Template talk:AllMusic

message: My name is Curtis Reynolds, I am the keyboard player for the group Ripple, also I do volcols, my name is not on site, I requested a change just want to make sure it is done, on the 1973 copy of the ripple album done by GRC records you will see my name is on the album, I am the founder of the group that is from Kalamazoo Michigan
Keyboardcurtis (talk) 11:46, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the template . Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:06, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  - I made the change to Ripple (band) based on your credits on the Ripple album at Allmusic. Please make all future requests for improving the article at Talk:Ripple (band).  Thanks!  GoingBatty (talk) 01:12, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 15 January 2013 

message: Following the  to the camel-cased AllMusic, I think this template ought to be changed accordingly:
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-- Michael Bednarek (talk) 04:35, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. Please see #Move template? above. --Redrose64 (talk) 09:42, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: A move is unnecessary and I did not request it. I requested that the wikilink emitted by the template avoid the REDIRECT Allmusic and use the article's new name AllMusic. I know about WP:NOTBROKEN but I think that templates should be held to a higher standard. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 05:32, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: . Redirects are cheap but we don't need to force their use. De728631 (talk) 16:06, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 24 July 2013 

message: 196.201.217.38 (talk) 23:58, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. —  (t • e • c) 00:35, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 18 May 2014 

message: Trying to fix allmusic link at No Roses - no matter how I enter the url () or parts thereof the link does not point to the correct page.--Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme (talk) 01:32, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I did this based on the example in the "Album (with accessdate)" example in the template documentation, and it seems to work okay.  Typing in  results in . — Mudwater (Talk) 06:18, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Appreciate the effort - it'll be helpful going forward. Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme (talk) 06:47, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  ID parameter doesn't appear to function properly 

message: has |first= and |last= parameters for named reviewers. My idea may be old ground; but if it is, I unashamedly open it again: I suggest that it should also have a wikilinked |authorlink= parameter. |first=Ron |last=Wynn doesn't help readers as much as would an authorlink to Ron Wynn, which would allow readers to assess the weight to give to him or to any other named AllMusic reviewer.
I trust everyday AllMusic entries as much as I do all self-published sources - i.e. in no way are they WP:RS for notability, but they are often useful for facts like the existence of something or suchlike. However, an AllMusic review signed by someone with a Wiki article begins to look like it could be evidence of notability.
This would be an enhancement to the template, and should therefore have no knock-on (oh no! 100,000 articles need to be updated!) effect. Can of worms opened, comments welcome. Narky Blert (talk) 00:52, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: +1. Why can't this template be a wrapper for  or similar and support all the parameters of that template? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 06:59, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

text: I agree, this template should have an "author-link" parameter as all the "Cite ..." family of templates have. —Bruce1eetalk 07:17, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: This should be converted to a CS1 wrapper, imo, if being used for citations. If not, I'm not sure why this suggestion is required? ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 09:17, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

text: Not done: If we're going to use this for citations, this template should be kept as-is, with a second one at  being created for citations (with a big warning to read WP:ALLMUSIC). This one is designed for external links. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 00:23, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: In line with this template's documentation ("... "), it is already widely used for citations. How would the output of a suggested template  be any different from this template? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:19, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

text: Support and I note that the description of this template currently says 'The template can be used for any link to AllMusic's website, including the "External links" section or when citing it as a source.' This is in conflict with the current answer, so reopening. Monxton (talk) 15:46, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see this new test case, in which the sandbox version shows the use of . Does it look like what is wanted here? – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:08, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. Looks OK to me. (Can somebody please move this section further down this page for chronological consistency?) -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:50, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:   * Pppery * it has begun... 17:05, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: An authorlink parameter?

message: Hey. If you replace "" with 

It would make the template easier to use.--Mikey641 (talk) 20:43, 23 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Imporving tip 

message: I made some updates in Template:AllMusic/sandbox:
# If parameter 1 or "class" are not specified, the default "class" is based on the "id" value (mn=artist, mw=album, mt=song, mc=composition) as per suggestion by Mikey641
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# Intelligent selection of default "class" also works on long "id" values
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# If "id" value does not start with a known prefix, the default "class" is still artist
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# If not using "pure_url" and "id" is not specified, use Wikidata property (if available)
#*  if used in Led Zeppelin article
#*:  frameless |text-top |10px |alt=Edit this at Wikidata |link=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2331#P1728 |Edit this at Wikidata
# If not using "pure_url" and no "id" or Wikidata, display error message and include article in hidden :Category:AllMusic template missing ID and not in Wikidata
#*  if used in article without Wikidata property for AllMusic
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# Update handling of empty parameter 3, "label", or "title" to prevent displaying the link as "[1]" (use current page name instead)
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# Trim leading and trailing spaces from value in parameter 3 (to fix positioning of external link icon; this may browser dependent)
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Please share any comments or suggestions. -- Zyxw (talk) 07:49, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pending updates to template 

message: I have no suggestions, but I'm stunned that there hasn't been (at least as far as I've been able to see) any talk of AllMusic having revamped their site entirely, and how changes/updates like this will be implemented in Wikipedia. There must be literally tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of music-related Wikipedia articles utilizing the old and now completely useless template. In other words, almost every music-related article on Wikipedia contains a dead link to AllMusic. I'm not sure how these can be fixed and replaced with the new template. There would have to be an army of WP editors working around the clock for months doing nothing but replacing the old AllMusic templates in articles. Jhw57 (talk) 11:20, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you clarify your concerns? All the examples overleaf seem to work for me. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:45, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: (Sorry for the delay.) I'm not sure what you mean. Almost every current WP article for an album contains a link to an AllMusic review/rating like the following for the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street: . Clicking on this link (or any AllMusic link in an article) now just takes one to the main AllMusic home page, not the review in question, because the AllMusic identifier/WP id value "r16834" for this particular album has been changed to "mw0000191639" by AllMusic. Because AllMusic has done this for all albums, how does one effect a global change in articles with these now invalid AllMusic tags from "rxxxxx" to "mwxxxxxxxxxx"? Jhw57 (talk) 16:43, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, now I see. But that's not the template's fault but how it is used:  wil fix it: . Obviously, there has been a change in AllMusic's scheme of naming their web pages. I'm surprised that that hasn't been discussed here before, but the form  is not mentioned here after 2014 and the documentation was changed  by User:Zyxw to the current scheme. I've never come across that now erroneous use, but I don't often check AllMusic links. Anyway, I understand that these things get fixed on Wikipedia like everything else: someone fixes it. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 05:29, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: My fault for not being as clear as I could. I've added AllMusic links myself using the newer template here and never realized AllMusic had changed their page naming scheme until I recently ran into a host of dead AllMusic links on WP. It was then that I discovered that there are countless AllMusic links still using . And like you, I'm surprised it's never been discussed. More people need to be made more aware of it because it's not the kind of obvious error that calls out to be fixed. In other words, WP editors should as a matter of course check the AllMusic link any time they happen to find themselves on a music album page. Jhw57 (talk) 13:15, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The links for when "rnnnnnn" is used for album id appear to be working again. StarcheerspeaksnewslostwarsTalk to me 01:11, 10 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Dead AllMusic links still using {{para|id|rnnnnnn}}

message: Can "access-date" be added as a parameter with "accessdate" an alias? Bots are currently changing "accessdate" to "access-date" in articles, and it seems that the former may soon be depreciated. Thanks. —Bruce1eetalk 13:30, 26 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 05:53, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

text: Done – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:48, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  That's great – thank you. —Bruce1eetalk 15:01, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "access-date" parameter? 

message: Change capitalization of book title, from All music guide to rock, to All Music Guide to Rock. (All Music Guide is the formal name of AllMusic's predecessor; see .) Peterh6658 (talk) 06:59, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Where are you seeing the text "All music guide to rock", as I can't see that this template emits it. firefly ( t · c ) 10:10, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

text: Judging from your contributions, I think you're referring to the way this showed up at Country rock? If so, that was an issue with the reference being cited there, not with this template. I've fixed the capitalization there. I'm closing this request as , but if I've misunderstood, feel free to re-open it (by changing answered=yes to answered=no) and clarify what you meant. -- Tamzin (she/they) | o toki tawa mi. 19:40, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, thanks. I was seeing the following ref coding in the Characteristics section: ref name="Bogdanov2002C-Rock". I wasn't sure what to do, and somehow ended up making a request to edit the template, because I thought that was my only option. Peterh6658 (talk) 20:20, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, better to ask in the wrong place than to not ask at all. :) -- Tamzin (she/they) | o toki tawa mi. 21:29, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 22 June 2021 

message: I was wondering if an archive-url parameter could be added to align this template with the  template and WP:DEADREF. voortsSee talk page. 01:26, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  archive-url parameter 

message: ARTICLE:  https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_on_White
Please correct: "onomino" to "omonimo" in the TEMPLATE  https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Allmusic  or perhaps in the TEMPLATE  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:IMDb 87.0.224.151 (talk) 17:34, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone fixed the problem on Wikidata. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:04, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  PROBLEM IN ITALIAN WIKIPEDIA: Please correct: "onomino" to "omonimo" 

message: Change the four instances of AllMusic to AllMusic, as the former is a redirect.
</code> DocWatson42 (talk) 16:35, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It is typical to link to identifiers from templates in this way so that "What links here" for the article is easier to parse. The Citation Style 1 templates like  follow the same approach for ISBN and other identifiers. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:17, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I dunno... I would maybe consider that argument if it was because of the Authority control template. But this is an EL template, and I think it's fine to just link to the non-redirect. SWinxy (talk) 22:17, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think linking to the identifier redirect is preferred here. * Pppery * it has begun... 21:46, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 20 November 2023