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* 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 | * 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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* 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. | * 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. | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 6 April 2007
These editing conventions are not absolute. Please follow them unless you have a good reason not to do so.
Hymnists
- Poets, composers, adapters, arrangers, and such all 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 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. This isn't a huge deal if there is only one Robert Robinson (but doing it now makes it so someone doesn't have to do it later).
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
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)
