Indent in track listing?

Now, I'm starting to have a problem. I've been going around and assuaging my OCD by fixing bungled album listings. You know, making sure the tracks are spelled right, the formatting isn't wild, etc. But there's a serious need that has to be addressed, or at least explained to me how to address.

Why can't we indent when we're editing track listings?

I mean, think about it. This music site against all others, it still needs it more. All these multi-part epics that have eight subtracks all listed along the same line as the others. I was going in to try to work the new rerelease bonus track info into In the Court of the Crimson King, and that was when the dam broke. It looks like this now:

1. 21st Century schizoid man Mirrors (7:20)
2. I talk to the wind (6:05)
3. Epitaph (8:47)
a) March for no reason
b) Tomorrow and tomorrow
4. Moonchild (12:11)
a) The dream
b) The illusion
5. The court of the crimson king (9:22)
a) The return of the fire witch
b) The dance of the puppets

I can't figure out why. Why can't we indent the a)s and b)s, so that it looks more like this:

1. 21st Century schizoid man Mirrors (7:20)
2. I talk to the wind (6:05)
3. Epitaph (8:47)
     a) March for no reason
     b) Tomorrow and tomorrow
4. Moonchild (12:11)
     a) The dream
     b) The illusion
5. The court of the crimson king (9:22)
     a) The return of the fire witch
     b) The dance of the puppets

Is there something wrong with me, or is that not much more readable? That's how it's usually listed on the albums in question, anyways. Thoughts?


Edited by LiquidEternity - August 26 2009 at 14:05

^ They are weird about album info rules and regs. When I recently put all the work into adding the entirety of Gaia Consort's discography, I chose to capitalize the instruments when listing musicians, as I have seen other sites to. As soon as I was finished, a site admin was hot on my heels and changing everything I just wrote into lower-case words. Why such OCD concerning certain formats?

I think your idea in terms of track listing would be really good, but don't expect it to be changed by this point. Way too much work to go back through all the albums with split tracks and indent the letters.

^ Well, i suggest you PM one of the admins about this, as they seem to always be hanging out in that area.

Oh, I think you're misunderstanding me a bit. The indent thing is the only thing I want to change. I really would love to be able to indent.

However, I am in complete agreement with the formatting laid down by the founders. That's what I correct things to. I am trying to make all the track listings I find in line with that style of layout. That's what I do. I don't make them my own style, because that would be stupid and selfish. I just see the indentation issue as something separate that would tremendously benefit the site. (And is it really that hard of a thing to do? I know nothing about all that, but to me it would seem to be a simple thing to allow.)

TheProgtologist wrote: I will point Max to this thread.   As far as the formatting issue,I was addressing p0mt3's first post.

Never said I didn't like it, or had a problem with it. But when somebody re-writes my hard work to simply change capitalization into lower-case (the format I use is following the guidlines), I find it a bit odd and obsessive.

Sorry if I seemed like I was complaining.

Just a bump here. I happen to think that this teeny little indent thing is hugely important to the website... I guess I'm weird like that.

If we don't enable an actual indent in the track listing, I vote that we at least normalize and standardize all the multi-part layout. There are so many with a) and i. and ...I) and all that. I'm willing to help out with whatever we choose to do, but I'm really rooting for the first...

apart from this claimed indent option (not easy to implement as for my understanding) I want to point out that we have Album Data Standards (not officially published yet - don't ask me why)

as for that the initial example should be edited like that

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man Mirrors (7:20)
2. I Talk To The Wind (6:05)
3. Epitaph (8:47)
- a. March For No Reason
- b. Tomorrow And Tomorrow
4. Moonchild (12:11)
- a. The Dream
- b. The Illusion
5. The Court Of The Crimson King (9:22)
- a. The Return Of The Fire Witch
- b. The Dance Of The Puppets



Edited by Rivertree - September 16 2009 at 10:04

Done it and have added thge words "including" as the pieces are not in sections, but included within the tracks.

Edited by Snow Dog - September 16 2009 at 10:16