YMO Wiki:Community Portal

(Yeah I know some of this is copied from the main page)

Purpose
This is intended to be a collaborative resource for anything to do with Yellow Magic Orchestra and its members and anything remotely related.

Any other Japanese "technopop", "techno kayō", synthpop or whatever is welcome here too. Don't know how far to go but we'll see how things go.

Contributing
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Other information

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Ideas for topics
Since there's not much here now, here's some things I plan on adding or other people could add:
 * Comprehensive info on YMO albums, singles and other releases (with reviews)
 * Info on live tours and other performances (TV appearances, etc.)
 * A timeline of YMO and its members' activity (I'm going to regret that one!)
 * Info about any related artists, or any other similar Japanese electronic music
 * Info on YMO member-related record labels (Yen Records, Non-Standard, etc.)

What's wrong with Wikipedia?
Wikipedia does what it does very well, but there's a lot of rules and regulations as to what can and what cannot be there, e.g. something has to be considered "noteworthy", reliable references are needed, it can't be "original research", etc. (see here for more details). That stuff isn't really required here, however I don't want this place to become a place of hearsay and rumours either so there will be some sort of standard of integrity kept here. If an article here does become detailed, well-referenced and generally quite good, it could be easily ported to Wikipedia.

More importantly, Wikipedia articles need to keep a "neutral point of view" and only allows references to "professional reviews", whereas here I would like people to give their personal opinions on things wherever possible.

There's no need to re-invent the wheel though!
If there's already an article on Wikipedia with sufficient information, it can be ported here and further edited. See Project:Porting from Wikipedia for guidelines.