Talk:Great White Wonder

message: Not being overly familiar with infoboxes, I didn't understand the problem regarding User:Mike Selinker's original fix. Using the Longtype advanced command was a nice creative touch on his part to resolve the problem. However, "Studio Album" is still inappropriate since no song on the album was done in a studio, not even in a loose sense given the recording quality. "Compilation" isn't completely accurate either, though it's closer since the songs were chosen from two different sources. I'm also not sure of the protocol here, but one solution might be to request a new template. The Template:Infobox Album page isn't helpful on the subject, other than to state that if the type isn't known to leave the category blank. I'd like to see this worked out somehow and would appreciate feedback. Thanks. Allreet (talk) 23:43, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps we should pitch to WikiProject Albums the idea of creating a true "bootleg recording" parameter for Template:Infobox Album. What do you think? - I.M.S. (talk) 23:50, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's warranted. Given GWW's notability, it should be treated like any other album, but for lack of a suitable category, it can't be. BTW, I'm changing the rating to Mid-Importance (regarding Dylan, it's Mid; regarding bootlegs, it's Top). Also, the article needs a lot of work, and there may not be enough here to warrant Start class, at least relative to many other Start class articles. Should this be changed to Stub? If so, please change it. Thanks. Allreet (talk) 21:04, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

text: Oh, I see the album rating is Stub. I'll just make them match. Allreet (talk) 21:17, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: (note:edit conflict)Good call on raising its importance - I was actually considering doing that myself. It's definitely a significant part of Dylan's history - it drew from some of the most important sessions of the '60s, and started the real bootleg industry. So, would it be alright if I posted a proposal on WP Albums' talk page along the lines of this:
===Suggestion===
"Hello everyone. Allreet and I have been discussing the creation of a new "bootleg" parameter for the Template:Infobox Album. In case you didn't know, The Great White Wonder is an extremely important Bob Dylan bootleg from 1969, which drew from the sessions that would eventually be (partially) compiled in The Basement Tapes. We've been puzzling over whether it would fit under the compilation or studio parameter. It appears to defy both, as you will see in the below conversation I have quoted from TGWW's talk page:
Not being overly familiar with infoboxes, I didn't understand the problem regarding User:Mike Selinker's original fix. Using the Longtype advanced command was a nice creative touch on his part to resolve the problem. However, "Studio Album" is still inappropriate since no song on the album was done in a studio, not even in a loose sense given the recording quality. "Compilation" isn't completely accurate either, though it's closer since the songs were chosen from two different sources. I'm also not sure of the protocol here, but one solution might be to request a new template. The Template:Infobox Album page isn't helpful on the subject, other than to state that if the type isn't known to leave the category blank. I'd like to see this worked out somehow and would appreciate feedback. Thanks. Allreet (talk) 23:43, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

text: Perhaps we should pitch to WikiProject Albums the idea of creating a true "bootleg recording" parameter for Template:Infobox Album. What do you think? - I.M.S. (talk) 23:50, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's warranted. Given GWW's notability, it should be treated like any other album, but for lack of a suitable category, it can't be [...] Allreet (talk) 21:04, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

text: Do you have an opinion on this? - I.M.S. (talk) 04:26, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox: album type 

message: "Hello everyone. Allreet and I have been discussing the creation of a new "bootleg" parameter for the Template:Infobox Album. In case you didn't know, The Great White Wonder is an extremely important Bob Dylan bootleg from 1969, which drew from the sessions that would eventually be (partially) compiled in The Basement Tapes. We've been puzzling over whether it would fit under the compilation or studio parameter. It appears to defy both, as you will see in the below conversation I have quoted from TGWW's talk page:
Not being overly familiar with infoboxes, I didn't understand the problem regarding User:Mike Selinker's original fix. Using the Longtype advanced command was a nice creative touch on his part to resolve the problem. However, "Studio Album" is still inappropriate since no song on the album was done in a studio, not even in a loose sense given the recording quality. "Compilation" isn't completely accurate either, though it's closer since the songs were chosen from two different sources. I'm also not sure of the protocol here, but one solution might be to request a new template. The Template:Infobox Album page isn't helpful on the subject, other than to state that if the type isn't known to leave the category blank. I'd like to see this worked out somehow and would appreciate feedback. Thanks. Allreet (talk) 23:43, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps we should pitch to WikiProject Albums the idea of creating a true "bootleg recording" parameter for Template:Infobox Album. What do you think? - I.M.S. (talk) 23:50, 17 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's warranted. Given GWW's notability, it should be treated like any other album, but for lack of a suitable category, it can't be [...] Allreet (talk) 21:04, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

text: Do you have an opinion on this? - I.M.S. (talk) 04:26, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestion