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Most of these editing conventions are not absolute (the section on copyrights is absolute). Please follow them unless you have a good reason not to do so. | Most of these editing conventions are not absolute (the section on copyrights is absolute). Please follow them unless you have a good reason not to do so. | ||
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* In hymnist articles, make sure to list both poetic works and musical compositions, as well as arrangements and adaptations. | * In hymnist articles, make sure to list both poetic works and musical compositions, as well as arrangements and adaptations. | ||
* If multiple [[hymnists]] of the same name exist, or if desired for further identification, put the birth and death years in parenthesis after a hymnist's name (for the article title): i.e. [[Robert Robinson (1735 - 1790)]] instead of Robert Robinson, as there may be several hymnists named Robert Robinson. If the years are unknown, try some other identifier in parentheses. | * If multiple [[hymnists]] of the same name exist, or if desired for further identification, put the birth and death years in parenthesis after a hymnist's name (for the article title): i.e. [[Robert Robinson (1735 - 1790)]] instead of Robert Robinson, as there may be several hymnists named Robert Robinson. If the years are unknown, try some other identifier in parentheses. | ||
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Revision as of 14:50, 11 April 2007
Most of these editing conventions are not absolute (the section on copyrights is absolute). Please follow them unless you have a good reason not to do so.
Acceptable Content
See Appropriate Content for HymnWiki
Copyrights
- Make every attempt possible to verify the copyright information before posting. Make sure to list the copyright of anything you submit, and never submit anything you do not have the rights to submit. Generally speaking, a work is in the public domain if it was published in or before the year 1923.
Hymnists
- Poets, composers, adapters, arrangers, and such (of all songs, hymns, etc.) go under the category Hymnists. If you do make separate "poets" and "composers" categories, don't forget to add the Hymnists category.
- In hymnist articles, make sure to list both poetic works and musical compositions, as well as arrangements and adaptations.
- If multiple hymnists of the same name exist, or if desired for further identification, put the birth and death years in parenthesis after a hymnist's name (for the article title): i.e. Robert Robinson (1735 - 1790) instead of Robert Robinson, as there may be several hymnists named Robert Robinson. If the years are unknown, try some other identifier in parentheses.
Category Casing
- If there is already a category or some such with a certain casing, don't bother making a new one with different casing: i.e. if Spanish Compilations is a category, don't bother making one called Spanish compilations; there's no need for both, and one will be missing some unless someone is doing a lot of work.
Misc.
- List the poetic meter for hymns (note if they differ from tune to tune, as the lyrics are sometimes repeated, depending on the tune); meters should be listed in the categories for the hymn.
- List tune names if known, and what other songs they are used with (perhaps even in their own article).
- Avoid obscurity when referring to authors of works (i.e. 'composer'/'poet'/'arranger'/'adapter' instead of 'writer'/'author'; however, 'hymnists' is the preferred category for all of these - the articles about the hymnists themselves should say precisely what they are)
