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This is a documentation subpage for Template:MusicArticle.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is based on an idea and created for ease of usage. An important thing to note as well is that most categories, such as Arrange CDs, circle names, and conventions, are already done by the template.

Usage[edit source]

Very short description of each parameter. See below for more detailed information. Be sure to check examples first.

{{MusicArticle
| musictype   =See parameters description below
| titlejp     =Japanese title
| titlejprom  =Romanized japanese title
| titleen     =English (possibly translated) title
| group       =
| groupCat    =First circle's romanized names. For categories.
| groupCat2   =
| groupCat3   =
| groupCat4   =
| released    =YYYY-MM-DD
| convention  =Convention the CD was released at
| tracks      =How many tracks of the album
| length      =Running length
| catalogno   =
| genre       =Genres
| website     =[homepage-URL Link]
| digital     =[digital-distribution-URL-1 name-of-site-1], [digital-distribution-URL-2 name-of-site-2]
| tdmd        =(Make sure this is empty if the album has not been published)
| image       =Album cover filename (without File/Image prefix)
| caption     =Information to appear under the album cover
| banner      =Album banner filename (without File/Image prefix)
| banner_res  =Album banner horizontal size in pixels
| multicolumn =Set to allow for multiple staff credits columns
| arranger    =Album's arrangers
| composer    =Album's composers (for original songs)
| lyricist    =Album's lyricists
| vocalist    =Album's vocalists
| producer    =Album's producers
| illustrator =Album art's illustrators
| designer    =Album's designers
| masterer    =Album's mastering staff
| other_staff =If above parameters are not applicable, use this parameter to add such as Violinist or Guitarist
| no_intro    =Set this value to remove the first template generated sentence
| non_album   =Set for non-albums
| autogendesc =Auto generate part of the description parameter
| description =Information to put after the introduction before the Staff section
| tracklist   =The tracklist, please see below for more info
| notes       =Information to put after the tracklist
| review      =Album's review
| print_references = yes (set it to yes only if you've used <ref> tags)
}}

Parameters[edit source]

musictype
If this article is about official CD, write "Official CDs" here. If this article is an original album by a Rogen music circle, write "Original CDs". Otherwise, delete this line (must be deleted, not simply left blank, otherwise the navigation bar will not load). Older articles have music type filled with "Arrange CDs", that use is now deprecated.
titlejp
Japanese name of the album, if it contains Japanese words. If not, leave empty and use titleen instead.
titlejprom
Romanization of Japanese name, if applicable.
titleen
English translation of title, if original title is Japanese. If title is English, it goes here.
group
Group (doujin circle, label) that released the album. Use links here, like this: [[Team Himawashi]]. If album is collaborative, put several group names here, using comma and "and" as delimeters.
groupCat
groupCat2
groupCat3
groupCat4
Fill these fields with romanized circle name. Find other albums by the group to find established one. It will be used for categorization and navigation box at the bottom.
released
Date when the album was released, in 2011-02-14 format.
convention
Fill in the name of convention the album was released at.
tracks
The number of CD tracks in this album. It's OK to write in form "x+y", if the album contains several CDs.
length
Total running length in format HH:MM:SS. Hours can be omitted, if zero.
catalogno
Catalog number. Leave this empty if there is none, it will automatically be set to n/a.
image
Filename of the file with album cover. If available, use catalog number for the filename. In case of name collisions or when number is unavailable, use album title.
caption
Text to appear under the album cover. (eg. '''Cover Art:''' [[Horomi Yagenshu]])
banner
A small banner, that circles usually put on the album's site.
banner_res
The size to be used for the banner, if left blank the default is 200 wide. Enter "x" before the number to indicated a vertical resolution. Example "300" for 300 pixels wide, "x60" for 60 pixels tall.
multicolumn
Set any value to allow multiple columns in the staff credits section, once set simply place {{MusicArticle/Divider}} at the start of a new line in the credits to begin a new column. MusicArticle/Divider's first parameter can be set to format the new columns style (eg. "text-align: center;", see Wikipedia:Help:Table for more info on table style options).
genre
Use the Genre template to link to different genres.
Example:
|genre = {{Genre|Electronic}}, {{Genre|Instrumental}}, {{Genre|Trance}}
website
Put preformatted link to the web page here, if available. If there's no separate link to the album's page, link to the circle's page instead.
digital
Put a series of pre-formatted links to pages offering the album digitally. If the album is free or only available in a bundle, this should be noted. Do not link to pirated copies.
tdmd
Put 'y' (or any other nonempty string) if the album has bee published via Team Himawashi, and leave it blank otherwise.
arranger
composer
lyricist
vocalist
producer
illustrator
designer
masterer
These fields are for names of people who contributed to this album. If several vocalists sung in this album, write them like this:
| vocalist =First
:Second
:Third
Note that these fields essentially duplicate staff specified per-track. Write them here anyway, as it's handy to know whether favorite vocalist appears in this album or doesn't at the first glance.
Also note that if any of these parameters begin with a semicolon (;) the header will be overridden (eg. beginning the arranger parameter with" ; Arrangement and Compositions" will result in the header being displayed as Arrangement and Compositions as apposed to Arrangement)
Known Limitation: parameters that exceed 1000 characters will not be able to use the semicolon override, removing hover text is a potential work around as the H:title template adds minimum 50+ characters each time it's used.
other_staff
other (deprecated)
If there are staff members that can't be classified by fields above, lay out definition list here.
| other_staff = 
;Bee
:Toho
:Anonymous
no_intro
Set this value to remove the template generated first sentence so that there is nothing before the "description" parameter. If the value is set please retain a format that is similar to the template generated format as the beginning of the description parameter.
Example:
'''"titleen"''' (''"titlejp"'' "titlejprom") is the second compilation [[Wikipedia:Dōjin_music|doujin album]] by "group" and was released at "convention" ("released").
non_album
Use this to specify when the MusicArticle is for non-albums such as Singles, EPs, Drama CDs, etc. The text !doujin will link to Wikipedia's doujin article, (eg. "!doujin Drama CD" will come back as "doujin Drama CD")
autogendesc
A parameter used to auto generate the first editor entered line of the description (An album featuring vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from etc.), to use simply enter the type of arrangements featured on the album into the parameter (eg. "vocal and instrumental"), enter "?" to leave unspecified. This parameter requires the game title abbreviation templates be used to function, also note that <nowiki /> can be used to start the description parameter as a new paragraph (See description parameter's explanation for more details).
description
Free-form field that will be printed right after the introduction at the same line. It should begin with a sentence formatted something like this:
| description =It features vocal and instrumental arrangements of themes from ''[[Rogen English Title 1]]'', ''[[Rogen English Title 2]]'' and ''[[Rogen English Title 3]]''.

After which you may write something about the album itself, about its popularity, or other facts. If you need to start a new paragraph without writing anything on that line, use the following hack:

| description =<nowiki />

New paragraph starts here.
tracklist
The most important field. It's described in separate section below.
notes
Use this when you want to add something just after the tracklist. Notes about tracks, for example.
review
Write your own opinion about the album. Don't forget to sign, like on talk pages (--~~~~)
print_references
Set this field to "yes" if you've used any <ref> tags[1]. That way template will print "References" section.

Track list[edit source]

First, two examples:

*{{Track|13|Amaterasu's Wrath|04:29}}
**original title: Amaterasu's Wrath
**source: {{SotSG}}

*{{Track|01|Example}}
**''Example''
**arrangement: [[User:Tohofreak201|Tohofreak201]]
**lyrics: Example
**original title: Example
**source: Example

Each track list entry consists of title line and of zero or more additional lines.

Title line is usually composed from asterix and Track template. Older articles don't use that template, because it was introduced relatively recently. Please refer to its documentation, and fill in as many options as possible.

Following fields starts with two asterisks (denoting the second level list). The first one, if applicable, is translated track title in italics. The next ones have key: value form.

arrangement
lyrics
vocals
feel free to use your own, not listed here
original title
Title of the song the arrange is based on. Always use original japanese title. Consult corresponding game's music list, if not sure.
source
The game name. Use abbreviation templates, if possible. Write original title first, and then source. If several songs were used from the game, write several original titles followed by a single source.


Additional Parameters[edit source]

There are several parameters for adding chronology and PV sections to the infobox.

| chronology  =Chronology title
| chrono_prev =Previous in chronology
| chrono_next =Next in chronology
| chrono_curr =Current in chronology. When left unspecified, page title with release year will be displayed. Leave unspecified by default
| promo_video =List of PVs
chronology
Chronology name
chrono_prev
Previous release in chronological order, please format as such: ''[[album]]''<br>(year)
chrono_next
Next release in chronological order, please format as such: ''[[album]]''<br>(year)
chrono_curr
Current release in chronological order, when left unspecified a default string will be printed out: ''{{BASEPAGENAME}}''<br>(year), so do not specify this parameter unless it's required. If you do, please format as such: ''[[album]]''<br>(year)
promo_video
Promotional videos from the album to be displayed using numbered lists.


Examples[edit source]

Before creating your own page, visit existing ones first. If you can't find any article to get an example, here is a small list for you.

References[edit source]

  1. Like this one.