User talk:QuietHere/Archives/2024/August


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Years are nonstandard for bands[citation needed]GhostInTheMachine talk to me 18:04, 11 August 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240811180400","author":"GhostInTheMachine","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-GhostInTheMachine-20240811180400-CN","replies":["c-QuietHere-20240811181000-GhostInTheMachine-20240811180400"]}}-->

@GhostInTheMachine for short descriptions, I have never seen another for a band article that included the years of the band. I see 'em all the time for individuals' birth/death years, but not for a band's foundation/disbandment years. Seems less essential to me than the genre, and there's only so much room to work with. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 18:10, 11 August 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240811181000","author":"QuietHere","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-QuietHere-20240811181000-GhostInTheMachine-20240811180400","replies":["c-GhostInTheMachine-20240811181200-QuietHere-20240811181000"]}}-->
OK, so there is no actual policy about this, just common usage. Sometimes the active years do make sense — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 18:12, 11 August 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240811181200","author":"GhostInTheMachine","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-GhostInTheMachine-20240811181200-QuietHere-20240811181000","replies":["c-QuietHere-20240811181500-GhostInTheMachine-20240811181200"]}}-->
@GhostInTheMachine as far as I'm aware, there are no policies about shortdesc content. There are guidelines, but they don't appear to be super specific. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 18:15, 11 August 2024 (UTC)__DTREPLYBUTTONSCONTENT__-->__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240811181500","author":"QuietHere","type":"comment","level":4,"id":"c-QuietHere-20240811181500-GhostInTheMachine-20240811181200","replies":[]}}-->