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Thank everyone for this great site.
 
Thank everyone for this great site.
 
Later.
 
Later.
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--rdnZL
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==WTF???==
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About "naming conventions", why does the article (a, an, the) belong at the end???? There is an FZ song "The Dangerous Kitchen" but no "Dangerous Kitchen, The". And why are musicians' last names first? Wouldn't just MAKE FRICKIN' SENSE to put the musician name as it is. Do you think it's confusing to have it alpha'd by last name, but (oh no!) the last name's not first?
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With all this logic (including the topics of my post above), Zappa Frank came out with an album WHO KNOWS WHEN (but it starts with a "G" (excluding the article because it doesn't deserve to be first)[because the first letter of the first word of an album is really where it's at]) called Grand Wazoo, [the]. I'm not trying to harrass you guys, but I just don't see the logic in these decisions. I'm sticking to "FZ Lyrics & Else" if this doesn't change.
  
 
--rdnZL
 
--rdnZL

Revision as of 16:58, 16 March 2005

Important Notes To Wiki Jawakers

I'm very excited about this website, and the way I see it, after a while, and with help, this is gonna be a very dynamite site!!! I've been contributing (I've started Freak Out!), and I need to address some topics.

  • When editing songs, make sure the time is not inside the link. The time is not part of the song!
  • And what does "Versions" mean on each song page. Would there be links to the song on other albums?

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To add to the above...

Which version of an album gets to go where? To my mind Lumpy Gravy has two "tracks" - Part One and Part Two. I think the naming of sections as "tracks" comes from a CD version but not my particular CD version which only has the two tracks.

What does the splitting of the albums into decades mean? Is this the date they were released or recorded or what. I thought I first bought Burnt Weeny Sandwich in 1969 (I could be wrong).

If this is to be some historical/research/reference kind of thing would it make more sense to list the albums alphabetically. Do you organise the albums on your shelf by decade? If I did I would include Joe's Corsage with the sixties stuff, even though it was a recent release, because that is where it belongs.

Duncan

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== More stuff from the first guy ==

OK, I figured out what "Versions" means. (Yes, Duncan, I put my CD's on my shelf in chronological order. I realize I'm a bit nuts.) And according to the little pink thing that I got from Barfko Swill, BWS came out in February 1970. I have some more questions:

  • Which came first: Lumpy Gravy or WOIIFTM? I've seen both being first on different discographies. On the pink thing, it says that Lumpy came first.
  • Look at the link of I Ain't Got No Heart I did above. I had to make a new page so that the link would link to it. "I Ain't Got No Heart" didn't exist, according to the link, even though it does (I worked on it earlier). I guess that links can't link to other parts of the Wiki!!! If so, that is not good!!!!
  • When doing lyrics, like Thing-Fish, do we type in what it says in the libretto, or is that copyright infringement?? If it is c.i., what about the other songs with lyrics that are in the CD booklets? If it is not c.i., then do we type in lyrics exactly as they are in the booklets?
  • I'm adding "Writing/Production credits" to each album page, and "Players on this song" to each song page. (That wasn't a question, but what the hell.)
  • What will we do for the videography? Put in what everybody's saying, and each song that plays, like at "FZ Lyrics & Else"??

Thank everyone for this great site. Later.

--rdnZL

WTF???

About "naming conventions", why does the article (a, an, the) belong at the end???? There is an FZ song "The Dangerous Kitchen" but no "Dangerous Kitchen, The". And why are musicians' last names first? Wouldn't just MAKE FRICKIN' SENSE to put the musician name as it is. Do you think it's confusing to have it alpha'd by last name, but (oh no!) the last name's not first? With all this logic (including the topics of my post above), Zappa Frank came out with an album WHO KNOWS WHEN (but it starts with a "G" (excluding the article because it doesn't deserve to be first)[because the first letter of the first word of an album is really where it's at]) called Grand Wazoo, [the]. I'm not trying to harrass you guys, but I just don't see the logic in these decisions. I'm sticking to "FZ Lyrics & Else" if this doesn't change.

--rdnZL