User talk:Ebonyskye/Archive1
Hi! Thanks to contributing to the Europa-Park article, do you think you can get the Infobox to look a little less off-centre? It is so out of proportion... Poeloq 14:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I'll try... I just fiddled with what was already there, enlarged the photo a bit to even up the text and took the xtra brackets off the web link. I'll look for the original info box template and see what it offers. I have some website coding experience (basic html) but all this wiki stuff is new to me, though it's similar. Ebonyskye 01:06, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
OK. I gave it a shot, but the column that holds the bold text (address, hours, ect.) is flush right, and the stuff you fill in is flush left. So, it's basically centered. I moved some text to make the lines shorter, but that's all I can do. I think it looks just fine. Ebonyskye 01:15, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Heya, I'm quite busy at the moment, but I'll put the infobox on my todo list. Thanks. Poeloq 02:19, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Hello - I noticed in your recent edit to the Midnight Syndicate article you deleted the image of the CD cover from the discography section. Since you did not address that in your edit summary, I'm wondering if it was inadvertent. If so, I would appreciate it if you could add it back to the article. If not, please respond on the article's talk page and let us know why you felt the need to delete it. Thanks! - Skinny McGee 19:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Per the music guidelines, the CD cover belongs on the album's page, not the band page. I noticed another editor previously removed the other albums you had there, and that last one was probably just an oversight as it was further down the page. I am looking into templates to do some album pages when I have a few moments. Ebonyskye 19:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
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I reloaded the image and chose a different license, for video stills and logos. I hope that's OK. The band gives the photo freely on their website.Ebonyskye 07:18, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
What part of the article is redundant? The lead is meant to talk about things mentioned elsewhere in the article, it is a summary. As for the reference- I got the information about them being approached at a conference from an interview-
Your latest release, Dungeons and Dragons, is actually a soundtrack for the role-playing game, in addition to being a separate Midnight Syndicate release. How did this collaboration come about?
E: For years, roleplayers have been using our discs as background for their gaming sessions - especially for the darker-themed games like Ravenloft, Call of Cthulu, and Vampire: The Masquerade. Support grew to the point that we started setting up at gaming conventions in 2001. It was at our first show that one of the heads of Wizards of the Coast came up to us and asked if we would be interested in doing a soundtrack specifically for Dungeons & Dragons. Needless to say we were very excited by the opportunity. Not only were we fans of the game but Dungeons & Dragons sessions often provided inspiration for the music on some of our other discs. The writing for the D&D disc came very natural and working with the developers at Wizards of the Coast was great.
I am not even particularly sure what your reference is- are you honestly telling me that is a business letter requesting an album? It didn't even seem to be saying what you were saying it was. What you interpreted directly contradicted what was already in the article, and in putting that in (just lobbing it in the lead- don't you understand what the lead is for!?) you left the article contradicting itself- not to mention you didn't format it well!
As for the other soundtrack- do you have a reference for that? I am certain I have read that this one was the only (official) one. I'd be interested in getting hold of it, if it exists, if nothing else. J Milburn 21:43, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry, I didn't mean for that to come across so aggressively. I was watching TV, my mind was elsewhere. J Milburn 21:53, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
- I think it is perhaps best to reference the page that the PDF came from as a source, rather than the PDF itself, which alone looks a little dubious. I don't think it is a minor detail, but it certainly deserves a mention, as you say, though I doubt in the lead. As for mentioning the conception and recording in the lead- that is a major part of the article, where as the endless discussion of the genre, which is prevalent in a lot of other album articles, is nonexistent here, and so doesn't get much of a mention. The lead is meant to be a summary of the entire article, and a good chunk of the article is about the conception of the album. Anyway, I'll work your reference in now. J Milburn 11:54, 19 August 2007 (UTC)