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How can you volunteer to help CPDL?
Adopt-a-Composer	Contribute editions
Add texts and translations	Add information to composer pages
Fix dead links	Create redirects for optional spellings of composers

Welcome to the Volunteers page! Thank you for your willingness to help CPDL.

You may find the following link useful as it provides a quick guide to wiki page editing.

Adopt-a-Composer

Volunteer to "adopt" the composer of your choice (if he/she is not already taken) by visiting the adopt a composer page and adding your name. You would build up the composer page with additional content which may include:

List of choral/vocal sheet music organized by various criteria (publication date, opus, genre, whichever is appropriate)
List of complete choral/vocal works
List of all publications/editions
Biography
Bibliographic information
External links
Recordings of interest
Images

You don't have to include all of these items, indeed, other content not listed here may also be added. While there is a great deal of flexibility in this, it is generally a good idea to stay with the general guidelines and organizational structures of this wiki. Check out other adopted composer pages for ideas.

Contribute editions

Contribute editions of public domain works or make your own compositions and arrangements freely available. Refer to the score submission guide for a comprehensive guide of how to contribute your editions. Refer to this page for information about when music enters the public domain.

If you're looking for some music notation software, click here for a list or ask for advice on the forums.

If you're not sure what you should include in your edition (apart from some notes and words!), or perhaps you've been editing scores for a while and want to see if you can improve your editions, click here for some guidelines.

Add texts and translations

One of the many advantages of CPDL being a wiki is that any (registered) user can easily add texts or translations to a score page. You can view a list of score pages which need texts adding here. If you want to get involved, please read the comprehensive help page on how to add texts and translations.

Add information to composer pages

One of the goals of ChoralWiki is to create a resource for finding scores and information about a composer. With this in mind, it is requested that people add material to composer pages. One easy way is to visit the unknown nationality category. Then, find a composer (and his/her nationality), click on the composer's name, click on the 'edit this page' tab, and change the line at the bottom from [[Category:Unknown_nationality]] to [[Category:Russian composers]] (where "Russian" is the correct nationality). There are over 100 composers with unknown nationalities as of January 2008.

Fix dead links

When a link appears red, that means that there is no page with that exact title. Either the link is wrong, or the destination page is misspelled. A special page called "Orphaned pages" lists all those pages which are not linked from any other page.

When a web-link returns an error - or shows the intended information is not on the hosted site - the page should be edited and marked with the "broken" template, which will show up as: It should be placed immediately before the score link which is broken, as shown below:

*'''CPDL #7884:''' {{broken}}[http://www.odhecatonmusic...

Create redirects and aliases for optional spellings of composers

This involves creating links to composer names, based on a common name, or on a variant spelling. For example, the page for Orlando di Lasso should appear when people type in a search for 'Roland Lassus' or 'Lassus'. This is done be creating redirects. To create a redirect, type the alias into the search box, click "Go", then on the page that appears, click the red link "create this page". In the edit box that appears, type: #redirect[[Orlando di Lasso]] where "Orlando di Lasso" is the exact name of the composer on CPDL.

Similarly, redirects should be created in many cases so that the last names of composers point directly to the composer page. An important question arises: "What should the official name for a composer be?" If you are interested in discussing such issues, or suggesting a name change, you can post the suggestion on the discussion page for a particular composer (see the tabs along the top of a wiki page), or post it on the CPDL forums.

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-Hello all,
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+<big>'''[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Adopt-a-Composer|Adopt-a-Composer]]'''</big><br />
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+<big>'''[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Contribute editions|Contribute editions]]'''</big>
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+| align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top"|
+<!-- LEFT COLUMN -->
+<big>'''[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Add texts and translations|Add texts and translations]]'''</big>
+| align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; border-left:1px solid #cee0f2; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top" |
+<!-- RIGHT COLUMN -->
+<big>'''[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Add information to composer pages|Add information to composer pages]]'''</big>
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+| align="center" style="width:50%; background:#f5faff; padding:0.5em; text-align:center;" valign="top"|
+<!-- LEFT COLUMN -->
+<big>'''[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Fix dead links|Fix dead links]]'''</big>
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+<!-- RIGHT COLUMN -->
+<big>'''[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Create redirects and aliases for optional spellings of composers|Create redirects for optional spellings of composers]]'''</big>
+|}
-Welcome to the Volunteers page, and thank you for your interest in helping out! The site was just installed on August 23, 2005. The complete archive from CPDL is now available in page format. It consists of composer pages and music pages, which are linked together. There are several major issues that need to be addressed immediately. Some result from the transfer process, but most are long-standing issues with the CPDL data. Luckily, ChoralWiki is fully editable, so folks can jump in (if you feel comfortable). That is where you come in. Since all pages are editable, it is hoped that pages can be improved collaboratively. With this in mind here is list of major items that need to be addressed. Also, here is a link to a page for help with [[Help:Editing|Wiki Page Editing]]. Thank again for your willingness to help CPDL!
-Best,
+<big><center>'''Welcome to the Volunteers page! Thank you for your willingness to help CPDL.'''</center></big>
-Rafael Ornes, Manager CPDL, [mailto:ornes@cpdl.org ornes@cpdl.org]
+You may find the following link useful as it provides a quick guide to [[Help:Editing|wiki page editing]].
 ==Adopt-a-Composer==
-Volunteer to "Adopt" the composer of your choice (if he/she is not already taken) by visiting the [[ChoralWiki:Adopt-A-Composer!|adopt a composer]] page.  You would build up the composer page with additional material fo your "adopted" composer.
+Volunteer to "adopt" the composer of your choice (if he/she is not already taken) by visiting the [[ChoralWiki:Adopt-A-Composer!|adopt a composer]] page and adding your name. You would build up the composer page with additional content which may include:
+*List of choral/vocal sheet music organized by various criteria (publication date, opus, genre, whichever is appropriate)
+*List of complete choral/vocal works
+*List of all publications/editions
+*Biography
+*Bibliographic information
+*External links
+*Recordings of interest
+*Images
+You don't have to include all of these items, indeed, other content not listed here may also be added. While there is a great deal of flexibility in this, it is generally a good idea to stay with the general guidelines and organizational structures of this wiki. Check out other adopted composer pages for ideas.
+==Contribute editions==
+Contribute editions of public domain works or make your own compositions and arrangements freely available. Refer to the [[score submission guide]] for a comprehensive guide of how to contribute your editions. Refer to [[Help:When does music enter the public domain?|this page]] for information about when music enters the public domain.
+If you're looking for some music notation software, [[:Category:Music Notation Software|click here for a list]] or ask for advice on [http://www.choralwiki.org/phpBB2 the forums].
+If you're not sure what you should include in your edition (apart from some notes and words!), or perhaps you've been editing scores for a while and want to see if you can improve your editions, [[ChoralWiki:The perfect edition|click here for some guidelines]].
-==Fixing incorrect or incomplete information==
-Many scores on CPDL have incomplete data. This causes searches and browsing features to give incomplete results. There are several instances that can be easily fixed. Here are some examples of items:
-*'''Incorrect number of voices:''' If you search for '0vv' you will find hundreds of scores which do not have the correct number of voices or voicing information. Feel free to add this information.
+==Add texts and translations==
-*'''Choral music category missing:''' If you browse the category [[:Category:Unknown]], you will find hundreds of mislabelled entries. Click on one and then click on edit and scroll to the bottom of the page. You should see the text <nowiki>[[Category:Unknown]]</nowiki>. This usually should be changed to <nowiki>[[Category:Sheet music]]</nowiki> for all choral scores and <nowiki>[[Category:Solo vocal music]]</nowiki> for solo vocal music.
+One of the many advantages of CPDL being a wiki is that any (registered) user can easily add texts or translations to a score page. You can view a list of score pages which need texts adding [[:Category:Text and translations requests|here]]. If you want to get involved, please read the comprehensive [[Help:How can I add a text or translation?|help page on how to add texts and translations]].
-*'''Choral music genres and voicing missing:''' Likewise, if you browse the categories [[:Category:Unknown genre]] and [[:Category:Unknown voicing]], [[:Category:Unknown nationality]] and you will find many entries. A standard choral work should have the following categories at the bottom of the works page:
- <nowiki>[[Category:Sheet music]][[Category:Sacred music]][[Category:Motets]][[Category:SATB]]</nowiki>
-''(The genre, subgenre, and voicing information should be changed to reflect the actual piece)''
+==Add information to composer pages==
+One of the goals of ChoralWiki is to create a resource for finding scores and information about a composer. With this in mind, it is requested that people add material to composer pages. One easy way is to visit the [[:Category:Unknown nationality|unknown nationality category]]. Then, find a composer (and his/her nationality), click on the composer's name, click on the 'edit this page' tab, and change the line at the bottom from <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Unknown_nationality]]</nowiki></tt> to <tt><nowiki>[[Category:Russian composers]]</nowiki></tt> (where "Russian" is the correct nationality). There are over 100 composers with unknown nationalities as of January 2008.
-==Adding texts and translations==
-One of the many advantages of CPDL being a wiki is that any user can easily add texts or translations to a score page. You can view a list of score pages which need texts adding [[:Category:Text and translations requests|here]]. It is a good idea to read through the [[Help:How can I add a text or translation?|help page on how to add texts and translations]].
-In the case where there are many settings of the same text (eg. [[Mass]] settings, [[Pater Noster]], etc.), one "text page" exists for the text and all translations. All score pages which use that text then link to the text page.
+==Fix dead links==
+When a link appears red, that means that there is no page with that exact title. Either the link is wrong, or the destination page is misspelled. A special page called [[Special:Lonelypages|"Orphaned pages"]] lists all those pages which are not linked from any other page.
-Here are two web addresses with lots of translations that need to be added:
+When a web-link returns an error - or shows the intended information is not on the hosted site - the
-*[[ChoralWiki:Translations/St._Ann_Choir]]: A set of translations that are available to be placed on CPDL.
+page should be edited and marked with the "broken" template, which will show up as: http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/f/f3/Broken.gif It should be placed immediately before the score link which is broken, as shown below:
-*[[ChoralWiki:Translations/Swithinbank]]: A set of translations that were created by Mick Swithinbank for CPDL last spring, and which need to be re-entered.
+:<tt><nowiki>*'''CPDL #7884:''' {{broken}}[http://www.odhecatonmusic</nowiki></tt>...
-==Adding information to Composer pages==
-One of the goals of the new website is to create a resource for finding scores and information about a composer. With this in mind, it is requested that people add material to composer pages. One easy way is to visit the [[:Category:Composers|Composer pages]], click on [[:Category:Unknown nationality|Unknown nationality]] under the 'Nationality subsection. Then, find a composer (and his/her nationality), click on the composer's name, click on the 'edit this page' tab, and change the line at the bottom from <nowiki>[[Category:Unknown_nationality]] to [[Category:Russian composers]]</nowiki> (or any other nationality). There are 350 composers with unkown nationalities. Here is the link:
-*[[:Category:Unknown_nationality]]
-==Fixing dead links==
+==Create redirects and aliases for optional spellings of composers==
-There are two primary types of dead links:
+This involves creating links to composer names, based on a common name, or on a variant spelling. For example, the page for [[Orlando di Lasso]] should appear when people type in a search for 'Roland Lassus' or 'Lassus'. This is done be creating '''redirects'''. To create a redirect, type the alias into the search box, click "Go", then on the page that appears, click the red link "create this page". In the edit box that appears, type: <tt><nowiki>#redirect[[Orlando di Lasso]]</nowiki></tt> where "Orlando di Lasso" is the exact name of the composer on CPDL.
-: When brackets appear <nowiki>[[title,composername,etc.]]</nowiki>, that means that the link is broken,
+Similarly, redirects should be created in many cases so that the last names of composers point directly to the composer page. An important question arises: "What should the official name for a composer be?" If you are interested in discussing such issues, or suggesting a name change, you can post the suggestion on the discussion page for a particular composer (see the tabs along the top of a wiki page), or post it on the [http://www.cpdl.org/phpBB2 CPDL forums].
-usually because of a missing umlaut or accented character. If you repair that character the link should work.
-: When a link appears red, that means that there is no associated page to that link. Either the link is wrong, or the destination page is misspelled.
+<!--==Fix incorrect or incomplete information==
-:A special page called "Orphaned pages" lists all those pages which are not linked from any other page.
+Many scores on CPDL have incomplete data. This causes searches and browsing features to give incomplete results. There are several instances that can be easily fixed. Here are some examples of items:
-:* [[Special:Lonelypages|Orphaned pages]]
-: When a web-link returns an error - or shows the intended information is not on the hosted site - the
+*'''Choral music category missing:''' If you browse the category [[:Category:Unknown]], you will find hundreds of mislabelled entries. Click on one and then click on edit and scroll to the bottom of the page. You should see the text <nowiki>[[Category:Unknown]]</nowiki>. This usually should be changed to <nowiki>[[Category:Sheet music]]</nowiki> for all choral scores and <nowiki>[[Category:Solo vocal music]]</nowiki> for solo vocal music.
-page should be edited and marked with the "broken template", which will show up as: {{broken}} . It goes just just after the CPDL Number, as shown below:
+*'''Choral music genres and voicing missing:''' Likewise, if you browse the categories [[:Category:Unknown genre]] and [[:Category:Unknown voicing]], [[:Category:Unknown nationality]] and you will find many entries. A standard choral work should have the following categories at the bottom of the works page:
-           <NoWiki> Example --> *'''CPDL #7884:''' {{broken}}[http://www.odhecatonmusic ... </NoWiki>
-==Creating redirects and aliases for optional spellings of composers==
+ <nowiki>[[Category:Sheet music]][[Category:Sacred music]][[Category:Motets]][[Category:SATB]]</nowiki>
-This involves creating links to composer names, based on a common name, or on a variant spelling. For example, the page for [[Orlando di Lasso]] should appear when people type in a search for 'Roland Lassus' or 'Lassus'. This is done be creating ''''''redirects''''''. To create a redirect, go to a page called 'Roland Lassus' and edit the page so that this line appears:
- <nowiki>#redirect[[Orlando di Lasso]]</nowiki>
+''(The genre, subgenre, and voicing information should be changed to reflect the actual piece)''
-This will cause all searches for 'Roland Lassus' to be redirected to the page for 'Orlando di Lasso'. Similarly, redirects should be created in many cases so that the last names of composers point directly to the composer page. An important question arises: 'What should the official name for a composer be?' If you are interested in discussing such issues, or suggesting a name change, you can post the suggestion on the discussion page for a particular composer (see the tabs along the top of a wiki page), or post it on the [http://www.cpdl.org/phpBB2 CPDL forum].
-==Combining multiple editions for a single musical work onto one page==
+==Combine multiple editions for a single musical work onto one page==
 All redundant listings should be moved to the corresponding Title page, and then removed from the Composer page. Check out [[Giuseppe Pitoni]] for an example of how this is done. (look at the 'history' tab on that page to see how it appeared originally). Over 500 pieces have duplicate listings that need to be fixed.
 *[[Help:How to combine different editions of the same work unto the same page|Click here to see a step-by-step guide on how to combine different editions on the same page]]
-==Combining movements of a larger work onto one page and deleting excess pages==
-Especially important for all Mass listings. Instructions will be forthcoming...
+==Combine movements of a larger work onto one page and deleting excess pages==
+Especially important for all Mass listings. Instructions will be forthcoming...-->