On 26/12/06 18:24, "Steve Gardham" <gardhams@... ... OK. The technical work has been done and Folkypedia is now in existence. It is not yet open to the...
Johnny and others, Happy New Year, When I suggested this all I had in mind was a link list of useful websites, each with a succinct overview of what each...
... Steve Gardham wrote (top-posted, so I've moved his comments to a more ... websites, ... Johnny ... investigate ... these ... broadside ... form of ... ...
... Yes to all that Malcolm. We had envisaged a team of people possessed of specialised knowledge being accredited to work on particular sections of the Wiki....
... I suppose the question is how wide the remit is going to be. The term "folky" has -in the view of the media and, hence, the general public- resonances that...
I realize these may have been thought of already, but 'Traddypedia' (with an 'i' or a 'y' and a 'd' or a 'dd') and 'Folkloripedia' and all it's variations...
Labels Labels - those that hate them are not communicators. IMHO Labels are a precis, there are many possible choices but they have to inform. "Tradsong" is...
Steve, Johnny and all Firstly, a happy New Year to all. Secondly, a welcome to the Folkypedia (or whatever it ends up being called). It is an interesting idea,...
... I think even folkopedia would be better than folkypedia. Folky is just too cute. -- Bill McCarthy Penn State...
Bill McCarthy
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one vote for Folkopedia though I would suggest the format being folkOpedia as a corporate style. just to emphasize differences from simililary named areas....
Happy New Year everyone. "Wikis? Yes please. I have the aforesaid "very minimum of technical skill" (I even have difficulty figuring out how to contibute to...
... Is our friend serious? I assumed he was just kidding. Those capital middle letters have to mean something, or they are meaningless. What would a capital...
Bill McCarthy
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folkOpedia. Serious - graphical style. The propensity for the public to mis-spell is legion. Help them subtleley. The capital means "look at me". Ad men get...
I'd be interested in canvassing opinion as to titles of songs. An example: Danny Brazil used to sing a version of "The Folkstone Murder" which he called...
... From: "Paul Burgess" <pburgess@...> <<On the Topic issue, it seems that an effort has been made to stick with the titles that Harry knew the...
Paul Stamler
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Why not use both? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Clifford J OCHELTREE
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Paul, This isn't an answer to your question, but simply underlines the problem as a general one with regard to folk song titling. In doing my research into ...
Paul, I have been working on a master titles index for English folksong as part of the Roud Index for over a year now. When the Yorkshire Garland project ...
Thanks for the input so far everyone. Steve - another example: how would you deal with this one? Harry Brazil sang Mike Yates a song for which he had no title....
Now then Paul and Steve, Sorry, can't remember who made the original post on this thread....:-) Anyway - Sylvia and I sing a song with the same story from...
Hi Folks, The January 2007 edition of my Worlds of Trad Internet radio station is now uploaded. This month there's quite a lot of blues and various bits of...
Paul, Okay, the main criterion I have been given by the others for choosing a master title is: the most accepted/widest published title amongst oral versions...
All good stuff Steve. A good title for 'The Loyal Lover' then might be: 'The Dumb Father'.......:-) Of course Taylor's version quotes "fairest beauty...
In a message dated 10/01/2007 20:27:17 GMT Standard Time, gardhams@... writes: Actually the Roud number should be sufficient for researchers' use and...
Whilst John's 2 messages are sound common sense, the master titles I am working on can still be helpful. I challenge anyone to memorise all 20,000 say, Roud...
To Paul B, I sing Riddles Wisely Expounded as Child 1 and Young Boy on the Road (Fause Knight on the Road) as Child 3. Not the same song, so I'm confused by...
I thought I might add a quotation: " "The "Bitter Withy", a religious narrative ballad unknown to F.J.Child (but not withstanding known to others in Child's...
Very amusing, David! SteveG ... _________________________________________________________________ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free...
