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This template (Template:Discogs artist) was considered for deletion on 2012 December 7. The result of the discussion was "keep".

this does not work....(E-Kartoffel (talk) 16:03, 18 March 2010 (UTC))[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-03-18T16:03:00.000Z","author":"E-Kartoffel","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-E-Kartoffel-2010-03-18T16:03:00.000Z-Usage","replies":["c-JD554-2010-04-29T14:11:00.000Z-E-Kartoffel-2010-03-18T16:03:00.000Z"]}}-->

Unfortunately, the usage isn't documented. You have to add the code number from the discogs url to an id parameter. So for the first Magical Mystery Tour release at http://www.discogs.com/Beatles-Magical-Mystery-Tour/release/1850514, you would use {{Discogs release|id=1850514|type=album}}. However, I would recommend using the newer "master version" at {{Discogs master}}, which is properly documented. --JD554 (talk) 14:11, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-04-29T14:11:00.000Z","author":"JD554","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-JD554-2010-04-29T14:11:00.000Z-E-Kartoffel-2010-03-18T16:03:00.000Z","replies":["c-E-Kartoffel-2010-05-03T17:09:00.000Z-JD554-2010-04-29T14:11:00.000Z"]}}-->

but a "master" is a different thing; a proper, simple template to link to specific releases is dearly needed.(E-Kartoffel (talk) 17:09, 3 May 2010 (UTC))[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-05-03T17:09:00.000Z","author":"E-Kartoffel","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-E-Kartoffel-2010-05-03T17:09:00.000Z-JD554-2010-04-29T14:11:00.000Z","replies":["c-JD554-2010-05-03T17:59:00.000Z-E-Kartoffel-2010-05-03T17:09:00.000Z"]}}-->

We're not talking about the recording industry's "master" but the master entry at discogs.com. --JD554 (talk) 17:59, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-05-03T17:59:00.000Z","author":"JD554","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-JD554-2010-05-03T17:59:00.000Z-E-Kartoffel-2010-05-03T17:09:00.000Z","replies":["c-E-Kartoffel-2010-05-08T10:50:00.000Z-JD554-2010-05-03T17:59:00.000Z","c-E-Kartoffel-2010-05-08T10:57:00.000Z-JD554-2010-05-03T17:59:00.000Z"]}}-->

I know, I am writing about the same thing, i was just confused about the third field, which is useless (or not?), so the template to link to specific releases, not combined in masters (same example as as above) is {{Discogs release|id=1850514|name=Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol Records, MAL-2835)}} (E-Kartoffel (talk) 10:50, 8 May 2010 (UTC))[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-05-08T10:50:00.000Z","author":"E-Kartoffel","type":"comment","level":5,"id":"c-E-Kartoffel-2010-05-08T10:50:00.000Z-JD554-2010-05-03T17:59:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

There is a lot of and longtime discussion about what actually is an album or a single in discogs, so I'd recommend to not include this information in the wikipedia-discogs templates (E-Kartoffel (talk) 10:57, 8 May 2010 (UTC)).[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2010-05-08T10:57:00.000Z","author":"E-Kartoffel","type":"comment","level":5,"id":"c-E-Kartoffel-2010-05-08T10:57:00.000Z-JD554-2010-05-03T17:59:00.000Z","replies":[]}}-->

Hope this helps other users to use this better — get adding! ;-) Jimthing (talk) 05:12, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2012-12-12T05:12:00.000Z","author":"Jimthing","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Jimthing-2012-12-12T05:12:00.000Z-Documentation_added_to_template.","replies":[]}}-->

I've added the "release" parameter to the template (as third option; {{{1|{{{id|{{{release|}}}}}}}}}) and it now functions properly. I've also mantained the "id" parameter for retro-compatibility and added it to the template documentation. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 15:31, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2013-10-23T15:31:00.000Z","author":"Pjoef","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Pjoef-2013-10-23T15:31:00.000Z-\"release\"_option_now_works_(and_\"id\"_too)","replies":[]}}-->

It would be useful for this family of templates to have an option pure_url=yes, just like Template:AllMusic has. That would allow the URL generated by this template to be used within citations. I would use that feature, if it existed. I don't know how to add it to the template code myself – can someone take this on? Lwarrenwiki (talk) 16:17, 4 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2018-05-04T16:17:00.000Z","author":"Lwarrenwiki","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Lwarrenwiki-2018-05-04T16:17:00.000Z-Pure_URL_option_for_citations","replies":[]}}-->