Portal talk:Christian music

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[edit] Created

I've finally created this portal. If anyone wishes to help/suggest/advise, you may do so by starting a new conversation on this discussion page or at my talk page. aJCfreak yAkBaK 15:34, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured picture

Wouldn't Image:Jars of Clay.jpg make a better choice for a featured picture of Jars of Clay? --Mschel 19:48, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry. Saw this only now. Yes, will change it. :) Could've done it yourself. After all, isn't this Wikipedia?! Thanks. aJCfreak yAk 12:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I could have changed it myself, but I thought you had probably seen it and had some reason for not choosing it. --Mschel 14:41, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Ah. Anyways, it's done now. I've asked around for people to upload some completely-free images. Let's see. Please check/add/edit the other sections too. Thanks, dude. You're awesome. aJCfreak yAk 15:29, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Shortcuts

Hey. Been trying to figure out a suitable shortcut(s) for this portal. But apparently, we do not have many choices. The following are already taken up:

  • WP:CCM WikiProject CCM
  • WP:CHM WikiProject Chemistry
  • WP:C Wikipedia Copyrights
  • WP:CH Wikipedia Cheatsheet
  • WP:CHRIST WikiProject Christianity, which also has WP:X
  • WP:CM WikiProject Classical music

Few that are available are:

  • WP:CHR (Would be too confusing!)
  • WP:XM (This might turn out to be our best bet!)

Any ideas?! aJCfreak yAk 16:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Silly me. Have created P:CM as a shortcut to this portal. Should we add any more? aJCfreak yAk 17:24, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
What do you think of WP:CMP (Christian music portal)? --Mschel 19:15, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Yep, I think we'll add that as well. We can use WP:CMP since this is a portal on WP; we'll also use P:CM since this is the Christian music portal. Until others start getting involved with the project and more ideas crop up, I guess we'll stick with this. Thanks, Mark! aJCfreak yAk 09:17, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sections

Do we need to add more sections to the Portal? Also, do we need to remove any existing sections? I agree that the portal still needs a lot of work; but if we could try and decide whether we need more/less sections, it'd make the job easier. :) aJCfreak yAk 09:20, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colours

Hi all! Just wondering what colours would fit. I've been trying to work with a few. I think the current combination for the title bar is cool. The border, textbox might need changing. Please, change it if something better pops up in your minds. You may use Web colors, Wikipedia talk:Colours and List of colors as references. Thanks! aJCfreak yAk 14:15, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Attention for Christian music article

I'm assuming the Christian music article would be a major article for this portal. It currently is in need of major attention and a rewrite. I would encourage anyone with expertise in the subject to help. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 17:06, 14 December 2007 (UTC) Y Done - rewrite completed. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 18:57, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProjects

I've noticed that there are several independent WikiProjects related to Christian music all with very small memberships (or at least only a few active participants). I would like to propose to the WikiProject the possible merger of these projects into one WikiProject (probably entitled Christian music WikiProject with task forces for each genre (Contemporary Christian music, Southern Gospel, urban contemporary gospel, etc.). The other option is to make Christian music as a whole a task force under the Christianity Wikiproject. Thoughts? Absolon S. Kent (talk) 19:39, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

The creation of a single Christian Music Wikiproject with various genres as subordinate task forces makes perfect sense to me. -- PEPSI2786talk 01:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I agree with Pepsi. Create a single Christian Music WikiProject with task forces for several genres, as outlined in the first option above by Absolon. Royalbroil 04:54, 4 January 2008 (UTC) (WikiProject Contemporary Christian Music)
I agree. A single wikiproject for Christian music would be nice. But I think the place for this discussion would be here with appropriate links to the discussion placed on the discussion pages of the other smaller wikiprojects. aJCfreak yAk 08:48, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Note: I decided to open the discussion here on the portal because this would affect several genres of Christian music (including contemporary Christian). Absolon S. Kent (talk) 18:42, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I thought it was placed in an appropriate place, since there is no parent WikiProject for all Christian music, right? Royalbroil 20:10, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
I suspect that this is the right place. Note to Ajcfreak: As I understand it we are considering not only Jars of Clay but also Josquin des Prez; not only Matt Redman but also Messiaen. In this context, whenever you think of one, think also of the other.) Feline Hymnic (talk) 23:21, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry for the late reply, people. I agree with the above comments. The only reason I suggested moving the discussion was because I created this portal and it hasn't seen much activity in the past six months. (my fault entirely - I've not been updating it at all!) However, since there seems to be some sortofa consensus among editors, it's fine by me! :) aJCfreak yAk 09:11, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
I think that would be a wonderful idea. It would centalize everything and make finding information easier for the readers as well. I have long thought that a merger would fix this problem. Count me in! Junebug52 13:10, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Looks like we have a consensus from the major WikiProject editors and maintainers. I took information and formats from the four main pages to start the project. It's located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian music. I haven't done categories and Task Force Pages yet because I figured there would be discussion needed. Please feel free to edit what's been done as you all see fit. Absolon S. Kent (talk) 19:13, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Apparently none of the members of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Christian Metal gave their opinions on this; every one has been busy during the past weeks. Anyway, I think this Project merge might be a good thing, hoping that we could all help editing each others' articles. --Azure Shrieker (talk) 20:35, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Add question from Gospel wikiproject

[edit] Genre Assignment

Since there are editors for various genres of Christian music, might I suggest that each editor take the genre that they have knowledge of and act as a lead editor for that genre. Then at some point we can change genres at the request of said editor and add and check each others work to make sure that we are not leaving factors out. This way we are not double working and running over each others edits which could lead us into an edit wars at some point. Does anyone have any input about this suggestion? Junebug52 05:15, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I will be happy to start with Christian country music since that is an article I started and have knowledge of the artists involved. Junebug52 05:18, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea. However, I'm sure that most of the editors currently working on the several sub-genres have more knowledge and experience. So I'll stand back and watch, if ya don't mind. aJCfreak yAk 09:06, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
This discussion should be happening at the new WikiProject talk page, so I replied there. Royalbroil 05:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)