Guidelines and Help

This is a guide to adding and editing pages to The Australian Metal Guide.

While this site is called the Australian Metal Guide, the definition of "metal" these days is so expansive that attempting to come up with one that is precise is pretty problematic. If you're a user of this site then you probably have a pretty good idea of what constitutes metal music. There aren't too many restrictions on the type of metal this site will cover, as everything from hard rock and hair metal to grind can and should be included. This isn't Metal Archives so don't feel you need to be restricted when it comes to suggesting or adding nu-metal or border-line acts that wouldn't be included there. Also, this isn't Wikipedia either, so "notability" isn't a factor. Note that Goreripper has the final say so obviously bands that aren't recognised as metal will probably be deleted. So with that said, if you're interested in adding to or editing the site, please follow the basic guidelines.

First of all, before you add anything, check out one of the band pages first! Please keep to the format below:

Band members

• Line up OR Current line-up (if different to original line-up) OR Final line-up (if disbanded)
  • Band member's name (role)

• Former members
  • Band member's name (role) (years they were in the band)

Website

Official web address (no fan-run pages unless this is the only one)

Formed

Town, State, Year (note, this is when and where a band formed, not where they are currently based)

Band information

Detailed info on the band, including anything at all! Note though that this is not a press release so please don't write it as one. Be informative, but refrain from writing stuff like "this band slays with their formidable live shows and their new album will tear you a new arsehole". By the same token, don't put "they used to play brutal death but now they are soft-cock emo retards", because that's just retarded.

Discography

Cut and paste the table from another band's page and edit it to suit. NOTE: Don't add demos or CD-Rs. They can be listed or included in the Band Information section.

Finally, add categories to the bottom of the page. If you don't know how to do this, here's how:

Use two "[" symbols, followed by "Category:" then the subsequent category and close with two "]". The categories used on the site are: Bands from (Name of State), Bands from (Name of town), Bands that Played the Big Day Out, Bands that Played Metal for the Brain. Don't add any more. If you make a mistake, don't worry. This is a wiki, so someone will fix it.