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The Seeker of Good Songs
May 7, 2007, 08:09 PM
After inquiring myself about what certain Morrissey song phrases mean, and seeing inquires from others, would a glossary or " 'pedia" forum be useful for definitions of things: lyric phrases, locations and their meanings, trivia, etc.
Kewpie
May 7, 2007, 08:14 PM
Stephane's passionsjustlikemine.com is regarded as one.
Moreover, if we'd have it general discussion forum will be destined to the gutter? :p
The Seeker of Good Songs
May 7, 2007, 09:17 PM
Stephane's passionsjustlikemine.com is regarded as one.
Moreover, if we'd have it general discussion forum will be destined to the gutter? :p


Thank you for your reply.

I have been to "Passions" but unless I missed something, it does not give specific details.

I mean answers to things like, What is Rubber Ring about? What is the mute witness tying to describe, What is Strangeways, What is Whalley Range, the Iron Bridge, the Palms, etc.

Perhaps a forum is the wrong term, but rather a wikipedia type area, where entries can be made but also edited/corrected, but no discussion on the specific items. Perhaps the area would be limited in who can add the items and/or correct them, but anyone can ask to have an item put into the Glossary.
Kewpie
May 7, 2007, 09:30 PM
Acturally FAQ is found at link section:

http://www.oz.net/%7Emoz/faq/faq.htm

Possibly we can have up to date version of this?
gertrude
May 7, 2007, 10:58 PM
Acturally FAQ is found at link section:

http://www.oz.net/%7Emoz/faq/faq.htm

Possibly we can have up to date version of this?

Someone already made this point, somewhere.
Jukebox Jury
May 8, 2007, 03:35 PM
I mean answers to things like, What is Rubber Ring about? What is the mute witness tying to describe, What is Strangeways, What is Whalley Range, the Iron Bridge, the Palms, etc.


The answers to all of The Smiths' lyrical references are in Simon Goddard's 'Songs That Saved Your Life' book.

Jukebox Jury
bored
May 8, 2007, 07:21 PM
Those are just Goddard's impressions. It would be nice to have something that people can contribute.. a wiki like thing that the content must be related to the entry.
Dave
May 9, 2007, 05:42 AM
Can you add a new entry like that on wikipedia?
bored
May 9, 2007, 04:02 PM
You could but I think it would be better to download the wiki code (media wiki) and install it on moz-solo. free to download, anyone would be able to edit and add to it.

the mozwa site has it. that might be a good place to do this kind of thing.

its free and easy to set up

maybe it needs to be a side project like..

mozzapedia.com or something
nobody's hero
May 14, 2007, 12:56 PM
I think this one, is quite cool too http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/main.htm
Chartres
May 14, 2007, 07:20 PM
You could but I think it would be better to download the wiki code (media wiki) and install it on moz-solo. free to download, anyone would be able to edit and add to it.

the mozwa site has it. that might be a good place to do this kind of thing.

its free and easy to set up

maybe it needs to be a side project like..

mozzapedia.com or something

That would be an interesting project allthough somepeople might get the idea to start to "compete" with other sites such as passions. Clear rules would be needed. Still I don't doubt that there's people here with a lot to contribute.