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==list of things ~~that~~ i ~~think could be improved~~ about the wiki==

==list of things i do not like about the wiki==

~~My opinion~~ is ~~subject to change. For now, I~~'~~m not putting too much thought into this, so don~~'~~t take anything to heart. Although you probably shouldn~~'~~t anyway; I~~'~~m one person~~.

this list is here because listing all the things i ''do'' like would take too long.

- things on ~~this wiki~~ can be very hard to understand

* things on here can be very hard to understand. this is not controversial.

* It's hard to find a page you're looking for even if you know what it's about, but especially if you don't know whether such a page exists in the first place. Important pages for starters should be accessible by following links from the main page. In particular, I'd like a "bird's eye view of bird's eye view pages" page to be linked on the main page.

~~- it~~'s hard to find a page you're looking for even if you know what it's about

* Octave equivalence is assumed ''everywhere''. 5/2 and 5/4 are the same as much as 9/8 and 10/9 are the same; treating them the same can be useful in certain contexts, but they are not fundamentally the same thing. And in a space dedicated to exploring new tuning and music, it is very silly and annoying to constantly assume octaves essentially don't matter. (Tritave equivalence isn't a solution, it just moves the problem. I think ''every'' pitch should be considered its own thing.)

~~- probably something else i forgot~~

==unnamed music theory==

A number of things bother me about the way tuning is done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even all that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise; the first two might be. I find generators extremely unintuitive, and while they may be useful for things, that does not mean I have to like them. I also dislike the concept of equivalence in general. I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing.

I decided to formalize the ideas that I have been exploring into a music theory, inspired by [https://youtu.be/q8A7utFpS9E Shastavistic music theory], partly as a response to my complaints about how xen is done here and in general, and partly because it was naturally happening anyway. And it sounded fun.

So I decided to formalize the ideas that I have been exploring into a music theory, inspired by [https://youtu.be/q8A7utFpS9E Shastavistic music theory].

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-todo: some stuff
+todo: some stuff, probably
-==list of things that i think could be improved about the wiki==
+==list of things i do not like about the wiki==
-My opinion is subject to change. For now, I'm not putting too much thought into this, so don't take anything to heart. Although you probably shouldn't anyway; I'm one person.
+this list is here because listing all the things i ''do'' like would take too long.
-- things on this wiki can be very hard to understand
+* things on here can be very hard to understand. this is not controversial.
+* It's hard to find a page you're looking for even if you know what it's about, but especially if you don't know whether such a page exists in the first place. Important pages for starters should be accessible by following links from the main page. In particular, I'd like a "bird's eye view of bird's eye view pages" page to be linked on the main page.
-- it's hard to find a page you're looking for even if you know what it's about
+* Octave equivalence is assumed ''everywhere''. 5/2 and 5/4 are the same as much as 9/8 and 10/9 are the same; treating them the same can be useful in certain contexts, but they are not fundamentally the same thing. And in a space dedicated to exploring new tuning and music, it is very silly and annoying to constantly assume octaves essentially don't matter. (Tritave equivalence isn't a solution, it just moves the problem. I think ''every'' pitch should be considered its own thing.)
-- probably something else i forgot
 ==unnamed music theory==
-A number of things bother me about the way tuning is done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even all that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise; the first two might be. I find generators extremely unintuitive, and while they may be useful for things, that does not mean I have to like them. I also dislike the concept of equivalence in general. I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing.
+I decided to formalize the ideas that I have been exploring into a music theory, inspired by [https://youtu.be/q8A7utFpS9E Shastavistic music theory], partly as a response to my complaints about how xen is done here and in general, and partly because it was naturally happening anyway. And it sounded fun.
-So I decided to formalize the ideas that I have been exploring into a music theory, inspired by [https://youtu.be/q8A7utFpS9E Shastavistic music theory].
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