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Hello, and welcome to vaporwave.wiki! This site is dedicated to the documentation and preservation of the releases and artists of the vaporwave net-music scene. This page should act as a relatively comprehensive guide to use of the site.
Hello, and welcome to vaporwave.wiki! This site is dedicated to the documentation and preservation of the releases and artists of the vaporwave netmusic scene. This page should act as a relatively comprehensive guide to use of the site.


It's recommended users have some preliminary knowledge of the usage of MediaWiki when contributing to the site.
It's recommended users have some preliminary knowledge of the usage and language of MediaWiki when contributing to the site.
 
==Determining Vaporwave==
Vaporwave is something difficult to define at times, making participants often assume more towards a fringe release being vaporwave rather than vice versa. On vaporwave.wiki, however, our reaction works the other way around, emphasizing clarity in every release's nature and relationship to the genre and scene. The following subtopics should explain this better.
 
===Not Everything on a Label with Vaporwave is Vaporwave===
Those familiar with labels such as Illuminated Paths, Ailanthus Recordings or Adhesive Sounds recognize that though they are considered labels within the vaporwave scene, this does not quality each release published as vaporwave by default. Even heavily influencial projects in the scene such as Business Casual are known to publish music outside of the genre (i.e. Golem Who Goes Fish), so please keep this in mind when considering a submission.
 
===Not Everything by an Artist who Made Vaporwave is Vaporwave===
Simply put, the actual audio behind a release (along with the artist's stance on whether or not it fits criteria) determines a release's stance as vaporwave more than the creator behind it. This includes Vektroid's later works (including Seed & Synthetic Earth and GDGA1, to only name a couple), INTERNET CLUB (and related projects), and NYKDLN, as core examples.
 
===Not Everything Inspiring Vaporwave is Vaporwave===
This is something that applies especially, if not exclusively, to releases that are sometimes referred to as "proto-vaporwave" or the like. Releases such as Oneohtrix Point Never's Replica, Vektroid's Neo Cali, or James Ferraro's Far Side Virtual have a tendency to be grouped with vaporwave for sharing specific aesthetics and being released around the time of the scene's origin point. For the sake of consistency and respecting the visions of artists before the scene's primary existence, these releases will not be covered on vaporwave.wiki as a vaporwave release.
 
===Not Everything Called Vaporwave Is Vaporwave===
As quite possibly the most elastic netmusic genre to date, vaporwave can be difficult to define. However, it is worth understanding the nuances of genres outside of vaporwave so that releases on the wrong side of the fringe are not picked up mistakenly. If an artist has music that is stylistically closer to another genre than vaporwave and has had little to no interaction with the vaporwave scene, it's safe to say the music isn't vaporwave.To specify, plunderphonics is not vaporwave. Seapunk is not vaporwave. Lo-fi is not vaporwave. Synthwave, retrowave, outrun or whichever term best covers it is not vaporwave. Vaporwave can explore these concepts on a by-album basis, but they are not concrete parts of the genre in that way.
 
===Not Everything Vaporwave Should Be Documented===
Now, this is where things can get seriously subjective.
 
Vaporwave is something easily accessible by nature (quick but effective editing that may or may not have bumped up people's image of Audacity in the DAW world), but this is something that can lead to saturation from quick, if not careless, production. With this in mind, it is generally discouraged to cover work here that is intentionally or otherwise low-effort and throwaway in nature. This includes "parody albums" almost unanimously, though some sincere works may also be pruned as a result when releases are made in a my-first-vaporwave-track fashion. Minimalist modification of samples is not a sign of a release being unworthy of coverage, but when it borders plagiarism or basic mockery of the scene this raises a red flag. Not to say no parody releases are valid, but it's low-hanging fruit that can usually end up filling up the Bandcamp tag for new releases. In the end, the state of the music being heartfelt is worth more than its production quality.


==Basic Page Layout==
==Basic Page Layout==
All artist, label and release pages have a similar layout, with variations in the data they contain.
All artist, label and release pages have a similar layout, with variations in the data they contain. The following are summaries of what is expected on each kind of page.


===Release===
===Release===
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*Tracklist
*Tracklist
**'''Optional:''' Tracklist Comparison
**'''Optional:''' Tracklist Comparison
**'''Optional:''' Notes
*'''Optional:''' Description
*'''Optional:''' Description
*'''Optional:''' Gallery
*'''Optional:''' Gallery
*External Links
*External Links
*Navboxes
*Navboxes
*Categories
*Categories (during special cases)


===Artist===
===Artist===
*Infobox
*Infobox
*Summary
*Summary
*Aliases
*Projects (optional if single project)
*'''Optional:''' Gallery
*'''Optional:''' Gallery
*Navbox
*Navbox
*Categories


===Label===
===Label===
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*'''Optional:''' Gallery
*'''Optional:''' Gallery
*External Links
*External Links
*Navbox
*Navbox (optional depending on available info)
*Categories
 
==Images==
==Images==
Necessary for every page outside of categories and templates, images are helpful for a full scope of information on the site.
Necessary for every page outside of categories and templates, images are helpful for a full scope of information on the site.
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#Save and upload!
#Save and upload!
====SoundCloud====
====SoundCloud====
Soundcloud saves its images as 500x500px jpg files regardless of original resolution or quality, as opposed to Bandcamp. However, images are still obtainable.
Soundcloud, publicly, saves its images as 500x500px jpg files regardless of original resolution or quality, as opposed to Bandcamp. However, images are actually still stores covers at their original resolution even if cropped to 1:1 scale!
#Click on the cover of the track in question, resulting in the page pulling up a slightly larger version of the cover and turning the rest of the screen grayscale.
#Right click the cover art of the particular release and hit "Inspect" (this guide is written using Chrome, other vocabulary may be used on other browsers).  
#Right click on the cover, and select "Inspect element".
#There should be a URL within the selected code that contains the cover that appears something like this: [https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000162194892-g5jfp4-t500x500.jpg]. Open it in a new tab.
#Copy the URL that appears in the related line of code, and copy it to a new tab.
#Change the "t500x500" section of the URL to "original". The URL should now appear like this: [https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000162194892-g5jfp4-original.jpg]
#Save and upload!
#Save and upload!
If Step 3 results in an error, the cover retrieved from Step 2 is sufficient for the site.
===Naming Images===
Images should be named in a manner that is easy to identify on a per-release, per-image (and sometimes per-artist) basis. While page names are encouraged to be accurate to the original release, image names should be in a standard title-caps fashion. Foreign languages should be romanized in the filenames to the best of one's ability. A '''-''' should be put between the release/artist/label name and the purpose of the image. Examples include [[:File:SapporoKontenporari-Cover.jpg]] for [[札幌コンテンポラリー]], [[:File:BlackHorse-Cover.jpg]] for [[black horse]], and [[:File:Misuto-GlowCover.jpg]] for the track "glow" on [[ミスト]]. When a release title is shared between multiple artists, the artist name should be placed before the hyphen but after the release title, seen on files such as [[:File:ShinajiiHelpDesk-Cover.png]] and [[:File:ShinajiiHitoribotchi-Cover.jpg]].
===Categorizing Images===
===Categorizing Images===
When uploading images, it is appreciated immensely if users provide a short description of the image linking to the main page it is used in, along with the category for the image itself.
When uploading images, it is appreciated immensely if users provide a short description of the image linking to the main page it is used in, along with the category for the image itself.
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For releases, this currently includes...
For releases, this currently includes...
*The basic identifier tag ([[:Category:Releases]])
*The basic identifier tag ([[:Category:Releases]]) (automatically added by MusicInfobox)
*A release type tag (ex. [[:Category:Albums]])
*A release type tag (ex. [[:Category:Albums]]) (automatically added by MusicInfobox)
*An artist tag (ex. [[:Category:Releases by Vektroid]])
*An artist tag (ex. [[:Category:Releases by Vektroid]]) (manually added by the Artist template)
*A label tag (ex. [[:Category:Published by fortune 500]])
*A label tag (ex. [[:Category:Published by fortune 500]]) (automatically added by the Label template)
*A date tag (ex. [[:Category:Released in 2013]])
*A date tag (ex. [[:Category:Released in 2013]]) (manually added by the ReleaseDate template)
*'''Optional:''' A physicals tag (ex. [[:Category: Releases on Cassette]])
*'''Optional:''' A physicals tag (ex. [[:Category: Releases on Cassette]]) (automatically added by the Formats template)
*'''Optional:''' The [[:Category:Removed Releases]] tag
*'''Optional:''' The [[:Category:Offline Releases]] tag (automatically added by MusicInfobox)
 
The Release and Release Type tags are added automatically, along with the Label tag (when using MusicInfobox and Label templates.) The artist tag can be added by adding '''|C''' at the end of the template, like so: <pre>{{Artist|Vektroid|C}}</pre>. '''|V''' and '''|F''' can be used for Compilation and Featuring categories, specifically.
 
The date tag and physical tags are added through template use as well, ReleaseDate requiring a |C but Format adding categories automatically.


For artists, this currently includes...
For artists, this currently includes...
*The basic identifier tag ([[:Category:Artists]])
*The basic identifier tag ([[:Category:Artists]])
*A location tag (ex. [[:Category:Artists from the United States]])
*A debut tag (ex. [[:Category:Artists Debuted in 2012]])
 
The former is automatically added with the inclusion of the ArtistInfobox template, the latter is added with the Debut template.


For labels, this currently includes...
For labels, this currently includes...
*The basic identifier tag ([[:Category:Labels]])
*The basic identifier tag ([[:Category:Labels]])
*An activity tag (ex. [[:Category:Active Labels]] or [[:Category:Inactive Labels]])
*A debut tag (ex. [[:Category:Labels Debuted in 2012]])
The first two are automatically added with the inclusion of the LabelInfobox template, the last is added with the Debut template.


==Release Pages==
==Release Pages==
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|-
|-
|A1
|A1
|{{Artist|Vektroid|Test Artist}}
| rowspan="2" |{{Artist|Vektroid|Test Artist}}
|テスト '''([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNGqLeaiZm4 MV])'''<br><small>''Test''</small>
|テスト '''([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNGqLeaiZm4 MV])'''<br><small>''Test''</small>
|8:00
|8:00
|-
|-
|A2
|A2
|{{Artist|Vektroid|Test Artist}}
|別テスト<br><small>''Another test''</small>
|別テスト<br><small>''Another test''</small>
|2:40
|2:40
|-
|-
|B1
|B1
|{{Artist|Vektroid|Test Artist 2}}
| rowspan="2" | {{Artist|Vektroid|Test Artist 2}}
|Continued Testing '''([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Dxtn3nAog MV])'''
|Continued Testing '''([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Dxtn3nAog MV])'''
|1:00:01
|1:00:01
|-
|-
|B2
|B2
|{{Artist|Vektroid|Test Artist 2}}
|Pause Testing
|Pause Testing
|0:01
|0:01
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*Rate Your Music
*Rate Your Music
*Last.fm
*Last.fm
Official links should be formatted in bold. When releases are removed from official streaming locations, a (Removed) should be put next to the link.
Official links should be formatted in bold. When releases are removed from official streaming locations, an (Offline) should be put next to the link.
 
It is typically not recommended to link to unofficial reuploads of releases (e.g. YouTube full albums, SoundCloud mirrors by fans, etc.)
 
==Artist Page==
==Artist Page==
This is where a vaporwave-maker's history and artistic visions can be best preserved. That and as many Bandcamp links as can fit on a page depending on how many aliases they have.
This is where a vaporwave-maker's history and artistic visions can be best preserved. That and as many Bandcamp links as can fit on a page depending on how many aliases they have.
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