User:BudjarnLambeth/Notability guidelines: Difference between revisions

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=== Pages with significantly more automated template content than human-written content ===

These should always be '''user pages''' ~~except~~ if they are about a [[MOS]] with less than 40 total steps, then they can go in main space.

These should always be '''user pages''' - the exception is if they are about a [[MOS]] with less than 30 total steps, then they can go in main space.

If the page is about an very important topic that is a priority for the wiki to cover, then include [[:Template:Stub]] at the BOTTOM of the page. This will tell future authors to write more content for your page, and once it is fleshed out, it can be moved to main space.

If the page is about a very important topic (see below for elaboration) that is a priority for the wiki to cover, then include [[:Template:Stub]] at the BOTTOM of the page. This will tell future authors to write more content for your page, and once it is fleshed out, it can be moved to main space.

=== NEW pages about intervals, commas, or equal tunings ===

~~These~~ should ~~usually~~ be '''user pages'''.

If one is unsure about meeting the below criteria, these should be '''user pages'''.

If the page is about a comma that is ~~tempered~~ out ~~by a temperament with~~ very low [[badness]] in a ''non-absurd'' [[subgroup]], 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 a [[comma]] such that at least one of the following is true: tempering it out has very low [[badness]] and sensible structural interpretation in a ''non-absurd'' [[subgroup]], it is incidental to multiple temperaments elsewhere documented on the wiki, or it has [[essentially tempered chords]] in a reasonable odd-limit, then it can be a main space page - provided that its particular xenharmonic value is explained and 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 ~~with~~ a numerator and denominator each 2 digits or less, 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 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 equal tuning (ET), proceed with caution. You need to be able to write at least a paragraph of manual, human-written content, which would not be easy to figure out by someone just looking at a ~~graph~~. If you can do that, it can be a main space page, otherwise, it should be a user page.

If the page is about an [[equal-step tuning|equal tuning]] (ET), proceed with caution. You need to be able to write at least a paragraph of manual, human-written content, which would not be easy to figure out by someone just looking at tables already provided on the ET page (for instance "this EDO performs well in the 2.9.15.11.17.23 subgroup" is easily readable from the table of harmonics generally provided right below such a statement, and is therefore considered trivial to derive), and which in some way points uniquely to that specific ET ("this EDO tempers out [comma]" or "this EDO supports [temperament]" ''on their own'' do not specify why that particular ET is important as a tuning thereof). Note also that all pages for [[EDO]]s and [[EDT]]s below a few hundred have already been created, implying the remainder of ET pages either have hundreds or thousands of steps (putting a greater burden on notability that way), or have obscure [[equaves]] (which need further justification for considering). Also note that we require that any new pages on EDOs, EDTs, etc. to be linked to from the main page EDO, EDT, etc. itself; these links have to be inserted manually for EDOs over 1000 and EDTs over 300, and consider the fact that the EDO page is semi-protected into the calculation. If you can do all of that, it can be a main space page, otherwise, it should be a user page.

=== New music theory concepts you came up with yourself ===

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 === Pages with significantly more automated template content than human-written content ===
-These should always be '''user pages''' except if they are about a [[MOS]] with less than 40 total steps, then they can go in main space.
+These should always be '''user pages''' - the exception is if they are about a [[MOS]] with less than 30 total steps, then they can go in main space.
-If the page is about an very important topic that is a priority for the wiki to cover, then include [[:Template:Stub]] at the BOTTOM of the page. This will tell future authors to write more content for your page, and once it is fleshed out, it can be moved to main space.
+If the page is about a very important topic (see below for elaboration) that is a priority for the wiki to cover, then include [[:Template:Stub]] at the BOTTOM of the page. This will tell future authors to write more content for your page, and once it is fleshed out, it can be moved to main space.
 === NEW pages about intervals, commas, or equal tunings ===
-These should usually be '''user pages'''.
+If one is unsure about meeting the below criteria, these should be '''user pages'''.
-If the page is about a comma that is tempered out by a temperament with very low [[badness]] in a ''non-absurd'' [[subgroup]], 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 a [[comma]] such that at least one of the following is true: tempering it out has very low [[badness]] and sensible structural interpretation in a ''non-absurd'' [[subgroup]], it is incidental to multiple temperaments elsewhere documented on the wiki, or it has [[essentially tempered chords]] in a reasonable odd-limit, then it can be a main space page - provided that its particular xenharmonic value is explained and 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 with a numerator and denominator each 2 digits or less, 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 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 equal tuning (ET), proceed with caution. You need to be able to write at least a paragraph of manual, human-written content, which would not be easy to figure out by someone just looking at a graph. If you can do that, it can be a main space page, otherwise, it should be a user page.
+If the page is about an [[equal-step tuning|equal tuning]] (ET), proceed with caution. You need to be able to write at least a paragraph of manual, human-written content, which would not be easy to figure out by someone just looking at tables already provided on the ET page (for instance "this EDO performs well in the 2.9.15.11.17.23 subgroup" is easily readable from the table of harmonics generally provided right below such a statement, and is therefore considered trivial to derive), and which in some way points uniquely to that specific ET ("this EDO tempers out [comma]" or "this EDO supports [temperament]" ''on their own'' do not specify why that particular ET is important as a tuning thereof). Note also that all pages for [[EDO]]s and [[EDT]]s below a few hundred have already been created, implying the remainder of ET pages either have hundreds or thousands of steps (putting a greater burden on notability that way), or have obscure [[equaves]] (which need further justification for considering). Also note that we require that any new pages on EDOs, EDTs, etc. to be linked to from the main page EDO, EDT, etc. itself; these links have to be inserted manually for EDOs over 1000 and EDTs over 300, and consider the fact that the EDO page is semi-protected into the calculation. If you can do all of that, it can be a main space page, otherwise, it should be a user page.
 === New music theory concepts you came up with yourself ===