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Welcome to '''WikiProject Composers'''! This ] was formed to better organize information in articles related to ]s, primarily those of ]. Rather than try to force information to appear in a uniform way, this ] aims to present what information is available in the best way possible. The project provides a place to discuss various ways to accomplish this. These recommendations on the Composers project are based on various Misplaced Pages style guides and common practices in articles. Use your own judgement in applying these guidelines and all Misplaced Pages guidelines to composer articles and ''']'''.


WikiProject Composers is an independent ], listed under ]. It was started by ], ] and ] on 1 January 2005. <!--- This stats are automatically updated daily --->As of {{#formatdate:{{FULLDATE}}|dmy}}, there are '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:WikiProject Composers articles}}''' pages within ]. Previously, there were 13,718 on 25 July 2021; 7,521 on 28 December 2011; 4,953 on 15 November 2009; and 3,987 on 19 June 2008.<br/><br/>
Rather than try to force information to appear in a uniform way, this WikiProject aims to present what information is available in the best way possible. The project provides a place to discuss various ways to accomplish this. These recommendations on the Composers project are based on various Misplaced Pages style guides and common practices in articles. Use your own judgement in applying these guidelines and all Misplaced Pages guidelines to composer articles and '''be bold'''.


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'''WikiProject Composers''' is an independent WikiProject, listed under ]. It was started by ], ] and ] on 1 January 2005. There were 4,953 articles within ] on 15 November 2009 (compared to 3,987 on 19 June 2008).
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This scope of this ] includes the life and work of ] composers of all eras and all styles. Information on musical traditions, styles, and interrelationships will also be pertinent to articles.
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==How to help== ==How to help==
{{see also|Misplaced Pages:How to edit a page|Misplaced Pages:How to write a great article|Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style}}
How you can help depends on your time, resources and interest. Here are a variety of ideas for contributions ranging from simple to complex:
How you can help depends on your time, resources and interest. Here are a variety of ideas for contributions ranging from simple to complex:


* Identify underdeveloped composer pages and place a link on the ] project subpage. * Identify underdeveloped composer pages and place a link on the ] project subpage.
* Ask questions about a composer here as well as on the composers' own talk page to alert everyone involved in the project in that page. Not everyone may have that composer on their watchlist. * Ask questions about a composer here as well as on the composers' own talk page to alert everyone involved in the project in that page. Not everyone may have that composer on their watchlist.
* Ask general questions on the ] which may apply to various composers. * Ask general questions on the ] which may apply to various composers.
* Correct links to a composer and find other appropriate articles which should link to them. * Correct links to a composer and find other appropriate articles which should link to them.
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* Identify information included on the composers' page which should also be included in other articles * Identify information included on the composers' page which should also be included in other articles
* Suggest possible resources which can be used for the project. (Books, websites, etc.) * Suggest possible resources which can be used for the project. (Books, websites, etc.)
* Reorganize composer pages. See ] for ideas. * Reorganize composer pages. See ] for ideas.
* Proofread composer pages for errors or fact discrepancies between other articles. * Proofread composer pages for errors or fact discrepancies between other articles.
* Look for "]" (such as "most important" or "greatest ever" without supporting evidence) in composer articles and rewrite the sentences to better present the information if possible. (Sometimes these may be unavoidable, but check to make sure that they are NPOV within context.) * Look for "]" (such as "most important" or "greatest ever" without supporting evidence) in composer articles and rewrite the sentences to better present the information if possible. (Sometimes these may be unavoidable, but check to make sure that they are NPOV within context.)
* Contact recording companies and publishers to gain permission to use sound excerpts score images, preferably after consultation with other contributors on the discussion page. * Contact recording companies and publishers to gain permission to use sound excerpts score images, preferably after consultation with other contributors on the discussion page.
* Check that composers are in the correct category/ies and change them as needed. * Check that composers are in the correct category/ies and change them as needed.
* Create appropriate interwiki links to articles. You might use "What links here" to make sure that things that you'd expect to link to a compsoer does so. * Create appropriate interwiki links to articles. You might use "What links here" to make sure that things that you'd expect to link to a composer does so.
* Create a link to this project from talk pages of existing articles listed ] and/or other articles within the scope of the project. Ask the articles editors for input on the project see if they would like to implement any of the ideas here on the article themselves. * Create a link to this project from talk pages of existing articles listed ] and/or other articles within the scope of the project. Ask the articles editors for input on the project see if they would like to implement any of the ideas here on the article themselves.
* ] to composer pages. Possible sources include the . * ] to composer pages. Possible sources include the .
* Tag unverified pages with {{tl|Unreferenced}}, {{tl|refimprove}}, {{tl|primarysources}} as applicable. This alerts editors specifically looking to improve references and citations on Misplaced Pages.. * Tag unverified pages with {{tl|Unreferenced}}, {{tl|refimprove}}, {{tl|primarysources}} as applicable. This alerts editors specifically looking to improve references and citations on Misplaced Pages..
* Add images to articles in ]

See also ], ], and ]

== Current status of articles ==
To help direct our efforts more efficiently to maximise the quality of these articles, please use this section to alert other participants in the project to the changing status of articles about composers.

===In need of attention===
Please refer to the ] devoted to a list of composers whose articles are either missing or underdeveloped.

===Featured articles===
These articles have been accepted as featured articles: they may be helpful examples.

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These articles have recently been written and would benefit from a review by one or more members of this WikiProject.
* ] - co-founder of Mannheim Steamroller. Not much to the article right now but he's well-known.
* ] - English composer, pupil of Herbert Howells
* ] - very stubby. Icelandic.
* ] - based on a Google translation of the Lithuanian article.
* ] - modern Ukrainian-Israeli composer, pianist and vocalist combining classical music, jazz and the folk music of his ] heritage


==Article structure== ==Article structure==
{{see also|Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Classical music/Guidelines}}
''These are considered ]s by the project members, they are not ], ], or part of the ].''
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===Lead section===<!-- This section is linked from ] --> ===Lead section===<!-- This section is linked from ] -->
{{see also|Misplaced Pages:Lead section}} {{See also|Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style/Lead section}}


The ''introductory paragraph/statement'' should contain the name of the composer in '''bold''' followed by the date of the composer's birth and also death if applicable. If the exact date (e.g. 16 January 1863) is not known, use the closest verifiable approximation (e.g., 19th century, 1863, January 1863). Briefly summarize why the person is important, by concisely summarizing the information discussed in the article. Therefore, unless the exact place of birth is essential information, it should be included in the biographical section or paragraph instead. ''Brief'' information on the composer's stylistic location in relation to his or her contemporaries, and in historical terms, would be helpful to many readers. If the person is notable, however, as a Hungarian nationalist or conductor for a particular organization that should be here. The ''introductory paragraph/statement'' should contain the name of the composer in '''bold''' followed by the date of the composer's birth and also death if applicable. If the exact date (e.g. 16 January 1863) is not known, use the closest verifiable approximation (e.g., 19th century, 1863, January 1863). Briefly summarize why the person is important, by concisely summarizing the information discussed in the article. Therefore, unless the exact place of birth is essential information, it should be included in the biographical section or paragraph instead. ''Brief'' information on the composer's stylistic location in relation to his or her contemporaries, and in historical terms, would be helpful to many readers. If the person is notable, however, as a Hungarian nationalist or conductor for a particular organization that should be here.


: For example: "'''John Doe''' (1863&ndash;1910) was a ] composer who wrote much of the common repertoire for the clarinet still performed today." : For example: "'''John Doe''' (1863&ndash;1910) was a ] composer who wrote much of the common repertoire for the clarinet still performed today."


The last sentence of the first paragraph may be a summary statement of the importance of the composer -- i.e. in the same position as the standard thesis statement of an essay. The last sentence of the first paragraph may be a summary statement of the importance of the composer – i.e. in the same position as the standard thesis statement of an essay.


: "Filetovich Sanovich (16xx-17xx) was a Russian composer and kazoo player of the late Baroque era. He was the most famous exponent of the newly developed Orthodox Kazoo concerto, and championed virtuoso kazoo playing in Russia as well as western Europe." : "Filetovich Sanovich (16xx&ndash;17xx) was a Russian composer and kazoo player of the late Baroque era. He was the most famous exponent of the newly developed Orthodox Kazoo concerto, and championed virtuoso kazoo playing in Russia as well as western Europe."


The lead should ''not'' contain an ], per ], "without first obtaining consensus on the article's talk page". It is the consensus of this WikiProject that the lead should {{em|not}} contain an ], per ], "without first obtaining consensus on the article's talk page".


===Sections=== ===Sections===
{{see also|Misplaced Pages:Order}}
Here is ''sample'' of ''possible'' sections which can be used on a composers page. Which categories apply to any one composer is dependent on the information available and what is considered as pertinent to the individual composer. Variations of these headings can be used to better describe what topics are outlined within that section. In most cases a heading is only appropriate if there is more than one paragraph of that type of information. (So don't have a header for everything here when there is only a sentence about each. :) )
Here is ''sample'' of ''possible'' sections which can be used on a composers page. Which categories apply to any one composer is dependent on the information available and what is considered as pertinent to the individual composer. Variations of these headings can be used to better describe what topics are outlined within that section. In most cases a heading is only appropriate if there is more than one paragraph of that type of information. (So don't have a header for everything here when there is only a sentence about each. :) )


:'''==Biography==''' :'''==Biography/Life/Life and career=='''
:'''==Music/Works=='''
:'''==Music==''' (Not necessary unless you have a lot of subheaders. If included, the word "Musical" is redundant in any subheaders.)
:'''==Legacy/Influence/Reception=='''
:'''==Legacy==''' (Could be included in Influence depending on what is discussed.)
:'''==See also==''' (Links to related Misplaced Pages articles that are not able to fit in the text; see details at ].)
:'''==Musical influence==''' and/or '''==Musical style=='''
:'''==Notes/Footnotes==''' (For ])
:'''==Musical works==''' (and/or '''==Notable compositions==''' for a prolific composer)
:'''==References/Citations=='''
:'''==Media==''' (For audio/video samples available on Misplaced Pages and ])
:'''==Sources/Bibliography=='''
:'''==See also==''' (Interwiki links that are either not able to fit in the text or that should also be emphasized)
:'''==References==''' (and/or '''==Notes==''' for ]: Always ].)
:'''==External links==''' :'''==External links=='''


===Points to be covered in the "Music" or "Works" section of articles===
The sample is provided to display aspects of the composer to discuss and research. If you are writing from your own knowledge, please provide a source that corroborates your knowledge to assist other editors.
{{see also|Misplaced Pages:How to structure the content|Misplaced Pages:The perfect article}}

===Points to be covered in the "Style" section of articles===


Contributors may wish to consider covering the following points in composer articles. Of course, the needs of every article are different, so this is only a "shell", a template that needs to be adapted for each article. Some of this information may be useful at the opening, but in not much detail; most of it should probably be located in a separate section on style. Contributors may wish to consider covering the following points in composer articles. Of course, the needs of every article are different, so this is only a "shell", a template that needs to be adapted for each article. Some of this information may be useful at the opening, but in not much detail; most of it should probably be located in a separate section on style.
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*State the style and/or school of composition in which the composer might be located. *State the style and/or school of composition in which the composer might be located.
*Explain whose music influenced the composer, and in what ways. *Explain whose music influenced the composer, and in what ways.
*Decribe the composer's style in more technical terms, both in relation to other composers of the period, and in terms of the evolution of the style during his/her lifetime. *Describe the composer's style in more technical terms, both in relation to other composers of the period, and in terms of the evolution of the style during his/her lifetime.
*State whose music the composer, in turn, influenced. *State whose music the composer, in turn, influenced.
*The names of works, and other terms, not in English, should be marked up with the {{Tl|lang}} template, using the appropriate ]; for example: '''<nowiki>{{lang|de|Von heute auf morgen}}</nowiki>'''. *The names of works, and other terms, not in English, should be marked up with the {{Tl|lang}} template, using the appropriate ]; for example: '''<nowiki>{{lang|de|Von heute auf morgen}}</nowiki>''', or '''<nowiki>{{lang|de|]}}</nowiki>''' when used as a link.
See also: ] and ]

==Categories==

The main categories and subcategories are listed on the ''']''' subpage.

==Assessments==

The ''']''' page explains Composers Project article ranking and gives examples.

==Popular pages (page-view statistics)==

A list of our most popular pages (in terms of page-view statistics) is given ''']'''.


== Guidelines== == Guidelines==
{{main|Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Composers/Guide to online research|Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Composers/Copyright guidelines|Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Composers/Sound excerpts}}

==== Sound excerpts====

See the ''']''' page which explains about "fair use' and the quality, number and location of excerpts to be used.

==== Images of collectibles==== ==== Images of collectibles====


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Anecdotes, influences on pop culture, and other peripheral content or "trivia", should only be included in composers' articles if they are likely to be of interest to a typical reader of the article. Examples of content which almost always fail this test are: songs, albums, video games, TV shows, or movies that reference the music. Anecdotes, influences on pop culture, and other peripheral content or "trivia", should only be included in composers' articles if they are likely to be of interest to a typical reader of the article. Examples of content which almost always fail this test are: songs, albums, video games, TV shows, or movies that reference the music.


====Biographical infoboxes==== ==Biographical infoboxes==
{{main|Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style/Infoboxes#Using infoboxes in articles}}
This project feels that ] are seldom useful because:
{{further|Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Classical music/Major discussions and arbitration case}}
The use of infoboxes is neither required nor prohibited for any article. Whether to include an infobox, which infobox to include, and which parts of the infobox to use, is determined through ] at each individual article.

Many members of this project think that ] are seldom useful additions to articles for many reasons, including:
# They often give trivia undue emphasis and prominence at the head of the article # They often give trivia undue emphasis and prominence at the head of the article
# They tend to become redundant (by duplicating the lead) # They tend to become redundant (by duplicating the lead)
# They can, conversely, become over-complex and thus vague and confused, often compounding errors found elsewhere in the article, e.g. by confusing ''style'' and ''genre'', listing endless works, and listing a professional chemist who happened also to compose (but not as a profession) under ''occupation = composer, chemist'' # They can, conversely, become over-complex and thus vague, confused, or misleading, often compounding errors found elsewhere in the article, e.g. by confusing style and genre, setting forth haphazard lists of individual works, or highlighting the subject's trivial secondary or non-musical occupations.

We feel it is better, therefore, to avoid infoboxes altogether for classical musicians and we prefer to add an infobox to an article only following consensus for that inclusion on the article's talk page. Particular care should be taken with ]s as these have been carefully crafted according to clear consensus on their talkpages. (See links to discussions about this subject ].)
They think it is normally best, therefore, to avoid infoboxes altogether for classical musicians, and prefer to add an infobox to an article only following consensus for that inclusion on the article's talk page. Particular care should be taken with ]s as these have been carefully crafted according to clear consensus on their talkpages. (See the ] and ].)


==Templates== ==Templates==
'''Stub templates'''
===Talk page banner===

* Any article which falls under the scope of WikiProject Composers should be tagged as such by adding the following on the talk page: '''{{tl|WikiProject Composers}}'''. A category containing all articles with this banner on its talk page can be found ''']'''.
* To indicate very short articles, ], the ] should be used; this is coded {{tl|Composer-stub}}. Geographically focussed templates can be found in the subcategories of the category ].
* Identify yourself as a participant by adding the following to your user page: '''<nowiki>{{tl|User WPComposers}}</nowiki>''' (To identify yourself without using the userbox, add this to the bottom of your user page: <nowiki>]</nowiki>)


'''External links'''
There is an official ] talk page banner indicating the involvement of the project. This is coded as {{tl|Composers}}.
* {{Template|IMSLP}} for composers and works – ] (])
* {{Template|ChoralWiki}} – ] ()
* {{Template|Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music}} for Medieval and Renaissance composers – ] ()
* ]


===Stub Template=== ==Other==
* ]
'''Historical'''
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]


==Article alerts==
There is also a ] for use on articles. This is coded <span style="color:#000; background-color:#fdd; padding: 0 5px 0 5px"><nowiki>{{Composer-stub}}</nowiki></span>. (A ] is also sometimes encountered).
{{Article alerts columns|Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Composers/Article alerts}}


{{WikiProject Music/Related WikiProjects}}
===External links===
{{Misplaced Pages help pages}}
*{{Template|IMSLP}} (for composers), {{Template|IMSLP2}} (for works) - ](])
{{Misplaced Pages policies and guidelines}}
*{{Template|ChoralWiki}} - ] ()
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*{{Template|WIMA}} - ] ()


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This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
WikiProject Composers
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Welcome to WikiProject Composers! This WikiProject was formed to better organize information in articles related to composers, primarily those of art music. Rather than try to force information to appear in a uniform way, this WikiProject aims to present what information is available in the best way possible. The project provides a place to discuss various ways to accomplish this. These recommendations on the Composers project are based on various Misplaced Pages style guides and common practices in articles. Use your own judgement in applying these guidelines and all Misplaced Pages guidelines to composer articles and be bold.

WikiProject Composers is an independent WikiProject, listed under Music. It was started by Sketchee, Antandrus and Mindspillage on 1 January 2005. As of 9 January 2025, there are 16,735 pages within the scope of the project. Previously, there were 13,718 on 25 July 2021; 7,521 on 28 December 2011; 4,953 on 15 November 2009; and 3,987 on 19 June 2008.

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Showcase

Main page: Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Composers/Showcase See also: Portal:Opera/Featured content

These articles have been accepted as featured articles : they may be helpful examples.

Featured articles

Good articles

These articles have been accepted as good articles : they may be helpful examples, but generally the featured articles above should be referred to first

How to help

See also: Misplaced Pages:How to edit a page, Misplaced Pages:How to write a great article, and Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style

How you can help depends on your time, resources and interest. Here are a variety of ideas for contributions ranging from simple to complex:

  • Identify underdeveloped composer pages and place a link on the /Composers project subpage.
  • Ask questions about a composer here as well as on the composers' own talk page to alert everyone involved in the project in that page. Not everyone may have that composer on their watchlist.
  • Ask general questions on the project talk page which may apply to various composers.
  • Correct links to a composer and find other appropriate articles which should link to them.
  • Make a note on the talk page if a composer appears anywhere as red link. (Someone is mentioned as notable, yet doesn't have an article!)
  • Find appropriate external links and see also categories for composer articles that are missing this information.
  • Identify information included in other articles which also should be on the composers page and incorporate that information on the composers' page
  • Identify information included on the composers' page which should also be included in other articles
  • Suggest possible resources which can be used for the project. (Books, websites, etc.)
  • Reorganize composer pages. See #Article structure for ideas.
  • Proofread composer pages for errors or fact discrepancies between other articles.
  • Look for "peacock terms" (such as "most important" or "greatest ever" without supporting evidence) in composer articles and rewrite the sentences to better present the information if possible. (Sometimes these may be unavoidable, but check to make sure that they are NPOV within context.)
  • Contact recording companies and publishers to gain permission to use sound excerpts score images, preferably after consultation with other contributors on the discussion page.
  • Check that composers are in the correct category/ies and change them as needed.
  • Create appropriate interwiki links to articles. You might use "What links here" to make sure that things that you'd expect to link to a composer does so.
  • Create a link to this project from talk pages of existing articles listed /Composers and/or other articles within the scope of the project. Ask the articles editors for input on the project see if they would like to implement any of the ideas here on the article themselves.
  • Upload relevant images to composer pages. Possible sources include the Library of Congress.
  • Tag unverified pages with {{Unreferenced}}, {{refimprove}}, {{primarysources}} as applicable. This alerts editors specifically looking to improve references and citations on Misplaced Pages..
  • Add images to articles in Category:Misplaced Pages requested images of composers

Article structure

See also: Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Classical music/Guidelines

These are considered best practices by the project members, they are not Policy, Misplaced Pages Guideline, or part of the Manual of Style.

Lead section

See also: Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style/Lead section

The introductory paragraph/statement should contain the name of the composer in bold followed by the date of the composer's birth and also death if applicable. If the exact date (e.g. 16 January 1863) is not known, use the closest verifiable approximation (e.g., 19th century, 1863, January 1863). Briefly summarize why the person is important, by concisely summarizing the information discussed in the article. Therefore, unless the exact place of birth is essential information, it should be included in the biographical section or paragraph instead. Brief information on the composer's stylistic location in relation to his or her contemporaries, and in historical terms, would be helpful to many readers. If the person is notable, however, as a Hungarian nationalist or conductor for a particular organization that should be here.

For example: "John Doe (1863–1910) was a romantic composer who wrote much of the common repertoire for the clarinet still performed today."

The last sentence of the first paragraph may be a summary statement of the importance of the composer – i.e. in the same position as the standard thesis statement of an essay.

"Filetovich Sanovich (16xx–17xx) was a Russian composer and kazoo player of the late Baroque era. He was the most famous exponent of the newly developed Orthodox Kazoo concerto, and championed virtuoso kazoo playing in Russia as well as western Europe."

It is the consensus of this WikiProject that the lead should not contain an infobox, per Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Composers#Biographical infoboxes, "without first obtaining consensus on the article's talk page".

Sections

See also: Misplaced Pages:Order

Here is sample of possible sections which can be used on a composers page. Which categories apply to any one composer is dependent on the information available and what is considered as pertinent to the individual composer. Variations of these headings can be used to better describe what topics are outlined within that section. In most cases a heading is only appropriate if there is more than one paragraph of that type of information. (So don't have a header for everything here when there is only a sentence about each. :) )

==Biography/Life/Life and career==
==Music/Works==
==Legacy/Influence/Reception==
==See also== (Links to related Misplaced Pages articles that are not able to fit in the text; see details at MOS:SEEALSO.)
==Notes/Footnotes== (For footnotes)
==References/Citations==
==Sources/Bibliography==
==External links==

Points to be covered in the "Music" or "Works" section of articles

See also: Misplaced Pages:How to structure the content and Misplaced Pages:The perfect article

Contributors may wish to consider covering the following points in composer articles. Of course, the needs of every article are different, so this is only a "shell", a template that needs to be adapted for each article. Some of this information may be useful at the opening, but in not much detail; most of it should probably be located in a separate section on style.

  • State, in broad, non-technical terms, some attributes of the composer's style; briefly position the composer in terms of the broad history of the genre.
  • State the style and/or school of composition in which the composer might be located.
  • Explain whose music influenced the composer, and in what ways.
  • Describe the composer's style in more technical terms, both in relation to other composers of the period, and in terms of the evolution of the style during his/her lifetime.
  • State whose music the composer, in turn, influenced.
  • The names of works, and other terms, not in English, should be marked up with the {{lang}} template, using the appropriate two-letter language code; for example: {{lang|de|Von heute auf morgen}}, or {{lang|de|]}} when used as a link.

Guidelines

Main pages: Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Composers/Guide to online research, Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Composers/Copyright guidelines, and Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Composers/Sound excerpts

Images of collectibles

Images of collectibles (coins, banknotes, postage stamps, souvenirs and similar items) in music articles should meet the following conditions:

  1. Images should be free of copyright, or have a valid fair use rationale that satisfies WP:NFCC, specifically 'Criteria 8' (Significance): "Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding."
  2. Inclusion should contribute to information about the subject of the article, not be used to obtain credibility and value for the collectible by associating it with the subject.
  3. The information should be of interest to the average reader of the music article. It should not be trivia.

Coins, notes, stamps etc. in general circulation are more likely to meet these criteria than 'commemorative' issues.

Trivia

Anecdotes, influences on pop culture, and other peripheral content or "trivia", should only be included in composers' articles if they are likely to be of interest to a typical reader of the article. Examples of content which almost always fail this test are: songs, albums, video games, TV shows, or movies that reference the music.

Biographical infoboxes

Main page: Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style/Infoboxes § Using infoboxes in articles Further information: Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Classical music/Major discussions and arbitration case

The use of infoboxes is neither required nor prohibited for any article. Whether to include an infobox, which infobox to include, and which parts of the infobox to use, is determined through discussion and consensus among the editors at each individual article.

Many members of this project think that Infoboxes are seldom useful additions to articles for many reasons, including:

  1. They often give trivia undue emphasis and prominence at the head of the article
  2. They tend to become redundant (by duplicating the lead)
  3. They can, conversely, become over-complex and thus vague, confused, or misleading, often compounding errors found elsewhere in the article, e.g. by confusing style and genre, setting forth haphazard lists of individual works, or highlighting the subject's trivial secondary or non-musical occupations.

They think it is normally best, therefore, to avoid infoboxes altogether for classical musicians, and prefer to add an infobox to an article only following consensus for that inclusion on the article's talk page. Particular care should be taken with featured articles as these have been carefully crafted according to clear consensus on their talkpages. (See the Request for Comment about composers' infoboxes and earlier infobox debates.)

Templates

Stub templates

  • Any article which falls under the scope of WikiProject Composers should be tagged as such by adding the following on the talk page: {{WikiProject Composers}}. A category containing all articles with this banner on its talk page can be found here.
  • To indicate very short articles, stubs, the template:Composer-stub should be used; this is coded {{Composer-stub}}. Geographically focussed templates can be found in the subcategories of the category Category:Composer stubs.
  • Identify yourself as a participant by adding the following to your user page: {{tl|User WPComposers}} (To identify yourself without using the userbox, add this to the bottom of your user page: ])

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