Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone9/10[2]

Instructions

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This template provides a brief summary and overview of the critical consensus of song and album reviews. It is used to display only brief and objectively-verifiable ratings, such as "", "B+", or "7/10". It cannot capture the general sense of a review that does not include any kind of scale, so do not include language like "Very favorable" or "(mixed)" in the template, as this would be original research.

The template is not to be a substitute for a section in paragraph form, since a review can not be accurately boiled down to a simple rating out of five stars or other numeric score. If an article is lacking a reception section in prose, but the information is presented in table format, the |noprose=yes parameter can be used to tag the article as needing a reception section in prose.

This template is generally the first element after the heading for the section on Reception, Critical reception, Reviews, or something similar. If one of those sections is not present, the template should be placed immediately after the infobox, and can then be moved once a Reception section is present.

The reviews should be listed alphabetically in the Reviews field. The information in the reviewer field should be the name of the source (most commonly an online music service like AllMusic, or a music magazine like Rolling Stone—note that magazines are italicized). Don't forget to wikilink to the relevant article.

The information in the score field should be the rating given in the review (e.g. 4/5). The rating should use the same format as in the review, to portray the score of the review accurately. For star ratings you should use the star rating template; for example, entering {{Rating|4.5|5}}, will render: .

For reviews at AllMusic it is convenient to use the {{AllMusic}} template.

For review aggregators AnyDecentMusic? and Metacritic it is convenient to use the fields ADM and MC in the template, respectively.

For reviews from Robert Christgau's Consumer Guide you may use the Christgau rating template. For example, entering {{Rating-Christgau|dud}} will render: (dud).

Note that the minus sign character () is not the same thing as a hyphen (-), so "B–", not "B-". They appear similar but you can use the proper character by inputting &amp;minus; or using the Insert menu that is available in the editing window on Wikipedia; it is located near other such arithmetic operators like <×> and <÷>.

After the rating should be the citation of the source of the review. Per Wikipedia:Citing sources do not add reviews without a citation. This means a properly formatted footnote, in most cases providing the author, date, and source, along with an external link if available. Do not use an embedded link with no information (e.g. link) as this promotes link rot and is inconsistent with Wikipedia's policy on embedded links. If you must use an embedded link, be sure to manually provide a full citation in the article's References section per Wikipedia:Citing sources.

Usage

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{{Music ratings
| title = 
| subtitle = 
<!-- Aggregate scores -->
| ADM = 
| MC = 
| aggregate1 = 
| aggregate1score = 
| aggregate2 = 
| aggregate2score = 
| aggregate3 = 
| aggregate3score = 
<!-- ... -->
<!-- Reviewers -->
| rev1 = 
| rev1score = 
| rev2 = 
| rev2score = 
| rev3 = 
| rev3score = 
| rev4 = 
| rev4score = 
| rev5 = 
| rev5score = 
| rev6 = 
| rev6score = 
| rev7 = 
| rev7score = 
| rev8 = 
| rev8score = 
| rev9 = 
| rev9score = 
| rev10 = 
| rev10score = 
<!-- ... -->
<!-- Article needs reviews expanded into prose -->
| noprose = <!--yes-->
}}

Parameters

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Required fields:

rev#
The name of the reviewer. It is recommended to include no more than 10 reviews , but you can add more in exceptional circumstances. For instance, a particularly popular song or album which has been re-released and has several prominent reviews over decades' time.
rev#score
The rating given by the reviewer.

All of the following fields are optional:

title
Can be used to provide a custom title for the table, otherwise, it will default to "Professional ratings".
subtitle
Used to add additional text before the collapsible section. This is necessary to add if want a longer title, as long titles via the "title" parameter will not center correctly.
width
Sets the width of the table; default is 24.2em, to match the width of the song and album infoboxes in most browsers and skins.
ADM
AnyDecentMusic? score.
MC
Metacritic score.
aggregate#
Name of a review aggregator.
aggregate#score
The rating given by the review aggregator.
noprose
Should only be used for articles that do not have a Reception section summarizing the reviews. If set to yes, will categorize articles into Category:Articles with music ratings that need to be turned into prose.

Example

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For example, entering

{{Music ratings
| MC = 69/100<ref name="Meta">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/black-gives-way-to-blue/alice-in-chains|title=Black Gives Way To Blue|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{Allmusic |class=album |id=r70661 |tab=review |label=Alice in Chains: ''Dirt'' > Review |first=Steve |last=Huey |accessdate=31 January 2010}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Q">{{cite magazine |last=Doe |first=Jane |title=Review: ''Dirt'' |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=65 |date=February 2002 |page=120}}</ref>
| rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev3score = B<ref name="RC">{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Christgau |title=Review: ''Dirt'' |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Alice+in+Chains |publisher=[[Robert Christgau]] |access-date=31 January 2010}}</ref>
}}

will render

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Q[4]
Robert ChristgauB[3]

and generate the following footnotes with the sources:

  1. ^ "Black Gives Way To Blue". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
  2. ^ Huey, Steve. Alice in Chains: Dirt > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Dirt". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  4. ^ Doe, Jane (February 2002). "Review: Dirt". Q. No. 65. p. 120.

Tracking categories

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Template data

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Music ratings in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Music ratings

This template creates a table with reviews for songs and albums. Only add a rating if you cite it with a reference. The template is not to be a substitute for a section in paragraph form.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
1st reviewerrev1

The name of the first reviewer.

Stringrequired
1st reviewer's ratingrev1score rev1Score

The rating given by the first reviewer.

Stringrequired
2nd reviewerrev2

The name of the second reviewer. More reviewers can be added with parameters in the format rev[#] (the next one would be rev3). It is recommended to include no more than 10 reviews, but more can be added in exceptional circumstances.

Stringoptional
2nd reviewer's ratingrev2score rev2Score

The rating given by the second reviewer. More ratings can be added with parameters in the format rev[#]score (the next one would be rev3score). It is recommended to include no more than 10 reviews, but more can be added in exceptional circumstances.

Stringoptional
3rd reviewerrev3

no description

Stringoptional
3rd reviewer's ratingrev3score rev3Score

no description

Stringoptional
4th reviewerrev4

no description

Stringoptional
4th reviewer's ratingrev4score rev4Score

no description

Stringoptional
5th reviewerrev5

no description

Stringoptional
5th reviewer's ratingrev5score rev5Score

no description

Stringoptional
6th reviewerrev6

no description

Stringoptional
6th reviewer's ratingrev6score rev6Score

no description

Stringoptional
7th reviewerrev7

no description

Stringoptional
7th reviewer's ratingrev7score rev7Score

no description

Stringoptional
8th reviewerrev8

no description

Stringoptional
8th reviewer's ratingrev8score rev8Score

no description

Stringoptional
9th reviewerrev9

no description

Stringoptional
9th reviewer's ratingrev9score rev9Score

no description

Stringoptional
10th reviewerrev10

no description

Stringoptional
10th reviewer's ratingrev10score rev10Score

no description

Stringoptional
AnyDecentMusic scoreADM

The AnyDecentMusic? score. Appears under the "Aggregate scores" header.

Stringoptional
Metacritic scoreMC

The Metacritic score. Appears under the "Aggregate scores" header.

Stringoptional
1st review aggregatoraggregate1

The name of the first review aggregator.

Stringoptional
1st review aggregator's ratingaggregate1score

The rating given by the first review aggregator.

Stringoptional
2nd review aggregatoraggregate2

The name of the second review aggregator.

Stringoptional
2nd review aggregator's ratingaggregate2score

The rating given by the second review aggregator.

Stringoptional
Table titletitle

A custom title for the table, replacing "professional ratings".

Stringoptional
Table subtitlesubtitle

Additional text before the collapsible section. This is necessary to add if you want a longer title, as long titles in the "title" parameter will not work right.

Stringoptional
Table widthwidth

The width of the table.

Stringoptional
Table alignalign

The value is "left" if you want to place the table on the left.

Auto value
left
Lineoptional
Article lacks prose sectionnoprose

Set to yes if there is just a single ratings template in the reception section and prose text is missing

Auto value
yes
Lineoptional
Table state (collapse)state

Automatically collapses the template and adds a "show" button.

Suggested values
collapsed
Auto value
collapsed
Linedeprecated

See also

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