The official project page for the merge of WIMA into IMSLP. All project members should read this page thoroughly, as it contains specific instructions - especially in Uploading.
- See: WIMA contributors, WIMA files
Description
Christian Mondrup, the caretaker of the Werner Icking Music Archive, contacted IMSLP in August 2011 with a proposal to merge WIMA's entire collection of files into IMSLP in order to remove the dependence on the site from Mondrup himself. After more than two weeks of discussions, an agreement to proceed was finally reached.
File Types
The files on WIMA fall into three groups:
- PDF files - These can be uploaded directly onto IMSLP at the present time.
- Audio files - At the current time, only recordings of human performances are acceptable. Computer-generated files can be uploaded here once a new feature is introduced to clearly separate them. (See IMSLP:Performers Portal#Recording Policy, due for revision in the near future)
- Source files - Cannot be uploaded to IMSLP. These will be linked to from IMSLP and hosted on an external server. More details to come.
Permissions
Since every file on WIMA is either a new edition, a new arrangement, or an entirely new composition, they all require their authors' permission to be posted on IMSLP. A list of WIMA contributors who have given consent to have their files transferred to IMSLP can be found here (accessible only to project members). When uploading from WIMA, be absolutely sure to use the license that the contributor has specified.
Uploading
- Please upload systematically by contributor, not by composer or any other method of sorting. (This is to preserve maximum organization.)
- Files can be uploaded more easily by using the Pseudo-URL function. When you click the 'Add File' button to upload a file, there is a link 'Use this form for...' above the information fields. Clicking that will bring you to a different page that allows you to enter the original, full URL of the file from icking-music-archive.org in the 'File #1' (etc.) field.
- When you upload a file, please add the text {{WIMA}} to the Misc. Notes field.
- After you upload a file, please add an entry listing the original link to the WIMA file and the URL to the IMSLP work page it is now on at IMSLP:WIMA/Log. Follow the format of entries already present.
- When every file contributed by a person (including source and audio files) has been uploaded to IMSLP, please record the person's name in the 'Completed Contributors' section at the bottom of this page.
These instructions are subject to change (hopefully simplify) pending the introduction of a new technical feature.
Project Members
Templates
- {{WIMA}} - Use in the Misc. Notes field for all files uploaded
- {{LinkEd|FirstName|LastName}} - Use in the Editor field for editions of older works (PDF files only)
- {{LinkArr|FirstName|LastName}} - Use in the Arranger field (needs to be added) for arrangements of older works (PDF files only). See the style guide for details on creating the proper heading structure. IMSLP admins will be present to help out
Status
Uploading is temporarily halted pending the resolution of two technical issues.
Completed Contributors
