User:Dominoes/Sandbox

Proposal draft

Determining music terminology

This is originally part of Evie's proposal, which seeks to reorganize the music coverage in this wiki as well as redefining music terminology used to describe elements of music. I have more ideas regarding the latter that it is split into this proposal, so here it is, a proposal for determining the terms we use to describe music.

As a musician, I have noticed that the terms we currently use for our music coverage isn't the best. For example, looking at the sound test pages, the entries in a game's soundtrack are named "songs", which is arguable. Before you call me pedantic, I have no problem with calling any musical work a "song" in daily speech - that's just how language works. But it's important to note that this is a comprehensive encyclopedia, and our wording, per the Manual of Style, should be professional, and using "song" in such a context makes the article feel less credible. Hence, I would like to propose this set of terminology which we would use to describe elements of music.

Terminology	Examples
Theme A unique, large musical idea that may or may not recur in several musical works. Leitmotif A unique, small musical fragment associated with a person, place, or other things that reoccurs in several musical works sharing the same idea.	"Wild Woods" is a theme. "Ground BGM" is a recurring theme. "Koops" and "Vivian" feature a leitmotif introduced in "An Awfully Long Time Ago..."
Piece An individual musical work created for any purpose. Equivalent to "song" colloquially. Track A non-standalone musical piece that plays in a video game, movie, or other media. This sense is borrowed from "track" as in a recorded album entry. Use "track" over "piece" if applicable, especially in sound test or album pages. Song A piece that features lyrics to be sung, or a rhythm game track (where "song" is indeed the preferred term). Use "song" over "track" and "piece" if applicable. Instrumental A piece without lyrics to be sung, including the backing track of a song. This term only needs to be used when it contrasts with a song.	"Le Galop infernal d'Orphée aux Enfers" is a piece. The Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World and Paper Mario: The Origami King renditions of "Invincibility BGM" are three tracks (also pieces) of the same theme. "Kong Bananza" is a song (also a track and a piece), while "Kong Bananza (Instrumental) is an instrumental version of it. "Yo-Ho, Bro!" is a song (also a piece, but not a track). "Ms. Mowz's Song" from Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix is a song (also a track and a piece).
Composition A piece that establishes a theme. Arrangement A new piece that uses an existing theme. Equivalent to "remix" colloquially.	The Super Mario Bros., rendition of "Invincibility BGM" is a composition, while the Super Mario World and Paper Mario: The Origami King renditions are arrangements.

List of terrain

Material	Hardness	Climbable?	Damages DK?	Can store by inhaling?	Can Pauline copy?	Special properties
Apple	Soft	Yes	No	No	No	Restores HP on destruction
Banandium	Sturdy	Yes	No	No	No	Can only be destroyed by direct hit from DK
Banandium Melon	Soft	Yes	No	No	No	Restores Bananergy on destruction
Banandium Mush	Soft	No	Immediate	Becomes pure Banandium	No	Turns into gold upon collision with any gold variants
Boom Rock	Sturdy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Strong explosive
Concrete	Extra sturdy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	-
Crumbly Crust	Soft	No	No	No	No	Disintegrates on contact with DK
Crystal	Soft	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	-
Dirt	Soft	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Can pile up
Fiber	Soft	Yes	No	No	No	-
Fractonium	Soft	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Can pile up
Fragile Rubber	Soft	No	No	Yes	Yes	Bouncy
Gold	Soft	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Weak explosive Turns Banandium mush into gold upon collision
Grass	Soft	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Can pile up Becomes dirt when covered up
Lava	Sturdy	No	Immediate	Becomes obsidian	No	Becomes obsidian on contact with water, ice or DK wearing Soggy Cravat
Liftoff Ore	Soft	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	When held in chunk, lifts DK and reduces in size slowly
Melted Iron	Indestructible	Yes	No	No	No	Destroyed on contact with ???
Metal	Indestructible	Yes	No	No	No	-
Muck	Indestructible	No	Paralysis	No	No	Destroyed on contact with salt
Mud	Soft	Slippery	No	Yes	Yes	Can pile up
Neptunite	Indestructible	Yes	No	No	No	-
Object	Soft	Yes	No	Yes	No	-
Obsidian	Sturdy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	-
Passage Stone	Sturdy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	-
Pure Banandium	Soft	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Weak explosive Turns Banandium mush into gold upon collision
Pure Gold	Soft	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Weak explosive Turns Banandium mush into gold upon collision
Rubber	Indestructible	No	No	Yes	No	Bouncy
Salt	Soft	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	On contact with muck, breaks into rubble and falls slowly while destroying muck
Seed	Soft	Yes	No	No	No	Grows when collide on wood
Shifty Stone	Soft	Yes	No	No	No	-
Slippery Neptunite	Indestructible	No	No	No	No	-
Slippery Strong Glass	Indestructible	No	No	No	No	-
Spiked Concrete	Extra sturdy	No	Immediate	No	No	-
Stone	Sturdy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	-
Switcheroo Goo	Soft	Yes	No	No	Yes	Transfers to opposite color upon destruction
Thorns	Soft	No	Immediate	Becomes grass	No	-
Water	Extra soft	No	No	Yes	Yes	Disintegrates on contact
Wood	Sturdy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Seed grows on collision
???	Indestructible	No	Immediate	No	No	Destroys all destructible terrain and melted iron on contact

Chinese section of "foreign names" template to support both Mandarin and Cantonese

Implemented.

Specific features that might be more difficult to implement, but would be worthy to be documented here:

• For traditional Chinese only, if only RC is filled for a particular row but not RM, the Chinese text in that row should be displayed with the standard printing orthography of zh-hant-hk (see below: #CJK ideographs orthography sandbox). Otherwise, zh-hant should be displayed.

Language Name Meaning Notes Chinese (traditional) 蘑力王子 Mòhlihk Wòhngjí (Cantonese) Prince Mush

Language Name Meaning Notes Chinese (traditional) 蘑力王子 Mólì Wángzǐ (Mandarin) Prince Mush

• The default parameter R can be placed after RM and RC such that it may be used to document any other Chinese topolect readings if needed. This would not affect existing pages that use R exclusively instead of RM.

Language Name Meaning Notes Chinese (traditional) 刺球 Cìqiú (Mandarin) Chikàuh (Cantonese) Chhì-kiû (Min) Cactus

{{foreign names |ChiT=刺球 |ChiTRM=Cìqiú |ChiTRC=Chikàuh |ChiTR=Chhì-kiû <small>''(Min)''</small> |ChiTM=Cactus }}

CJK ideographs orthography sandbox

Lang	Text
Browser default	骨令印備直紙宣麻次雪周
zh-hant	骨令印備直紙宣麻次雪周
zh-hant-hk	骨令印備直紙宣麻次雪周
zh-hans	骨令印備直紙宣麻次雪周
ja	骨令印備直紙宣麻次雪周
ko	骨令印備直紙宣麻次雪周