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The background color (#F0E68C) does not meet Wikipedia's AAA color restrictions ( WP:COLOR) with the blue text of the links (#0645AD). [1] I suggest we change the color from #F0E68C to #F3EBA5. [2] Its the closest match that meets Wikipedia's standards, and its not drastically different. Grapesoda22 ( talk) 01:38, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
Grapesoda22 ( talk) 01:38, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. —
JJMC89 (
T·
C) 02:04, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
Changes that require at least some discussion, or at least several days passing with no one commenting on your proposal ... Visual layout changes that are minor but still noticeable, e.g. swapping the order of a few parameters in an infobox, or slightly tweaking something's color.WP:TPE WP:COLOR is not policy, it is part of a guideline. — JJMC89 ( T· C) 02:35, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
There is a discussion about infobox fields at WT:SONGS#Should the infoboxes for singles and songs contain miscellaneous information? Interested parties are invited to participate. — Ojorojo ( talk) 21:54, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
A discussion about including cover versions in song infoboxes has been started at Template talk:Infobox song#"Cover versions" parameters in infobox song. Please add your comments there. — Ojorojo ( talk) 17:17, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
RfC To get more input, an RfC has been opened at WT:SONG#RfC: Should "Cover versions"/"alt Artists" be removed from Infobox songs? Please add your comments there. — Ojorojo ( talk) 19:32, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
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The request is to invoke Module:InfoboxImage:
| image = {{#if:{{{Cover|}}}|[[File:{{{Cover}}}|frameless|upright=1|alt={{{Alt|}}}|{{#ifeq:{{{|}}}|yes|border}}]]}} | caption = {{{Caption|}}}
| image = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image={{{Cover|{{{cover|{{{image|}}}}}}}}}|size={{{image size|{{{image_size|{{{imagesize|}}}}}}}}}|alt={{{alt|}}}|suppressplaceholder=yes}} | caption = {{{Caption|{{{caption|}}}}}}
Zackmann08 ( Talk to me/ What I been doing) 17:44, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
{{
edit protected}}
template. You are proposing some changes in functionality here. One change is that the existing "Border" parameter has been lost. A bigger change, I think, is that the long-established standard size of an record cover image can now be overridden - is this really needed? Also, "Alt" has been renamed to "alt", though that's easily remedied. --
John of Reading (
talk) 17:58, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
| image = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image={{{Cover|{{{cover|{{{image|}}}}}}}}}|alt={{{alt|{{{Alt|}}}}}}|border={{{border|{{{Border|}}}}}}}}
I would do it as:
| image = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image={{{image|{{{cover|{{{Cover}}}}}}}}}|alt={{{alt|{{{Alt|}}}}}}|border={{{border|{{{Border|}}}}}}}}
and change the documentation to refer (only) to the standardized parameter names |image=
, |alt=
, and |border=
, none of the aliases. We can then use a bot to systemically remove the aliases from "production" and later eliminate them from the code bloat. Other than that, I can't see any reason not to proceed with the (revised) change, since it improves consistency and maintainability to have these things meta-templated as much as possible. —
SMcCandlish ☺
☏
¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 03:41, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
@ Andy M. Wang: That broke the template. You can see it on the template's page ( Template:Infobox single) and Awake and Alive. If there's no image, you see [[File:{{{Cover}}}|frameless]]. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 22:34, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
{{{image|{{{cover|{{{Cover|}}}}}}}}}
--
Zackmann08 (
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Certification =
parameter from {{
Infobox single}}. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:06, 15 December 2016 (UTC)In recent discussions, some editors felt that the "Certification" field was not needed in Infobox single. The RIAA in the US, the BPI in the UK, and others award "Gold", "Platinum", etc., status to singles they certify as having sold above certain thresholds. One comment noted:
Literally no one uses the Certification parameter anymore, it's completely redundant. A table is used at the end of the article for each country which has certified it, the certification and the sales (with an index as to whether it is based on sales, shipments or streams). Also, no one uses the parameter because adding 10 to 15 countries would make the info box very long, and then there's also question of which country to include if not all can be included, then people will say 'what about this country'. I've been improving articles for about 7 years now and I've never used it, never seen my friends/other editors use it and out of the 250 or so reviews I've conducted, never seen the nominator use it either. — Calvin999
Another felt though:
[Certification] is the closest equivalent to
|gross=
from{{ Infobox film}}
-- Ilovetopaint
For simplicity, please indicate Remove or Keep below followed by your reason(s). — Ojorojo ( talk) 20:13, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Why not change the "cover" parameter to "image"? While cover arts are mostly preferred, many older releases lacked picture sleeves. Instead, they used generic sleeves. -- George Ho ( talk) 23:36, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Released =
, Format =
, etc. "Cover" (the term) is not generated when the parameter is used ( Caption =
is needed for a description). The parameter guideline could be clarified with examples of other suitable images, such as sheet music. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 23:19, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
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The consensus at a recent RfC Template talk:Infobox single#RfC: Should the "Certification" field be removed from Infobox single? is to remove the Certification parameter from the infobox. Would someone please remove it (|label15 = [[Music recording sales certification|Certification]] | data15 = {{{Certification|}}})? I can update the documentation. Thanks. Ojorojo ( talk) 17:18, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
{{{Certification}}}
from the template. --
Zackmann08 (
Talk to me/
What I been doing) 18:27, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
At
Talk:A-side and B-side#Terminology of the topic,
Moscow Connection,
Piriczki, and I were discussing the labeling of songs in singles. One could be considered A-side; another, either B-side or flipside. However, we determined
Spinout (song) and
All That I Am (Elvis Presley song) "other side[s]" respectively. We couldn't label them anymore as B-side or A-side. Also, we are considering the proposal to add "other_side
" parameter to this template. If here is not the right venue, I also thought about taking this to
WT:WPMUSIC. I'll hear comments first. --
George Ho (
talk) 20:07, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
@
Samsara: Subpages are not enabled in mainspace. A "subpage" in mainspace is considered a separate article. If genres need to be on a protectable subpage, it should be Template:Infobox single/page/genre
(or similar), not page/genre
. —
JJMC89 (
T·
C) 04:36, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Can we add "Studio" the single infobox? -- Jennica✿ Talk 08:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
|Studio =
for the recording studio. For consistency, may as well add |Venue =
for live recordings. Both should also be added to
Template:Infobox song. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 14:37, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
certification
because "it is the closest equivalent to |gross=
from {{
Infobox film}}
" (
WP:Other stuff exists). A-side/B-side is likely to remain as long as inbox single is distinct from infobox song. The emphasis should be on key facts. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 15:15, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Warning: Page using Template:Infobox single with unknown parameter "Studio" (this message is shown only in preview).
when I preview it. --
Jennica✿ /
talk 20:55, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
|studio=
(lower case "s") not |Studio=
.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 21:14, 13 January 2017 (UTC)Hello, the Clip requested? field is used to add an article to Category:Song articles missing an audio sample. I think its a hang over from pre-2009 when audio samples used to be handled by the infobox itself. This field is only in use on five articles (and only one of them is using it correctly). The field isn't even mentioned in the documentation for the template. Are there any objections to removing it? - X201 ( talk) 14:53, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
A request for comments has been opened at Template talk:Infobox song#RfC: Should "Form" be removed from Infobox song? Please add your comments there. — Ojorojo ( talk) 20:05, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
Can we add these please? It's handy for sampling credits where people are credited for lyrics but not music etc. — Calvin999 00:45, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
Comment If both were added, wouldn't that make the Writer field pointless? - X201 ( talk) 16:46, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
Writer=
, Composer=
, and Lyricist=
. Briefly, Composer=music (instrumentation, melody, etc.), Lyricist=lyrics (words), Writer=both music and lyrics, or for multiple contributors when a separate lyricist and composer are not identified. If a composer(s) and lyricist(s) have been identified, then writer should not be used. I don't see that this conflicts with your usage. For a situation when two composers also wrote the lyrics along with two lyricists, using Composer and Lyricist (and not Writer) is the best solution. However, infobox parameters should try to address many situations, not just for those involving sampling. When the roles of multiple individuals is not known, writer should be used. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 19:29, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
It would be helpful to make the infoboxes consistent:
Composer=
, Lyricist=
, and Writer=
Composer=
and Lyricist=
(no "songwriter")Music=
(explained as "The composer") and Lyrics=
(no "songwriter") —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:31, 13 February 2017 (UTC)Its worth deciding this beforehand. If Composer and Lyricist are added to the infobox, on some articles they will start displaying info immediately, due to people adding the field to the article infobox regardless of it not actually being a field. In total it affects around 70 articles. I'm currently cleaning up the 4,500 uses of Infobox single that have faulty field info, so my question is, do you want me to clean out the old Composer/Lyricist fields (some is good, some is wrong, all of it is unsourced) so that there's a clean start? - X201 ( talk) 10:09, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
There doesn't seem to be a strong argument for keeping the info in the week this sub-thread has been here, I'm in favour of removing it and the only other expression of a preference is to remove it too, so that's what I'm going to do; as the inclusion of the fields looks like its stalled too. - X201 ( talk) 12:09, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
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Currently, there are a number of articles about singles sung and/or titled in a language other than English. Would it be useful to include fields in the singles infobox to identify these? Other music infoboxes use the following parameters:
English_title=
and Language=
translation=
(explained as "title in English"), native_name=
("native title, if the common name is English"), and native_name_lang=
("language of the native title/common title not in English")Language=
and Languages=
(for lyrics in more than one language)Please indicate Add or Oppose. — Ojorojo ( talk) 16:14, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
English_title=
and Language=
parameters for consistency with Infobox song. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 16:14, 6 March 2017 (UTC)A request for comments has been opened at WT:WikiProject Songs#RfC: Should Infobox single and Infobox song be merged? Please add your comments there. — Ojorojo ( talk) 17:28, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
I began the discussion about beginning the merger with "infobox song" at Template talk:Infobox song#Beginning merger proceedings with "infobox single". -- George Ho ( talk) 18:15, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
@
Ojorojo: Just noting that I added a set of lowercase parameters to the current version of the template earlier today, so their addition should probably be reflected in the sandbox. Thanks.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 15:17, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
|abovestyle=
, |image=
, |headerstyle=
, |header1=
, |header2=
, |header=52
, |data53=
, |header54=
, |data55=
). Would you mind taking a look? —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:30, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
|misc=
in this template's sandbox, and it might cause errors with {{
extra collapsed text}} until it's replaced with {{
hidden}} or its code is fixed (see
TfD).
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}| last_single_title = | last_single_year = | next_single_title = | next_single_year =
It automatically adds "song quotes", a break, and parentheses for year for last and next, and "this single" in bold with quotes. However, it doesn't add this single year and when I tried to put it in separately, it caused problems with auto function. I'm not sure why this was left out, it's the standard format. — Ojorojo ( talk) 19:54, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
|this_single_year=
is to be added, I think it might help to try and parse it out of |released=
if there's no value for it (maybe with
Module:String if the parser function can't handle metadata or citations).
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|released=
with three or more digits. It's probably good enough.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}prev_title
, prev_year
, etc.), since they could all be changed in the process of substitution, and for brevity/consistency (it helps that they're not used a lot, and that they don't exist in {{
Infobox song}}).
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|title=
and |year=
can't be pulled out of |name=
and |released=
.)| artist = | type = | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = | year = | next_title = | next_year =
{{Extra track listing/sandbox | album = Album title | type = album | prev_track = Track one | prev_no = 1 | this_track = Track two | track_no = 2 | next_track = Track three | next_no = 3 }} |
@
Jc86035: I added "quote" marks for all tracks and bold on |this_track=
to {{
Extra track listing/sandbox}}. I've run a couple of tests, but |prev_track=
doesn't line up right. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 19:17, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
|type=
).
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|A-side=
and |B-side=
entries? —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:05, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
|prev_title=
(for singles) and |prev=
(for track listings) can be used in the same infobox, but it causes problems with the headers if |chronology=
is used. With {{
Extra track listing}} and {{
Extra chronology}} available, may only of one prev_title or prev_track should be used in the infobox (with Extra, the album type can also be used to set the color and header). —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:48, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
|chronology=
(are they supposed to, though?).
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}@
Jc86035: 1) The auto feature for A-side/B-side is very interesting (including the bolding switch). However, a couple of points: If both A-side and B-side are filled in (I've seen this in many articles), it produces two A-sides and the B-side in the chronology (see
WT:SONGS#Example templates). Also, if only A-side or B-side are filled in, the two are always produced in the chronology (see
Template:Infobox song/testcases#All parameters example). In most cases, editors will not want both to show up in the chronology. 2) Many editors feel that there should not be multiple navigational sequences in infoboxes, but others like to fill up infobxes with tons of details. I think if more than one "sequence" is wanted, it should be with |misc=
and {{
Extra track listing}} or {{
Extra chronology}}. That way the correct color will be used; in the "All parameters example", the track listing is khaki ("Single example") and light blue ("Song example"), when they should be green and orangish. Plus using |chronology=
will screw it up. Perhaps for 1) and 2), only allow one use, similar to |album=
and |EP=
(only album will be shown, even if EP is also filled in). —
Ojorojo (
talk) 15:29, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
|name=
with quotes (and only B-side shown in the post-merge template if both A-side and B-side are filled in). Agree on point 2.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|B=
for the other side which is not the subject of this article". Or? —
Ojorojo (
talk) 15:47, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
|title1=
or |title2=
(containing the song titles) could be required for double A-sides and singles where both are displayed in the chronology (and |prev_title1=
/ |next_title1=
could be added as aliases for two-sided prev/next). I don't think automatic display of |A-side=
or |B-side=
would work here.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|title2=
is in use.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}@ Jc86035: Would it look like this? My tests don't show title2 or next_title2. — Ojorojo ( talk) 18:32, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
| artist = | type = | prev_title = | prev_title2 = | prev_year = | title = | title2 = | year = | next_title = | next_title2 = | next_year =
|title2=
. If either |title=
or |title2=
is equal to the page name or {{
PAGENAMEBASE}}, then bold will be automatically added for the respective parameter. In addition, if the template is substituted, then it will return a copy of itself with the correct parameters.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|this_single=
in {{
Infobox song/sandbox}} with a similar title/title2.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|type=
blank or gibberish and no color was displayed. Also, if one of the names from the album colors is used, those colors are used. Everything except single should be light blue (someone could enter "remix" instead of "remix single" and green would be displayed). —
Ojorojo (
talk) 19:09, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
Do we still need an ISWC parameter? I've never seen an infobox where it's been used. — Calvin999 07:34, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Unless anyone has objections, the uppercase parameters in transclusions of this template will be changed to their lowercase counterparts by a bot per
MOS:INFOBOX, which states that parameter names should use lower-case unless they are proper nouns
; see
WP:BOTREQ#Parameter titles.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 07:38, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
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The background color (#F0E68C) does not meet Wikipedia's AAA color restrictions ( WP:COLOR) with the blue text of the links (#0645AD). [1] I suggest we change the color from #F0E68C to #F3EBA5. [2] Its the closest match that meets Wikipedia's standards, and its not drastically different. Grapesoda22 ( talk) 01:38, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
Grapesoda22 ( talk) 01:38, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. —
JJMC89 (
T·
C) 02:04, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
Changes that require at least some discussion, or at least several days passing with no one commenting on your proposal ... Visual layout changes that are minor but still noticeable, e.g. swapping the order of a few parameters in an infobox, or slightly tweaking something's color.WP:TPE WP:COLOR is not policy, it is part of a guideline. — JJMC89 ( T· C) 02:35, 2 July 2016 (UTC)
There is a discussion about infobox fields at WT:SONGS#Should the infoboxes for singles and songs contain miscellaneous information? Interested parties are invited to participate. — Ojorojo ( talk) 21:54, 15 July 2016 (UTC)
A discussion about including cover versions in song infoboxes has been started at Template talk:Infobox song#"Cover versions" parameters in infobox song. Please add your comments there. — Ojorojo ( talk) 17:17, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
RfC To get more input, an RfC has been opened at WT:SONG#RfC: Should "Cover versions"/"alt Artists" be removed from Infobox songs? Please add your comments there. — Ojorojo ( talk) 19:32, 8 September 2016 (UTC)
This
edit request to
Template:Infobox single has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
The request is to invoke Module:InfoboxImage:
| image = {{#if:{{{Cover|}}}|[[File:{{{Cover}}}|frameless|upright=1|alt={{{Alt|}}}|{{#ifeq:{{{|}}}|yes|border}}]]}} | caption = {{{Caption|}}}
| image = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image={{{Cover|{{{cover|{{{image|}}}}}}}}}|size={{{image size|{{{image_size|{{{imagesize|}}}}}}}}}|alt={{{alt|}}}|suppressplaceholder=yes}} | caption = {{{Caption|{{{caption|}}}}}}
Zackmann08 ( Talk to me/ What I been doing) 17:44, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
{{
edit protected}}
template. You are proposing some changes in functionality here. One change is that the existing "Border" parameter has been lost. A bigger change, I think, is that the long-established standard size of an record cover image can now be overridden - is this really needed? Also, "Alt" has been renamed to "alt", though that's easily remedied. --
John of Reading (
talk) 17:58, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
| image = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image={{{Cover|{{{cover|{{{image|}}}}}}}}}|alt={{{alt|{{{Alt|}}}}}}|border={{{border|{{{Border|}}}}}}}}
I would do it as:
| image = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image={{{image|{{{cover|{{{Cover}}}}}}}}}|alt={{{alt|{{{Alt|}}}}}}|border={{{border|{{{Border|}}}}}}}}
and change the documentation to refer (only) to the standardized parameter names |image=
, |alt=
, and |border=
, none of the aliases. We can then use a bot to systemically remove the aliases from "production" and later eliminate them from the code bloat. Other than that, I can't see any reason not to proceed with the (revised) change, since it improves consistency and maintainability to have these things meta-templated as much as possible. —
SMcCandlish ☺
☏
¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼ 03:41, 27 October 2016 (UTC)
@ Andy M. Wang: That broke the template. You can see it on the template's page ( Template:Infobox single) and Awake and Alive. If there's no image, you see [[File:{{{Cover}}}|frameless]]. Walter Görlitz ( talk) 22:34, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
{{{image|{{{cover|{{{Cover|}}}}}}}}}
--
Zackmann08 (
Talk to me/
What I been doing) 23:32, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Certification =
parameter from {{
Infobox single}}. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:06, 15 December 2016 (UTC)In recent discussions, some editors felt that the "Certification" field was not needed in Infobox single. The RIAA in the US, the BPI in the UK, and others award "Gold", "Platinum", etc., status to singles they certify as having sold above certain thresholds. One comment noted:
Literally no one uses the Certification parameter anymore, it's completely redundant. A table is used at the end of the article for each country which has certified it, the certification and the sales (with an index as to whether it is based on sales, shipments or streams). Also, no one uses the parameter because adding 10 to 15 countries would make the info box very long, and then there's also question of which country to include if not all can be included, then people will say 'what about this country'. I've been improving articles for about 7 years now and I've never used it, never seen my friends/other editors use it and out of the 250 or so reviews I've conducted, never seen the nominator use it either. — Calvin999
Another felt though:
[Certification] is the closest equivalent to
|gross=
from{{ Infobox film}}
-- Ilovetopaint
For simplicity, please indicate Remove or Keep below followed by your reason(s). — Ojorojo ( talk) 20:13, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Why not change the "cover" parameter to "image"? While cover arts are mostly preferred, many older releases lacked picture sleeves. Instead, they used generic sleeves. -- George Ho ( talk) 23:36, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Released =
, Format =
, etc. "Cover" (the term) is not generated when the parameter is used ( Caption =
is needed for a description). The parameter guideline could be clarified with examples of other suitable images, such as sheet music. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 23:19, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
This
edit request to
Template:Infobox single has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
The consensus at a recent RfC Template talk:Infobox single#RfC: Should the "Certification" field be removed from Infobox single? is to remove the Certification parameter from the infobox. Would someone please remove it (|label15 = [[Music recording sales certification|Certification]] | data15 = {{{Certification|}}})? I can update the documentation. Thanks. Ojorojo ( talk) 17:18, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
{{{Certification}}}
from the template. --
Zackmann08 (
Talk to me/
What I been doing) 18:27, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
At
Talk:A-side and B-side#Terminology of the topic,
Moscow Connection,
Piriczki, and I were discussing the labeling of songs in singles. One could be considered A-side; another, either B-side or flipside. However, we determined
Spinout (song) and
All That I Am (Elvis Presley song) "other side[s]" respectively. We couldn't label them anymore as B-side or A-side. Also, we are considering the proposal to add "other_side
" parameter to this template. If here is not the right venue, I also thought about taking this to
WT:WPMUSIC. I'll hear comments first. --
George Ho (
talk) 20:07, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
@
Samsara: Subpages are not enabled in mainspace. A "subpage" in mainspace is considered a separate article. If genres need to be on a protectable subpage, it should be Template:Infobox single/page/genre
(or similar), not page/genre
. —
JJMC89 (
T·
C) 04:36, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Can we add "Studio" the single infobox? -- Jennica✿ Talk 08:26, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
|Studio =
for the recording studio. For consistency, may as well add |Venue =
for live recordings. Both should also be added to
Template:Infobox song. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 14:37, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
certification
because "it is the closest equivalent to |gross=
from {{
Infobox film}}
" (
WP:Other stuff exists). A-side/B-side is likely to remain as long as inbox single is distinct from infobox song. The emphasis should be on key facts. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 15:15, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
Warning: Page using Template:Infobox single with unknown parameter "Studio" (this message is shown only in preview).
when I preview it. --
Jennica✿ /
talk 20:55, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
|studio=
(lower case "s") not |Studio=
.
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing);
Talk to Andy;
Andy's edits 21:14, 13 January 2017 (UTC)Hello, the Clip requested? field is used to add an article to Category:Song articles missing an audio sample. I think its a hang over from pre-2009 when audio samples used to be handled by the infobox itself. This field is only in use on five articles (and only one of them is using it correctly). The field isn't even mentioned in the documentation for the template. Are there any objections to removing it? - X201 ( talk) 14:53, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
A request for comments has been opened at Template talk:Infobox song#RfC: Should "Form" be removed from Infobox song? Please add your comments there. — Ojorojo ( talk) 20:05, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
Can we add these please? It's handy for sampling credits where people are credited for lyrics but not music etc. — Calvin999 00:45, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
Comment If both were added, wouldn't that make the Writer field pointless? - X201 ( talk) 16:46, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
Writer=
, Composer=
, and Lyricist=
. Briefly, Composer=music (instrumentation, melody, etc.), Lyricist=lyrics (words), Writer=both music and lyrics, or for multiple contributors when a separate lyricist and composer are not identified. If a composer(s) and lyricist(s) have been identified, then writer should not be used. I don't see that this conflicts with your usage. For a situation when two composers also wrote the lyrics along with two lyricists, using Composer and Lyricist (and not Writer) is the best solution. However, infobox parameters should try to address many situations, not just for those involving sampling. When the roles of multiple individuals is not known, writer should be used. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 19:29, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
It would be helpful to make the infoboxes consistent:
Composer=
, Lyricist=
, and Writer=
Composer=
and Lyricist=
(no "songwriter")Music=
(explained as "The composer") and Lyrics=
(no "songwriter") —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:31, 13 February 2017 (UTC)Its worth deciding this beforehand. If Composer and Lyricist are added to the infobox, on some articles they will start displaying info immediately, due to people adding the field to the article infobox regardless of it not actually being a field. In total it affects around 70 articles. I'm currently cleaning up the 4,500 uses of Infobox single that have faulty field info, so my question is, do you want me to clean out the old Composer/Lyricist fields (some is good, some is wrong, all of it is unsourced) so that there's a clean start? - X201 ( talk) 10:09, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
There doesn't seem to be a strong argument for keeping the info in the week this sub-thread has been here, I'm in favour of removing it and the only other expression of a preference is to remove it too, so that's what I'm going to do; as the inclusion of the fields looks like its stalled too. - X201 ( talk) 12:09, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Currently, there are a number of articles about singles sung and/or titled in a language other than English. Would it be useful to include fields in the singles infobox to identify these? Other music infoboxes use the following parameters:
English_title=
and Language=
translation=
(explained as "title in English"), native_name=
("native title, if the common name is English"), and native_name_lang=
("language of the native title/common title not in English")Language=
and Languages=
(for lyrics in more than one language)Please indicate Add or Oppose. — Ojorojo ( talk) 16:14, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
English_title=
and Language=
parameters for consistency with Infobox song. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 16:14, 6 March 2017 (UTC)A request for comments has been opened at WT:WikiProject Songs#RfC: Should Infobox single and Infobox song be merged? Please add your comments there. — Ojorojo ( talk) 17:28, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
I began the discussion about beginning the merger with "infobox song" at Template talk:Infobox song#Beginning merger proceedings with "infobox single". -- George Ho ( talk) 18:15, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
@
Ojorojo: Just noting that I added a set of lowercase parameters to the current version of the template earlier today, so their addition should probably be reflected in the sandbox. Thanks.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 15:17, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
|abovestyle=
, |image=
, |headerstyle=
, |header1=
, |header2=
, |header=52
, |data53=
, |header54=
, |data55=
). Would you mind taking a look? —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:30, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
|misc=
in this template's sandbox, and it might cause errors with {{
extra collapsed text}} until it's replaced with {{
hidden}} or its code is fixed (see
TfD).
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}| last_single_title = | last_single_year = | next_single_title = | next_single_year =
It automatically adds "song quotes", a break, and parentheses for year for last and next, and "this single" in bold with quotes. However, it doesn't add this single year and when I tried to put it in separately, it caused problems with auto function. I'm not sure why this was left out, it's the standard format. — Ojorojo ( talk) 19:54, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
|this_single_year=
is to be added, I think it might help to try and parse it out of |released=
if there's no value for it (maybe with
Module:String if the parser function can't handle metadata or citations).
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|released=
with three or more digits. It's probably good enough.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}prev_title
, prev_year
, etc.), since they could all be changed in the process of substitution, and for brevity/consistency (it helps that they're not used a lot, and that they don't exist in {{
Infobox song}}).
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|title=
and |year=
can't be pulled out of |name=
and |released=
.)| artist = | type = | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = | year = | next_title = | next_year =
{{Extra track listing/sandbox | album = Album title | type = album | prev_track = Track one | prev_no = 1 | this_track = Track two | track_no = 2 | next_track = Track three | next_no = 3 }} |
@
Jc86035: I added "quote" marks for all tracks and bold on |this_track=
to {{
Extra track listing/sandbox}}. I've run a couple of tests, but |prev_track=
doesn't line up right. —
Ojorojo (
talk) 19:17, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
|type=
).
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|A-side=
and |B-side=
entries? —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:05, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
|prev_title=
(for singles) and |prev=
(for track listings) can be used in the same infobox, but it causes problems with the headers if |chronology=
is used. With {{
Extra track listing}} and {{
Extra chronology}} available, may only of one prev_title or prev_track should be used in the infobox (with Extra, the album type can also be used to set the color and header). —
Ojorojo (
talk) 17:48, 13 May 2017 (UTC)
|chronology=
(are they supposed to, though?).
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}@
Jc86035: 1) The auto feature for A-side/B-side is very interesting (including the bolding switch). However, a couple of points: If both A-side and B-side are filled in (I've seen this in many articles), it produces two A-sides and the B-side in the chronology (see
WT:SONGS#Example templates). Also, if only A-side or B-side are filled in, the two are always produced in the chronology (see
Template:Infobox song/testcases#All parameters example). In most cases, editors will not want both to show up in the chronology. 2) Many editors feel that there should not be multiple navigational sequences in infoboxes, but others like to fill up infobxes with tons of details. I think if more than one "sequence" is wanted, it should be with |misc=
and {{
Extra track listing}} or {{
Extra chronology}}. That way the correct color will be used; in the "All parameters example", the track listing is khaki ("Single example") and light blue ("Song example"), when they should be green and orangish. Plus using |chronology=
will screw it up. Perhaps for 1) and 2), only allow one use, similar to |album=
and |EP=
(only album will be shown, even if EP is also filled in). —
Ojorojo (
talk) 15:29, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
|name=
with quotes (and only B-side shown in the post-merge template if both A-side and B-side are filled in). Agree on point 2.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|B=
for the other side which is not the subject of this article". Or? —
Ojorojo (
talk) 15:47, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
|title1=
or |title2=
(containing the song titles) could be required for double A-sides and singles where both are displayed in the chronology (and |prev_title1=
/ |next_title1=
could be added as aliases for two-sided prev/next). I don't think automatic display of |A-side=
or |B-side=
would work here.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|title2=
is in use.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}@ Jc86035: Would it look like this? My tests don't show title2 or next_title2. — Ojorojo ( talk) 18:32, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
| artist = | type = | prev_title = | prev_title2 = | prev_year = | title = | title2 = | year = | next_title = | next_title2 = | next_year =
|title2=
. If either |title=
or |title2=
is equal to the page name or {{
PAGENAMEBASE}}, then bold will be automatically added for the respective parameter. In addition, if the template is substituted, then it will return a copy of itself with the correct parameters.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|this_single=
in {{
Infobox song/sandbox}} with a similar title/title2.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}|type=
blank or gibberish and no color was displayed. Also, if one of the names from the album colors is used, those colors are used. Everything except single should be light blue (someone could enter "remix" instead of "remix single" and green would be displayed). —
Ojorojo (
talk) 19:09, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
Do we still need an ISWC parameter? I've never seen an infobox where it's been used. — Calvin999 07:34, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
Unless anyone has objections, the uppercase parameters in transclusions of this template will be changed to their lowercase counterparts by a bot per
MOS:INFOBOX, which states that parameter names should use lower-case unless they are proper nouns
; see
WP:BOTREQ#Parameter titles.
Jc86035 (
talk) Use {{
re|Jc86035}}
to reply to me 07:38, 11 May 2017 (UTC)