Difference between revisions of "HymnWiki:Editing Conventions"
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* Do not make composer/poet pages and categories - these all go under one category: Hymnists. | * Do not make composer/poet pages and categories - these all go under one category: Hymnists. | ||
| + | * If known, 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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| + | ==Music and Lyric Dating== | ||
| + | * When saying who wrote the tune/lyrics, in an article, put the hymnist's birth and death years, if known, in parenthesis; put the date the song was written or first published afterward, as in the following example: [[Robert Robinson (1735 - 1790)]], 1758 | ||
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| + | ==Misc.== | ||
| + | * List the 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). | ||
Revision as of 03:33, 5 April 2007
Hymnists
- Do not make composer/poet pages and categories - these all go under one category: Hymnists.
- If known, 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.
Music and Lyric Dating
- When saying who wrote the tune/lyrics, in an article, put the hymnist's birth and death years, if known, in parenthesis; put the date the song was written or first published afterward, as in the following example: Robert Robinson (1735 - 1790), 1758
Misc.
- List the 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).
