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=Linking Wikipedia and MusicBrainz together=
=Linking Wikipedia and MusicBrainz together=


[http://wikipedia.org 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.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 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==
==Linking from MusicBrainz to Wikipedia==
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==Linking from Wikipedia to MusicBrainz==
==Linking from Wikipedia to MusicBrainz==

A list of each article with a link to [[MusicBrainz]] is available here:

[http://de.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Spezial:Whatlinkshere&target=Vorlage%3AMusicbrainz http://de.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Spezial:Whatlinkshere&target=Vorlage%3AMusicbrainz]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Template%3AMusicbrainz http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Template%3AMusicbrainz]

You can export each article with [[Media Wiki|MediaWiki]]'s XML-export function and parse the template link to get the coresponding [[MusicBrainz]] ID.


===Linking from the English Wikipedia to MusicBrainz===
===Linking from the English Wikipedia to MusicBrainz===


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


to link to [[MusicBrainz]] objects, and
to link to [[MusicBrainz]] objects, and
* {{Musicbrainz wiki|PAGENAME}} -- ''good for the references/external links section'' --,
* <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''
* [[MusicBrainz:PAGENAME]] -- ''better to use in the middle of a sentence'' --,
</ul>
* <code><nowiki>[[!MusicBrainz:PAGENAME]]</nowiki></code>,
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">''better to use in the middle of a sentence''
</ul>


to link to the [[Musicbrainz Wiki|MusicbrainzWiki]], where the ALLCAPSWORDS are arguments.
to link to the Musicbrainz wiki, where the ALLCAPSWORDS are arguments.


===Linking from the German Wikipedia to MusicBrainz===
===Linking from the German Wikipedia to MusicBrainz===
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See [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA#Weblinks http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA#Weblinks] for an example.
See [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA#Weblinks http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA#Weblinks] for an example.


A list of each article using this template is available [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Spezial:Whatlinkshere&target=Vorlage%3AMusicbrainz here].
==Discussion==


# Can you create a simple list of all artists and their permanent link URL? We could add links from Wikipedia to [[MusicBrainz]] much more easily this way!
You can export each article with [[Media Wiki|MediaWiki]]'s XML-export function and parse the template link to get the coresponding [[MusicBrainz]] ID.
# Is it ok to use this icon: [[Image:Musicbrainz.png]] under GFDL?


==Discussion==
<pre> ABBA; artist/d87e52c5-bb8d-4da8-b941-9f4928627dc8.html
.. ...
ZZ TOP; artist/a81259a0-a2f5-464b-866e-71220f2739f1.html
</pre>


Is it ok to use this icon: [[Image:Musicbrainz.png]] under GFDL?
You can leave me a comment at my Wikipedia user page: [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Benutzer_Diskussion:JakobVoss&action=edit&section=new http://de.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Benutzer_Diskussion:JakobVoss&action=edit&section=new]
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">I'm afraid not. We have 190k artists. This would make no sense. --[[User:Shepard|Shepard]]
</ul>


[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:External]]
[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:External]]

Revision as of 14:24, 26 October 2005

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, where the ALLCAPSWORDS are arguments.

Linking from the German Wikipedia to MusicBrainz

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. So if you want to link to a MusicBrainz artist page in Wikipedia use the following code in the article:

 {{musicbrainz|ROWID}}

See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA#Weblinks for an example.

A list of each article using this template is available here.

You can export each article with MediaWiki's XML-export function and parse the template link to get the coresponding MusicBrainz ID.

Discussion

Is it ok to use this icon: File:Musicbrainz.png under GFDL?