Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/BandTimeline


 * The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council).  No further edits should be made to this page.

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Description
To standardise the use of timelines used on group and band members section for a uniform representation across wikipedia Yellowxander (talk) 19:11, 29 February 2012 (UTC)


 * List of important pages and categories for this proposed group
 * wikiproject templates
 * wikiproject music
 * wikiproject metal (number of pages in the category: )
 * wikiproject templates
 * wikiproject music
 * wikiproject metal (number of pages in the category: )


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 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * Nothing similar existing.

Support
Please specify whether or not you would join the project.
 * 1) Yellowxander (talk) 19:11, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Discussion
So the timelines are pretty cool, but they're all different; different colours for the same thing and variances on the name for the same instrument. I would have thought this would be something that would be standardized but guess not, couldn't find a single thing on it! So listed are the issues I have thought of.Yellowxander (talk) 20:23, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Timeline_templates

Colour
The same colour for the same bar.
 * Bass - Blues
 * Guitars - Greens
 * Stringed Instruments - Yellows
 * Vocals - Reds
 * Woodwind - Purples
 * Brass - Oranges
 * Purcussion - Browns
 * Electrical Instruments - Whites

with studio albums being black and other releases greys.Yellowxander (talk) 20:23, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_color_formatting_help

Ordering
It's generally accepted that a band is listed as;
 * Vocalist
 * Guitarist
 * Bassist
 * Drummer

So that would be the logical standard for ordering. To further this; Yellowxander (talk) 20:23, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Lead Guitarist
 * Rhythm Guitarist

New Members
Generally it looks tidier to group the same musicians together, sometimes the members get listed in order that they joined the band. In theory this sounds a good idea but it can look very messy. Thoughts?Yellowxander (talk) 20:23, 29 February 2012 (UTC)


 * ''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.