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I come from Wikipedia, so I am used to many of the ways they do things.  In general, I think we should follow their guidelines in terms of style and formatting.  In particular, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music WikiProject Music] (and sub projects for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums albums] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs songs]) has some good guidelines for how to format albums, songs, track listings, etc.  In general:
 
I come from Wikipedia, so I am used to many of the ways they do things.  In general, I think we should follow their guidelines in terms of style and formatting.  In particular, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music WikiProject Music] (and sub projects for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums albums] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs songs]) has some good guidelines for how to format albums, songs, track listings, etc.  In general:
 
* Album titles goes in ''italics'': ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'', ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]''
 
* Album titles goes in ''italics'': ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]'', ''[[Trans Canada Highway]]''
* Song titles go in "quotes": "[[Roygbiv]]", "[[Farewell Fire]]", "[[Chinook]"
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* Song titles go in "quotes": "[[Roygbiv]]", "[[Farewell Fire]]", "[[Chinook]]"
  
 
Take a look at those guidelines.  If we can all agree with them, I think we should make them standard for the wiki. [[User:Moebius|Moebius]] 20:36, 31 August 2006 (CEST)
 
Take a look at those guidelines.  If we can all agree with them, I think we should make them standard for the wiki. [[User:Moebius|Moebius]] 20:36, 31 August 2006 (CEST)

Revision as of 20:36, 31 August 2006

Welcome to The Bunker! This page is for discussion about the BoC Wiki itself: policies, structures, rules, ideas, suggestions, etc. This page is inspired by Wikipedia's Village Pump, which serves a similar purpose there.

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Introductions

Hello, I'm Moebius. I am also on WATMM and Twoism (with the same username) as well as the Yahoo! group (as pimlottc). I first heard BoC around early 1997 and have been a strong fan since MHtRtC. My wiki background comes from using [Wikipedia], where I try to keep the BoC pages under control (also as pimlottc). I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I would love for the BoC wiki to one day become the most comprehensive repository of all things BoC. Moebius 20:25, 31 August 2006 (CEST)

Formatting

I come from Wikipedia, so I am used to many of the ways they do things. In general, I think we should follow their guidelines in terms of style and formatting. In particular, WikiProject Music (and sub projects for albums and songs) has some good guidelines for how to format albums, songs, track listings, etc. In general:

Take a look at those guidelines. If we can all agree with them, I think we should make them standard for the wiki. Moebius 20:36, 31 August 2006 (CEST)