artist Mariah Carey (the example used in the "Template:Infobox musical artist: " https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist ) does not use 'Infobox musical artist' in the actual Wikipedia article ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey ). 'Infobox person' is used for Mariah Carey instead, and includes spouses and children. If 'Infobox: musical artist' is going to continue to be viable, it appears some changes need to be made for solo artists. Beth Timken ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:16, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the time and input, Richard!
I can appreciate that some editors believe family members are not a key feature of a musical artist or some other public figure's lives and would wish to exclude these parameters from some infoboxes. This may be a good way to go.
I suppose it depends on several factors including the general public's perspective.
Though spouse and children are certainly not key to the music itself, they are key to the musician being profiled. What are the basics included in a person's obituary which sums up a person's life? A prominent feature is spouse and children.
.....
I did a cursory check on solo musical artists (including some from Nielsen 10 most popular music artists of 2018) and found all but one of them, Tom Jones, included spouse and children in the infobox and/or used 'Infobox person':
Mariah Carey • Celine Dion • Pavarotti • Sting • Cher • Engelbert Humperdinck • Ella Fitzgerald • Beyoncé • Eminem • Drake (musician) • The Weekend • Taylor Swift
.....
The public holds many different perspectives and a varying hierarchy of values. Some may have little interest in a subject's personal life, while it may be the first feature others will read.
It may be worth considering that 'Infobox musical artist' would better serve the broader public and have a wider use within Wikipedia if it allowed for spouse and children with solo artists.
I guess we'll have to see! Thanks again for your experience and perspective! Beth Timken ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:41, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
I imagine it would be best handled in the same manner as in 'infobox person' -- brief numbers in the infobox, details in "Personal life." Hopefully applied with sound judgement and finesse! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beth Timken ( talk • contribs) 19:54, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
If was handled the same way as Mick Jagger, who have similar relationships and subsequent children ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jagger ) then it would be:
Spouse(s): Patsy Kensit (m. 1997; div. 2000) Nicole Appleton (m. 2008; div. 2014)
Children: 4
Beth Timken ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:32, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
Categorization for a missing required |background=
is not always working correctly, see
Jaap Reesema where the text is appearing at the top of the article.
Frietjes.
MB 17:42, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
[[Category:Infobox musical artist with missing or invalid Background field|]]
doesn't work, but [[Category:Infobox musical artist with missing or invalid Background field| ]]
does work. also added urlencode which should take care of other bad input like brackets.
Frietjes (
talk) 17:59, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
Are there templates one can embed which would show a musician's teachers and notable students? Like Template:Infobox martial artist but proper for this use. Timmyshin ( talk) 15:05, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
I noticed that the explanation here for instrument says: "Include singing" However, the wikipedia article on musical instruments explains that a musical instruments excludes the use of the human body. How to make this consistent for Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diligens ( talk • contribs) 21:54, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
Maybe a stupid question after converting one {{
Infobox YouTube personality}}
to {{
Infobox musical artist}}
on
Emma Blackery: Some no-nonsense parameters are apparently missing in the infobox here, e.g., education=, or maybe require the slightly convoluted (for folks who never did this) embed method.
For a singer I also miss a vocal range= and a voice type= here. Even
Madonna listed as an example on the
/doc subpage doesn't have this, would that be some case of embed (singer info) within embed (musical info) within {{
Infobox person}}
, and if yes, could it be simplified by a new
Template:Infobox singer distributing all known info parameter names to various embedded templates by name, and recording everything else in a maintenance category? So far I only managed to add "soprano" on
d:Q15994935, but the reference there (a fan video) wouldn't be acceptable here. –
84.46.53.245 (
talk) 16:38, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
Meanwhile… I tested the embed-feature, it works as explained for "musical artist" embedded in "person", and is ugly like hell, the nice colour scheme of "musical artist" doesn't survive the procedure. Sadly, the workaround "person" embedded in "musical artist" doesn't work. – 84.46.53.95 ( talk) 04:51, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
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Can you add a spouse and children to the templete? 68.42.89.190 ( talk) 16:52, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Either
the guidance for the use of |associated_acts=
—As per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists and WP:Bandname, use sentence case for lists of band names. Example: The Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Who
—is wrong, or
the example using |associated_acts=
is not following the guidance. I'm pretty sure it's the later, although
WP:BANDNAME talks about sentence case in running prose, not (albeit flat) lists and I'm tired.
Fred Gandt ·
talk ·
contribs
09:58, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
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I am requesting adding a death cause information box, to use if a person is a singular artist or a particular artist in a band. Gavinxps ( talk) 22:23, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
A RfC which may affect this infobox's |origin=
, |birth_place=
, and |death_place=
parameters has been opened at
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Donald Kente Rwebangira (born April 10, 1996) professionally known as Young Donar, is an African rapper, singer &songwriter As an artist, he’s always been focused on creating epic music and composing songs in more than a genre. Basically he started composing music when he was on eight grade where he also participated in school’s music competitions such as freestyles, dancing and lip syncing
Career
He released his first single “24 Hours” on April 26, 2017 which was produced by “Everything’s Ghost” also known as Lindo Da Vido who also executively took action in the production on his debut EP titled “Travail” released on September 16, 2017. Working as an independent artist “Young Donar” went on and releasing another single titled “Enamored” on Oct 8, 2017. Without a doubt hes working hard to gain more people loving his music, he went on and released “See It All“, a single off his untitled project coming soon. Recently he released a heartfelt single titled “Wipe (Your Tears)” which is available on all music stores worldwide & more is expected to come.
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Meep?) 13:38, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
Could a pronoun infobox field be added for use on pages dedicated to individual musicians? With more people using neutral pronouns it would be a helpful reference point for both future editors and readers of the page. Lewishhh ( talk) 09:59, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
is it okay to add spouse details to the template, as it will be relevant while reflecting their profile. Qowa ( talk) 12:11, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
... musical attributes ...
}}
Radiohead, for example, has Clive Deamer as a frequent member during live performances, and he is on The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement, an official live in a studio album. Is there a way to list members such as this one in the infobox? Should there be? DemonDays64 ( talk) 22:10, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
So Infobox person had an extensive discussion about moving the native name up to the header of the infobox, so I wanted to bring it over to here as I feel much of the points made there apply to musicians. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 07:07, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
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Change all use of "he or she" to "they" 143.167.28.80 ( talk) 13:09, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
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Please change the native name parameter as discussed on Infobox person per BLP policies... I started a discussion on this topic for this template over a month ago with no opposition. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 15:50, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
In "For articles about individuals", the **Mandatory** options are only: "solo_singer", "non_vocal_instrumentalist", "non_performing_personnel", or "temporary". A huge percentage, if not a majority, of individuals whose notability is as members of small to medium sized musical groups would fall under something else, such as "instrumentalist_and_vocalist" or "harmonizing_instrumentalist" or"instrumentalist_and_backing_vocalist". As examples, all four of the Beatles, in their individual articles, are listed as "solo_singer". While all were sometimes solo singers, especially on their own albums, they were all also instrumentalists at all times, with George Harrison and Ringo Starr usually being much more important as players than as singers while in the Beatles. Also, Lennon and McCartney were multi-instrumentalists, but that's another kettle if fish. An addition to the options needs to be made. GWFrog ( talk) 22:34, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
solo_singer
and non_vocal_instrumentalist
. Reuse the yellow background for a new option of individual
. That would give us the following:solo_singer
and non_vocal_instrumentalist
, and replace with individual
which would be a catch-all for singers, players and conductors, including the many folks who have both sung and played instruments in bands and/or as solo artists. --
kingboyk (
talk) 00:21, 19 March 2020 (UTC)What's the deal with years_active parameter? Why is it advised to use {{ Start date}} for groups, but not for individual artists? I hardly seen any band's article use it (Metallica, Megadeth or Slayer come to mind first). – Sabbatino ( talk) 06:51, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
Parameter | Infobox musical artist | Infobox person |
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1 | ||
2 | ||
3 | ||
4 | ||
5 | ||
abovestyle | ||
agent | ||
alias | ||
Alias | ||
alma mater | ||
alma_mater | ||
alt | ||
associated_acts | ||
Associated_acts | ||
awards | ||
background | ||
Background | ||
baptised | ||
baptized | ||
birth_date | ||
birth_name | ||
Birth_name | ||
birth_place | ||
birthname | ||
boards | ||
body discovered | ||
body_discovered | ||
box_width | ||
burial_coordinates | ||
burial_place | ||
callsign | ||
caption | ||
child | ||
children | ||
citizenship | ||
credits | ||
criminal charge | ||
criminal penalty | ||
criminal status | ||
criminal_charge | ||
criminal_charges | ||
criminal_penalty | ||
criminal_status | ||
current_members | ||
Current_members | ||
death cause | ||
death_cause | ||
death_date | ||
death_place | ||
denomination | ||
disappeared_date | ||
disappeared_place | ||
disappeared_status | ||
domestic_partner | ||
domesticpartner | ||
education | ||
embed | ||
employer | ||
era | ||
ethnicity | ||
family | ||
father | ||
footnotes | ||
former_members | ||
Former_members | ||
genre | ||
Genre | ||
height | ||
height_cm | ||
height_ft | ||
height_in | ||
height_m | ||
home town | ||
home_town | ||
homepage | ||
honorific prefix | ||
honorific suffix | ||
honorific_prefix | ||
honorific_suffix | ||
honorific-prefix | ||
honorific-suffix | ||
honors | ||
honours | ||
image | ||
image caption | ||
image size | ||
image_caption | ||
image_size | ||
image_upright | ||
imagesize | ||
Img | ||
Img_alt | ||
Img_capt | ||
Img_size | ||
Img_upright | ||
influenced | ||
influences | ||
instrument | ||
Instrument | ||
instruments | ||
judicial status | ||
judicial_status | ||
known | ||
known for | ||
known_for | ||
label | ||
Label | ||
label_name | ||
landscape | ||
Landscape | ||
misc | ||
misc2 | ||
misc3 | ||
misc4 | ||
misc5 | ||
misc6 | ||
module | ||
module2 | ||
module3 | ||
module4 | ||
module5 | ||
module6 | ||
monuments | ||
mother | ||
movement | ||
name | ||
Name | ||
nationality | ||
native_name | ||
native_name_lang | ||
net worth | ||
net_worth | ||
networth | ||
nickname | ||
nocat_wdimage | ||
notable works | ||
notable_works | ||
occupation | ||
Occupation | ||
occupations | ||
Occupations | ||
office | ||
opponents | ||
organisation | ||
organization | ||
organizations | ||
origin | ||
Origin | ||
other names | ||
other_names | ||
othername | ||
parents | ||
partner | ||
partner(s) | ||
partners | ||
party | ||
past_members | ||
Past_members | ||
post-nominals | ||
pre-nominals | ||
predecessor | ||
pronunciation | ||
relations | ||
relatives | ||
religion | ||
residence | ||
resting place | ||
resting place coordinates | ||
resting_place | ||
resting_place_coordinates | ||
restingplace | ||
restingplacecoordinates | ||
siglum | ||
signature | ||
signature alt | ||
signature_alt | ||
signature_size | ||
spouse | ||
spouse(s) | ||
spouses | ||
status | ||
style | ||
successor | ||
television | ||
term | ||
title | ||
url | ||
URL | ||
website | ||
works | ||
years active | ||
years_active | ||
Years_active | ||
yearsactive |
This template should be converted into wrapper of {{ Infobox person}} Capankajsmilyo( Talk | Infobox assistance) 03:18, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
|..._members=
parameters would never make sense in Infobox person. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 05:28, 24 March 2020 (UTC)I was wondering whether for artists like
Paul McCartney - who has made at least one entire album where he played everything - a reasonable option for the instrument
field might be
Multi-instrumentalist?
Note: I am not proposing at this stage to change any article; rather to initiate discussion on whether the above might be a reasonable suggestion to make in the template instructions, or not. -- kingboyk ( talk) 23:32, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Vocals ThatieY ( talk) 21:04, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
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I added additional information about the musical artist, ThatieY
I request to write about ThatieY as a musical artist and I want his name to pop up when searched ThatieY ( talk) 21:03, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
1 ThatieY ( talk) 21:04, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
I added additional information on the artist
I request to write about ThatieY ThatieY ( talk) 21:14, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
Is there any reason why the |spouse=
/ |partner=
parameters don't exist for this infobox? If there is no reason, can we add them so we're more consistent with Infobox person? Thanks,
Cyphoidbomb (
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Please apply
this sandbox edit. It passes |caption=
to
Module:InfoboxImage, so that the caption is machine-readably associated with the image itself, and can be used by tools like the Multimedia Viewer. Thanks in advance, —
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Please swap the order of "occupation(s)" and "genre(s)", so that "occupation(s)" appears first. Presently we see output such as:
However, "genre" does not make logical sense unless "occupation" is already known, so these two are logically in the incorrect order. This seems to be a feature of the way the template is internally coded, and not of the order in which the fields are specified in the article itself. 2A00:23C8:7B08:6A00:590A:A221:5903:554 ( talk) 00:31, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
{{
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template. —
JJMC89 (
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"Acts with which this act has collaborated on multiple occasions, or on an album, or toured with as a single collaboration act playing together". I'm a bit concerned here. I see the first point, "multiple occasions", but collaborating on an album is a problem. You end up with a lot of session players in jazz bands playing on one album and then never being associated again. Also, touring together once isn't really a strong association. The key is that the association is "significant and notable to this artist's career." Can break this point down so "collaborated on multiple occasions" stands apart from the others, and I'd even be in favour of removing the last one as it's clearly not significant and notable to most artist's careers. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 16:49, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
I think the biggest omission from this template is a section for the songs and/or albums that the artist is best known for. If you are reading an article about a band that has only a few well known songs, it helps to have that info up front on the infobox. For more prolific artists, their biggest known works could be listed. This would be very useful to help create immediate context for these articles, as it would allow readers to quickly find notable examples of the artist's music to understand the part of their history that can't be expressed in text. As it stands, you have to skim through articles to find that info, which takes up more time than should be neccasary, given that we have this template already. -- 24.91.247.53 ( talk) 20:17, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
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I think we should add the "Cause of death" parameter because many musicians die of notable causes like suicide, drug overdose, murder, plane crash, etc. Iamreallygoodatcheckers ( talk) 20:24, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
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Archive 10 | ← | Archive 12 | Archive 13 | Archive 14 | Archive 15 | Archive 16 | Archive 17 |
Can we just get rid of the "notable instruments" field? I've never seen it used properly. It seems that people just use it to say "notable instruments -- keyboard, guitar" and not for even individual models of instrument. Especially not for its intended use of distinctly iconic instruments like it's supposed to be. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 23:10, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
|instrument=
, at
Jascha Heifetz,
Yehudi Menuhin,
David Oistrakh,
Itzhak Perlman and others there are dedicated sections (these articles often don't have an infobox), others, like
Joshua Bell, have neither, only a paragraph in the article. In short, there could be useful application of this field for some classical musicians, but the sky wouldn't fall in if it were removed. --
Michael Bednarek (
talk) 07:31, 9 January 2017 (UTC)In Ciara the background field is declared in template:infobox musical artist which is embedded into template:infobox person but the required heading: "Background information" with the desired background color (for solo_singer) doesn't appear. Can someone have a look at it and fix if possible? Jodosma (talk) 20:38, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
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I added the 'image upright' parameter. I tested it, and mission accomplished. If added, the doc subpage should be updated by adding info about that parameter. George Ho ( talk) 01:10, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
In several cases, musical artists are only notable for their activities during a certain period of time, such as Eurovision Song Contest artists. As a result, no sources are published later to state whether the artists are still active. Supposing the last mention of an artist following their début in 2008 was in 2012, should we say that they were active from 2009 to 2012, or 2009 to present (using en-dashes, of course)? — Tuxipεdia( talk) 19:37, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
This infobox should have a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame parameter in the same way, Template:Infobox NFL biography, Template:Infobox baseball biography, and Template:Infobox basketball biography. -- Flyguy33 ( talk) 14:03, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
Why is this the case? The comment is
The first part is almost correct. It should be if the image is smaller then 200 pixels. But why are we specifying a size for landscape images at all. Registered editors can set the size for thumbnails in their preferences and we should not suggest forcing an override this way.
I am proposing changing 220 to 200 and removing the landscape sizing completely. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 05:22, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
|thumb
or |frameless
, and are otherwise unsized, are displayed at 220px wide for unregistered users (see
WP:EIS#Type). Registered users may see them at a different size, if they have adjusted the setting at
Preferences →
Appearance → Thumbnail size:. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 11:56, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
Are you still on a 1024x760 resolution? At 200px, the infobox makes landscape shots look ridiculously tiny. I'm on a 1080p monitor so I see no issues regarding width.-- Ilovetopaint ( talk) 04:45, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
Renaming the "Instruments" field to "Performs on" would have several advantages. It's more specific about the field's intended purpose. It looks less awkward than calling vocals an instrument, particularly for performers who are primarily or exclusively vocalists. It might also make the infobox more appealing to WikiProject Classical Music—a whole other can of worms, I know—since it helps distinguish between composition, performance, and conducting. 192.251.46.111 ( talk) 12:42, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
I would like to suggest to convert this infobox into a wrapper of {{ Infobox person}} -- Pankaj Jain Capankajsmilyo ( talk · contribs · count) 21:11, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Can / should we have a mechanism to include an audio clip of the artist? Several audio clips of Welsh artists have recently been posted to c:Category:Audio files by Sain (Records) Ltd, and I have added thee to Bryn Terfel and to The Hennessys. Verbcatcher ( talk) 03:32, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
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Picture is 6 years outdated. Needs to be changed to recent photo to put inside the template requested. (photo will not have any copyright, only approved photo will be used to re-place out dated photo. kristen parker — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kparker11 ( talk • contribs) 23:14, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
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Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 09:37, 18 July 2017 (UTC)I would like to discuss adding the "(deceased)" tag after a member's name in the info boxes when they have passed away. The reason being is that a few articles already do this, and something similar is done in other language Wikipedia articles too. I believe that this should always be done, especially if their passing is the reason they are no longer in the group. It maintains consistency and it is quick and factual as such would cause no harm at all. Please also note that some people do actually consider "(deceased)" as a part of a person's name, in the sense of any qualification suffixes, etc. Cexycy ( talk) 01:36, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
I can see this working on two or three conditions:
|death=y
adds a note ("(† = deceased)") below "Past members"-- Ilovetopaint ( talk) 09:26, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
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Trying to begin the process of creating a wikipedia page for Sugo Music Group/World Collective Recording Artist Mr. Sawed-Off. trying to use the template to simplify the process. CEO Sawed-Off ( talk) 22:18, 26 August 2017 (UTC)
{{
Infobox musical artist}}
. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned.
SparklingPessimist
Scream at me! 22:27, 26 August 2017 (UTC)So in this discussion from January, there seemed to be a loose consensus to remove the "notable instruments" field as it's rampantly misused. Every instance I've seen of it in use was just "keyboards, guitar" or something basic, like this. Others, like at Paul McCartney, are overrun with instruments that the artist has only used occasionally. I just don't think there are enough proper uses of this field to warrant keeping it in the box, and everyone in the linked discussion above seemed to support its removal. Ten Pound Hammer • ( What did I screw up now?) 18:45, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
I think notable instruments, like McCartney's Höfner or Eric Clapton's various Strats, should be mentioned in the article text, with appropriate citations and evidence of notability. In those cases, the instrument is iconic enough that it's relevant information, but there are too many problems with the current approach:
Anecdotally, I've also noticed this field is mostly used in articles about guitarists and bassists, maybe one or two drummers as well. I don't see it used much for, say, keyboardists or saxophone players. Perhaps because those instruments are relatively more standardized, or the player cultures less gear-obsessed? Or is it just lack of interest among Wikipedia editors? Anyway, that's just my observation. 192.251.46.111 ( talk) 19:30, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
It seems that we have a number of editors who like the idea. Should we take this to an RfC or a town pump to get a bit more input, or should we just go ahead and make the change. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 01:19, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
HI, I'm fairly new at this, but I did run across a problem with including several of Craig Chaquico's guitars in "notable instruments" that were immediately taken down. I argued for each one that I put up on the talk page of that article, and so far, so good, they've been left alone. Having been involved with quite a few "notable" guitarists in my career, I observed that guitarists have very strong feelings about certain guitars they have played throughout their careers, more so than other musicians. I think it's interesting to note the differences between the various guitarists and why they have such passion about the instrument. Also, notable is the guitar maker's passion for building their individual instruments, each one an individual masterpiece. Believe me, no two are alike. I vote for continuing the field in the info box at this time. Cheryl Fullerton ( talk) 23:32, 2 September 2017 (UTC)Cheryl Fullerton
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Per the discussions above and in January, please remove the following from the template:
| header19 = {{#if:{{{Notable_instruments|{{{notable_instruments|}}}}}}|Notable instruments}} | class20 = note | data20 = {{{Notable_instruments|{{{notable_instruments|}}}}}}
After this is done, I will work to remove the parameters from the actual articles either manually or with my bot. Thanks! Nihlus 19:03, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
That lovely B-bot has been very generous in telling me that a number of audio clips I added have become orphaned (see my Talk page). This seems to be connected with the deprecation of the "Notable instruments" parameter since, as soon as I delete that parameter, the audio file once again becomes visible and non-orphaned. Is there a simple explanation for this? Do I need to take preventative action elsewhere? Does someone need to inform User:B? Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 11:03, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
|module=
; it was just spliced in at the end. The notable instruments line didn't know how to parse it, so it didn't show. Once it was removed, the other parameter it fell under managed to reveal it.
Here is how it should look as code.
Nihlus 11:24, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
|module=
for their extra music samples, or they might get bot alerts like me. I'll check my others. How long will that removal take to complete? It seems B-bot is only giving a week before the "orphaned" audio files are marked for deletion?
Martinevans123 (
talk) 11:37, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
Often, if someone sings and plays an instrument, "singer" is included along with "musician" in |occupation=
. This appears to be technically correct, since the definition of a musician is more limited: "a person who plays a musical instrument, especially as a profession", with musical instrument defined as "an object or device for producing musical sounds". However, |instrument=
states "Include singing, rapping, beatboxing and/or scat singing if relevant." This goes back to when the template was created.
[1] The voice isn't an "object or device", regardless of how it is used. Propose to remove this from |instrument=
and add "singer" to |occupation=
(and remove "singer-songwriter", which don't need to be combined). A problem is, where do rapping, beatboxing and/or scat singing fit? "Singing" usually involves words and a melody. Or just leave them out of the parameter descriptions and let editors decide what to do. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:21, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
|occupation=
, if the artist is well-known for both. It seems that if singer is included, adding "singing/vocals" in |instrument=
is duplicative. Plus, "singing/vocals" doesn't meet the usual definition of a musical instrument. Semantics – yes, but this is supposed to be an encyclopedia. —
Ojorojo (
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Adding a death_cause
field for cause of death.
For example,
| death_cause: [[Colon cancer]]
Since this is used on other templates.
Let me know if there already is a "death_cause
" sorta parameter.
Thanks! :)
Apap04 (
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You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2017_November_18#Template:Infobox_Chinese-language_singer_and_actor. Thanks Timmyshin ( talk) 21:26, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
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Please change to match {{
Infobox person}}
:
<span class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size:87%">{{{honorific_prefix|}}}
<span class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size:87%">{{{honorific_suffix|}}}
To this:
<span class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;">{{{honorific_prefix|}}}
<span class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;">{{{honorific_suffix|}}}
Thank-you.-- Nevé – selbert 11:26, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
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I think it would be great to have a parameter for a bands logo, so you can include the logo in the infobox. Kuriosatempel ( talk) 13:33, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
{{
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template. The topic has been discussed before (use the archive search box above to search for logo). You'll need to establish consensus to overturn the status quo.
Cabayi (
talk) 14:03, 6 January 2018 (UTC)Is there a way to see all pages that add a specific genre to the infobox? — Za wl 15:51, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
The website parameter was updated/fixed on T:ITV and I was hoping it would be updated here too. The url displayed is distorting the infobox. Template talk:Infobox television#Website parameter. CherryPie94 ( talk) 09:05, 15 February 2018 (UTC)
Why does this infobox force a non-default image size? Default is 220, but login-users can change it, but not with this infobox which forces 300px x 200px. I suggest to remove it. Christian75 ( talk) 11:47, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
|thumb
is specified, but infoboxes never use thumb images. For non-thumb images, the default size is the "natural" size of the image, which may be several thousand pixels wide. The MoS allows images in the lead section (which includes an infobox image) to be up to 300px wide. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 00:10, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
{{
Infobox}}
template, around which most other infobox templates are built, has no code to set the image size. It doesn't even have any code to handle an image - images are treated as if they were text; this means that if you don't specify anything other than the bare file name, that's what you get displayed:File:User-info.svg |
|thumb
since the result looks dreadful:|imagesize=
to set something else (see for example
Reddish South railway station). --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 23:29, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
|imagesize=x265px
, i.e. 265px high. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 11:56, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
To return to the original point - the question was (paraphrased) "why does this infobox force an image size rather than using/respecting the user's thumbnail preference setting, and can/should that behaviour be altered?". From the foregoing, I'd say it's clear that it can be altered to use/respect the user's thumbnail preference setting - and I personally support it being so altered, in line with other infoboxes which work that way. An override parameter, such as "|image_size =" could be provided for the rare occasions when there is a legitimate need to force a specific size, but that parameter's use where there is no demonstrable, legitimate reason should be strongly discouraged. -- Begoon 02:03, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
Can someone clarify whether "an artist's residence at the time when they started their musical career" is a valid definition of their origin? For example, if an artist was born in Dallas, Texas, moved to Houston, Texas at age 4, and still lived there when they began their career as a teenager, is it correct to say their origin is Houston, Texas? Thank you! Sportsfan77777 ( talk) 05:31, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
If this is the consensus, can we add to the template that an individual artist's hometown does not constitute their origin if they never performed there? The current wording is too vague. Sportsfan77777 ( talk) 18:04, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
Is there an easy way to add educational institution, Alma mater etc., e.g. for Burt Bacharach. Is there any criterion for adding? Or is it simply not allowed? Simply changing the template to Infobox person, just to be able to include Alma Mater, doesn't seem to be the best option as a number of music-only parameters are lost in the process. But this is what seems to have happened at e.g. John Legend and Irene Cara. Thanks. Martinevans123 ( talk) 16:37, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
Years active parameter for bands is understood as the year the group formed, but what is the criteria for individual musicians? Is it the year they began performing music, regardless of when they were signed or began writing/recording a first record? Lapadite ( talk) 06:15, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
For the solo artist template, has it been discussed to add an parameter of residence? Some artists don't live where they were born. For instance, Del Barber resides in Inglis, Manitoba. Yes, I added a personal life section, but what about in the infobox? Mr. C.C. Hey yo! I didn't do it! 07:44, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
Hi. There is a doubt in Talk:Camila Cabello#Instruments. There is two users (Alolanle and Basilosauridae) who decides on his own that the sources provided are sufficient to introduce these changes (the sources point out that the singer used the guitar for a same song "Never be The Same", and the piano also for a same song "Consequences") and both users claim other articles to defend their position WP:OTHERCONTENT when we are discussing specifically about Camila's article. Three users have argued that these changes can not be made due to Template:Infobox musical artist#instrument: "Instruments listed in the infobox should be limited to only those that the artist is primarily known for using". The changes have been reversed by different users and still: diff. diff, diff, diff, diff, diff. What should we do? I think would be helpful if someone provides clarity on the guidelines for the instruments section in the infobox. Thank you! -- Miaow 01:17, 24 June 2018 (UTC)
See
Template:Infobox musical artist/testcases#Limp Bizkit problem. There is a problem with
Limp Bizkit: the past members list is shown with bullets, but should not be. Examining the page source shows that the <ul>...</ul>
tags are absent: the three <li>...</li>
elements are directly inside a <td>...</td>
. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 20:56, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
<li>...</li>
incorrectly closing. we could probably fix it by inserting a newline at the end of the list, but it seems like the hack/fix should probably be in
Module:Infobox and not here.
Frietjes (
talk) 21:32, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
|data18=
in {{
Infobox}}
. This uses
Module:Infobox, so we're now in Lua territory, which is where I hit a wall. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 21:48, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
|current_members=
parameter; but if you add one, containing at least one item beginning with an asterisk (such as |current_members=*Foo
) and preview, the problem then appears on the Past members list. --
Redrose64 🌹 (
talk) 23:36, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
* [[DJ Lethal]]</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;background-color: #b0c4de"><nowiki /></th></tr><tr><th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Past members</span></th><td>
. That fix is not a hack, but the correct solution.
Parsoid handles this properly unlike the PHP parser, but Parsoid is not going to replace PHP parser just yet, so this should be fixed.
SSastry (WMF) (
talk) 05:38, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi there, is there any reason why there's no |spouse=
or |partner=
parameter in this infobox? If there is no clear reason, can we get one added so it's somewhat parallel to {{
Infobox person}}? Thanks,
Cyphoidbomb (
talk) 00:49, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
I started to fill in the identifiers on the wikidata, property 'P1828 and the ISWC identifyer P1827 too. Please see the article Interested Parties Information. I suggest to make new line in the Artist Musical Infobox somewhere where it is usable. ZJ ( talk) 14:33, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
"Aim for generality (e.g. Hip hop rather than East Coast hip hop)" should be removed. That directly contradicts standard practice. If community consensus is to leave it general in the infobox, that's one thing, but this type of thing is generally reserved for the lead. If this were the actual case, We'd be listing things like 5FDP and Metallica as just " heavy metal". It sounds ridiculous, right? dannymusiceditor oops 18:20, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
@ SMcCandlish:: re your committed change I am not for the life of me seeing the use in Template:Infobox musical artist having both parameters Past_members and your edit today, former_members, co-exist. Perhaps you or someone can explain how they differ please? Also renewing and reboubling my interest in a "spouse" and/or "famous family members" parameter .. perhaps there's a Template InfoBox for musical artist **VS** musical act or musical band? Cheers mates. Vid2vid ( talk) 22:07, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
|past_members=
and |Past_members=
: not everyone's brains worth the same, and parameter aliases are "cheap". (It's not a duplicate parameter, and they do not differ; it's another name for the same parameter; we have about 10,000 templates with that feature.) I've been here over 12 years and I still can never remember that this template wants "past" instead of "former", because "past" doesn't seem to be quite normal English to me (it's not what most people would say in my dialect, which mostly uses "past" as a noun or preposition – "in the past I drove past that house"). So, I just fixed it. Another way of putting it: if it didn't break anything, don't worry about it. :-)I'm not sure why you're asking me about spouse/family stuff. But since you are, the consistency person in me starts to say it should be fine to import matching parameters from {{
Infobox person}}
code, but the pragmatist in me shouts that these parameters are misused all the time to present names of non-notable individuals (if mentioned at all they should be in the article body only). So we should not perpetuate the problem, and should maybe propose either removing these parameters from all infobox or disabling the original ones and creating new ones named notable_spouse, etc. The latter idea would "force" the scope to be limited, and would require people updating the templates to newly include these parameters with names that belong in them, and that would be a Good Thing. —
SMcCandlish
☏
¢ 😼 22:28, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
Can we add to the documentation that, not only should things like "Records" be omitted in cases like "Columbia Records", but also things like "Entertainment" and "Music" in things like Warner Music and SM Entertainment. Especially the "Entertainment" one, it's very common for Asian record labels in particular to use "Entertainment" in place of "Records": SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment, Big Hit Entertainment, Cube Entertainment, FNC Entertainment, Woollim Entertainment, etc. I feel like that creates the same redundancies the removal of "Records" seeks to avoid. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 18:53, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
[[Universal Records|Universal]]
rather than [[Universal Records]]
.)" Maybe we could try something like this?[[Universal Records|Universal]]
rather than [[Universal Records]]
.
DanielleTH
(Say hi!) 19:11, 27 November 2018 (UTC)There is an RFC on removing genres from infoboxes at WT:Manual of Style/Infoboxes#Request for comment on removing genres from musician, album, and song infoboxes — BillHPike ( talk, contribs) 16:23, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
I propose to convert this template to a wrapper of {{
Infobox person}}. The code draft has been prepared at {{
Infobox musical artist/sandbox2}} {{
Infobox musical artist/sandbox}}. For testcases, see {{
Infobox musical artist/testcases}}
Capankajsmilyo(
Talk |
Infobox assistance) 05:05, 27 October 2018 (UTC)
Ping @ Zackmann08: @ Frietjes: @ Pigsonthewing:
Is there no spouse field to put in husband or wife? Govvy ( talk) 11:46, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
Also can we add a children counter parameter to put this inline with other info boxes, cheers, Govvy ( talk) 11:54, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
I'm having the same issue with a solo artist, would be glad for updated info. I see the musical artist Mariah Carey (the example used in the "Template:Infobox musical artist: " https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist ) does not use 'Infobox musical artist' in the actual Wikipedia article ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey ). 'Infobox person' is used for Mariah Carey instead, and includes spouses and children. If 'Infobox: musical artist' is going to continue to be viable, it appears some changes need to be made for solo artists. Beth Timken ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:16, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the time and input, Richard!
I can appreciate that some editors believe family members are not a key feature of a musical artist or some other public figure's lives and would wish to exclude these parameters from some infoboxes. This may be a good way to go.
I suppose it depends on several factors including the general public's perspective.
Though spouse and children are certainly not key to the music itself, they are key to the musician being profiled. What are the basics included in a person's obituary which sums up a person's life? A prominent feature is spouse and children.
.....
I did a cursory check on solo musical artists (including some from Nielsen 10 most popular music artists of 2018) and found all but one of them, Tom Jones, included spouse and children in the infobox and/or used 'Infobox person':
Mariah Carey • Celine Dion • Pavarotti • Sting • Cher • Engelbert Humperdinck • Ella Fitzgerald • Beyoncé • Eminem • Drake (musician) • The Weekend • Taylor Swift
.....
The public holds many different perspectives and a varying hierarchy of values. Some may have little interest in a subject's personal life, while it may be the first feature others will read.
It may be worth considering that 'Infobox musical artist' would better serve the broader public and have a wider use within Wikipedia if it allowed for spouse and children with solo artists.
I guess we'll have to see! Thanks again for your experience and perspective! Beth Timken ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:41, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
I imagine it would be best handled in the same manner as in 'infobox person' -- brief numbers in the infobox, details in "Personal life." Hopefully applied with sound judgement and finesse! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beth Timken ( talk • contribs) 19:54, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
If was handled the same way as Mick Jagger, who have similar relationships and subsequent children ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jagger ) then it would be:
Spouse(s): Patsy Kensit (m. 1997; div. 2000) Nicole Appleton (m. 2008; div. 2014)
Children: 4
Beth Timken ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:32, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
Categorization for a missing required |background=
is not always working correctly, see
Jaap Reesema where the text is appearing at the top of the article.
Frietjes.
MB 17:42, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
[[Category:Infobox musical artist with missing or invalid Background field|]]
doesn't work, but [[Category:Infobox musical artist with missing or invalid Background field| ]]
does work. also added urlencode which should take care of other bad input like brackets.
Frietjes (
talk) 17:59, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
Are there templates one can embed which would show a musician's teachers and notable students? Like Template:Infobox martial artist but proper for this use. Timmyshin ( talk) 15:05, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
I noticed that the explanation here for instrument says: "Include singing" However, the wikipedia article on musical instruments explains that a musical instruments excludes the use of the human body. How to make this consistent for Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diligens ( talk • contribs) 21:54, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
Maybe a stupid question after converting one {{
Infobox YouTube personality}}
to {{
Infobox musical artist}}
on
Emma Blackery: Some no-nonsense parameters are apparently missing in the infobox here, e.g., education=, or maybe require the slightly convoluted (for folks who never did this) embed method.
For a singer I also miss a vocal range= and a voice type= here. Even
Madonna listed as an example on the
/doc subpage doesn't have this, would that be some case of embed (singer info) within embed (musical info) within {{
Infobox person}}
, and if yes, could it be simplified by a new
Template:Infobox singer distributing all known info parameter names to various embedded templates by name, and recording everything else in a maintenance category? So far I only managed to add "soprano" on
d:Q15994935, but the reference there (a fan video) wouldn't be acceptable here. –
84.46.53.245 (
talk) 16:38, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
Meanwhile… I tested the embed-feature, it works as explained for "musical artist" embedded in "person", and is ugly like hell, the nice colour scheme of "musical artist" doesn't survive the procedure. Sadly, the workaround "person" embedded in "musical artist" doesn't work. – 84.46.53.95 ( talk) 04:51, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
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Can you add a spouse and children to the templete? 68.42.89.190 ( talk) 16:52, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
Either
the guidance for the use of |associated_acts=
—As per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists and WP:Bandname, use sentence case for lists of band names. Example: The Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Who
—is wrong, or
the example using |associated_acts=
is not following the guidance. I'm pretty sure it's the later, although
WP:BANDNAME talks about sentence case in running prose, not (albeit flat) lists and I'm tired.
Fred Gandt ·
talk ·
contribs
09:58, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
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I am requesting adding a death cause information box, to use if a person is a singular artist or a particular artist in a band. Gavinxps ( talk) 22:23, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
A RfC which may affect this infobox's |origin=
, |birth_place=
, and |death_place=
parameters has been opened at
WT:WikiProject Music#Naming countries in infoboxes. Please add your comments there. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:15, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
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Young Donar ( talk) 13:28, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
Donald Kente Rwebangira (born April 10, 1996) professionally known as Young Donar, is an African rapper, singer &songwriter As an artist, he’s always been focused on creating epic music and composing songs in more than a genre. Basically he started composing music when he was on eight grade where he also participated in school’s music competitions such as freestyles, dancing and lip syncing
Career
He released his first single “24 Hours” on April 26, 2017 which was produced by “Everything’s Ghost” also known as Lindo Da Vido who also executively took action in the production on his debut EP titled “Travail” released on September 16, 2017. Working as an independent artist “Young Donar” went on and releasing another single titled “Enamored” on Oct 8, 2017. Without a doubt hes working hard to gain more people loving his music, he went on and released “See It All“, a single off his untitled project coming soon. Recently he released a heartfelt single titled “Wipe (Your Tears)” which is available on all music stores worldwide & more is expected to come.
{{
Infobox musical artist}}
. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. ‑‑
ElHef (
Meep?) 13:38, 5 September 2019 (UTC)
Could a pronoun infobox field be added for use on pages dedicated to individual musicians? With more people using neutral pronouns it would be a helpful reference point for both future editors and readers of the page. Lewishhh ( talk) 09:59, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
is it okay to add spouse details to the template, as it will be relevant while reflecting their profile. Qowa ( talk) 12:11, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
... musical attributes ...
}}
Radiohead, for example, has Clive Deamer as a frequent member during live performances, and he is on The King of Limbs: Live from the Basement, an official live in a studio album. Is there a way to list members such as this one in the infobox? Should there be? DemonDays64 ( talk) 22:10, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
So Infobox person had an extensive discussion about moving the native name up to the header of the infobox, so I wanted to bring it over to here as I feel much of the points made there apply to musicians. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 07:07, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
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Change all use of "he or she" to "they" 143.167.28.80 ( talk) 13:09, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
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Please change the native name parameter as discussed on Infobox person per BLP policies... I started a discussion on this topic for this template over a month ago with no opposition. DanielleTH (Say hi!) 15:50, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
In "For articles about individuals", the **Mandatory** options are only: "solo_singer", "non_vocal_instrumentalist", "non_performing_personnel", or "temporary". A huge percentage, if not a majority, of individuals whose notability is as members of small to medium sized musical groups would fall under something else, such as "instrumentalist_and_vocalist" or "harmonizing_instrumentalist" or"instrumentalist_and_backing_vocalist". As examples, all four of the Beatles, in their individual articles, are listed as "solo_singer". While all were sometimes solo singers, especially on their own albums, they were all also instrumentalists at all times, with George Harrison and Ringo Starr usually being much more important as players than as singers while in the Beatles. Also, Lennon and McCartney were multi-instrumentalists, but that's another kettle if fish. An addition to the options needs to be made. GWFrog ( talk) 22:34, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
solo_singer
and non_vocal_instrumentalist
. Reuse the yellow background for a new option of individual
. That would give us the following:solo_singer
and non_vocal_instrumentalist
, and replace with individual
which would be a catch-all for singers, players and conductors, including the many folks who have both sung and played instruments in bands and/or as solo artists. --
kingboyk (
talk) 00:21, 19 March 2020 (UTC)What's the deal with years_active parameter? Why is it advised to use {{ Start date}} for groups, but not for individual artists? I hardly seen any band's article use it (Metallica, Megadeth or Slayer come to mind first). – Sabbatino ( talk) 06:51, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
Parameter | Infobox musical artist | Infobox person |
---|---|---|
1 | ||
2 | ||
3 | ||
4 | ||
5 | ||
abovestyle | ||
agent | ||
alias | ||
Alias | ||
alma mater | ||
alma_mater | ||
alt | ||
associated_acts | ||
Associated_acts | ||
awards | ||
background | ||
Background | ||
baptised | ||
baptized | ||
birth_date | ||
birth_name | ||
Birth_name | ||
birth_place | ||
birthname | ||
boards | ||
body discovered | ||
body_discovered | ||
box_width | ||
burial_coordinates | ||
burial_place | ||
callsign | ||
caption | ||
child | ||
children | ||
citizenship | ||
credits | ||
criminal charge | ||
criminal penalty | ||
criminal status | ||
criminal_charge | ||
criminal_charges | ||
criminal_penalty | ||
criminal_status | ||
current_members | ||
Current_members | ||
death cause | ||
death_cause | ||
death_date | ||
death_place | ||
denomination | ||
disappeared_date | ||
disappeared_place | ||
disappeared_status | ||
domestic_partner | ||
domesticpartner | ||
education | ||
embed | ||
employer | ||
era | ||
ethnicity | ||
family | ||
father | ||
footnotes | ||
former_members | ||
Former_members | ||
genre | ||
Genre | ||
height | ||
height_cm | ||
height_ft | ||
height_in | ||
height_m | ||
home town | ||
home_town | ||
homepage | ||
honorific prefix | ||
honorific suffix | ||
honorific_prefix | ||
honorific_suffix | ||
honorific-prefix | ||
honorific-suffix | ||
honors | ||
honours | ||
image | ||
image caption | ||
image size | ||
image_caption | ||
image_size | ||
image_upright | ||
imagesize | ||
Img | ||
Img_alt | ||
Img_capt | ||
Img_size | ||
Img_upright | ||
influenced | ||
influences | ||
instrument | ||
Instrument | ||
instruments | ||
judicial status | ||
judicial_status | ||
known | ||
known for | ||
known_for | ||
label | ||
Label | ||
label_name | ||
landscape | ||
Landscape | ||
misc | ||
misc2 | ||
misc3 | ||
misc4 | ||
misc5 | ||
misc6 | ||
module | ||
module2 | ||
module3 | ||
module4 | ||
module5 | ||
module6 | ||
monuments | ||
mother | ||
movement | ||
name | ||
Name | ||
nationality | ||
native_name | ||
native_name_lang | ||
net worth | ||
net_worth | ||
networth | ||
nickname | ||
nocat_wdimage | ||
notable works | ||
notable_works | ||
occupation | ||
Occupation | ||
occupations | ||
Occupations | ||
office | ||
opponents | ||
organisation | ||
organization | ||
organizations | ||
origin | ||
Origin | ||
other names | ||
other_names | ||
othername | ||
parents | ||
partner | ||
partner(s) | ||
partners | ||
party | ||
past_members | ||
Past_members | ||
post-nominals | ||
pre-nominals | ||
predecessor | ||
pronunciation | ||
relations | ||
relatives | ||
religion | ||
residence | ||
resting place | ||
resting place coordinates | ||
resting_place | ||
resting_place_coordinates | ||
restingplace | ||
restingplacecoordinates | ||
siglum | ||
signature | ||
signature alt | ||
signature_alt | ||
signature_size | ||
spouse | ||
spouse(s) | ||
spouses | ||
status | ||
style | ||
successor | ||
television | ||
term | ||
title | ||
url | ||
URL | ||
website | ||
works | ||
years active | ||
years_active | ||
Years_active | ||
yearsactive |
This template should be converted into wrapper of {{ Infobox person}} Capankajsmilyo( Talk | Infobox assistance) 03:18, 24 March 2020 (UTC)
|..._members=
parameters would never make sense in Infobox person. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 05:28, 24 March 2020 (UTC)I was wondering whether for artists like
Paul McCartney - who has made at least one entire album where he played everything - a reasonable option for the instrument
field might be
Multi-instrumentalist?
Note: I am not proposing at this stage to change any article; rather to initiate discussion on whether the above might be a reasonable suggestion to make in the template instructions, or not. -- kingboyk ( talk) 23:32, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Vocals ThatieY ( talk) 21:04, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
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I added additional information about the musical artist, ThatieY
I request to write about ThatieY as a musical artist and I want his name to pop up when searched ThatieY ( talk) 21:03, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
1 ThatieY ( talk) 21:04, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
I added additional information on the artist
I request to write about ThatieY ThatieY ( talk) 21:14, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
Is there any reason why the |spouse=
/ |partner=
parameters don't exist for this infobox? If there is no reason, can we add them so we're more consistent with Infobox person? Thanks,
Cyphoidbomb (
talk) 21:47, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
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Please apply
this sandbox edit. It passes |caption=
to
Module:InfoboxImage, so that the caption is machine-readably associated with the image itself, and can be used by tools like the Multimedia Viewer. Thanks in advance, —
Tacsipacsi (
talk) 16:40, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
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Please swap the order of "occupation(s)" and "genre(s)", so that "occupation(s)" appears first. Presently we see output such as:
However, "genre" does not make logical sense unless "occupation" is already known, so these two are logically in the incorrect order. This seems to be a feature of the way the template is internally coded, and not of the order in which the fields are specified in the article itself. 2A00:23C8:7B08:6A00:590A:A221:5903:554 ( talk) 00:31, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. —
JJMC89 (
T·
C) 00:33, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
"Acts with which this act has collaborated on multiple occasions, or on an album, or toured with as a single collaboration act playing together". I'm a bit concerned here. I see the first point, "multiple occasions", but collaborating on an album is a problem. You end up with a lot of session players in jazz bands playing on one album and then never being associated again. Also, touring together once isn't really a strong association. The key is that the association is "significant and notable to this artist's career." Can break this point down so "collaborated on multiple occasions" stands apart from the others, and I'd even be in favour of removing the last one as it's clearly not significant and notable to most artist's careers. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 16:49, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
I think the biggest omission from this template is a section for the songs and/or albums that the artist is best known for. If you are reading an article about a band that has only a few well known songs, it helps to have that info up front on the infobox. For more prolific artists, their biggest known works could be listed. This would be very useful to help create immediate context for these articles, as it would allow readers to quickly find notable examples of the artist's music to understand the part of their history that can't be expressed in text. As it stands, you have to skim through articles to find that info, which takes up more time than should be neccasary, given that we have this template already. -- 24.91.247.53 ( talk) 20:17, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
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I think we should add the "Cause of death" parameter because many musicians die of notable causes like suicide, drug overdose, murder, plane crash, etc. Iamreallygoodatcheckers ( talk) 20:24, 24 June 2020 (UTC)