ChoralWiki talk:Requested articles

List still in use?

Could someone tell me if this list is still in use? It seems the great majority of requests are very old. There are many "requested" scores that are already available on CPDL, and there are many "completed" requests whose links seem to be broken. And what's the meaning of "pending" status? wouldn't it be better if the completed requests were removed or moved to other page in order to free space for new additions here? Otherwise this page will become too long and of difficult maintenance (it is already). Carlos^Talk 16:11, 27 April 2008 (PDT)

This list is still in use, but hard to maintain. Ideally when a new work is added this list should be checked. To make this list easier to check if we put a link with the composer's page name with a link "X" after the work's name then it becomes one click away to check on whether the work is now "done". A good number of these requested works are now completed. ie "An Evening Hymn (Henry Purcell)" has been submitted. Otherwise keeping this list up-to-date becomes verry difficult and time consuming. (Ideally this operation would be automated... ) Johnhenryfowler 01:29, 8 July 2008 (PDT)

Hi John, thanks for your explanation. Looking at the requests, I see that most of them are 4+ years old. Do you believe that the people who made these requests still check this page after so long? They have most probably forgotten about it, and if ever come back to CPDL, they will use the Search tool to find the score they had in mind. If their request is now available, they will find it with the Search alone, without the need of this page. So, I believe we could completely remove from this list the entries with status "complete", leaving only those "requested" or with copyright issues. Can you tell me what's the difference between "requested" and "pending"? Thanks --Carlos^Talk 18:07, 8 July 2008 (PDT)

Hi Carlos, Old as the entries are it is the only way a CPDL user can request a score. When I am contemplating what score I might do, I check the requested list, (usually for a Parry or Purcell work) and then do that work. When it is being worked I change "requested" to "pending" and put my name on the request page to show who it is that is working on it. In theory this is so some other well-meaning CPDL contributer does not start to work on the same score. (I was working on Brahms's "New Lieberlieder Waltzes" for over a year and a half !) When I'm done I move it to "Completed" where it stays as an indication of how well CPDL is doing on the requested stuff. Johnhenryfowler 01:41, 9 July 2008 (PDT)

Thanks, John, now I can see the logic behind what you're doing. In this case, what I propose is to break this page in 4-5 smaller ones based on an alphabetical sequence (say A-F, G-L etc.) so that when a request changes status it continues on the same page. If one of these pages ever grow too big, we can just divide it in two again (like, A-C & D-F), and so on. This page would function as a menu to reach the other smaller pages. What do you think? If everyone agrees on this, I can do the move. --Carlos ^huh? 10:23, 9 July 2008 (PDT)

Hi Carlos, Your proposal sounds logical to me. Johnhenryfowler 12:55, 9 July 2008 (PDT)