Difference between revisions of "Help:Editing"

NOTE: This is a rough draft and might not be perfect. Hope it's good enough for now :)

Creating and editing songs is fairly straightforward but requires you to use a little bit of code. It's not difficult!

Читати по-Українському на сторінка Редагування.

Coding is too complicated

I feel you. Send me an email at daniel.centore@gmail.com including everything you've got (lyrics, chords, credits, links to renditions) and I'll add the song at my convenience and discretion. If you are typing the chords, use a monospace font, where every character is the same width (e.g. Consolas) so the chords and lyrics are certain to line up the same when I view them. If you just have pictures of Spivanyky, that's fine too.

Creating a Page

Start by searching for the name of the song with the search bar. Make sure the 1st letter is capitalized and all subsequent letters lowercase (except proper nouns).

Examples:

• При ватрі
• Ой ти, Галю
• Біла хата в саду
• Писаний Камінь

If multiple titles are in common use, you should generally use the one that is NOT the first line of the song (e.g. use "При ватрі", not "Сіріли у сумерку").

Try to make the song name unambiguous. "Маруся" isn't a great name because that could be a few songs. "Маруся, раз, два, три" is better.

After searching, click the text that says Create the page "Назва пісня" on this wiki! This will open an editor.

Sample

We recommend copying the following example as your starting point. You can see the results of this code at Гандзя. It might not match up exactly if that page has been edited since this article was written.

<credits>
Слова і музика: Денис Бонковський
</credits>
<spiv>
;C                 G7
:Чи є в світі молодиця,
;                  C
:Як та Гандзя білолиця?
;;F                  G7
::Ой, скажіте, добрі люди,
;;                  C
::Що зі мною тепер буде? (2)

!Приспів:
; G7            C
:Гандзя душка, Гандзя любка,
; G           C
:Гандзя мила, як голубка!
; F             C
:Гандзя рибка, Гандзя птичка,
; G7          C
:Гандзя цяця-молодичка!

Гандзю моя, Гандзю мила,
Чим ти мене напоїла?
::Чи любистком, чи чарами,
::Чи солодкими словами? (2)

!Приспів

Важка ж моя гірка доля,
Знать, такая Божа воля,
::Щоб ніченьки я не спав,
::За тобою пропадав! (2)

!Приспів

Чи я мало сходив вітру?
Чи я мало бачив цвіту?
::Чим калина найкрасніша?
::Чому Гандзя наймиліша? (2)

!Приспів

Як на мене щиро гляне -
Серце моє, як цвіт в'яне,
::А як стане щебетати -
::Сам не знаю, що діяти... (2)
</spiv>
== Виконання ==
* [https://youtu.be/4zg6vqUHBMk?t=28m50s Квітка Цісик]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW5HFKFM7-w Дмитро Гнатюк]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i27j8z59c5w капела "Карпати"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-9dtNvb3tk Nataliya Shelepnytska]
* [https://soundcloud.com/volodymyr-fedak/tun6quqvdlsh Борщ]

Analysis

Let's go through this piece by piece.

Credits

Everything in-between the two "credits" tags is rendered in italics. Include whatever is known using one of the following formats below. Feel free to add extra information if known. If no authorship is known, remove the credits tags entirely so the first line of the file is <spiv>.

<credits>
Слова і музика: Денис Бонковський
</credits>

<credits>
Слова: Данило Данилович
Музика: Борис Борисович і Володя Володйович
</credits>

Lyrics

Everything in-between the two "spiv" tags is interpreted as lyrics. Lines should be preceded with one of these characters to indicate what type of line it is:

• ; Chord line
• : Lyric line
• ;; Indented chord line
• :: Indented lyric line
• ! Instruction line

If a line is not preceded with any of these characters, we assume it is a lyric line for convenience. Never do this if the preceding line is a chord because then the chords won't align properly.

If you do not have chords for the song, make sure to tick the "Needs chords" category at the bottom.

Extra Info

Here are some common extra sections. Feel free to add your own if relevant:

== Історія ==
Some stuff happened.

== Ігра ==
Here's how to play the game with this song.

Renditions

At the very end, include a list of renditions of the song. Songs higher in the list should be better quality with lyrics more similar to those of the співаник, while lower ones should be of poorer quality. Try to find at least one rendition. If you cannot find any, make sure to tick the "Needs music" category before saving.

Categories

Before saving you will find a number of categories. Tick those that are applicable. Make sure to:

• Always select Пісні, unless it's a Таборовий пісень
• You will almost always select one of:
  • Основні пісні
  • Зимові пісні
  • Дитячі пісні
  • Релігійні пісні
• See Категорії for the rough relationships of categories. These are a guideline, not a rule. Most categories have a description of what should be included if unsure.
• Select any "Needs" categories applicable (e.g. Needs chords).

Making a Redirect

If there is another *popular* title for a song, create a page for it and make the content of that page:

#REDIRECT [[Назва пісня]]

Replace "Назва пісня" with the name of the original song page. Keep the square brackets.