Guideline
This page documents an Encyclopedia SpongeBobia guideline. This is an accepted standard that editors must follow for purposes of improving the quality of content on the wiki.
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This is the guideline page for production music and original music.
The following guideline was officially adopted on July 9, 2015. Please do not alter this guideline without discussion.
General information
Production music and original music are branches of our "music" articles.
Production music (PM for short) and original music (OM for short) are comprised of the following:
- Master lists sorted by letters (i.e. List of production music/a and List of original music/a)
- Individual articles for certain music
Relevant templates
- Template:Infobox PM
- Template:APM ToC
- Template:PM-index
- Template:APM-list
- Template:Infobox OM
- Template:Original TOC
- Template:OM-index
- Template:OM-list
Guidelines
General guidelines
- A. Definitions
- 1. Production music - any production music used in the show that does not contain lyrics as used in the series. If the piece normally has lyrics, but the lyrics are not used in the series, that piece counts as production music.
- 2. Original music - any music made specifically for the show that does not contain lyrics as used in the series. If the piece normally has lyrics, but the lyrics are not used in the series, that piece counts as original music.
- B. Formatting
- 1. Lists
- a. All production music and original music are to be placed on their respective list page in the format outlined in the guidelines below.
- b. All music on the page is to be sorted in alphabetical order. For pieces that have multiple variations (and designated as such with letters or numbers) shall be placed in subsections of the music piece.
- c. Under each piece of music, the usage is to be listed in episode order. Any usage outside of episodes is to be placed after the list of episodes.
- d. Wherever possible, place the audio file on the right side of the section. This will not be used in the examples below.
- e. "Episode name" is used loosely in the examples below. This can include shorts, films and games.
- 2. Individual music pages
- a. In order for a piece to have its own page, the piece must have been used in the series at least five (5) times. In that case, use the {{main|}} template on the list articles. Do not create an article for pieces that lists less than five (5) uses, even if the list is complete. Once the section on the list expands to five (5) or more, a separate article can be created.
- b. All individual music pages must use the format outlined in the guidelines below that includes an infobox.
- C. Disallowed pages
- 1. The following entities do not need their own article unless we discuss otherwise:
- a. Production music and original music used less than five (5) times in episodes, shorts and movies throughout the series.
Formatting
Lists
==<Piece name>== '''<Piece name>''' was composed by <composer name(s)>. <include any other relevant information as additional sentences> {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}} {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}} {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}}
Lists with subsections
==<Piece name>== '''<Piece name>''' was composed by <composer name(s)>. <include any other relevant information as additional sentences> ===<Piece name variant>=== {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}} {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}} {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}} ===<Piece name variant>=== {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}} {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}} {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}}
Pages
{{Infobox PM (or Infobox OM) |name = <name of piece> |sample = <sample audio file> |composer = <composer> |composer2 = <composer> |composer3 = <composer> |composer4 = <composer> |composer5 = <composer> |composer6 = <composer> |introduced = <episode first used> }} '''<Piece name>''' was composed by <composer name(s)>. <include any other relevant information as additional sentences> ==Usage== {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}} {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}} {{APM-list|<episode name>|When/line the piece is used}}
Categories
The following categories are used on associated production music and original music articles. There is no need to add these categories to the bottom of the article as they are automatically generated with infoboxes and templates.
- Category:Lists of production music and Category:Lists of original music - only use on the list pages. These are generated from the {{APM ToC}} and {{Original TOC}} templates, so there is no need to add any categories to these pages. If you see any, please delete them.
- Category:Production music - use these on individual production music pages.
- Category:Original music - use these on individual original music pages.
- [[:Category:Music composed by <composer>]] - only use these on individual music pages to organize them by composer.