[edit] Disambiguation
- Disambiguation
1. All articles should be at natural titles, if possible. Do not disambiguate unless necessary.
2. In general, terms that need to be disambiguated should involve the most simple, basic category possible; for example, do not use (70s concert promoter) when (concert promoter) is sufficient, or (Romantic concerto) when (concerto) will do.
3. Popular music: The most common disambiguators should be created using (band), (album), (musician), (record label), (song) or (composer). If further disambiguation is needed, use:
- Countries for performers: X (American band) and X (Australian band) (if this does not resolve the ambiguity, use genre or time period); and
- Performers for albums/songs/etc: Down to Earth (Ozzy Osbourne album) and Down to Earth (Stevie Wonder album). (If this does not resolve the ambiguity, use the year. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums#Naming for more detailed guidelines for albums.)
- Others include: (EP), (concert promoter), (DJ), (manager), (record producer), (sound engineer), (songwriter), (talent scout),
4. Classical music:
- Musicians disambiguators: (conductor), (pianist), (violinist), (ensemble), (orchestra), etc.
- Compositions: (cantata), (concerto), (sonata), (symphony) etc.
- Others: (musicologist), (music critic) etc.
5. Operas:
- Case 1: if the name of the opera has already been used (e.g. for an article on a mythological deity or a play etc), the word opera should be added to the title in parentheses. For example: Macbeth (opera) refers to the work by Verdi to distinguish it from Macbeth which is the play by Shakespeare.
- Case 2: If there are two (or more) operas with the same title, subsequent articles on operas of the same name take the name(s) of the composer(s) in parentheses. For example: Otello is the opera by Verdi, and Otello (Rossini) is the one by Rossini. (Normally, the first article to be created is also on the opera that is more well-known.)
- Case 3: An example combining both Case 1 and Case 2 would be: Miss Julie, the play, Miss Julie (opera), the opera by Rorem, and Miss Julie (Alwyn), the opera by Alwyn. The various works should also be listed on any disambiguation page.
6. Opera biographies:
- Singer disambiguators are (soprano), (mezzo-soprano), (contralto), (tenor), (baritone), (bass-baritone), and (bass).
- Others include (director) (for stage directors), (librettist), and (opera manager) (impresarios and administrators).
