Talk:Cracker Island
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Bonus tracks
[edit]I have removed the bonus/alternative track lists because Wikipedia has a policy against including them. See WP:ALTTRACKLIST.
If alternative track lists are included on other album articles, they should be removed there, too. The fact that they may exist in other articles is not a reason to keep them in this one. See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Popcornfud (talk) 12:33, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
- @ArojamDharkon, apologies for the revert, I misread the diffs.
- However, I am not sure why we need to label the track list "Standard edition", assuming I am understanding your change correctly. And I can't see anywhere in the policy that says we need to do this — it only seems to say
The track listing should be under a primary heading named "Track listing
, which is what I had in my diff. Can you clarify? Popcornfud (talk) 12:45, 27 February 2023 (UTC)- @Popcornfud, at the bottom of the examples the guideline gives for track listings, it notes that a caption/headline is required for the {{track listing}} template. While putting "Standard edition" in the caption is not required, it's become standard practice for me as it's not against any kind of Wikipedia policies and I believe it signals to the reader that there are different versions of the track listing even if the alternate track listings are not shown in the article. ArojamDharkon (talk) 13:22, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. This has caught me out before, because my inclination is to interpret headings in tables as redundant when they're already under section headings, but if I recall correctly they are required for accessibility reasons (ie it's not specific to track lists).
- However, I don't think including "Standard edition" is particularly helpful, because 1) readers won't wonder if it's a special edition tracklist if we don't mention it 2) and if it's notable and important that there are other versions of the tracklist then we should state that explicitly in the prose rather than leaving the reader to guess at them from headings. Popcornfud (talk) 13:30, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Popcornfud, at the bottom of the examples the guideline gives for track listings, it notes that a caption/headline is required for the {{track listing}} template. While putting "Standard edition" in the caption is not required, it's become standard practice for me as it's not against any kind of Wikipedia policies and I believe it signals to the reader that there are different versions of the track listing even if the alternate track listings are not shown in the article. ArojamDharkon (talk) 13:22, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
- SO how can I go about reversing the dumbest policy in Wikipedia history? I would like a breakdown of this. I can also link 1,000 pages that would need to be corrected because they include Deluxe tracks. And that is no hyperbole or exaggeration, I truly do mean at least 1,000 just off the top of my head. Jackie Stuntmaster (talk)