User talk:SailorGardevoir

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George Szell[edit]

Thanks for your edit at George Szell! I just fixed the float parameter of the external media templates, so no need to delete them :)

Regards -- Gor1995 𝄞 09:18, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

World music / Non-Western art music / Popular music from various countries[edit]

See how this section is structured. I believe this is the reason Australian Aboriginal music is listed how it is in the People section. Caribbean, African, and non-English music section have been meant for popular music, so they shouldn't be mixed with world music like ethnic indiginous music.

At least, that's how I understand the logic of how things have been done before. Feel free to establish some better structure. But reflect those changes back at the Arts/Music section too. Makkool (talk) 10:34, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Makkool Here's the first version of the artist/musicians page. Notice that there is a non-Western art music section and a world music section. This indicates that the non-Western art music section is meant solely for just that. SailorGardevoir (talk) 10:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, that looks like a really good system! Makkool (talk) 12:50, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Section moves in Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/People/Politicians and leaders[edit]

FYI, the split between early modern and late modern is 1815, not 1800 _pbp 19:47, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Purplebackpack89, our own article on the Early modern period states it’s between 1500-1800. SailorGardevoir (talk) 20:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For time immemorial the cutoff at VA has been 1815. Also, your VA5 moves put people in different eras then they are listed at VA4. Ive started a discussion at VA5 about this _pbp 22:16, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, apologies for the Umayyads edit...must've hit the wrong button on my phone _pbp 23:48, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Record Label Barnstar[edit]

	The Record Label Barnstar
	Thanks for all the hard work you are putting into the record label lists. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 02:55, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Modernism vs Postmodernism[edit]

Thanks for your housekeeping on these labels for composers; notoriously hard to define, but at least typically consistent for most major post WW2 composers.

Do you have any interest in creating a Template:Postmodernism (music) with me? Aza24 (talk) 01:52, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the offer! But I think I'll overall pass. I'm not comfortable with creating templates from scratch. SailorGardevoir (talk) 03:16, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I'll end up creating it eventually, so feel free to add/remove as you see fit when I do so. These kinds of templates only come into existence when people like us create them; no use waiting around. Aza24 (talk) 04:05, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No redirects in templates?[edit]

Re [1], I'm not finding the relevant text in Wikipedia:Redirect. It also seems like a rather obscure reason to revert, since it's the target page which has a non-MOS:AR-compliant title, but cannot be easily moved because Talha ibn Ubayd Allah already exists as a redirect. The problem is wholly technical, so why make things worse because of obscure guidelines? Anyway, I requested the page move at RM/TR, so we can also get it right in the template. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 11:09, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Redirect#Do not "fix" links to redirects that are not broken:

It is usually preferable not to use redirected links in navigational templates, such as those found at the bottom of many articles (e.g., {{US presidents}} at the end of George Washington). When a template is placed on an article and contains a direct link to the same article (rather than a redirect), the direct link will display in bold (and not as a link), making it easier to navigate through a series of articles using the template. There are exceptions to this exception: where a redirect represents a distinct sub-topic within a larger article and is not merely a variant name, it is preferable to leave the redirect in the template.

Feel free to revert it back once that apostrophe gets removed. SailorGardevoir (talk) 11:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, it's to make sure the link to the article bolds and unlinks at its target page; I forgot about that. It may be better to directly mention that good reason for not using redirects in templates in future edit summaries. Thanks, ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 11:41, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]