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From May 2025 onwards, the Xenharmonic Wiki is introducing new '''notability guidelines'''.  
'''This is not actually Xen Wiki policy, it is only a hypothetical proposal by one user.'''
 
 
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The Xenharmonic Wiki is introducing new '''notability guidelines'''.  


These are less strict than Wikipedia's guidelines. The main goal of these guidelines is to stem the tide of dozens of very short new pages about topics of limited musical usefulness.
These are less strict than Wikipedia's guidelines. The main goal of these guidelines is to stem the tide of dozens of very short new pages about topics of limited musical usefulness.
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Main space pages are pages without any prefix. For example "Major scale".
Main space pages are pages without any prefix. For example "Major scale".


== General MAIN space content ==
== Pages with GENTLE notability requirements ==
In general the wiki is suffering from a lack of citations, so if you cite your sources, that is especially appreciated and goes a long way.
In general the wiki is suffering from a lack of citations, so if you cite your sources, that is especially appreciated and goes a long way.


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=== • Pages about widely used tunings or intervals ===
=== • Pages about widely used tunings or intervals ===


== Entries on list and gallery pages ==
== Pages with MODERATE notability requirements ==
 
=== Gallery of just intervals ===
Only include intervals which are a critical component of the structure of at least one highly musically useful [[scale]].
 
=== Temperament family, clan or collection pages ===
Only include temperaments which have low [[badness]] in a non-absurd, non-arbitrary subgroup, or are restrictions of such to lower prime limits.
 
It is highly recommended to include least one sentence of rationale, for why this temperament was documented or why this particular extension may be chosen.
 
==== Extensions ====
If you are documenting an [[extension]] to a base temperament, especially in the [[13-limit]] and higher where multiple primes may dictate conflicting tuning tendencies, do so only if the extension:
* is the best available extension to the given [[subgroup]]/[[prime limit|limit]] in a specific tuning subrange of the base temperament, OR
* is particularly simple compared to other extensions to the same subgroup, OR
* splits the base temperament's [[generator]]s in a nontrivial way and is better than other extensions to do the same by either of the above criteria
 
If the extension is to a subgroup that does not fill out a prime limit, it should be explained why it is natural or reasonable to consider this.
 
=== Tables of commas ===
Only include commas which are [[tempered out]] by at least one low-badness [[temperament]] in a non-absurd, non-arbitrary subgroup, AND which are important for defining that temperament (not incidental).
 
([[List of superparticular intervals]] is an exception in that that page explicitly intends to include ''all'' superparticulars within a given limit.)
 
=== Entries that don't meet the above criteria ===
List them on your own user page instead.
 
== MAIN space content requiring extra caution ==


=== Using words or names you invented yourself ===
=== Using words or names you invented yourself ===
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Thank you :)
Thank you :)


== Likely USER page content ==
== Pages with STRICT notability requirements ==


=== Pages with significantly more automated template content than human-written content ===
=== Pages with significantly more automated template content than human-written content ===
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If you are unsure about meeting the below criteria, make it a '''user page'''.
If you are unsure about meeting the below criteria, make it a '''user page'''.


If the page is about '''an interval''' that is fairly simple (as a heuristic: if it has a numerator and denominator each 2 digits or less or [[Wilson height]] below 40), then it can be a main space page, as long as it has at least a full paragraph of human-written content, rather than consisting mostly of just templates.
If the page is about '''an interval''' that meets AT LEAST ONE of the following criteria, then it can be a main space page (''as long as it has at least a full paragraph of human-written content, rather than consisting mostly of just templates''):
* Both its numerator and denominator are 2 digits or less
* It has a [[Wilson height]] of around 40 or less
* It is highly structurally important to some musical framework used by at least 2 people


==== Commas ====
==== Commas ====
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* tempering it out has low [[badness]] and sensible structural interpretation in a ''non-absurd'' [[subgroup]]
* tempering it out has low [[badness]] and sensible structural interpretation in a ''non-absurd'' [[subgroup]]
* it is incidental to multiple temperaments elsewhere documented on the wiki
* it is incidental to multiple temperaments elsewhere documented on the wiki
* it has [[essentially tempered chords]] in a reasonable odd-limit,
* it has [[essentially tempered chord]]s in a reasonable odd-limit,


Additionally, if it is to be a main space page, you MUST do the following:
Additionally, if it is to be a main space page, you MUST do the following:
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Those are all still useful things to include, but only if you actually describe how they relate to this temperament and what that means for musicians or composers.
Those are all still useful things to include, but only if you actually describe how they relate to this temperament and what that means for musicians or composers.


If you are making a main space page for an ET with an unusual [[equave]] or [[period]] (e.g. ED5/3, ED7, ED8/7, etc.), then there must be a VERY reason why it's important, otherwise it should be a user page.
If you are making a main space page for an ET with an unusual [[equave]] or [[period]] (e.g. ED5/3, ED7, ED8/7, etc.), then there must be a VERY good reason why it's important; otherwise it should be a user page.


If you are making a main space page for an EDO, EDT, or other ET with hundreds or thousands of steps, then there must be an EXTREMELY good reason why it's important, otherwise it should be a user page.
If you are making a main space page for an EDO, EDT, or other ET with hundreds or thousands of steps, then there must be an EXTREMELY good reason why it's important, otherwise it should be a user page.
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They should '''always include [[:Template:Worldbuilding]] at the top of the page'''.
They should '''always include [[:Template:Worldbuilding]] at the top of the page'''.


== Always USER page content ==
== Essays/opinion pieces ==
These should always be '''user pages'''.
 
== Entries on list and gallery pages ==
 
=== Gallery of just intervals ===
Only include intervals which are a critical component of the structure of at least one highly musically useful [[scale]].
 
=== Temperament family, clan or collection pages ===
Only include temperaments which have low [[badness]] in a non-absurd, non-arbitrary subgroup, or are restrictions of such to lower prime limits.
 
It is highly recommended to include least one sentence of rationale, for why this temperament was documented or why this particular extension may be chosen.
 
==== Extensions ====
If you are documenting an [[extension]] to a base temperament, especially in the [[13-limit]] and higher where multiple primes may dictate conflicting tuning tendencies, do so only if the extension:
* is the best available extension to the given [[subgroup]]/[[prime limit|limit]] in a specific tuning subrange of the base temperament, OR
* is particularly simple compared to other extensions to the same subgroup, OR
* splits the base temperament's [[generator]]s in a nontrivial way and is better than other extensions to do the same by either of the above criteria
 
If the extension is to a subgroup that does not fill out a prime limit, it should be explained why it is natural or reasonable to consider this.
 
=== Tables of commas ===
Only include commas which are [[tempered out]] by at least one low-badness [[temperament]] in a non-absurd, non-arbitrary subgroup, AND which are important for defining that temperament (not incidental).
 
([[List of superparticular intervals]] is an exception in that that page explicitly intends to include ''all'' superparticulars within a given limit.)


=== Essays/opinion pieces ===
=== Entries that don't meet the above criteria ===
These should always be '''user pages'''.
List them on your own user page instead.


== Banned content ==
== Banned content ==
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