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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Album What a Lemon (UK) cover.jpg

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  • Corrected. IbLeo (talk) 21:21, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Column width in Template:Tracklist

I finally got around to tweak the width distribution, check out my sandbox for a comparison of the current and the work-in-progress code. The template used to assign a completely static 20% per column (resulting in a 80/20, 60/20/20, etc. distribution), now it takes into consideration how many columns between Title and Length are actually used (60/40, 40/30/30, etc.). The gain in width for the Lyrics and Music columns respectively is not earth-shattering, but on a whole, width is distributed a lot fairer now and less space is wasted on unnecessary whitespace and linebreaks. Here's hoping that this change will, at least to some degree, resolve the readability issues you had with the template. – Cyrus XIII (talk) 19:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I really appreciate that. Please leave it with me for a few days as I am a but short of time for the moment, and I will come back to you with some feedback. – IbLeo (talk) 21:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your patience, I took some extra time to think this over in order not to rush out an opinion. Here it comes, finally: While I do like the idea of the the fixed "length" column to the right, I am not a fan of fixed columns for the writing credits. I feel that too much space is wasted when either the title, the lyricists or composer takes up little place. As a consequence, a song often spills out over several lines due to line wrapping, where it would have fit into one line without the fixed columns. This is best illustrated by "Rebel Run" in your new version (and even worse in the old). I don't think tweaking the column sizes would ever solve this problem.
To overcome this issue I would like to tentatively propose you to drop the fixed writing, lyrics and music columns and instead fitting title, credits and note into the "Title" column, like this:
  • A song with writing credits would be
"Little Dumb Song" (Smith, Jones, Dupond)
  • A song with music and lyrics credits would be
"Little Dumb Song" (Music: Smith, Jones / Lyrics: Dupond)
  • A song with a note would be
"Little Dumb Song" (from Little Dumb Album, 1989)
  • A song with both writing credits and note would be:
"Little Dumb Song" (Smith, Jones, Dupond) (from Little Dumb Album, 1989)
I don't know if it is possible to code this, but in case of writing credits the note could systematically go on a second line for improved readability.
And so on. As you see, I have kept your good ideas about note formatting and music/lyrics distinction. A second reason for this proposal is that it is closer to the current WP:ALBUM standard, so it might be more acceptable to the community. Remember, I do support the idea of this template and I would like eventually to see it adapted as a standard in the project. Let me know what you think. – IbLeo (talk) 06:58, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Album What a Lemon (US) cover.jpg)

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The picture can be deleted as it has rightly been removed from its article by another author. I will leave it as-is and let the bot handle the deletion. – IbLeo (talk) 10:45, 2 June 2008 (UTC)