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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Title Guidelines 3 Song Page Format 4 Template 5 Song Template 6 Lyrics 7 Additional Song Information 7.1 Credits 7.2 Interpretations 7.3 Covers 7.4 Romanizations/Translations 7.5 Awards 7.6 Trivia 8 SongFooter Template 9 The Songinfo Template 10 Parental Advisory Template 11 Covers Template 12 Parody Template 12.1 Weird Al Parody 13 Updating Formatting 13.1 Replace Artist Links 13.2 Replace External Links

Introduction

To help give users a consistent experience on the site, this page will outline the standard format for a Song page.

Title Guidelines

• Capitalize the first letter of every word in the artist's name, the album's name and the song's name. (For more information about LyricWiki's page naming guidelines: Page Names)

Song Page Format

The Song page consists of four major sections:

1. The Song template
2. The lyrics themselves.
3. Any additional song information. (This section is optional.)
4. The SongFooter template (External links)

In addition, some songs may call for the Songinfo template, Parental Advisory template, or Covers template to be used.

Template

The following is a generic template of how the Song page is formatted, including some optional sections. Replace the portions in <<>> with the correct information and remove the <<>> completely.

{{Song|<<Name Of Album>> (<<Year>>)|<<Name Of Artist>>}}

{{Cover
|Artist = <<The Covered Artist>>
|Title  = <<The Original Song Title>>
}}

<lyrics>
<<Put the lyrics here.>>
</lyrics>

== Credits ==
* Composer: <<Name Of Composer>> 
* Lyrics by: <<Name Of Lyricist>>
<<Additional Sections Would Go Here>>

{{SongFooter
|artist  = <<Name Of Artist>>
|album   = <<Name Of Album>>
|song    = <<Name Of Song>>
|fLetter = <<First Letter Of Song's Name>>
}}

Song Template

The Song Template is used to begin the page with a link back to the Album page(s) on which the song exists, as well as to the Artist's page. It follows the following format:

{{Song|<<Album>> (<<Year>>)|<<Artist>>}}

If the album's name is unknown, the middle section may be left out: {Song||<<Artist>>}}
The following:
{{Song|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)|The Beatles}}
Will produce:
This song is performed by The Beatles and appears on the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967).
If the song appears on multiple albums, the Song template may be repeated, using the command <br/> to separate the albums into separate lines.
Example:

{{Song|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)|The Beatles}} <br/>
{{Song|Anthology 1 (1995)|The Beatles}} <br/>
{{Song|1 (2000)|The Beatles}} <br/>

Result:
This song is performed by The Beatles and appears on the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967).
This song is performed by The Beatles and appears on the album Anthology 1 (1995).
This song is performed by The Beatles and appears on the album 1 (2000).

• It is best if the albums are listed in chronological order.

Lyrics

Some standards for lyrics:

• Lyrics should be wrapped in <lyrics> tags. This produces a box around the lyrics, such as:

• In the early days of LyricWiki, a blank space was placed at the start of each line of lyrics, creating a dashed box around the lyrics. Many pages still have not been updated to the new formatting. Please do not use the former formatting style anymore. If you come across any such pages, please add the <lyrics> and </lyrics> tags.
• Lyrics should follow the artist's format, but if none is given/known, capitalize the first letter of each line and use minimal end-of-line punctuation.
• It is best if the lyrics displayed reflect the lyrics as they are found on the recorded version.
  • The use of extra notations within the <lyrics> tags, such as "chorus", "verse", or "repeat" should be used only in rare cases, such as for clarity or to shorten what would otherwise be a long list of a repeated phrase at the end of a song.

Additional Song Information

The following sections may not apply to every song and are optional. They may be used, however, to provide additional information about the song.

These sections should be placed after the lyrics section, but before the external links.

To create a header for each on the page, surround the header title with two equal signs on each side.

Example: == Credits ==

Credits

This section is used to attribute the song to its authors.

It is polite to add the credits of the song onto each page

• Composer
• Lyrics by
• Musicians (vocals, guitar, drums, ...)

Interpretations

Common interpretations of songs can be put here.

Only interpretations relating to individual songs should be put here.

Interpretations and trivia about the Artist or the Album should go on those respective pages.

Covers

Songs by other artists that are covers of the song (providing that it is the original recording) should be listed here.
Those covers should have the Cover template placed before the lyrics to link to the original's Song page.

Romanizations/Translations

Romanizations should be placed directly after the lyrics.

For more information see Help:Translations and Help:Romanization.

Awards

Information about a song's awards, top Billboard ranking, etc. can be placed under this heading.

Trivia

Facts that possibly nobody cares about, but you think are worth mentioning (and actually relate to the song of course), can go in the Trivia section.

SongFooter Template

The SongFooter template automatically creates the links to many external services that provide additional information about the song.
Some examples are:

• Amazon links.
• YouTube Music Videos.

To see better how to use the various parameters of the SongFooter template, see the Template:SongFooter page.

SongFooter Template Example:

{{SongFooter
|artist   = Artist name
|album    = Album name
|song     = Song name
|fLetter  = The first letter of the song title
|video    = 93XLgdvwmWU
|audio    = 7b0995a
|language = Swedish
|asin     = B000657NVS
|iTunes   = i=48627033&id=48627047&s=143444
|download = http://www.example.com/SongName.mp3
}}

Many common external links can be specified as a parameter to the SongFooter. This is the preferred method of creating these links, as ordering and formatting are consistant across all songs. If there is a site about the song that is not linked to by using the SongFooter template, you may add the link after the template, using the External Link editing button above the editor's box.

The Songinfo Template

A Songinfo template exists that puts a colored information box on the page, like this:

You can use this at the top of a lyrics page to give important additional information about the song. Use this template sparsely. If the information is relevant but not very important use the Trivia subsection as mentioned above.

Parental Advisory Template

For songs with explicit lyrics, it is suggested that the Template:Parental Advisory template be used to warn viewers about it. This pushes the lyrics off the page and displays a noticeable warning. Simply place the following on the line directly above the lyrics section: {{Parental Advisory}}

Covers Template

If the song is a cover of another artist's original, then the Cover template should be placed after the Song template.
The format for the Cover template is:

{{Cover
|Artist = <<The Covered Artist>>
|Title  = <<The Original Song Title>>
}}

This would produce (once the <<>> was removed):

This song is a cover of The Original Song Title by The Covered Artist.

Parody Template

Similarly, if the song is a parody of another song, use the parody template after the song template.

The format for the Parody template is:

{{Parody
|Artist = <<The Parodied Artist>>
|Title  = <<The Original Song Title>>
}}

This would produce (once the <<>> was removed):

This song is a parody of The Original Song Title by The Parodied Artist.

Weird Al Parody

Also, due to the number of parodies by "Weird Al" Yankovic, there is a separate template for his parodies.

The format for the Parody template is:

{{WAY-Parody|<<The Parodied Artist>>|<<The Original Song Title>>}}

This would produce (once the <<>> was removed):

Updating Formatting

A short time after the wiki was setup, several of the templates used in song pages were created. This has made editing pages much simpler, but many pages exist in the wiki that are not formatted this way. If you come across one, please update the formatting by doing the following:

Replace Artist Links

Old Format:

by '''[[Eels]]'''
On [[Artist:Album (1954)|Album (1954)]] by [[Ima Artist]]

New Format:

{{Song|Album Name (Album Year)|Artist Page Name}}

The Album Name and Year are optional. If you cannot find what album the song is on, use this:

{{Song||Artist Page Name}}

Replace External Links

Old Format:

== External Links ==
Search for [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=ur2&tag=motiveforcell-20&camp=1789&
creative=9325&path=external-search%3Fsearch-type=ss%26index=music%26keyword=Mr.%20E's%20Beautiful%20
Blues%20Eels Mr. E's Beautiful Blues] on Amazon

New Format:

{{SongFooter
|artist  = <<Name Of Artist>>
|album   = <<Name Of Album>>
|song    = <<Name Of Song>>
|fLetter = <<First Letter Of Song's Name>>
}}

|album= is optional. Please include only a single album in the list. The SongFooter template also accepts other items. For the complete list, refer to Template:SongFooter.