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Wanted lyrics

Hi all, Don't you think it would be nice to have something like 'wanted lyrics' page here? I thought about that today, while searching (unsuccesfully) for lyrics to the new Nazareth album "The Newz".

Anyone?...

--Senvaikis 13:47, 2 March 2008 (EST)

That would be cool to have a page like that. I think we used to have one... but I don't remember where it was. For now I think the closest thing we have is the {{edit}} template, but it's probably not a good idea to create a page just to request the lyrics (since it wouldn't be a "red" link anymore so it would look like they're already there).

If no-one has a better idea, maybe LyricWiki:Requested Pages seems like a good name for the page.

-Sean Colombo (talk|contribs) 11:53, 23 March 2008 (EDT)

Sounds like it would be quite useful. We kind of need a way to list areas that need work so that people can know where to jump in. Along with requested lyrics, I would love to have a place to put those Artist pages that need a lot of work but which I don't have the time to fix at the moment, a place to quickly check on pages that are stubs, that have those edit templates or help templates, etc., would be nice, too. I would think that branching off of the Community Portal, however, might be the best place, with links to these put on the main Community Portal page. This is, in fact, the type of project that would be great to place on one of those pages!!  :- ]    Kiefer    talk    contribs    admin   22:24, 23 March 2008 (EDT)

Ditto. I tried searching "Holly" & "think I'm woman enough", trying to track down a song I used to hear every Christmas, & got nothing... BTW, if you know, you can reply here Thanx. 00:35, 12 August 2008 (EDT)

What's the Spanish word for "Spanish"?

Just kidding, of course. But need some help with some lyrics that contain various Spanish phrases, and my second language is clearly not Spanish. Any native Spanish-speakers that can help decipher this song and correct my spelling on those parts?

I'd also like help with the various things he says between lines, some of which I suspect might be obscenities. If so, I'll duly mark it with a {{pa}}. But in the interests of accuracy, they definitely should be in there.

There's audio available at GoEar on the page, if you need to hear it. I imagine my effort at spelling those Spanish words is pretty lame.  ;-)

Much thanks! (Or should that be muchos gracias?)

—  jF 06:48, 5 April 2008 (EDT)

I've done my best but his Spanish is hard to understand even for a Spaniard. There are no bad words though, it's all clean. --Aikurn 12:59, 5 August 2008 (EDT)

An interesting bug

If you search for the URL of an image, the search page will actually display that image.

Today's XKCD, for example.

This isn't a major problem, but it might be a vulnerability.

I tried this on a few other Wikis, but it didn't work anywhere else. 129.97.250.140 07:47, 30 July 2008 (EDT)

New page rank wrapper

I made a wrapper for all our page rank stuff called {{Star Box}}. I remember it 'cause I always need coffee and it sounds like "starbucks". I updated the documentation at Project:Page ranking and I'm working on getting it on all appropriate talk pages before any of you read this! --Aquatiki - T - E 07:47, 1 August 2008 (EDT)

Oh! And {{Cert}} is now a three parameter function with #1 being your username, #2 is optional and is the text saying you listened and read, and #3 is the time, and should be standardized as ~~~~~ (five tildes). I changed all pages already using Cert. I also changed all talk pages to use Star Box. --Aquatiki - T - E 10:20, 1 August 2008 (EDT)

Excellent! Thank you Aquatiki!  _♫Яєd_{xx ♪}♫♪_♫♪^Talk 12:10, 1 August 2008 (EDT)

Userboxes!

I've created a "policy" page LyricWiki:Userboxes as a home for information about userboxes. This awesome feature of Wikipedia is easy to duplicate here and is a fun way to advocate things without typing out a belligerent paragraph on your user page. Actually, I must give credit to PatPeter (?) who just started making them on his page, unprompted. Make more and use 'em! --Aquatiki - T - E 03:32, 3 August 2008 (EDT)

discussion on capitalisation - again...

I've got a proposal: What about having all pages under names with the current naming scheme but having different titles displayed with the "correct" (if this exists) capitalisation?

Over at Wikipedia there has always been the policy to have pagenames begin with a capital letter - but since a little while there is that {{DISPLAYTITLE:[PuT CoRrEcT SpElLiNg HeRe]}}. - Wouldn't that be a nice solution for songs that have one definitive correct spelling? (I think there should be a policy to not use the proposed technique if the capitalisation is ambiguous...)
We would keep the advantages of the current system as far as I can see (e.g. machine readability for "scripts and plugins") --Speckmade 20:14, 3 August 2008 (EDT)

Looks like that is a new-fangled gizmo! Us ludites are back on MW 1.7.1. 'Might be some time before we catch up to that. --Aquatiki - T - E 09:33, 4 August 2008 (EDT)

Page Rank - Images

So I'm going along, upgrading my way through the Stars, typing cover = done, when I realized, "Images aren't getting verified or watched!" Is there a template we should be using on Image pages besides {{Albumcover/Upload}}? Does anyone having any objections to my making some page rank stuff for images? --Aquatiki - T - E 02:19, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

IMHO it's only natural to have album covers verified. And if it's good for the site, I don't see a problem. Just update the documentation ;) --Aikurn 11:36, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

What about the "Fair use in" thingy. Does anybody use that? How small is "low resolution"? The titles imply that the images are just being used on the Artist page, but they're on the Album one's too. Do we need that? Should it be part of the checklist for the image? --Aquatiki - T - E 12:17, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

K. Well I know I probably should, but I never include the "Fair use" statement (I think it automatically attaches it anyway.) I just use {{Albumcover/Upload}}. As for size, I think I read (or observed somewhere) image size no bigger than 600. so I always reduce mine to 599. As for page ranking images? Mmmm..I don't wish to sound negative, but I can't honestly see many being being interested in taking responsibility for those.  _♫Яєd_{xx ♪}♫♪_♫♪^Talk 12:57, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

Ah, but what if it's part of moving an album and artist up from Bronze to Silver to Gold, huh? There's some motivation! Either way, I'm trying to compile the appropriate list for anal types like me to say an image is "done". --Aquatiki - T - E 13:25, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

Notability

Hi there everyone, I was just wondering what sort of notability policies or guidelines exist on this wiki. I would like to bring some more indie lyrics to LyricWiki (they are hard to find elsewhere) and I am just wondering if they will be deleted or something awful like that. Thanks --24.71.41.185 06:08, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

I don't think that there is an official policy stated anywhere, but as long as the song has been recorded (or performed live by a recording Artist in some cases) and that recording is verifiable (sold on a website somewhere, for instance), then it won't get deleted. As long as it isn't a vanity page where someone is putting down lyrics that they've written to a song that only people at their high school have ever heard (that kind of thing... :-] ), then it's fine. We're inclusive to indie bands. In fact, we have pages for some of the indie artists that sell their music at our sister site, pedlr. com!    Kiefer    talk    contribs    admin   07:31, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

I for one think notability is a dirty word (I've been embittered by Wikipedia) and whole-heartedly agree with Kiefer. As long as it isn't private stuff, bring it on! --Aquatiki - T - E 07:49, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

Totally agree with the above.  _♫Яєd_{xx ♪}♫♪_♫♪^Talk 12:59, 7 August 2008 (EDT) (who has also been embittered by Wikipedia too.)

Excellent! I look forward to making contributions here :D Thank you all for your help! --24.71.41.185 18:34, 7 August 2008 (EDT)

Thank you from a newbie

I wanted to say thank you to Kiefer for the welcome to the LyricWiki community. As you all have no doubt noticed, I've already made a couple of submissions. I've also tried out the IRC channel but it seemed to be dead at that time.

RainbowDragon 18:37, 16 August 2008 (EDT)

I need help finding a song

I was in the store the other, and a song that seemed very cool and catchy. However, I don't know the title. All I can remember are two rhyming lyrics that maybe sounded like "I walk by" and "maybe I'm high." I also know that the only instrument in the song was an acoustic guitar, and that the song also seemed fairly recent (ballpark: 1990-present). Does anyone know? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Opsman666 (talk • contribs) .

You could try the Google search box at the top right of this page. But "I walk by" and "maybe I'm high" didn't give me any matches, not only on this site, but not even in a regular Google search. So probably it is either very new and will appear in the search results shortly, or maybe you have misheard / misremembered the lyrics? --Mischko 04:15, 20 August 2008 (EDT)

Policy for "guessed" lyrics?

Is there (or should there be) a policy for lyrics where a "definitive" version (booklet etc.) isn't available, i.e. lyrics that have been guessed at by listening closely (or sometimes not so closely, it would seem) to the song in question? I think it would make sense to put a disclaimer of some sort on those pages, and maybe a section for alternative hearings (like on EnoWeb), rather than have people replace previous versions with what they're convinced is the absolute truth... -- 6 times 9 16:15, 21 August 2008 (EDT)