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Italian music terminology edit
I've been working on this alongside music of Italy, a recent (though unsuccessful) FAC, and I think it's a very useful list of terms used to describe aspects of Italian music. Note that this is not the same as Italian musical terms used in English (e.g. tempo, adagio). The only thing its lacking in is pictures, of which I'll add some momentarily. Thanks, Tuf-Kat 06:20, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
- Comment - first thing that comes to mind looking at it is WP:NOT a dictionary.... Renata 17:52, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
- I don't think of this as a dictionary at all. Encyclopedias define jargon and explain the meanings of specialized terms. Tuf-Kat 02:47, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose Looks like a list of foreign-language-dictionary definitions to me, albeit specialised for music. A glossary. It fails on 1a (blue links to related articles) and 2b (sections). I suggest you add sections for dances, instruments, songs, etc. Very well referenced, which makes a pleasant change :-). Colin°Talk 00:40, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
- How about adding sections as you suggest and moving it to list of Italian folk dances, instruments and song forms (or something)? And I never understood 1a to mean that every item had to be a link, but just that it had to not be mostly red links. Tuf-Kat 03:39, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
- I think the current name is fine. The other name is too long and specific. Re 1a, I was more interested in the 1st sentence about bringing together related articles. The Italian musical terms used in English gives the appearance of doing just that. However many wikilinks just redirect to Musical terminology, which is another list like this – seems pointless to link from one list of definitions to another. I guess the authors were hoping someone might change the redirect to an article at some point. The stumbling block is "Wikipedia is not a dictionary (point 2: Lists of definitions)". Colin°Talk 09:28, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
- Sections made. Tuf-Kat 21:33, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
- I think the current name is fine. The other name is too long and specific. Re 1a, I was more interested in the 1st sentence about bringing together related articles. The Italian musical terms used in English gives the appearance of doing just that. However many wikilinks just redirect to Musical terminology, which is another list like this – seems pointless to link from one list of definitions to another. I guess the authors were hoping someone might change the redirect to an article at some point. The stumbling block is "Wikipedia is not a dictionary (point 2: Lists of definitions)". Colin°Talk 09:28, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
- How about adding sections as you suggest and moving it to list of Italian folk dances, instruments and song forms (or something)? And I never understood 1a to mean that every item had to be a link, but just that it had to not be mostly red links. Tuf-Kat 03:39, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
- Comment: I really like the other one (Italian musical terms used in English). I think it would have a good shot at being featured (if it is comprehensive enough?) Rmhermen 06:02, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
- Italian musical terms used in English is nice, but it has some problems (e.g. tuba is an English word of Italian derivation, not an Italian musical term used in English). But anyway, it's totally unreferenced and has a terrible lead. Tuf-Kat 20:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
- Comment: I like this article. It's well referenced, and specialized dictionaries can be useful. However, a lot of entries look like "balùn: A folk dance". That doesn't really tell me much, and doesn't distinguish it from "rezianka zagatina: A folk dance". The article author can't really be expected to write stubs about every one of these terms for linking, but it would be nice to have a little more detail. Gimmetrow 00:22, 7 January 2007 (UTC)