Template talk:Infobox record label

message: Could we add an 'associated acts' field for this template please? Jack4576 (talk) 09:40, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Associated Acts 

message: Could we make "founded" (the year of founding) optional? It's causing problems at Credential Recordings. --Metropolitan90 06:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Make "founded" optional?

message: Can their be an additional piece of code for "defunct" or "disestablished" for labels that no longer exist? Naufana : talk 21:27, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was thinking the same thing. I can do it, the only problem is what would the proper wording be? Disestablished, Discontinued...? I like Discontinued better, but I'm not sure if there's a better word. Joltman 15:37, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

text: The defunct feature doesn't seem to work. I put in the year 1994 for Twin/Tone Records, but it doesn't appear. Eco84 | Talk 23:21, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Defunct should now work. Proto ► 19:11, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Code for "defunct"?

message: i think CEO or owner should be in the infobox.
--Peterm1991 21:12, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Disagree: the information can change too often, and isn't meaningful to most readers. To know that a label currently belongs to Sony-BMG is a relatively stable information, and understood by most readers; to know that a label is currently held by Joe Schmoe is meaningful only to a handful of insiders, and smells more like vanity/self-publicity from CEOs. IMO. — Komusou talk @ 19:52, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Add CEO field?

message: hi, i'm trying to use this template for Napalm Records but its not working. can anyboody help? see my sandbox for what i'm using. thanks. ...Patrick (talk, contributions) 21:48, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  need help 

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thread_title:  G-Unit Records WikiProject 

message: This request is an exercise in minutia but could "founder" be renamed "founder(s)"? Naufana : talk 02:52, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "Founder" entry

message: It would be great if we could somehow link to a label's discography from the infobox. Possible? Seegoon (talk) 21:30, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discography link 

message: Would be nice to add number of employees and sales/revenue/profit figures, just like in a company infobox. 小龙 (Timish) #   xiǎolóng de xìnxiāng  18:58, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. Number of employees doesn't seem like encyclopedic information to me. --Redrose64 (talk) 20:28, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see Template:Infobox company, it also has the number of employees parameter, as well as sales/revenue/profit. record labels are also companies. Why the discrimination then? Why wouldn't it be encyclopedic information? It's a basic info of a company, it tells the size of the company. 小龙 (Timish) #   xiǎolóng de xìnxiāng  09:28, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of employees 

message: Please correct this edit, which fundamentally changed the functionality of this template by making  or  required parameters. 
to correct it, change  to , notice the additional pipe.
Frietjes (talk) 17:56, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Sorry for the mess up. -- WOSlinker (talk) 18:05, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 29 March 2013 

message: Why is it "Official Website" and not "Official website"? Why is website capitalized? — Status (talk · contribs) 04:00, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. It's now lower-case. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 07:43, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Alright, thanks! — Status (talk · contribs) 18:05, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official Website 

message: Does anyone else think that someone should add a ‘defunct” parameter so that readers can know exactly when a defunct label went defunct?  It's certainly a very important piece of information on the label's history, and it should be included in the infobox. Esszet (talk) 02:02, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: there is already such a parameter, it's just not documented.  I will fix the doc in a moment. Frietjes (talk) 18:41, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. Esszet (talk) 14:32, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  ‘Defunct’ parameter 

message: Should we add the fate of the defunct record label or not? I think it can make it swift on why the record label went defunct, instead of making the reader oversee the label and it would be irritating. If not, then I would understand professionally why. Thanks. Smarty9108 | Send a message to Smarty9108 11:53, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: If there's no one monitoring here, then I might as well respectfully interfere with the Template, if you do not find my edits "acceptable", then kindly revert my edits. Thanks. Smarty9108 | Send a message to Smarty9108 14:01, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sadly, you cannot since it is protected. I believe "fate" is a bit unnecessary, as the reason a label closes is usually either done silently, for business purposes or they founded a new label. The reason for it going  defunct should be covered in the article instead. If one wants to know if the label is no longer, then it needs to be labeled as defunct. STATic message me! 06:59, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: OKay, thanks! Smarty9108 | Send a message to Smarty9108 23:00, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Code for "Fate"?

message: There needs to be a code for both fate and successor, because it would allow readers to easily see what caused the dissolution quicker and who is the successor of the record company. The codes should obviously be optional to add. troublednbored (talk) 22:17, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: For example, Jive Records was absorbed into RCA Records in June 2011 which is it's fate, the successor would be both RCA Records and Epic Records whom both absorbed artists into their operations. Another example would be LaFace Records, which was absorbed into RCA Records and Epic Records which was the fate, the successor would be RCA Records.troublednbored (talk) 22:39, 4 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Code for both "Fate" and "Successor"?

message: Is there any sensible way to amend this to allow a second image? Les Disques du Crépuscule should have logos for both Crépuscule and Factory Benelux. I've bodged the Factory Benelux one in (as an image lower down in the article), but is there any more elegant practice? - David Gerard (talk) 10:52, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: David Gerard, updated for you. Frietjes (talk) 15:37, 28 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second image? 

message: I'd like to propose the addition of a "module" parameter (possibly more than one) to allow for embedding other infoboxes into the infobox, much like Template:Infobox musical artist. This is mainly because I would like to use it on the Monstercat article for embedding Template:Infobox YouTube into the infobox. See my testcase here. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 03:45, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: .  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  07:28, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 14 September 2017 

message: A RfC which may affect this infobox's  parameter has been opened at WT:WikiProject Music#Naming countries in infoboxes. Please add your comments there. —Ojorojo (talk) 17:11, 17 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC on naming countries in infoboxes  

message: Can someone please add the variant "fonders" to the template so this word will show up when more than one person founded the record label in question? Helper201 (talk) 20:57, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor template request 

message: I’ve noticed that a lot of templates for other various brands and businesses have the ability to list the successor(s) and predecessor(s) as well as the fate on their templates. Examples include companies but I also wish record labels had these too. I would appreciate some thoughts on this and whether you think this would be a good idea or not, thanks. SlySabre (talk) 14:30, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I’ve seen someone make another comment on this talk page that adding fate isn’t necessary, which I’d personally disagree with. This is because sometimes it’s important to include phrases such as “sold to by TBA, then merged with TBA” or something similar. There are times when record label companies have been sold and merged into other ones, so I think this should be a key aspect to incorporate for defunct record labels. SlySabre (talk) 14:56, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC: Add Fate and Successor/Predecessor sections on Template? 

message: The parameter  has been marked as "deprecated" for more than 15 years and even before that, it was said to not normally be used. Fifteen years on, the field still does not seem to serve any purpose in the context of Wikipedia. Since it keeps being abused for cosmetic reasons by individual users, it seems about time to remove it entirely. IceWelder [✉] 21:10, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing "bgcolor"