Talk:E major

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[edit] Image links

31-May-2007: In 2006/2007, Wikipedia images required both attributes "thumb|250px" to show a caption, as in:

[[Image:MyPhoto.jpg|thumb|250px|right| My picture.]]

By itself, size "250px" ignores the caption "My picture" (confusing many people), which is considered bad form in computer languages (should warn & be corrected rather than ignore). Just remember to include "thumb" (or "frame") for a caption in an image-link.

Image hints in 2007:

  • Limit most images to "thumb|300px" to avoid crowded text-wrapping.
  • A small image followed directly by a big image often chops text.
  • To resize larger than the original ("oversizing"), omit "thumb" (oversized images cannot have captions in 2007, yet).
  • Beware "left|thumb" (for "right|"), because left-side images appear immediately to left of the text.
  • Most images (99.99%) should be quick JPEG for rapid display.
  • Avoid resizing PNG images (2007): might become 10x larger resized.

Overall, omitting "thumb" is the most common problem.

There are many formatting issues in the Wiki software (used worldwide), with a long list of problems to fix, but in the software world, errors often persist, only to be upstaged by a totally radical new software version, rather than just fixing the irritating problems fast. Note that numerous software systems (not just Wiki) have frustrating issues for years. -Wikid77 16:43, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other issues

[ Discuss other unnamed issues here. -Wikid77 ]

Do me a favor and stop getting rid of the correct songs for these lists!

[edit] Well-known music in this key

I plan on deleting any unsourced entries from this in a few weeks. (Listening to a piece and trying to figure out the key is not a source, and is also WP:OR.) Torc2 (talk) 08:22, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

For classical music, one can always consult a score, and as long as it doesn't say something like "arranged for such and such instrument" one can be pretty sure it's in the original key.
But I agree with your removing these lists. They seem to me to be fairly random assortments which neither support nor contradict the main text. Anton Mravcek (talk) 23:42, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Interpreting the score is still original research, as it requires a certain amount of analysis and interpretation. You see a piece with two sharps in the key signature - is it in D major or B minor, or E dorian, etc. Is it a heavily chromatic piece whose key is ambiguous? The problem is key, even with a key signature, isn't always cut and dried, and our assumption is not to trust editors to make analytical calls, only published reliable sources. Torc2 (talk) 06:04, 4 February 2008 (UTC)