User:Mousemambo/Workbench: Difference between revisions

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**Sections that divide the article into different depths of understanding, i.e. that require the reader to have less or more preexisting understandings. More advanced understandings belong in sections later in the article. This is true even formore advanced articles, because in effective narrative nonfiction writing there is always a progression of understanding.

**No list or table without an effective explanation of its contents.

**It might be reasonable to use the [[:Category:Todo|Category:Todo]] tags to mark articles that need a plain-language introductory paragraph. However, there several possible Todo tags that might apply and perhaps should be merged: [[:Category:Todo:add introduction|Todo:add introduction]] or [[:Category:Todo:intro|Todo:intro]] or [[:Category:Todo:improve synopsis|Todo:improve synopsis]]. Does Todo:intro mean something different from Todo:improve synopsis?

**Unfortunately, there are so many Xen Wiki articles that are missing an accessible introduction paragraph that it's hard to know how to begin such a monumental task. As part of a solution to this obstacle, I've put together an outline of specific articles as an "[[User:Mousemambo/Introduction to xenharmonic music terminology|Introduction to xenharmonic music terminology]]" that I believe are foundational for people just starting out in xenharmonic music theory. These articles are a good target set for beginner accessibility and readability improvement.

**Wiki sample/examples (so that you get some idea of what kind of improvements would be helpful):

***Consider the first paragraph of the "Porcupine family" article as of 2023-Sep-06, which never actually states what the "porcupine family" actually is (what's missing: it's a temperament family). This is not and uncommon problem: "The [[5-limit]] parent [[comma]] for the '''porcupine family''' is [[250/243]], the maximal diesis or porcupine comma. Its [[monzo]] is [1 -5 3⟩, and flipping that yields ⟨⟨3 5 1]] for the [[wedgie]]. This tells us the [[generator]] is a minor whole tone, the [[10/9]] interval, and that three of these add up to a perfect fourth ([[4/3]]), with two more giving the minor sixth ([[8/5]]). In fact, (10/9)3 = 4/3 × 250/243, and (10/9)5 = 8/5 × (250/243)2. [[22edo|3\22]] is a very recommendable generator, and [[Mos scale|mos scales]] of 7, 8 and 15 notes make for some nice scale possibilities."

*'''Every Xenharmonic Wiki article about a specific tuning''' should ideally include an early section about the advantages (and probably disadvantages too) of that tuning for composing music. Contrast the article [[19edo]] that includes that information, with the article [[31edo]] that doesn't. You can find the missing 31edo info at an outside article, "[https://31et.com/page/why-31-et Why 31-ET?]" Of course when a tuning is newly developed people may not know any compositional advantages or disadvantages. But any tuning that has a fair bit of music written for it is ready to have that evaluative information added. This would greatly aid readers and especially composers who are curious where to start. A place to start might be to use the tag [[:Category:Todo:explain its xenharmonic value|Todo:explain its xenharmonic value]] to mark pages that need this info.

==Wiki Toolkit==

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**[[Xenharmonic Wiki:Wikifuture]]

**[[Xenharmonic Wiki:Things to do]] [also its [[Xenharmonic Wiki talk:Things to do|Discussion page]]]

*Useful category links

*Useful category links and their corresponding template for tagging articles. To tag an article for category inclusion, add to its bottom after a blank line: <nowiki>[[category:todo:intro]]</nowiki> (for example).

**[[:Category:Stubs]]

**[[:Category:Todo]]

**[[:Category:Todo:expand]]

***[[:Category:Todo:expand|Todo:expand]]

***[[:Category:Todo:explain its xenharmonic value|Todo:explain its xenharmonic value]]

***[[:Category:Todo:explain its xenharmonic value|Todo:add introduction]]

***[[:Category:Todo:intro|Todo:intro]] (What is this category actually for? Improve intro?

***[[:Category:Todo:improve readability|Todo:improve readability]]

***[[:Category:Todo:improve synopsis|Todo:improve synopsis]]

***[[:Category:Todo:simplify|Todo:simplify]]

**[[:Category:Inaccessible pages|Category:Inaccessible pages]] | Or alternatively, use [[Template:Inaccessible]] which both adds an article to this category and also adds a gentle warning message box to the article's head.

**[[Special:RecentChanges]]

*Wiki editing reminders

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 **Sections that divide the article into different depths of understanding, i.e. that require the reader to have less or more preexisting understandings. More advanced understandings belong in sections later in the article. This is true even formore advanced articles, because in effective narrative nonfiction writing there is always a progression of understanding.
 **No list or table without an effective explanation of its contents.
+**It might be reasonable to use the [[:Category:Todo|Category:Todo]] tags to mark articles that need a plain-language introductory paragraph. However, there several possible Todo tags that might apply and perhaps should be merged: [[:Category:Todo:add introduction|Todo:add introduction]] or [[:Category:Todo:intro|Todo:intro]] or [[:Category:Todo:improve synopsis|Todo:improve synopsis]]. Does Todo:intro mean something different from Todo:improve synopsis?
+**Unfortunately, there are so many Xen Wiki articles that are missing an accessible introduction paragraph that it's hard to know how to begin such a monumental task. As part of a solution to this obstacle, I've put together an outline of specific articles as an "[[User:Mousemambo/Introduction to xenharmonic music terminology|Introduction to xenharmonic music terminology]]" that I believe are foundational for people just starting out in xenharmonic music theory. These articles are a good target set for beginner accessibility and readability improvement.
+**Wiki sample/examples (so that you get some idea of what kind of improvements would be helpful):
+***Consider the first paragraph of the "Porcupine family" article as of 2023-Sep-06, which never actually states what the "porcupine family" actually is (what's missing: it's a temperament family). This is not and uncommon problem: "The [[5-limit]] parent [[comma]] for the '''porcupine family''' is [[250/243]], the maximal diesis or porcupine comma. Its [[monzo]] is [1 -5 3⟩, and flipping that yields ⟨⟨3 5 1]] for the [[wedgie]]. This tells us the [[generator]] is a minor whole tone, the [[10/9]] interval, and that three of these add up to a perfect fourth ([[4/3]]), with two more giving the minor sixth ([[8/5]]). In fact, (10/9)<sup>3</sup> = 4/3 × 250/243, and (10/9)<sup>5</sup> = 8/5 × (250/243)<sup>2</sup>. [[22edo|3\22]] is a very recommendable generator, and [[Mos scale|mos scales]] of 7, 8 and 15 notes make for some nice scale possibilities."
+*'''Every Xenharmonic Wiki article about a specific tuning''' should ideally include an early section about the advantages (and probably disadvantages too) of that tuning for composing music. Contrast the article [[19edo]] that includes that information, with the article [[31edo]] that doesn't. You can find the missing 31edo info at an outside article, "[https://31et.com/page/why-31-et Why 31-ET?]" Of course when a tuning is newly developed people may not know any compositional advantages or disadvantages. But any tuning that has a fair bit of music written for it is ready to have that evaluative information added. This would greatly aid readers and especially composers who are curious where to start. A place to start might be to use the tag [[:Category:Todo:explain its xenharmonic value|Todo:explain its xenharmonic value]] to mark pages that need this info.
 ==Wiki Toolkit==
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 **[[Xenharmonic Wiki:Wikifuture]]
 **[[Xenharmonic Wiki:Things to do]] [also its [[Xenharmonic Wiki talk:Things to do|Discussion page]]]
-*Useful category links
+*Useful category links and their corresponding template for tagging articles. To tag an article for category inclusion, add to its bottom after a blank line: <nowiki>[[category:todo:intro]]</nowiki> (for example).
 **[[:Category:Stubs]]
 **[[:Category:Todo]]
-**[[:Category:Todo:expand]]
+***[[:Category:Todo:expand|Todo:expand]]
+***[[:Category:Todo:explain its xenharmonic value|Todo:explain its xenharmonic value]]
+***[[:Category:Todo:explain its xenharmonic value|Todo:add introduction]]
+***[[:Category:Todo:intro|Todo:intro]] (What is this category actually for? Improve intro?
+***[[:Category:Todo:improve readability|Todo:improve readability]]
+***[[:Category:Todo:improve synopsis|Todo:improve synopsis]]
+***[[:Category:Todo:simplify|Todo:simplify]]
+**[[:Category:Inaccessible pages|Category:Inaccessible pages]] | Or alternatively, use [[Template:Inaccessible]] which both adds an article to this category and also adds a gentle warning message box to the article's head.
 **[[Special:RecentChanges]]
 *Wiki editing reminders