From Thunder Bay Bandwiki
Use this template for bands. It will automatically add the page to the 'Bands' category and the 'Notable Bands' category, if appropriate. You can add the following fields:
- alt_names: Other names this band has gone by
- years_active: When the band was active
- main_songwriter: If there was one person who did most of the songwriting, you can add it here
- genres: Which genres the band did mostly
- associated_bands: Other bands they worked with, shared members with, etc
- associated_venues: Venues they played a lot at, etc
- see_also: Anything else
- known_for: Why this band was important
- notable_for: Use this in place of known_for to automatically add the band to 'Notable Bands'.
- status: Is the band currently active, on hiatus, broken up, etc
- website: The band's main website. List others in the 'External Links' section.
Here's an example of what you'd stick into a band's page to put them in a template:
{{Band |alt_names=[[The Free Beers]], [[Free Beer and the Beers]], [[The Beers]] |genres=[[Hardcore Punk|Punk]], [[Easy Listening]], [[Grindcore]] |years_active=1995-2002 |main_songwriter=Dave |notable_for=Last band in town to release an 8-track tape |website=[http://www.geocities.com/thebeerpage|http://www.geocities.com/thebeerpage] |status=Broken up }}
If you have any other ideas for fields, email Tjernobyl.