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resolved A problem writing apostrophes Music
Editing HalaCG's page I was trying to write an example with multiple works that I have to write in italics while also having to add an apostrophe and an s ('s) at the end. But the combination made it so that it ends up coming out as bold, like this:
- Cover Version: When she isn't doing an original song she will be doing a cover for one, such as Goddess of Victory: NIKKEs "The Red Hood", Reverse: 1999s "Catch You Now" or One Piece Film: Red's "New Genesis".
How do I fix this?
Edited by Rhino8888resolved Kevin MacLeod M? Music
It looks like at some point, Kevin Mac Leod was moved to Kevin Mac Leod M, with the former page being deleted. What exactly happened here? It looks like most wicks still point to the old page, although a few have been specifically moved over to the new page.
resolved Cannot find my page in "Search" Music
I recently created a new page for a band. I tried to cross-check it from the search bar, but it doesn't appear as a result. I tried sorting the results by date and added some tropes and crosswicked them, but still I can only access it from my followed pages.
resolved A separate list of cover art tropes Music
The main page for Edguy has two separate trope lists - one for the music, and one for the cover art. The problem is that the cover art list only has four examples, two of which are under the same trope (that being Monster Clown). The header has the preface, "While not necessarily reflected in the lyrics...", but it's clear enough just from reading the examples themselves that they're talking about the cover art rather than lyrics. Is it worth having these examples in their own separate list when there's currently so few of them?
Edited by Akriloth2160resolved Memetic Mutation misuse? Music
Found this on YMMV/Deftones:
- Memetic Mutation: Stephen revealing himself to be a believer in several conspiracies, including the flat Earth theory, anti-vax and COVID-19 denial, was immediately met with widespread scorn from the fandom along with several memes referencing songs such as "Hole in the Earth".
This is already in need of a tweak of some kind since that Vimeo link is dead, but I'm not even sure it's an example of Memetic Mutation - it's more focused on memes made in response to a scenario rather than the scenario itself becoming a meme.
Edited by Akriloth2160resolved Works listed under StandardSnippet Music
The Standard Snippet page did have a list of subpages, some of which are Main/ pages and rightfully treated as tropes. On the other hand, there are quite a few works with well-known snippets that are listed under Music/ (which is explicitly a work-related namespace), and yet those pages mostly serve to describe said works and list where said snippets are found, rather than listing tropes to the works in question. What can be done about said work pages that aren't treated as such?
Edited by GrafVonTirolresolved What to do with Alternative Indie Music
I feel that the Alternative Indie index is poorly-defined and in a stiff need of a cleanup. It's just a simple descriptor followed by an index of what tropers felt are alternative/indie, and I'm not overly sure about a good chunk of the contents.
Should we just rework and rename the index? I'm thinking a stiff rewrite to a new Indie Rock index to differentiate it from Indie Pop; for the Alternative Rock acts, there is an Alternative Rock index already, though it refers to the subgenres within.
Edited by GrafVonTirolresolved The question of composers, both classical and modern Music
Since a fair number of composers have been placed under Music/, and I still see plenty of others classified under Creator/ (eg Creator.Nobuo Uematsu), should such creators be transferred over to Music/ (at least unless they're also known for non-music fields)?
resolved YMMV for Rihanna Music
Why is the YMMV page for Rihanna is blocked from being created? She's a creator and the YMMV is created to discuss her work?
Hello,
I tried adding an example on a trope page, but the text did not work, and I don't know why. Below I will paste the relevant piece of text that doesn't work.
"* Music/Nas announced the death of Tupac Shakur"
The Tupac thing works correctly, but not the Nas one.
I do hope this isn't the wrong place to ask by the way. If so, my bad.