Template:MuGlobe/genre: Difference between revisions

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 These are editable editorial guidelines. Existing articles retain their recorded template version until deliberately migrated.
-* '''Hotspot mushrooms:''' The final required section contains a human-readable, variable-length wiki table defining the globe overlay. Its starting content explains ID, location, decimal coordinates, radius in kilometers, strength, notes and sources. Editors can add, remove or revise rows. The explicit compiler reads an exact native wiki revision, validates the table and prepares the existing static globe database and fields.
+* '''Hotspot mushrooms:''' The final section represents inferred musical landscapes, not a catalogue of cited cities. Its seven-column editable table contains ID, Location, Latitude, Longitude, Radius (km), Strength and Notes. Begin with regional understanding, synthesize varied perspectives and lived knowledge, then choose the fewest useful broad fields. Nearby strong cities generally indicate a connected heartland including intervening communities. Sources are not a field or a per-row publication gate.
+The retained article bibliography can support the broader narrative. Radius marks the zero edge of a linear fade; review the entire regional field rather than only its center. Coordinates remain manually authored and the compiler remains deterministic.
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 	"id": "genre",
 	"label": "Genre",
-	"version": 7,
+	"version": 8,
 	"published": true,
 	"sections": [
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 			"requireContent": true,
 			"allowSubsections": true,
-			"starter": "Each row is one circular hotspot mushroom used by the globe. Edit the table in the visual editor, or add/remove source rows. Location describes the center; latitude and longitude are decimal degrees, with south/west negative. Radius is in kilometers (0.01 to 5,000); strength is from 0 to 1. The field fades linearly to zero at its radius, and overlapping mushrooms of this genre combine by their strongest value. These are editorial listening/activity illustrations, not measured audience percentages.\n\nKeep each existing ID stable. Use this genre's lowercase identifier followed by a place name, such as forro-recife. Give every row a location, notes and at least one direct external source link. Sources support the musical connection; they do not claim to measure the numerical settings. Keep the table caption and column names. Do not leave example or empty rows. A deliberate compilation publishes checked data to the globe; saving prose alone does not run it.\n\n{| class=\"wikitable muglobe-hotspots\"\n|+ MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms v1\n! ID !! Location !! Latitude !! Longitude !! Radius (km) !! Strength !! Notes !! Sources\n|}"
+			"starter": "Mushrooms describe our understanding of a musical landscape. Identify the broad heartland, connected communities and distinct adopted scenes first, then use the fewest useful circles to represent them. Nearby cities often sample one shared region: include the countryside and smaller communities between them instead of drawing a separate mushroom for every documented city. A center may lie between cities. Use Notes to explain the regional judgment.\n\nEach row defines one circular field. Location describes the represented area; latitude and longitude are decimal degrees, with south/west negative. Strength is from 0 to 1. Radius is in kilometers (0.01 to 5,000) and marks the distance where the field reaches zero, not the edge of a uniformly strong core. Make it large enough that the heartland and its intervening communities remain strong, then review transitions on the globe. Overlapping mushrooms of this genre combine by their strongest contribution.\n\nAdd, remove or revise ordinary table rows. Keep each surviving ID stable and use this genre's lowercase identifier followed by a descriptive region name. The table has no per-mushroom source requirement: it records informed judgment, experience and synthesis. Article references and broader research can explain the context. The numbers are editorial map settings, not listener percentages. Compilation remains a deliberate operation.\n\n{| class=\"wikitable muglobe-hotspots\"\n|+ MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms\n! ID !! Location !! Latitude !! Longitude !! Radius (km) !! Strength !! Notes\n|}"
 		}
 	],
-	"instructions": "Explain what listeners will hear, where the genre developed and where it is now adopted. Separate present-day listening from origins, and describe specific places and communities rather than assuming uniform national popularity. A historical genre may have limited present activity. Related genres is optional. Use sources and accessible musical examples. Hotspot mushrooms is the final section. Its editable table defines the genre overlay; keep the supplied caption and column labels and cite the place/music relationship. Numerical radius and strength are editorial settings. Compilation is an explicit editorial operation."
+	"instructions": "Explain what listeners will hear, where the genre developed and where it is now adopted. Separate present-day listening from origins, and describe specific places and communities rather than assuming uniform national popularity. A historical genre may have limited present activity. Related genres is optional. Use sources and accessible musical examples. Hotspot mushrooms is the final section. Understand the connected musical landscape before choosing circles. Use nearby cities as clues to a wider region, not automatic isolated mushrooms. Include intervening countryside, distinguish meaningful detached scenes, and calibrate the fading field across the whole heartland. Centers need not be cities. Use the fewest useful broad fields, with concise Notes explaining editorial judgment. No source column or per-mushroom citation is required. Manual coordinates and explicit compilation remain in use."
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Revision as of 00:02, 18 October 2026

This is the published first-pass outline for Genre articles on MuGlobe.com, extrapolated from Ed's Country template at his request on October 17, 2026.

Required sections must contain substantive text. Optional sections may be omitted; when included they must contain substantive text. Keep sections in the listed order. Subheadings are allowed within each section. Cite sources and use representative musical examples where available.

Summary: Introduce the genre and its recognizable musical identity.
Contemporary and trending: Describe its present musical life and recent developments; acknowledge limited or revival activity where appropriate.
History: Explain origins, development and influences without inventing a single birthplace or date when these are uncertain.
Musical characteristics: Describe rhythm, instruments, singing, form or dance in approachable language.
Geography and communities: Distinguish origin, later adoption and diaspora scenes, linking countries and regions.
Artists: Introduce representative musicians and groups and examples of their music.
Related genres (optional): Explain useful connections and distinctions.

These are editable editorial guidelines. Existing articles retain their recorded template version until deliberately migrated.

Hotspot mushrooms: The final section represents inferred musical landscapes, not a catalogue of cited cities. Its seven-column editable table contains ID, Location, Latitude, Longitude, Radius (km), Strength and Notes. Begin with regional understanding, synthesize varied perspectives and lived knowledge, then choose the fewest useful broad fields. Nearby strong cities generally indicate a connected heartland including intervening communities. Sources are not a field or a per-row publication gate.

The retained article bibliography can support the broader narrative. Radius marks the zero edge of a linear fade; review the entire regional field rather than only its center. Coordinates remain manually authored and the compiler remains deterministic.