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* When you add sheet music to an article, submit the article to search engines - like Google and Yahoo: [http://www.google.com/addurl/ Add a site to Google]; [http://rds.yahoo.com/search/submit/free/*-http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request Add a site to Yahoo].
 
* When you add sheet music to an article, submit the article to search engines - like Google and Yahoo: [http://www.google.com/addurl/ Add a site to Google]; [http://rds.yahoo.com/search/submit/free/*-http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request Add a site to Yahoo].
 
* Also, once you have sheet music, for an article, feel free to make similar articles in [http://www.cpdl.org/ the Choral Public Domain Library], linking to HymnWiki's articles; feel free to use links for sheet music uploaded to HymnWiki there if there is an article on HymnWiki linking to those files.
 
* Also, once you have sheet music, for an article, feel free to make similar articles in [http://www.cpdl.org/ the Choral Public Domain Library], linking to HymnWiki's articles; feel free to use links for sheet music uploaded to HymnWiki there if there is an article on HymnWiki linking to those files.
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* If you have sheet music on a HymnWiki article, feel free to link to it from Wikipedia.
  
 
==Hymnists==
 
==Hymnists==

Revision as of 15:27, 17 April 2007

Most of these editing conventions are not absolute; which ones are indicated under Absolute. Please follow them unless you have a good reason not to do so.

Absolute

Acceptable Content:

Copyrights:

Uploads:

Disclaimers

Sheet Music

  • When you add sheet music to an article, submit the article to search engines - like Google and Yahoo: Add a site to Google; Add a site to Yahoo.
  • Also, once you have sheet music, for an article, feel free to make similar articles in the Choral Public Domain Library, linking to HymnWiki's articles; feel free to use links for sheet music uploaded to HymnWiki there if there is an article on HymnWiki linking to those files.
  • If you have sheet music on a HymnWiki article, feel free to link to it from Wikipedia.

Hymnists

  • Poets, composers, adapters, arrangers, and such (of all songs, hymns, etc.) go under the category Hymnists.
  • Writers of song lyrics go under both Poets and Hymnists.
  • Writers of song tunes go under both Composers and Hymnists.
  • In hymnist articles, make sure to list both poetic works and musical compositions, as well as arrangements and adaptations.

Compilations

  • For the article name of a compilation, put the full name of the hymnal, followed by a comma, followed by the year (if known).
  • If the hymnal has a common name, plus the name of the publisher in parentheses in the article name, after the year.

Misc.

  • List the poetic meter for hymns (note if they differ from tune to tune, as the lyrics are sometimes repeated, depending on the tune); meters should be listed in the categories for the hymn.
  • List tune names if known, and what other songs they are used with (perhaps even in their own article).
  • Avoid obscurity when referring to authors of works (i.e. 'composer'/'poet'/'arranger'/'adapter' instead of 'writer'/'author'; however, 'hymnists' is the preferred category for all of these - the articles about the hymnists themselves should say precisely what they are)