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At the English Wikipedia, use the templates
At the English Wikipedia, use the templates
* <code><nowiki>{{Musicbrainz artist|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFARTIST</nowiki></code>}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Musicbrainz_artist link]),
* <code><nowiki>{{MusicBrainz artist|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFARTIST</nowiki></code>}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:MusicBrainz_artist link]),
* <code><nowiki>{{Musicbrainz album|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFALBUM</nowiki></code>}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Musicbrainz_album link]),
* <code><nowiki>{{MusicBrainz album|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFALBUM</nowiki></code>}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:MusicBrainz_album link]),
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''link to the earliest release''
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''link to the earliest release''
</ul>
</ul>
* <code><nowiki>{{Musicbrainz track|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFARTIST</nowiki></code>}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Musicbrainz_track link]),
* <code><nowiki>{{MusicBrainz track|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFARTIST</nowiki></code>}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:MusicBrainz_track link]),
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''link to the earliest release''
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''link to the earliest release''
</ul>
</ul>


to link to [[MusicBrainz]] objects, and
to link to [[MusicBrainz]] objects, and
* <code><nowiki>{{Musicbrainz wiki|PAGENAME</nowiki></code>}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Musicbrainz_wiki link]),
* <code><nowiki>{{MusicBrainz wiki|PAGENAME</nowiki></code>}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Musicbrainz_wiki link]),
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''good for the references/external links section''
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''good for the references/external links section''
</ul>
</ul>
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===Linking from the German Wikipedia to MusicBrainz===
===Linking from the German Wikipedia to MusicBrainz===


At the German Wikipedia, use the templates
Unfortunatly the German Wikipedia changed its template and currently only artists can be linked and only with the Row ID. Don't ask why, its simply stupid. You can help discussing about this at [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage_Diskussion:Musicbrainz http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage_Diskussion:Musicbrainz].
* <code><nowiki>{{Musicbrainz künstler|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFARTIST</nowiki></code>}} ([http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Musicbrainz_k%C3%BCnstler link]),

* <code><nowiki>{{Musicbrainz album|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFALBUM</nowiki></code>}} ([http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Musicbrainz_album link]),
So if you want to link to a [[MusicBrainz]] page in Wikipedia use one of the following codes in the article:
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''link to the earliest release''
* <code><nowiki>{{MusicBrainz künstler|id=</nowiki></code>'''ROWID'''<code><nowiki>|name=NAMEOFARTIST</nowiki></code>}} ([http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Musicbrainz_k%C3%BCnstler link]),
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''prefered to use''
</ul>
* <code><nowiki>{{MusicBrainz|</nowiki></code>'''ROWID'''<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>}} ([http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Musicbrainz link])
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''only for artists; for uniformity I suggest using the previous one
</ul>
</ul>
* <code><nowiki>{{MusicBrainz album|id=</nowiki></code>'''ROWID'''<code><nowiki>|name=NAMEOFALBUM</nowiki></code>}}} ([http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Musicbrainz_album link])
* <code><nowiki>{{Musicbrainz track|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFARTIST</nowiki></code>}} ([http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Musicbrainz_track link]),
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''link to the earliest release''
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''link to the earliest release''
</ul>
</ul>


[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:External]]
You can parse all articles out of the Database dump to get the coresponding [[MusicBrainz]] ROWID: [http://www.wikisign.org/chronikdetail.php?key=fca86618f9fa3e32acf29bc7a90931bb&view=table&wsLang=en http://www.wikisign.org/chronikdetail.php?key=fca86618f9fa3e32acf29bc7a90931bb&view=table&wsLang=en]
[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:External]]

Revision as of 12:03, 9 June 2006

Linking Wikipedia and MusicBrainz together

WikiPedia is an online encyclopedia Wiki in multiple languages that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It contains many articles on bands and other artists. This is a short draft describing the possible collaboration between MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Linking from MusicBrainz to Wikipedia

You can use the WikipediaRelationshipType to add an AdvancedRelationship (AR) between an artist or album and their Wikipedia url.

Linking from Wikipedia to MusicBrainz

Linking from the English Wikipedia to MusicBrainz

At the English Wikipedia, use the templates

  • {{MusicBrainz artist|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFARTIST}} (link),
  • {{MusicBrainz album|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFALBUM}} (link),
  • link to the earliest release
  • {{MusicBrainz track|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFARTIST}} (link),
  • link to the earliest release

to link to MusicBrainz objects, and

  • {{MusicBrainz wiki|PAGENAME}} (link),
  • good for the references/external links section
  • [[MusicBrainz:PAGENAME]],
  • better to use in the middle of a sentence

to link to the Musicbrainz wiki. (ALLCAPSWORDS are arguments, obviously)

Linking from the German Wikipedia to MusicBrainz

At the German Wikipedia, use the templates

  • {{Musicbrainz künstler|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFARTIST}} (link),
  • {{Musicbrainz album|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFALBUM}} (link),
  • link to the earliest release
  • {{Musicbrainz track|id=PERMALINKCODE|name=NAMEOFARTIST}} (link),
  • link to the earliest release