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I have added some text to Alberto Gonzalez profile, adding the info appearing on it's current company's (Abylight) webpage, and the aliases appearing on MobyGames.
http://www.smspower.org/music/Profiles/AlbertoJos%c3%a9Gonz%c3%a1lez
Because there is no standard profile for artists, I thought it could be nice to create a standard one. It could consist of:

Personal data of the author: real name, birthdate and birthplace, aliases ...

Biography: It's carrier as artist (videogames or not) and some other things about it's life, studies for example.

Related games: Games he(or she?) has worked on, specifying his role if possible. List should include Sega 8bit and other systems.

What do you think? Any ideas?

Another thing. When creating a new page, non ASCII chars shouldn't be used: it looks terrible in the url and can't be tipped directly. (I realized late). Is there any way to change the page title?

It is not at all easy to get all that information every time. It may be a nice structure to suggest, but it's better to allow free-form info. We are not the authoritative source for all videogame music :) hence the automatic links.

The page URL looks OK in Firefox's address bar, but the "correct" link as shown in your post is quite ugly.

Renaming pages can be done by admins.

Yeah, I know it's hard. Anyway, I updated the profile. Still needs some cleaning...

I don't wish to be harsh, but this is not very relevant to SMS Power. Why not make a page on Wikipedia?

Maxim wrote

I don't wish to be harsh, but this is not very relevant to SMS Power. Why not make a page on Wikipedia?

Or GDRI. *ahem*

GDRI would be a great host for this kind of info. We can always use stripped down versions for SMS Power.

I also think GDRI should be one of the search sites on the bottom of the wiki.

If any of you wants to add the info to GDRI, perfect. I'll cut down this site's version.

CRV wrote

I also think GDRI should be one of the search sites on the bottom of the wiki.

In theory, you could have added it yourself at any time :) except for the non-obviousness of where to add it. I added it now.

Maxim wrote

In theory, you could have added it yourself at any time :) except for the non-obviousness of where to add it. I added it now.

Thank you.

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karagh Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 189 Location: Basque Country, Spain	Artist profile Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:28 pm
	I have added some text to Alberto Gonzalez profile, adding the info appearing on it's current company's (Abylight) webpage, and the aliases appearing on MobyGames. http://www.smspower.org/music/Profiles/AlbertoJos%c3%a9Gonz%c3%a1lez Because there is no standard profile for artists, I thought it could be nice to create a standard one. It could consist of: Personal data of the author: real name, birthdate and birthplace, aliases ... Biography: It's carrier as artist (videogames or not) and some other things about it's life, studies for example. Related games: Games he(or she?) has worked on, specifying his role if possible. List should include Sega 8bit and other systems. What do you think? Any ideas? Another thing. When creating a new page, non ASCII chars shouldn't be used: it looks terrible in the url and can't be tipped directly. (I realized late). Is there any way to change the page title?

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 8982 Location: London	Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:06 pm
	It is not at all easy to get all that information every time. It may be a nice structure to suggest, but it's better to allow free-form info. We are not the authoritative source for all videogame music :) hence the automatic links. The page URL looks OK in Firefox's address bar, but the "correct" link as shown in your post is quite ugly. Renaming pages can be done by admins.

karagh Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 189 Location: Basque Country, Spain	Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:57 pm
	Yeah, I know it's hard. Anyway, I updated the profile. Still needs some cleaning...

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 8982 Location: London	Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:30 pm
	I don't wish to be harsh, but this is not very relevant to SMS Power. Why not make a page on Wikipedia?

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 562	Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:44 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 562	Maxim wrote I don't wish to be harsh, but this is not very relevant to SMS Power. Why not make a page on Wikipedia? Or GDRI. ahem

Bock Site Admin Joined: 08 Jul 2001 Posts: 6320 Location: London, UK	Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:51 am
	GDRI would be a great host for this kind of info. We can always use stripped down versions for SMS Power.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 562	Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:51 am
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 562	I also think GDRI should be one of the search sites on the bottom of the wiki.

karagh Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 189 Location: Basque Country, Spain	moving Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:48 am
	If any of you wants to add the info to GDRI, perfect. I'll cut down this site's version.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 8982 Location: London	Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:53 pm
	CRV wrote I also think GDRI should be one of the search sites on the bottom of the wiki. In theory, you could have added it yourself at any time :) except for the non-obviousness of where to add it. I added it now.

CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 562	Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:36 pm
CRV Joined: 02 Jan 2005 Posts: 562	Maxim wrote In theory, you could have added it yourself at any time :) except for the non-obviousness of where to add it. I added it now. Thank you.

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