Forum:Music Articles: We Need a Policy

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DoorToNothing — I dreamed last night... I got on the boat to Heaven! And by some chance, I had brought my dice along! — 22:38, 31 August 2009 (UTC) So, I write this because that two new music articles got my head thinking. We have few articles of music tracks from the Kingdom Hearts games. Other than the two themes by Utada Hikaru, most of these articles are almost complete stubs. Just look at The Corrupted, The Encounter, and Happy Holidays. I think that we should create a policy for our music pages. We just have articles on random music tracks right now; perhaps we should create articles for each music track, or create requirements for a music track to be featured in an article. Please leave your input on what you think should be done!

LotsoBearLover - Welcome to sunnyside! TALK - You've got a playdate with destiny!" Yeah I seen a video called let the monster rise about music...

DoorToNothing — I dreamed last night... I got on the boat to Heaven! And by some chance, I had brought my dice along! — 00:21, 1 September 2009 (UTC) This forum isn't about videos, it's about our articles about music from the Kingdom Hearts series, particularly its background instrumental music.

Eternal Nothingness XIII - I'm not afraid of what the darkness holds now. Even if you do wrest control of my heart from me, even if you cast me into the deepest, darkest abyss, you'll never sway me from the one cause that pushes me to keep on fighting. Whatever the cost, I'm ready to pay it. TALK - There's darkness within me... So what does that matter? I know I'm strong enough to hold it back. — 00:51, 1 September 2009 (UTC) Perhaps only allow articles for the main songs (Org. XIII themes, character themes, etc.)? That would be easier than having 100+ pages of stubs, don't you think? That would mean we would have : Sora Riku Kairi Namine Roxas Org. XIII 13th Struggle 13th Dilemna 13th Reflection 13th Anthology Lord of the Castle Darkness of the Unknown And possibly more...if needed. Just with that list above, we'd have 12-13 articles.

Yer mom - SOMOS HOMBRES O PAYASOS!!!! TALK - 02:06, 1 September 2009 (UTC) Well character themes can be covered in each character's pages in a subsection (more or less like it's done in the FF wiki). As for which music piece should get an article I'm thinking iconic music, that is music that has appeared in at least two games like Dearly Beloved (can't think of another one at the moment). World music can equally be covered in world articles (but I'm not too sure about how much we want each article with music samples).

KrytenKoro - And when you see me standing there, you'll know you've got a friend with a rock, I mean a big-ass rock. TALK - [1] format should work for most of the songs on the soundtrack, and I can provide some images and sound files for that. Songs that have special significance to the games, or appear on multiple soundtracks, should probably have an article. So, the opening and closing songs, and stuff like the Atlantica songs and The Other Promise, which appeared on the OST and Drammatica. Character themes would perhaps work best in a "Music" section on the character's article. They are pretty much the same topic, so there's no reason to give them more than a redirect, unless, like with The Other Promise, they are used as game/trailer themes, like Sanctuary and Hikari were.

HeartofOblivion Talk to me! — There was something important... Oh yes! I've decided on the pancakes. Blueberry! Can you get me some cotton candy? Blue, not PINK !!!! — 03:25, 1 September 2009 (UTC) I agree with the characters having their own music section and the Organization members like Marluxia can have all their different songs in battles and such. I really don't think we need pages for all songs, maybe just the Utada songs, Dearly Beloved (since it's been in every game so far), and the Atlantica songs since they have lyrics as well. Some other inclusions might be Destati (used for commercials and trailers) and the two secret movie pieces (can't remember their names).

DoorToNothing — I dreamed last night... I got on the boat to Heaven! And by some chance, I had brought my dice along! — 03:32, 1 September 2009 (UTC) Sounds good! So we need to get rid of some articles in the Music category. Would you mind taking care of that, Kryten?

MelodiousNature - "It's Not what you Say, that Judges you as a Person - It's What you Do." TALK - 21:07, September 3, 2009 (UTC) I've been editing and adding the new Music pages lately and also been adding all the Music Samples and I think this new system is a good format, But DTN or Kryten could you describe what's going to be changed format in as much detail as possible please. DTN or Kryten please could you please leave me a message here or on my talk page about the new format it's essential for me so I know what to do for any upcoming music pages. Thanks again and we do definitely need a policy on this.

KrytenKoro - "An education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on." TALK - I want to take a look at updating the World infobox, especially the music bit. Do we want to have the music playable from the infobox (like MN did on my talk page, but cleaned up to fit better), or do we want to move the music info out of the infobox compeletely and down to a music section, where it could have discussion, as well?

Yer mom - SOMOS HOMBRES O PAYASOS!!!! TALK - 17:19, September 9, 2009 (UTC) I vote for a music section, the music templates look a bit messy in the World infobox. Also, is there a way to make the template look less... wikipediaish and more kh-ish?

Eternal Nothingness XIII - You have to be strong. Strength of heart will carry you through the hardest of trials. TALK - What I do, I do for friendship. — 19:25, September 9, 2009 (UTC) Does anyone know where I can find a blank template code that doesn't belong to an existing template? I could create one in my sandbox and then display it here...if someone likes it, create a "Template:Music" page or something...

HeartofOblivion Talk to me! — There was something important... Oh yes! I've decided on the pancakes. Blueberry! Can you get me some cotton candy? Blue, not PINK !!!! — 20:10, September 9, 2009 (UTC) I just made this which of course can alter to look more KH-ish. I just made it as an example. I also agree with Yer mom and that it should have it's own section. The infobox looks a little cramped with the music in it.

Log log5 - GIR needs taquitos! TALK - Log log5 just saying that let the mosters rise is from repo the genetic opera, i think music that is only in the kingdom hearts games should be in the articles

I actually created an infobox with the aid of KrytenKoro. Here's the link to it...I put it in userspace just in case...Click the "Number Link" to see it.[[2]] - EternalNothingnessXIII 20:42, September 9, 2009 (UTC)

HeartofOblivion Talk to me! — There was something important... Oh yes! I've decided on the pancakes. Blueberry! Can you get me some cotton candy? Blue, not PINK !!!! — 22:03, September 9, 2009 (UTC) Mine is for the actual music not just information about it.

Eternal Nothingness XIII - You have to be strong. Strength of heart will carry you through the hardest of trials. TALK - What I do, I do for friendship. — 22:06, September 9, 2009 (UTC) Yours is also just for the audio samples, though. Why not combine the two? Replace the image section on the infobox w/ an audio sample. And delete the "Audio Sample" section from the bottom of the box. Images aren't really needed in the box, and we can just add an appropriate screenshot later, in the article itself.

KrytenKoro - "Because I knew something he didn't. I knew that I was lying. Seriously, sir. 'No silicon heaven'? Where would all of the calculators go?" TALK - You know those little note images that Crescendos make, or similar stuff in the Atlantica songs? Can we get sprites of those, or have someone make something that looks similar? I want to try to spruce up the music box. Also, is there anyway to get the little "i" image to not display when the oggs are called?