Template talk:Infobox musical artist

Infobox musical artist
Infobox musical artist
Genres	Pop; soul; hip hop; dance; Latin;
Subgenres	Dance pop; hip hop soul;

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Suggestion to change the discography parameter[edit]

I think the "Discography" parameter should be changed to "Works", as seen in Template:Infobox person. This will allow users to also include the links for a group's videography and live performances. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 22:37, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Default image alt text duplicates caption[edit]

This code for this infobox when embedding an image contains |title={{{alt|{{{caption|}}}}}}. When the alt= parameter is empty or missing, this results in the image's ALT text getting set to the text of the caption. (example) This is an improper ALT text: The alt text is intended to be read out by screen readers just before the caption, so avoid having the same details in both. (MOS:ALT) This behavior is also unhelpful for sighted readers in that it repeats the caption right below the image. Opencooper (talk) 16:19, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion to create the subgenre parameter[edit]

2600:6C40:5400:DB7:39F3:AF98:FAB4:CC31 (talk) 15:05, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion to create the logo parameter above the image parameter[edit]

Some bands have logos, such as Kiss, Opeth, etc. This parameter should be made optional. Abhiramakella (talk) 23:39, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The logo design is probably copyrighted, and therefore could be a legal problem if Wikipedia reproduces it. Richard3120 (talk) 05:38, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What's really relevant here is how the logo itself looks. See {{PD-textlogo}}. If the logo consists of simple geometric shapes (read .svg), it is free to be uploaded and used on wikis. Wikicommons is full of such logo images, and we already publish logos in our articles (see Queen (band)#Logo or The Beatles#Please Please Me and With the Beatles. But if they are complex images with graphics, complex use of colors, etc. - they are copyrighted.

Generally I think it's a good idea to put logos in infoboxes. On Russian Wikipedia they did it a couple of years ago also with import from Wikidata and it looks nice, see ru:Led Zeppelin, ru:ABBA. Solidest (talk) 19:16, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion to discern between "Occupation" and "Occupations", not always using "Occupation(s)"[edit]

The "Infobox person" template has the ability to use the correct singular or plural label when flatlist or hlist is used instead of commas to separate multiple items. There is an added benefit, as "Occupation(s)" is often the longest label in the box, and making it shorter by 2 or 3 characters allows more room for all the text fields in the right portion of the box. Could the code from the Infobox person template be spliced into this one? Chris the speller ^yack 16:36, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it seems that this infobox just has not been updated since {{Pluralize from text}} was made back in 2022. In addition to Occupations, the labels for Genre, Label, Spinoff, Spouse, Partner, Member, Past member are also worth automating. Solidest (talk) 19:29, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the Discography parameter to Works[edit]

Bringing this discussion back since no progress was made. I think the "Discography" parameter should be changed to "Works", as seen in Template:Infobox person. This will allow users to also include the links for a group's videography and live performances. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 06:36, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You only made the first request last month... please don't make repeated requests for comments as this could be seen as WP:BADGER. Anyway, I'd rather the Discography parameter was removed from the infobox altogether, as an artist's discography/filmography/list of live performances should already be in the article as navbox(es), and I don't think there should be both a navbox and an infobox link. Richard3120 (talk) 11:45, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]